#mitsuru sawamura

[ymofficial]

The Price to Pay (featuring musical guest Haruomi Hosono) - from the Wild and Moody tour, 1984

#yukihiro takahashi #haruomi hosono #live #1984 #ymo #hajime tachibana #steve jansen #iva davies #rodney drummer #mitsuru sawamura #wild and moody

[rggshiptournament]

HEAT #1

#001: tsuyoshi nagumo vs yuta usami

#002: mikiko sadamoto vs kaoru sayama

#003: takayuki yagami vs masayoshi tanimura

#004: nick ogata vs christina

#005: shintaro kazama vs osamu kashiwagi

#006: keiji shibusawa vs koichi adachi

#007: saori shirosaki vs makoto makimura

#008: makoto date vs makoto tsukumo

#009: joon-gi han (y6) vs fumiya sugiura

#010: daisaku kuze vs hiroki awano

#011: shusuke kenmochi vs seong-hui

#012: daisaku minami vs rikiya shimabukuro

#013: saeko mukoda vs eri kamataki

#014: masaharu kaito vs yuya

#015: yasuko saejima vs jin kuwana

#016: kazuki vs tetsu tachibana

#017: tashiro vs daigo dojima (y2)

#018: naoki katsuya vs the lingerie thief

#019: satoshi shioya vs masaru watase

#020: dd vs mitsuru kuroiwa

#021: hana vs yuki

#022: producer kiryu vs american boy mitsuo

#023: yoshitaka mine vs akira mabuchi

#024: jun sadamoto vs yu nanba

#025: ai uehera vs hibiki otsuki

#026: chika arimura vs saki hatsumi

#027: the areshi brothers vs etsuko

#028: toru higashi vs shun akiyama

#029: shinada vs shrimpnada

#030: ryuji goda vs daimu akutsu

#031: sohei dojima vs masumi arakawa

#032: reina vs yayoi dojima

#033: ryo aoki vs hiroaki arai

#034: jo sawashiro vs jun oda

#035: futoshi shimano vs akira nishikiyama (y1)

#036: masaru sera vs tsukasa sagawa

#037: shigeki baba vs joon-gi han (y7)

#038: shinji tanaka vs takeshi kido

#039: nishida vs taiga saejima

#040: tesso vs akira nishikiyama (y0)

#041: goh hamazaki vs wen hai lee

#042: homare nishitani vs sosuke komaki

#043: miss tatsu vs mirei park

#044: bacchus vs sotaro komaki

#045: ono michio vs kamulop

#046: haruka sawamura vs kyoko amasawa

#047: goro majima vs the florist

#048: toranosuke sengoku vs kazuma kiryu

#049: yoko sawa vs yumi sawamura

#050: gary "buster" holmes vs andre richardson

#051: tianyou zhao vs takumi someya

#052: ichiban kasuga vs daigo dojima (post y2)

#053: masato arakawa vs masato aizawa

INTERIM #1

BONUS ROUND: dead souls costumes

BONUS ROUND: wildcard qualifier

[favoritesegacharacterbracket]

Round 1 is over, Round 2 is starting Up

Results Here:

Since people asked, I'd like to remind everyone that also Hatsune Miku isn't owned by Sega, her rhythm games are. And that includes a mobile game that created some brand new characters.

I admit it's a bit iffy, but I took it to a vote, and people wanted Miku in the tournament. So that opens up Project Diva/Project Sekai characters.

