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Kyojin no Hoshi

1968, TV, 182 eps, 68%, Tokyo Movie Shinsha

The same kind of story: hot-blooded rise-to-the-top 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…

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  1. Cover of Touch
    Touch

    1985, TV, 101 eps, 79%

    Recommended by 5 Major S1 fans on AniList. Both have Baseball, Coming of Age.

  2. Cover of Cross Game
    Cross Game

    2009, TV, 50 eps, 82%

    Recommended by 7 Major S1 fans on AniList. Both have Baseball, Coming of Age.

  3. Cover of BATTERY the animation
    BATTERY the animation

    2016, TV, 11 eps, 53%

    The same kind of story: hot-blooded rise-to-the-top sports.

  4. Cover of capeta
    capeta

    2005, TV, 52 eps, 76%

    Recommended by 3 Major S1 fans on AniList. The same kind of story: hot-blooded rise-to-the-top sports.

  5. Cover of Journal with Witch
    Journal with Witch

    2026, TV, 13 eps, 87%

    Both have Parenthood, Coming of Age.

  6. Cover of Captain (TV)
    Captain (TV)

    1983, TV, 26 eps, 73%

    Both have Baseball.

  7. Cover of H2
    H2

    1995, TV, 41 eps, 70%

    Recommended by 3 Major S1 fans on AniList. Both have Baseball, Coming of Age.

  8. Cover of Big Windup!
    Big Windup!

    2007, TV, 25 eps, 77%

    Recommended by 22 Major S1 fans on AniList. Both have Baseball, Coming of Age.

  9. Cover of Ping Pong the Animation
    Ping Pong the Animation

    2014, TV, 11 eps, 86%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  10. Cover of Tomorrow's Joe
    Tomorrow's Joe

    1970, TV, 79 eps, 82%

    Recommended by 5 Major S1 fans on AniList. Both have Coming of Age.

  11. Cover of Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
    Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju

    2016, TV, 13 eps, 84%

    Rakugo, Acting, Historical

  12. Cover of Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!
    Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!

    2000, TV, 75 eps, 87%

    The same kind of story: hot-blooded rise-to-the-top sports.

  13. Cover of Takopi's Original Sin
    Takopi's Original Sin

    2025, ONA, 6 eps, 86%

    Denpa, Bullying, Primarily Child Cast

  14. Cover of Oblivion Battery
    Oblivion Battery

    2024, TV, 12 eps, 74%

    Recommended by 3 Major S1 fans on AniList. Both have Baseball.

  15. Cover of Ace of the Diamond
    Ace of the Diamond

    2013, TV, 75 eps, 80%

    Recommended by 58 Major S1 fans on AniList. Both have Baseball.

  16. Cover of Taisho Baseball Girls
    Taisho Baseball Girls

    2009, TV, 12 eps, 71%

    Recommended by 4 Major S1 fans on AniList. Both have Baseball.

  17. Cover of Baby Steps
    Baby Steps

    2014, TV, 25 eps, 75%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  18. Cover of One Outs
    One Outs

    2008, TV, 25 eps, 81%

    Recommended by 6 Major S1 fans on AniList. The same kind of story: hot-blooded rise-to-the-top sports.

  19. Cover of Gurren Lagann
    Gurren Lagann

    2007, TV, 27 eps, 85%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  20. Cover of The Prince of Tennis
    The Prince of Tennis

    2001, TV, 178 eps, 75%

    Tennis, Male Protagonist, Primarily Male Cast

  21. Cover of Spirited Away
    Spirited Away

    2001, Movie, 1 ep, 86%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  22. Cover of NANA
    NANA

    2006, TV, 47 eps, 85%

    Both have Coming of Age.

  23. Cover of Slam Dunk
    Slam Dunk

    1993, TV, 101 eps, 83%

    Recommended by 3 Major S1 fans on AniList.

Manga for fans of Major S1

Ace of the Diamond2006, Manga, 418 ch, 83% BE BLUES!: Ao ni Nare2011, Manga, 489 ch, 83% H21992, Manga, 338 ch, 83% Haikyu!!2012, Manga, 404 ch, 89% Ookiku Furikabutte2003, Manga, ongoing, 81% Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow1968, Manga, 171 ch, 89% BUNGO2014, Manga, 410 ch, 78% Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit!1989, Manga, ongoing, 88%

About Major S1

2004, TV, 26 eps, 80%, Studio Hibari

Honda Shigeharu is a Major League batter on the rise. His son Gorou is a Little League pitcher who one day hopes to follow in his father's footsteps. Hoshino Momoko is Gorou's schoolteacher and the first woman Shigeharu has been interested in since the death of Gorou's mother. The destinies of these three individuals will become intertwined as father and son experience both heartbreak and triumph on the baseball diamond. But when an unspeakable tragedy visits the family, it will take everything they have to pick up the pieces and reclaim their dreams.

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