Manga like Dokaben

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 , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Baseball , Tragedy

Abu-san

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Abu-san is a baseball manga that tells the story of fictional baseball player Kageura Yasutake.

Tags: Baseball , Seinen

Captain Tsubasa

Also known as Captain Tsubasa.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

11-year-old Tsubasa Ohzora transfers to his new school where he quickly becomes the star of the school's soccer team. His Brazilian coach, Roberto Hongo, notices the potential of the young athlete and soon offers him a chance to come with him to Brazil. Young Tsubasa trains more and more and is with each passing game more confident in his abilities. Old enemies become his friends and the World Cup seems closer and closer for him. Note: The chapter count reflects the original serialization before chapters were merged in the volume releases.

Tags: Football , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Primarily Child Cast

Major

Also known as Major.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

The story of Major follows the life of Goro Honda, from kindergarten to being a professional baseball player, seeking and overcoming tremendous challenges.

Tags: Coming of Age , Baseball , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Tragedy , Primarily Male Cast , Foreign , Adoption , School Club

SLAM DUNK

Also known as Slam Dunk.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Hanamichi Sakuragi's got no game with girls--none at all! It doesn't help that he's known for throwing down at a moment's notice and always coming out on top. A hopeless bruiser, he's been rejected by 50 girls in a row! All that changes when he meets the girl of his dreams, Haruko, and she's actually not afraid of him! When she introduces him to the game of basketball, his life is changed forever...



Tags: Basketball , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Delinquents , Philosophy , Rehabilitation , Tragedy

Nanto Magoroku

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sports

Magoroku is a freshman from Namishiro High that posses enough to become a koshien-level pitcher but he's not satisfied with that as Namishiro is known as brutal high school. So with his power beyond ordinary humans he also tries to conquer the school.

Tags: Baseball , School , Shounen

Captain

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sports

A hot-blooded sports comic about the members of a small-time baseball team who, through great effort and practice, develop into a star team. After transferring schools to Sumiya High, protagonist Taniguchi Takeo decides to participate in baseball practice at his new school. He changes into his previous schools's uniform, and the other team members notice that this is the uniform of Aoba Academy, famed for their baseball team. Because of this, they believe that Takeo is an amazing player; however, while he was at Aoba Academy, he was only a lackluster second-string player...!?

Tags: Baseball , Shounen , School Club , Primarily Male Cast

Diamond no Ace

Also known as Ace of the Diamond.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Eijun Sawamura had his heart set on the middle-school national baseball championships. But his team is eliminated thanks to a wild pitch thrown by Eijun himself. He’s planning to go to high school with his teammates and try again next year when he’s scouted by the famous Seido High School baseball team. When he goes for a campus visit, he finds himself on the receiving end of a baptism by fire! His experience forming a battery with up-and-coming catcher Miyuki rekindles his passion for baseball!!



Tags: Baseball , Shounen , Male Protagonist , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , School

Otoko do Ahou Koushien

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Tags: Male Protagonist , Shounen , Baseball

Shounen Giants

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Tags: Shounen , Baseball