My thoughts on the winners and losers:

Makoto Yuki beat Fuuka Yamagishi. I admit I didn't expect that

Maya Amano beat every Angry Bird. Very impressive considering the difference in fame between Angry Birds and pre-3 Persona

Kazuma Kiryu beat Ken Amada. I'm sure he's the sort of person to set Ken on the right path

Gum beats Junpei

AiAi beat Amigo, proving to be the more popular Sega monkey. He might be the most popular Sega monkey

Bean the Dynamite beats Zobio and Zobiko in this match up of deep cuts

Aigis beat Gilius Thunderhead

Whisper the Wolf beat Billy Hatcher

Shinjiro beat Robo

Tohru Adachi beats the Chuni Penguin...I'm sure he's fine

Tillis beats Joe Musashi

The Flickies beat BD Joe. I wasn't sure what to expect

Teddie beats Axel Stone

Eggman beats Ex

E-102 Gamma beats Jean

Koromaru beats Sakura Shinguji

Schezo Wegey beats Aoyagi Toya

Tatsuya Suou beats Lemres

Kanji beat Sumi. I admit I think I should call her Sumi in the losers bracket to avoid spoilers

Yosuke Hanamura beat Squares

Kotone beat Ann. I'm not sure why I keep doubting protagonists

Haru beat Raffina

Sig beat KapuKapu

Vyse beat Ryo Hazuki

Hatsune Miku beats Silver the Hedgehog

Alex Kidd beats Jacky Bryant

Surge the Tenrec beats The Daytona Hornet

Pocket Circuit Fighter beats Beat

Ren Amamiya beats Toejam

Infinite beat Vectorman

Knuckles the Echidna beats Satan. I think that happened before somewhere in the Sonic multiverse

Kitsunami the Fennec beats Mitsuru Kirijo

The Nahobino beats Mobo

Raphael/Phantom R beats Drachma

Tangle the Lemur beats Yusuke Kitagawa. The lemur beats the fox

Rouge the Bat beats Ryuji Sakamoto

Yukari beats Chie

Haruka Sawamura beats Yukiko Amagi

Jack Frost Beats Naoto Shirogane

Goro Akechi beats G

Bayonetta beats Kasane Teto

Pai Chan beats Gunstar Red and Gunstar Blue

Morgana beat Scourge

Sonic the Hedgehog beats Otori Emu

Earl beats Tyris Flare

Demi-fiend beats Ristar

Majima beats Lidelle

NiGHTS beat Domingo

Ringo beats Aika

Tails beats Ecco

Blaze the Cat beat Caleb Goldman

Ulala beat Welkin Gunther

Shadow the Hedgehog beats Akira Yuki

Amitie beats Axe Battler

Seaman beats Sage

Amy Rose beats Naoya Toudou

Makoto Niijima beats Headdy

Cream the Rabbit beats Arle Nadja

Akihiko Sanada beats The Shogun

Honey the Cat beat Kohran Li

Rise Kujikawa beats Sakura Amamiya

Futaba beats Klug

Opa Opa beats Jack

#sega #hatsune miku #project diva #project sekai

[cloverthecuddlycactus]

Characters I'm

Willing to Write For

Haikyuu

Karasuno

Daichi Sawamura

Kōshi Sugawara

Asahi Azumane

Yū Nishinoya

Ryūnoske Tanaka

Chikara Ennoshita

Hisashi Kinoshita

Kazuhito Narita

Tobio Kageyama

Shōyō Hinata

Kei Tsukishima

Akiteru Tsukishima

Tadashi Yamaguchi

Kiyoko Shimizu

Hitoka Yachi

Ittetsu Takeda

Keishin Ukai

Karasuno Girls Team

Yui Michimiya

Mao Aihara

Rinko Sudō

Moe Kikuchi

Manami Aoki

Nozomi Watabe

Chizuru Sasaki

Karasuno Association

Tenma Udai

Makoto Shimada

Yūsuke Takinoue

Natsu Hinata

Saeko Tanaka

Madoka Yachi

Nekoma

Tetsurō Kuroo

Nobuyuki Kai

Morisuke Yaku

Taketora Yamamoto

Kenma Kozume

Shōhei Fukunaga

Sō Inuoka

Tamahiko Teshiro

Lev Haiba

Yūki Shibayama

Nekoma Association

Akane Yamamoto

Alisa Haiba

Aoba Johsai

Tōru Oikawa

Issei Matsukawa

Takahiro Hanamaki

Hajime Iwaizumi

Shigeru Yahaba

Shinji Watari

Yūtarō Kindaichi

Akira Kunimi

Kentarō Kyōtani

Dateku (Date Tech)

