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When Koh was eleven years old, he lived a quiet and peaceful life, delivering sporting goods for his family's store and batting frequently at the Tsukishima Batting Center. Though Koh had no interest in baseball, he started the play the sport anyways after a series of events, much to the delight of his best friend, the beautiful Wakaba Tsukishima. However, soon life dealt Koh a tragic turn, changing him forever. Now, years later, Koh attends Seishuu Academy and is soon pulled back into the world of baseball. Alongside Wakaba's talented sister, Aoba; old friend and fighter Nakanishi; and plenty of new teammates and companions, Koh will once more pick up the pitcher's mitt and see if he has what it takes to be a champion.
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Goro Honda is a little boy who is obsessed with baseball. As a child, he watches his father, a professional baseball player, be removed from the Blue Oceans’ main team due to a shoulder injury that left him unable to pitch again. However, since his son looks up to him more than anyone else in the world of baseball, Goro's father decides that he can't quit just yet (as pitching is not the only way to be able to play baseball!). With his father's shining example, Goro decides to never give up as well, working his way into the Japanese Little League as a force to be reckoned with!
Both are about really talented pitchers, whose main power is really fast straight.
In both cases there's tragedy at the beginning of the anime, concerning a very important person to main character. Death of that person strongly influence hero through out the whole course of series, and makes them more focused on baseball.
Also in both animes there is tomboyish heroine, who also plays baseball and who slowly becomes attracted to main hero.
After loving everything Major did, I cannot believe I almost missed out on Cross Game. I'm sure it works the other way around. Are you still twitching from that Post-Awesome Anime Depression? Miss that RAWR RAWR YEAH YEAH feeling and need a high to replace the one Cross Game or Major gave you? Then watch the other. Both are equally brilliant at developing nail-biting baseball games, combining it with heart-wrenching drama, and marvellously involving character development. If you watched one, you absolutely can't miss out on the other.
The obvious reccomendation here. Both series follow a young boy as he grows and strives to make it big in baseball. The main characters personalities are a bit different, Goro from Major being a hothead, and Ko from Cross Game being more laid back. But they both have the passion burning within them for baseball, fueled by tragedies that happened in their early childhoods. If you liked one, give the other a shot.
AnoHana and Cross Game are coming-of-age tales with a similar sort of drama (which is probably a spoiler to mention what). Both also feature their casts as teenagers, but with very frequent flashbacks to their childhood, so the character developement (of which there is plenty) is even more obvious.
These two shows have the same basic set up. Although Cross Game is longer and has a story based in sports back ground, both shows cover the same basic characters and character backgrounds
Hiro Kunimi loves baseball and was the star pitcher of the youth team until he injured his elbow. Much to the dismay of his friends, Hiro has decided to give up his beloved baseball, even going so far as to burn his glove and enroll in one of the few schools without a baseball club. Hiro then joins the soccer club and decides to throw himself into the sport. One day, in a bid to humiliate the Baseball Fan Club – run by the clumsy Haruka – the Soccer Club challenges them to a match. Disgusted by their arrogance, Hiro decides to quite the Soccer Club halfway through the game and joins the Baseball Fan Club instead! It seems that Hiro’s desire to play baseball and his dream of reaching Koshien are too strong to simply ignore after all.
similar character designs as well as both series revolve around a pitcher wanting to make it to koshien and their struggle along the way
Both series are the work of the brilliant Adachi, Mitsuru. Both shows revolve around high school baseball and involve both elements of romance and sports. The characters and their relationships also have a similar feel.
Twins Kazuya and Tatsuya, and their neighbor Minami have played together since they were children and built an unbreakable bond. But with puberty, the twins realized something: Minami is a girl, and three is a crowd. As the trio tries to preserve their relationship, Kazuya's pledge to make Minami's dream come true by taking her to Koshien with his baseball pitching skills makes the slackerish Tatsuya wonder about himself, and his own goals. But Minami has another dream she wants fulfilled, and as the twins continue to push themselves, with Minami in the middle, a life-changing tragedy leads one twin down a path he once never would've considered...
While these two series were made by the same author and share very similar (almost identical) character dessigns, there are some clear differences between them that make them both enjoyable. Touch is a series made during the 80's by Adachi that enjoyed a huge popularity rating (+20% at its peak). It depicts a story writen by a younger author, very fresh and sometimes idealistic. On the other hand, Cross Game tells us a similar story writen by the now much more experienced author (it was writen during the late 2000's). The story and character development is much more compact, and Adachi makes every second of the series count. In any case, if you liked any of these you may as well watch the other
Both series are slice-of-life school romance stories that revolve around baseball written by Adachi Mitsuru. Also the art style is quite similar despite Touch being a much older series. Both are fantastic series.
Sena was always a weak child, constantly having to run away from bullies; so much, that he became good at it. Now, as a teenager, Sena’s skill at running has become so impressive that the diabolical mastermind of the school football team notices his talent and recruits him. Yet to keep his privacy intact and his dangerous hobby a secret from his overprotective childhood friend Mamori, Sena is forced to develop a secret identity: the ace running back, Eyeshield 21! But the world is full of talented rivals, and Sena has a long way to go until he can reach the top...
Both animes are about team sports. In addition there is the same rivalry between main character and "ace" of another big shot team. Altough Cross Game has an romantic theme whereas Eyeshield 21 is more of a comedy I'm sure that you will enjoy both animes just as much.
