What is this genre all about? Baseball is like a complicated version of Rounders. It involves hitting a ball with a stick, then running around several bases placed in the form of a diamond on a field. Big in the US, and also in Japan.
We present you the list of Baseball anime you should watch right now.
Try our anime quiz: Anime Characters Guessing Quiz/Game
Top 20 Baseball anime you should watch right now. [2026 List]
- 20. Ballpark de Tsukamaete!
- 19. Apache Yakyuugun
- 18. Diamond no Ace
- 17. Cross Game
- 16. Major S1
- 15. Natsu ga Hajimaru.
- 14. Ookiku Furikabutte
- 13. One Outs
- 12. Boukyaku Battery (TV)
- 11. Princess Nine: Kisaragi Joshikou Yakyuubu
- 10. Azusa, Otetsudai Shimasu!
- 9. Hiatari Ryoukou!
- 8. Ookiku Furikabutte: Natsu no Taikai-hen
- 7. Oira no Yakyuu
- 6. Nude Batter Tetsuo
- 5. Boku no Hero Academia: HLB
- 4. Taishou Yakyuu Musume.
- 3. Major 2nd
- 2. Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine
- 1. MIX Season 2
20. Ballpark de Tsukamaete!
To escape his tiring job, weary Murata finds escape at a nearby baseball stadium. While the games are thrilling, it’s Ruriko, the gyaru as cold as the beer she serves but secretly a sweetheart, who keeps him coming back. As her first regular, Murata discovers the warmth behind her frosty demeanor, and their hilarious, heartwarming encounters light up the ballpark and maybe even their hearts.
Catch Me at the Ballpark! has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: ボールパークでつかまえて！, Ballpark de Tsukamaete!
19. Apache Yakyuugun
A former baseball star who suffered a career crippling injury takes over as coach of a team of misfits in a poor village high school.
Apache Baseball Team has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: アパッチ野球軍, Apache Yakyuugun
18. Diamond no Ace
With a stray pitch that completely missed the batter, Eijun Sawamura loses his final middle school baseball game. Frustrated by this defeat, Eijun and his teammates vow to reach the national tournament once they are in high school. But everything changes when a scout unexpectedly invites him to Tokyo's prestigious Seidou High School after seeing the potential in his unusual pitching style. Encouraged by his teammates, Eijun accepts the offer, ready to improve his skills and play at a much more competitive level of baseball.
However, now surrounded by a large number of skilled players, Eijun struggles to find his place on the team. He declares that he will one day become the team's ace, but that's only if fellow first year Satoru Furuya doesn't take the title first, with his breakneck fastballs that earn him a coveted spot on the starting roster. With the addition of these talented new players to an already powerful lineup, the Seidou baseball team aims to become the best in Japan, facing off against a number of formidable foes that stand in their way.
Ace of Diamond has finished airing and it has 75 Episodes. It is also Known as: ダイヤのA[エース], Daiya no Ace, Ace of the Diamond, Dia no A
17. Cross Game
The main character is Kou Kitamura, son of the owner of Kitamura Sports. In the same neighborhood is a batting center run by the Tsukishima family. Due to their proximity and the relationship between their businesses, the Kitamura and Tsukishima familes have been close for many years, with their children going back and forth between the two homes like extended family. Because Kou and Wakaba were the same age and always together, Aoba was jealous of all the time Kou spent with her older sister. Aoba is a natural pitcher with excellent form, and Kou secretly trains to become as good as she was, even while publicly showing little interest in baseball.
Cross Game has finished airing and it has 50 Episodes. It is also Known as: クロスゲーム, Cross Game
16. Major S1
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 school teacher, and the first woman Shigeharu has been interested in since the death of Gorou's mother. The destines 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.
Major S1 has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: メジャー （第1シリーズ）, Major S1
15. Natsu ga Hajimaru.
A CalorieMate promotional animation with contributions from different professional and indie animators.