Yasushi Kamasaki

Kaname Moniwa

Takehito Sasaya

Takanobu Aone

Kenji Futakuchi

Yutaka Obara

Kanji Kogenagawa

Tarō Onagawa

Jingo Fukiage

Kōsuke Sakunami

Mai Nametsu

Fukurodani

Tatsuki Washio

Yamato Sarukui

Kōtarō Bokuto

Keiji Akaashi

Akinori Konoha

Shūichi Anahori

Haruki Komi

Wataru Onaga

Yukie Shirofuku

Kaori Suzumeda

Shiratorizawa

Wakatoshi Ushijima

Eita Semi

Reon Ōhira

Satori Tendō

Tsutomu Goshiki

Kenjirō Shirabu

Taichi Kawanashi

Kai Akura

Hayato Yamagata

Yūshō Sagae

Jozenji

Yūji Terushima

Kazuma Bobata

Takeharu Futamata

Katsumichi Higashiyama

Rintarō Numajiri

Nobuyoshi Īzaka

Arata Tsuchiya

Hana Misaki

Runa Kuribayashi

Nohebi

Suguru Daishō

Yoshiya Takachiho

Kazuma Numai

Kōji Hiroo

Isumi Sakishima

Sō Akama

Akihiko Seguro

Naoyasu Kuguri

Mika Yamaka

Inarizaki

Shinsuke Kita

Ren Ōmimi

Aran Ojiro

Hiroshima Ginjima

Atsumu Miya

Rintarō Suna

Osamu Miya

Yūto Kosaku

Heisuke Riseki

Michinari Akagi

MSBY Jackals

Shūgo Meian

Shion Inunaki

Adriah Tomas

Oliver Barnes

Kaito Hashikami

Others

Sakusa Kiyoomi

Kanoka Amonai

Maiko Yonezawa

Motoya Komori

Sachirō Hirugami

Kōrai Hoshiumi

Obey Me

Diavolo

Lucifer

Mammon

Leviathan

Satan

Asmodeus

Beelzebub

Belphegor

Barbatos

Solomon

Simeon

Luke (Only Platonic)

Thirteen

Mephistopheles

Raphael

Fruits Basket

Tohru Honda

Arisa Uotani

Saki Hanajima

Akito

Yuki

Kyo

Shigure

Kagura

Momiji

Hatori

Hatsuharu

Ayame

Kisa (Only Platonic)

Hiro (Only Platonic)

Ritsu

Isuzu

Kureno

Kazuma

Akira

Ren

Kana

Megumi Hanajima

Kakeru Manabe

Machi Kuragi

Mitsuru

Mine Kuramae

Free!! Franchise

Aiichiro Nitori

Akane Kurimiya-Shiina

Asahi Shiina

Ayumu Kunikida

Gou Matsuoka

Haruka Nanase

Hayato Shigino

Hiyori Tono

Ikuya Kirishima

Isuzu Mikoshiba

Katsumi Shigino

Kisumi Shigino

Makoto Tachibana

Miho Amakata

Momotaro Mikoshiba

Nagisa Hazuki

Nao Serizawa

Natsuya Kirishima

Ran & Ren Tachibana (Only Platonic)

Rei Ryugasaki

Rin Matsuoka

Seijuro Mikoshiba

Sousuke Yamazaki

Tsubasa Ryugasaki

Attack on Titan

Mikasa Ackerman

Armin Arlert

Reiner Braun

Ymir Fritz

Levi Ackerman

Historia Reiss

Hange Zoë

Sasha Blouse

Erwin Smith

Jean Kirstein

Connie Springer

Annie Leonhart

Bertholdt Hoover

Marco Bott

Voltron

Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane

Keith

Lance McClain

Katie "Pidge" Holt

Hunk

Princess Allura

Coran Hieronymus Wimbleton Smythe

Matthew "Matt" Holt

Prince Lotor

Arcana

Asra Alnazar

Nadia Satrinava

Julian Devorak (Ilya, Ilyushka)

