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  1. 1Ace of the Diamond (2013)Ace of the Diamond (2013) 8.1/10 on IMDbFirst aired Oct 6, 2013Watch Eijun Sawamura have to earn innings at Seido High after catcher Kazuya Miyuki changes his idea of what pitching can be. The contest for spots on the team keeps practice as tense as some of the actual games. Choose this for a long school-team story that gives players on the bench reasons to…0
  2. 2Big Windup! (2007)Big Windup! (2007) 7.6/10 on IMDbFirst aired Apr 13, 2007A nervous pitcher and an unusually direct catcher have to work out how to win together. Ren Mihashi comes in expecting to lose, while Abe can see why his pitches might work. Start here if you like hearing the thinking behind a pitch and seeing what it takes for the pitcher to trust the call.0
  3. 3Major (2004)Major (2004) 8.2/10 on IMDbFirst aired Nov 13, 2004Start with five-year-old Goro Honda, who wants to follow his father into professional baseball. Watching him grow lets the series spend time on what a young player loses and learns as the teams and stakes change. It suits a long watch if you care as much about the seasons between big games as the…0
  4. 4Cross Game (2009)Cross Game (2009) 8.1/10 on IMDbFirst aired Apr 5, 2009Ko Kitamura and Aoba Tsukishima have years of history that color the way they play and talk about baseball. The series gives a summer afternoon as much room as a big game. Start here if you want the sight of two people practicing together to say as much as a winning hit.0
  5. 5Oblivion Battery (2024)Oblivion Battery (2024) 7.5/10 on IMDbFirst aired Apr 10, 2024Catcher Kei Kaname loses the baseball knowledge that made him such a good partner for pitcher Haruka Kiyomine. The high school reunion gives you a way to learn the calls and signs again with him. Choose this if you like the comedy of a gifted player starting over with friends who remember exactly…0
  6. 6Touch (1985)Touch (1985) 7.9/10 on IMDbFirst aired Mar 24, 1985Twins Tatsuya and Kazuya Uesugi have different relationships to baseball, and their childhood friend Minami has hopes for what they could achieve at Koshien. Try the 1980s series when you want a high-school sports story that takes its time with friendships and gives the games a weight that the…0
  7. 7One Outs (2008)One Outs (2008) 8.2/10 on IMDbFirst aired Oct 7, 2008Toa Tokuchi comes out of a one-on-one baseball gambling game and lands a pro contract that pays him for outs and charges him for runs. The setup makes it fun to follow what a batter thinks he knows about the next pitch. Try it when you want baseball as a contest of nerve and leverage.0
  8. 8Gurazeni: Money Pitch (2018)Gurazeni: Money Pitch (2018)First aired Apr 6, 2018Relief pitcher Natsunosuke Bonda keeps track of other players' salaries as carefully as their stats. Start here when the question of who can make a living in pro baseball sounds more interesting than who lifts a trophy. An ordinary relief appearance matters when it might change how a team values…0
  9. 9Catch Me at the Ballpark! (2025)Catch Me at the Ballpark! (2025) 6.7/10 on IMDbFirst aired Apr 2, 2025Murata goes to the ballpark after work and becomes a regular customer of Ruriko, who sells beer in the stands. Watch this for a quieter look at pro baseball from the cheap seats, where a game's rhythms belong to the regulars, vendors, and staff as well as the players.0
  10. 10Mix: Meisei Story (2019)Mix: Meisei Story (2019) 7.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired Apr 6, 2019Stepbrothers Touma and Souichirou inherit a school baseball program with a past it would love to live up to. Their bid to take Meisei High back to nationals is clear on its own. Start after Touch if you want to recognize what the same school means to an earlier generation.0