Natsu ga Hajimaru. has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 夏がはじまる。, Summer Begins
14. Ookiku Furikabutte
Ren Mihashi was the ace of his middle school's baseball team, but due to his poor pitching, they could never win. Constant losses eventually lead to his teammates bullying him and reached the point where his teammates no longer tried to win, causing Mihashi to graduate with little self-esteem. As a result, Mihashi decides to go to a high school in a different prefecture where he has no intention of playing baseball. Unfortunately, upon his arrival at Nishiura High, he is dragged into joining their new team as the starting pitcher.
Although unwilling at first, Mihashi realizes that this is a place where he will be accepted for who he is; with help from the catcher Takaya Abe, he starts to have more confidence in his own abilities. Abe, seeing the potential in Mihashi, makes it a goal to help him become a pitcher worthy of being called an ace.
Big Windup! has finished airing and it has 25 Episodes. It is also Known as: おおきく振りかぶって, Oofuri, Ohkiku Furikabutte, Swing Big!
13. One Outs
Toua Tokuchi is an athlete by profession, but a reckless gambler at heart. On the streets of Okinawa, he uses nothing but his wits and a "fastball" peaking at a mere 134 kmph to somehow achieve 499 wins in the game of "One Outs," a simplified version of baseball between the pitcher and one batter. Amazed by Toua's unique prowess on the mound, veteran slugger Kojima Hiromichi artfully scouts the pitcher for his long unsuccessful team, the Saikyou Saitama Lycaons. Kojima desperately hopes Toua will lead them to the championship; however, Tsuneo Saikawa, the mercenary owner of the Lycaons, sees the vastly talented pitcher as a threat to the income generated by the team. Rising to the challenge of swaying the owner, Toua suggests a one-of-a-kind "One Outs" contract: every out Toua pitches will earn him five million yen, but with every run he gives up, he will lose fifty million yen.
Adapted from the manga by Shinobu Kaitani of Liar Game fame, One Outs documents the intense psychological battles between Toua and those around him. With millions of yen at stake, can a pitcher who has done nothing but gamble in a head-to-head imitation of baseball finally lead a real baseball team to victory?
One Outs has finished airing and it has 25 Episodes. It is also Known as: ワンナウツ, ONE OUTS Nobody wins, but I!
12. Boukyaku Battery (TV)
The story of Bouyaku Battery follows Haruka Kiyomine and Kei Kaname, a pair of young baseball players who set the field afire as an unstoppable pitcher / catcher battery in middle school. Although they were scouted by elite sports schools all over Japan, the two instead enroll in an ordinary high school in Tokyo, because Kei is suffering from amnesia and his athletic skills have reverted to the level of a rank amateur.
Oblivion Battery has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 忘却バッテリー (TV), Boukyaku Battery (TV)
11. Princess Nine: Kisaragi Joshikou Yakyuubu
Keiko Himuro, Chairman of the Kisuragi School, puts together an all-girl baseball team led by Ryo Hayakawa, daughter of a legendary pitcher, in hopes of proving that girls can compete just as well as boys. Their goal: Koshien Stadium, where only the best teams get the opportunity to play.
Princess Nine has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: プリンセスナイン 如月女子高野球部, Princess Nine: Kisaragi Joshikou Yakyuubu
10. Azusa, Otetsudai Shimasu!
The Karugamo High School Baseball Team has not been doing well. After losing badly to the Eagles, many of the players leave, and the team now has only eight players, one too few to play a game.
Going against his principles, the main character Harumaki Shunpei decides to buy a baseball robot. However, since he does not have enough money, he ends up buying the maid robot named Azusa. Even though Azusa has a warm heart and strong determination, it doesn't appear that she stands a chance against her adversaries who were top-of-the-line baseball robots. The team's only hope seems to lie in a secret buried within Azusa's clouded past.
Azusa Will Help! has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: アズサ、お手伝いします！, Azusa Helps!, Azusa, Otetsudaishimasu!
9. Hiatari Ryoukou!
Kishimoto Kasumi, a 15-year-old girl, was supposed to live at her auntie's house in order to go to high school since April. However, when she moved to the house she was surprised with the fact that there were already four new male students living in the same house. To make the matter worse, that day while she was taking a bath, Takasugi Yusaku, one of those boys, came into the bath and saw her naked. This is how Kasumi's troublesome high school days started.