Muriel

Portia Devorak

Nasrin

Namar

Nazali

Navra

Nahara

Nasmira

Natiqa

Aisha Alnazar

Salim Alnazar

The Pets/Companions/Familars

Faust

Chandra

Malak

Inanna

Pepi

Mercedes & Melchior

Chimes

Flamel

[ao3feed-daisuga]

Putting Spells To Good Use

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2IldTsV

by Tachi_Sakon

“I fear for some lives,” Kenma muttered, glancing at Hayase. “Or rather, sex lives.”

 () Or, when Oikawa vowed to get revenge, Iwaizumi can’t catch a break and spells aren’t used the way they’re supposed to. ()

Words: 3220, Chapters: 1/23, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of Sport Anime Crossovers

Fandoms: DAYS (Anime & Manga), Haikyuu!!, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, M/M, Multi

Characters: Usui Yuuta, Oikawa Tooru, Hayase Takanobu, Kazama Jin (DAYS), Sakusa Kiyoomi, Semi Eita, Narukami Shuuji, Yahaba Shigeru, Moniwa Kaname, Kita Shinsuke, Other Character Tags to Be Added, as I go along - Character, Akaashi Keiji, Bokuto Koutarou, Sugawara Koushi, Sawamura Daichi, Kageyama Tobio, Hinata Shouyou, Indou Kaoru, Kokubo Mitsuru, Mizuki Hisahito

Relationships: Iwaizumi Hajime/Oikawa Tooru, Kokubo Mitsuru/Hayase Takanobu, Mizuki Hisahito/Usui Yuuta, Kozume Kenma/Kuroo Tetsurou, Kita Shinsuke/Miya Atsumu/Sakusa Kiyoomi, Kazama Jin/Tsukamoto Tsukushi, Kawanishi Taichi/Semi Eita, Indou Kaoru/Narukami Shuuji, Kyoutani Kentarou/Yahaba Shigeru, Kamasaki Yasushi/Moniwa Kaname, Konoha Akinori/Sarukui Yamato, Other Relationship Tags to Be Added, as I go along - Relationship, Sawamura Daichi/Sugawara Koushi, Akaashi Keiji/Bokuto Koutarou, Hinata Shouyou/Kageyama Tobio

Additional Tags: Manga & Anime, Idiots in Love, Volleyball Dorks in Love, Soccer Idiots in Love, Fluff, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Harry Potter Setting, Hair Dyeing, Spells & Enchantments, Alternate Universe - Wizards, Quidditch, Magic, Rated T because Language kids, Revenge, Childishness, Mild Language, gays, Crossover, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2IldTsV

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #haikyuu #haikyuu!! #daisuga #hq

[luna-rainbow]

