Manga like Astro Kyuudan

Kyojin no Hoshi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

The story is about Hyuma Hoshi, a promising young baseball pitcher who dreams of becoming a top star like his father Ittetsu Hoshi in the professional Japanese league. His father was once a 3rd baseman until he was injured in World War II and was forced to retire. The boy would join the ever popular Giants team, and soon he realized the difficulty of managing the high expectations. From the grueling training to battling the rival Mitsuru Hanagata on the Hanshin Tigers, he would have to take out his best pitching magic to step up to the challenge.



Tags: Shounen , Baseball , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy

Play Ball

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sports

After fracturing a finger in a junior high school game, Takao Taniguchi is unable to play baseball. After entering Sumitani High School, he is constantly watching the baseball club even though he is unable to play. He catches the eye of the captain of the soccer club, and while he still has lingering hopes of joining the baseball club, he decides to join the soccer club. While he's a complete beginner, Taniguchi developed a strong spirit of hard work while in junior high school and his new teammates begin to see his potential. While he focuses all of his energy on soccer, he is unable to forget his youthful zeal for baseball and he begins umpiring baseball games in secret.



Tags: Shounen , Baseball , School Club

BUZZER BEATER

Also known as BUZZER BEATER.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi , Sports

Hideyoshi is a homeless boy living in New York in the near future, who survives by hustling other kids in basketball games. But now he's been drafted into a pro team-a pro team with a very unique goal. There once was a time when humans dominated the game of basketball. But times have changed, and now the physically superior alien players have taken over the game, and there are barely any human players next. But Hideyoshi's team—the first all-human team to compete in the Space League—intends to change all that, and bring the championship back home to Earth.



Tags: Basketball , Full Color , Shounen , Aliens

Dokaben

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Dokaben is a baseball manga by Shinji Mizushima, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine from April 24, 1972 to March 27, 1981. It was later made into an anime by the same name. It was immensely popular in Japan during its original release, and in sports manga of all time it likely ranks second only to Slam Dunk by Takehiko Inoue.

A dokaben is a kind of bento box which the protagonist, Taro Yamada, likes to eat.



Tags: Shounen , Baseball

Aoi Tori no Shinwa - Blue Myth Overture

Also known as Legend of the Blue Bird - Blue Myth Overture.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

It tells the story of Aoi Tendo, a young baseball player.

Tags: Baseball , Shounen , Revenge

Apache Yakyuugun

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

Tags: Shounen , Delinquents , School , Baseball