Sunny Ryoko has finished airing and it has 48 Episodes. It is also Known as: 陽あたり良好！, Hiatari Ryoukou
8. Ookiku Furikabutte: Natsu no Taikai-hen
Picking up where the original series left off, Ren Mihashi, the ace pitcher of the newly-formed Nishiura High School baseball team, and his teammates face the Sakitama High School team in the next round of the High School Baseball Invitational Tournament as they aim to play in the finals at legendary Hanshin Koushien Stadium.
Big Windup! 2 has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: おおきく振りかぶって 〜夏の大会編〜, Oofuri, Big Windup! 2, Swing Big! 2, Ookiku Furikabutte 2, Ookiku Furikabutte The Summer Tournament Chapter
7. Oira no Yakyuu
Movie from 1931 about a baseball game between rabbits and tanuki.
Our Baseball Match has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: おい等の野球, Oira no Yakyu
6. Nude Batter Tetsuo
An independent production by Takashi Taniguchi.
Nude Batter Tetsuo has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: ヌードバッター鉄雄, Nude Batter Tetsuo
5. Boku no Hero Academia: HLB
Original animation episodes for the fifth season of Boku no Hero Academia.
Boku no Hero Academia: HLB (My Hero Academia: HLB)
HLB stands for “Hero League of Baseball” - it is a baseball league founded by pro-heroes who love baseball!
It’s game day! The last game of HLB championship is between Gang Orca and Shishido's two rival agencies. They form a team (“Orcas” and “Lionels”) to compete. In the world of HLB, there is no rule – using their quirks is of course accepted. However, just when the game is about to finish, they are interrupted by a villain. Who will be the winner of HLB!?
Boku no Hero Academia: Warae! Jigoku no You ni (My Hero Academia: Laugh! As if you are in hell)
Deku, Bakugo, and Todoroki participate in internship under the No.1 hero, Endeavor's agency. One of their tasks these days is to find a villain (“Smiley”) who draws doodles in the city. However, since the urgency is so low, they let other pro-heroes solve this case. One day, Smiley draws a doodle on Endeavor’s house! Being furious, Endeavor himself and the 1-A trio go out to get the villain. However, Smiley’s quirk turns out to be something ridiculous but powerful... It is to make anyone who looks into his eyes laugh hysterically! Can the team capture the villain and stop laughing!?
My Hero Academia: HLB has finished airing and it has 2 Episodes. It is also Known as: 僕のヒーローアカデミア: HLB, Hero League Baseball
4. Taishou Yakyuu Musume.
In 1925 (year 14 of the Taisho era) baseball is still quite unknown in Japan and there are only a few male teams. After being told by a baseball player that women should become housewives instead of going to school, 14-year-old Akiko invites her friend Koume to start a baseball team in order to prove him wrong. During this time, when even running was considered too vulgar for women, baseball is known as "what the boys do" and they face many difficulties when having to find enough members, to get permission from their parents and also when learning about the sport itself, which they soon discover to be more difficult than expected.
Taisho Baseball Girls has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 大正野球娘。, Taishou Era Baseball Daughters, Taishou Era Baseball Girls
3. Major 2nd
Daigo is born as the son of Gorou, a father who is too great. What path will Daigo, who is burdened with great expectations, take in baseball?
Major 2nd has finished airing and it has 25 Episodes. It is also Known as: MAJOR 2nd, Major 2nd
2. Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine
When Arihara Tsubasa enters Rigahama Municipal High School and learns that it has no baseball club, she starts up the Girls' Baseball Club on her own. Drawn to the club are girls who have never played baseball before, girls who once played it but quit, and girls who are constantly tackling great challenges. The Rigahama Girls' Baseball Club races through the trials of youth, periodically clashing and quarreling, but supporting each other all the way! And so begins the hottest summer the world has ever known...
Cinderella Nine has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 八月のシンデレラナイン, Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine
1. MIX Season 2
The second season of MIX.
MIX Season 2 has finished airing and it has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: ミックス, Mix: Meisei Story Season 2
