Buddy Strike - Recommendations

• TV (26 eps)
• 1971 - 1972

After refusing to join a professional baseball team, Gou Toujima becomes a high school baseball coach in a small village. Through baseball, he teaches his students the greatness of cooperation.

• TV (26 eps)
• 1978

High-school student Ikkyuu knows nothing about baseball, but his talents are recognized by the manager of the baseball club, and he takes up this enchanting sport. While his ignorance of the game leads him to make many mistakes, Ikkyuu, who is in fact a descendant of ninja, displays his superhuman abilities and leads the team to the High School Baseball Championships.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1981

• TV (26 eps)
• 1983

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...!?

• TV (52 eps)
• 2019 - 2020

Second-year Sawamura Eijun finally makes his first appearance at the spring invitational! He wants to restore Seido’s reputation as a first-rate team and make them national champions! The Seido baseball team’s new run is about to begin!

• TV (75 eps)
• 2013 - 2015

I want to pitch to that mitt again... A meeting with catcher Kazuya Miyuki changed the 15-year-old Eijun Sawamura's life. He said goodbye to all his friends and knocked upon the door of Seidou, a prestigious baseball school, intent on testing his own strength. There, he met many proud baseball players who were betting everything on the sport! A classic tale, yet new and fresh.

• TV (51 eps)
• 2015 - 2016

Coach Kataoka takes the failure to reach nationals upon himself as some shortcoming in himself. With the fall tournament presenting a new chance to reach nationals the team strives to overcome gaps left by the third years absence. As they strive to improve they retainthe hope of making nationals and keeping their treasured coach from retiring. The battle to hold the position of ace between Sawamura, Furuya and Nori continues bringing new strengths to the team

• TV (53 eps)
• 1977 - 1978

Kanta lives with his mother, brothers, sisters, and dog named Judeth. He likes baseball, but his mom doesn't like him mentioning baseball, because his mother believes this was the cause of her husband's death.

• Movie (1 ep)
• 1987

Katsumi has been playing baseball (disguising herself as a boy for years), but one day she is recognized and scouted by an old family friend. Unfortunately, she ends up playing against the team that's coached by her own father. After she befriends her team's new catcher Oikawa, Katsumi's skills win over one suspicious mind after another.

• TV (13 eps)
• 2005

Takao Taniguchi, pitcher extraordinaire, helped his middle school's team win the baseball championship. However, tragedy struck when he hurt his index finger, taking him out of the game for good. Now that Takao is in high school, he finds himself wistfully staring at the baseball field each day, unable to get back in the game he loves. However, after joining the soccer team and excelling at the sport, the team's captain, Aiki, urges Takao to return to baseball once more. With fierce opponents at every turn and newfound friends at his side, Takao will help transform his team from average to amazing!