jdorama 2019 autumn

As we head into the last drama season of the year, ratings have been heavily influenced by several concurrent events - the rugby World Cup, baseball and the emperor's enthronement. Several dramas are suspected to have taken a hit right at their debut, and it looks like it'll take a couple of weeks for the waters to clear. Entirely as expected, Doctor X (season 6) went straight to the top of the average ratings for the entire year with a current average of 19.65%. I'm not going to say much about this drama apart from that it's the same old formula, featuring the same old fights between the unrealistic heroine and the equally unrealistic power/money-hungry villains. What's more impressive than the longevity of the series is how cringeworthy it actually is. Grand Maison Tokyo (rating: 12.4%) Stars: Kimura Takuya, Sawamura Ikki, Suzuki Kyoka As soon as the synopsis came out, there were accusations of plagiarising from Bradley Cooper's Burnt. Though I've only read the Wikipedia summary of that movie, happily the drama seems to be an entirely different story. Obana Natsuki is a talented French cuisine chef who lost his Michelin restaurant 3 years ago when a VIP guest collapses from ingesting an allergen that contaminated the food. I don't know if it's intentional, but Kimura's portrayal of Obana reminds me of RDJ's portrayal of Tony Stark, without the sass. Essentially Obana is a genius in his field who inspires both admiration and exasperation in his acquaintances. His previous arrogance and brutal honesty has made his former colleagues wary of him, but he's really just a tsundere ossan who doesn't feel comfortable letting his soft side show. As usual, Kimura is surrounded by some excellent cast members (I think this must be the most earnest role I've seen Sawamura play), and so far the script is tight and well-paced, with a promise of complexity. It's definitely a much better venture than some of the other stuff Kimura has done recently. Ore no hanashi wa nagai | My story is long (rating: 8.4%) Stars: Ikuta Toma, Koike Eiko It's a little like GiboMusu, in that the premise sounded boring but the script and the acting make it a humorous enjoyable skit for the whole family. 31 year old Keshibe Mitsuru has been a NEET since his cafe went bankrupt a few years ago. He lives with (off?) his mother, and seems to have no plans to look for work. Unlike most NEETs we've seen in dramas, Mitsuru is oddly...normal and likeable. While he seems to enjoy bickering over the smallest things, he's not lazy or unrealistic or socially challenged. He interacts with his family with a sensitivity that his bossy sister doesn't have. So far, all of this makes it hard to fathom why he's not finding work, so I hope it's explained well later. The interactions between the family members are cute and heartfelt, and I hope it finds a way to round itself out into a good story. It's so nice to see Toma on TV again. Mada kekkon-dekinai otoko | The man who still can't get married (rating: 11.5%) Stars: Abe Hiroshi, Yoshida Yo Kekkon-dekinai otoko is a drama I've never watched but which apparently has a cult status amongst drama fans. Abe Hiroshi is back as a 50+ year old architectural engineer. It's not clear that he wants to get married, apart from the fact that he is interested by romance as something that he doesn't quite understand but everyone seems to gush over. He's like a Windows user who thinks about getting a Mac just to see what the hype is about, without being sure he really wants or cares about it, but just on the off-chance it might wow him. It's cute and humorous in a very old-school sort of way, but not really something I could relate to or quite understand. I will probably keep watching because I do like seeing Abe Hiroshi playing off against Yoshida Yo. It would be nice to see if it passes the Bechdel's test because even though the two female protagonists hang out frequently, they've mostly been focused on talking about a male ex-partner or the main character.

#jdrama #jdorama #ikuta toma #kimura takuya #grand maison tokyo #mada kekkon dekinai otoko #ore no hanashi wa nagai

[anouta-jp]

トレンディ歌謡に抱かれて　第１５回：日向敏文「夏の猫」

Vaporwaveの、おそらく世界初であろう解説冊子(「冊子」として存在していることが肝だと本当に思います)「蒸気波要点ガイド」。届いて以来何度も何度も読んでしまうのですが、やはり名盤10枚の各レビューの「レビュアーの目のつけどころの違い」が面白いなあと思うのです。具体音であれ漠然としたビジュアル・イメージであれ「日本のミッド80s～アーリー90sの文化」がこのジャンルをずっと覆っているわけですが、ヴェイパーリスナーはそれを思い出として共有していても、いなくても聴けるわけですよね。で、そういう共有の差は各レビュアーにもあって、しかもそのどれもが、聴き方として成立しているという。何気に多面的なんです。捨てアカさんのヴェイパー見取り図を優しく繋いでいく感覚や、小鉄さんの「現代」との接続をポイントとする視点は、過ぎ去ったメモリーを共有している故の感傷やノスタルジーとはかなり距離があり新しいなと感じました。一方でブギー・アイドルさんの「ワラッテイイトモ、」(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-FUETQ1J6A)を思い出さずにはいられないメモリーズ感覚は、自分がこのジャンルに抱く思いとかなり近いのですが、肝心なのは、やはり現前するこの音楽が「亡霊」に聴こえるということが、どこかしらスリリングな音楽体験であると言えるとこだと思うんですよね。やっぱり新しさを思ってる。それは「感傷でありつつ未体験」というか...そういえばむかし詩人の友達は「再読はスリリングな行為だ」と言っていました。いずれにせよ、なかなか語られにくいこのジャンルがこうしてまとめてレビューされることは、ミーハーなリスナーとしては本当にありがたい事です。

