Japanese Baseball and Anime Panel Introduction Panelist introduction A brief overview of the panel Brief History Dates back to the 1700s First professional team created in the 1850s Introduced to Japan in 1872 Nippon Professional Baseball League Sadaharu Oh 1959 1980 World Baseball Classic Differences between United States and Japan Slight differences in the rules Inning limits Roster limitations on professional rosters Teams named after corporations instead of location Less frequent player movement on the professional teams Approach to the game High School Baseball in Japan Rivals professional baseball in popularity Koshien draws almost a million spectators Reaching Koshien Notable players at Koshien Part 2: Baseball Anime Touch 1 season (101 episodes) Released 1985 1987 Not domestically available Princess Nine 1 seasons (26 episodes) Released 1998 Licensed by Lucky Penny/Nozomi Entertainment Streaming episodes available on YouTube Major 6 seasons (154 episodes), 3 OVA and 1 movie Released 2004 2011 Not domestically available Consistently ranked in top 10 for TV rankings in Japan Ookiku Furikabutte/Big Windup 2 seasons (39 episodes) and 3 additional specials/OVAs Released 2007, 2010 Funimation.com streaming subbed/dubbed DVD available with S.A.V.E. Season 2 is not domestically available One Outs 1 season (25 episodes) Released 2008 2009 Not domestically available Cross Game 1 season (50 episodes) Released 2009 2010 Hulu, Anime Network streaming subbed No dub or DVD license at this time Moshidora 1 season (10 episodes) Released 2011 Not domestically available Diamond no Ace/Ace of the Diamond 1 season (52 episodes) Released 2013 Present Crunchyroll streaming subbed No dub or DVD license at this time Part 2: Wrap Ratings and awards in Japan Baseball anime review scores Sales and availability of sports anime in the US Part 3: Baseball in Other Anime Non-Baseball Anime Little Busters several episodes in seasons 1 and 2 Clannad After Story Episode 1 and episode 13 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya episode 4 (original broadcast) Angel Beats episode 4 Silver Spoon S1 episode 11 and S2 episode The odd baseball anime Summer Wars movie several scenes involve baseball FLCL episode 4 Samurai Champloo episode 23 Level E episode 11 Soul Eater Not episode 8 Yamishibai S2 episode 5 FLCL Samurai Champloo Part 3: Wrap Some notable trends Filler episodes Side characters