Japanese Baseball and Anime Panel Introduction Panelist introduction

Japanese Baseball and Anime

Panel Introduction ● Panelist introduction ● A brief overview of the panel

Brief History • Dates back to the 1700’s • First professional team created in the 1850’s • 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 You. Tube

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 S 1 episode 11 and S 2 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 S 2 episode 5 FLCL Samurai Champloo

Part 3: Wrap ● Some notable trends ● Filler episodes ● Side characters