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Two brothers, one girl, 101 episodes of emotional devastation. Bring tissues and snacks.
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Touch (1985)

slow-burn heartbreaksports anime with teeth80s melodrama

Latest Episode

New starting line, from Uyesugi Tatsuya to Asakura Minami...
25 min

Season 1 • Episode 101

Latest

New starting line, from Uyesugi Tatsuya to Asakura Minami...

Mar 22, 1987

Overview

AnimationComedyDrama

Twins Kazuya and Tatsuya, and their neighbor Minami have played together since they were children and built an unbreakable bond. But with puberty, the twins realized something: Minami is a girl, and three is a crowd. As the trio tries to preserve their relationship, Kazuya's pledge to make Minami's dream come true by taking her to Koshien with his baseball pitching skills makes the slackerish Tatsuya wonder about himself, and his own goals. But Minami has another dream she wants fulfilled, and as the twins continue to push themselves, with Minami in the middle, a life-changing tragedy leads one twin down a path he once never would've considered...

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Content warning
animebased on mangaschool clubjapanese high schoolbukatsuromancelove trianglebaseball

Standout Aspects

Writing

Adachi's meticulous slow-burn that makes episode 78 shatter you.

Acting

Noriko Hidaka's Minami: cheerful voice, devastating restraint.

Direction

101 episodes of baseball games you'll actually care about.

Best for:Solo: Late-night emotional spiral sessions with zero witnesses.·Binge: Commit to the pain. 101 episodes of character development demand it.·Rewatch: Hits different once you know who doesn't make it to Koshien.
Heads up:Emotional: Major character death around episode 70s. Devastating, not exploitative.·Triggers: Grief, survivor's guilt, and parental neglect themes throughout.
First AiredMar 24, 1985
StatusEnded

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelheavy
Seasons1·Episodes101
Fuji TV
SAGA TV

Top Cast

Keiichi Nanba

Keiichi Nanba

Kazuya Uesugi (voice)

Yuji Mitsuya

Yuji Mitsuya

Tatsuya Uesugi (voice)

Noriko Hidaka

Noriko Hidaka

Minami Asakura (voice)

Hayashiya Shōzō IX

Hayashiya Shōzō IX

Koutarou Matsudaira (voice)

Banjo Ginga

Banjo Ginga

Shouhei Harada (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Kazuhiko Inoue

Akio Nitta (voice)

Mina Tominaga

Mina Tominaga

Yuka Nitta (voice)

Ryusei Nakao

Ryusei Nakao

Isami Nishimura (voice)

Hideyuki Tanaka

Hideyuki Tanaka

Eijiro Kashiwaba (voice)

Ryo Horikawa

Ryo Horikawa

Takeshi Yoshida (voice)

Hiromi Tsuru

Hiromi Tsuru

Sachiko Nishio (voice)

Kaneto Shiozawa

Kaneto Shiozawa

Takeshi Kuroki (voice)

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Cultural

Touch defined 1980s sports anime and made Adachi Mitsuru a household name; its 'sports as emotional metaphor' template influenced everything from Slam Dunk to Haikyuu.

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