Release : 1986.2.25

Musician

All Instruments : Toshifumi Hinata

A.Sax : Mitsuru Sawamura

Electric bass : Gregg Lee

Tabla : Matt Fujii  

 さて今回は、意外と書かれているのを見かけない「ヒンヤリ」した夏名盤についてです。日向敏文の当盤リリースまでのバイオグラフィはブックレットでタップリ載っていますが、そちらは割愛。「夏の猫」は85年のデビュー作「サラの犯罪」に続く2枚目で、その後はソロ作品をリリースしつつ、90年代初頭からはTVドラマのサントラ世界へと移行。中でも「リカのテーマ」が名高い「東京ラブストーリー」は、ベストテンに入るヒット作となりました。因みに「蒸気波要点ガイド」に「Design」が取り上げられているユニット「インテリア」は彼の実弟・日向大介のグループですが、当盤は「Design」と1年違い。あちらはウィンダム・ヒルからのリリースでしたが、この両盤、どこかしら同じ空気感があるように思います。知的で高級なデジタル音色から浮かび上がる、大理石～黒テーブルの世界と言ってみたい。「ヒンヤリ」はここに宿っています。

 １．蜃気楼

（作曲・編曲　日向敏文）

短く終わっちゃうのがもったいないくらい和ニューエイジしてます。荘厳かつコンパクトな序章。

２．新しい遊牧民

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わーいノマドだ～ それだけでこのアルバム空間の雰囲気がわかるかと思います。アルバム中唯一ビートとベースが効いたナンバーですが、メロディはややサティ感。中盤のパーカッションとフレットレスなベースが急に盛り上がってく感じが...たまりません。

３．Sの肖像

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ちょっとボウイのインストナンバーを思い出す佳曲。ミニマルシンセ＋ノイジーギターでハードに展開しつつ、やわらかいシンセ・ストリングスがそれらを緩くつつみ込むのが幻想的。

４．孤独なピアノ

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なにやらモーダルな印象を残す、南欧頽廃なピアノソロ。結構アタックの音が生々しいです。

５．夢のオブジェ

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南欧からイタリィへ。ピエトロ・ジェルミと言わずにはいられないシンセ・アコーディオン曲。ヒンヤリしたパッド音が奥行きをあえて無くす感じで上品です。

６．異国の女たち

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TBS「男女7人秋物語」で挿入曲としてよく流れていたそう。ほのかに滝の音でも聞こえてきそうな涼音シンセがしばらく続き、同じコードのまま狭レンジなピアノ＋ベースへと移り変わり、また戻ります。夏から秋のあわい。

７．GOLDEN LAKE

（作曲・編曲　日向敏文）

キョージュ最新作のソラリス曲とおんなじ鳴りをしてて嬉しくなっちゃいます。アドリブ・タッチな枯れギターが、ドローンなシリアスさを甘い感傷へと転化してくれます。その辺がやはりこの時代。

８．青の時代

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ゲルニカをちょっと想起する感じのミニマルさ(ピカソ繋がり？)をキープしつつ、サビでエレクトリックピアノの感情的な南欧メロディがワッと広がり、たいへんにキャッチー。

９．CHAT D’ETE

（作曲・編曲　日向敏文）

タイトル曲。どこか着地点があいまいなピアノ曲で、アンニュイかつほんのりエロティックなイメージをクール・ダウン・モードで聴かせてくれます。

１０．   広場・午後３時１７分

（作曲・編曲　日向敏文）

キーン、という音が涼しいエイティース・アンビエント。といっても主役は生ピアノで、中央の定位で翳りのあるメロディを奏でます。

※２、６、８曲目を以下から試聴できます

h ttps://soundcloud.com/anouta-wkym/15-1

以上10曲。改めて聴いてみて、そのクールで知的な抑制に、眩暈に似た感動を覚えます。で、音数も手数も少なく、決して高音質でもない(86年当時のCDで聴いているので...)のに、ものすごく「ふくらみ」もある。インナーには気取った紀行文的エッセイがぽつりと収録されているのですが、それこそ松浦寿輝が書きそうな調子で、要するにこのアルバム、音楽以外の何かと接続しているような感覚が漲っているのです。涼しさ、知的さを感じるほんとうの要因はそこにある気がします。しかしその「接続」が、当時ほんとうにあったのか、はたまた後世に聴くからこそ理想郷的に想起されるものなのかは...わかんないですね。

#Trendy

[recentanimenews]

Play Ball! Feed Your Baseball Need with These Five Anime Series

  Anime and baseball have gone hand-in-hand for decades. From inspiring sports shows to crossovers between Gundam and the Pacific League, there's plenty of common ground between the two. In fact, many of us learned what we know about the sport from one of our favorite anime series ... for example, even if you know nothing about baseball, you've probably heard about the Koshien and know it's a big deal.

    If you're feeling the need for some baseball in your life right now, we've got just the ticket! Crunchyroll is full of aspiring sports stars playing epic games, from classic manga adaptations to this year's simulcasts. You'll find no shortage of teams to root for in our catalog! Here are just a few to get you started.

  MIX: Meisei Story

Mitsuru Adachi is a master of baseball manga, from Cross Game and H2 to his legendary series Touch. In fact, Adachi revisited the world of Touch 30 years later, bringing us a story of sports glories regained in MIX: Meisei Story. But it's not all that glorious at the start.

  In Touch, twin brothers Tatsuya and Kazuya Uesugi leads his team to the High School Baseball Championship at Koshien Stadium. But we learn in MIX that this was Meisei's one and only big accomplishment, and their baseball team has languished since then. As the series begins, baseball-playing stepbrothers Touma and Souichirou — a gifted pitcher and catcher, respectively — fight for recognition on their middle school team. Eventually, they'll go on to bring Meisei High's team to life again, while learning more about their fathers' baseball experiences.

  Touch fans will also notice love interest, Minami, returning to narrate MIX!

  Princess Nine

Speaking of talented pitchers, 1998's Princess Nine brings us Ryo Hayakawa — a southpaw with a pedigree. Ryo's late father — another gifted left-handed pitcher — invented a legendary pitch known as the Lightning Ball. If Ryo can discover it for herself, her team might have a chance at making it to the Koshien.

  Her team may seem like a mixed bag, but each member has their strengths. Judo club member Mao, for example, is the only player who can catch Ryo's pitches. Izumi, the school's star tennis player, switches to baseball to pursue an aggressive rivalry with Ryo. And then there's Yuki, the softball MVP who claims her favorite doll is an alien named Fifi ... and for all we know, that may be true.

  Princess Nine also features a romance between Ryo and rival pitcher Hiroki ... and depending on how things go, they may end up in direct competition!

  Cinderella Nine

Similarly named but a series all its own, Cinderella Nine started out as a mixed media project anchored in a mobile game. The game's popularity led to its anime adaptation, along with live performances and a 4-panel comic by Pop Team Epic creator Bkub Okawa.

  Our heroine, star player Tsubasa Arihara, decides to form a baseball club ... not for competitive reasons but to make friends and have fun. Which is a good thing, because many of the students who join up don't know a thing about baseball! That makes no difference to Tsubasa, though. She's happy to teach new players the ropes, work through the finer points of running a team, and keep everyone's morale up even when they're losing. Despite their relative inexperience, the team comes together impressively thanks to their optimism, teamwork, and willingness to address their shortcomings.

  Their attitude even has a positive effect on Tsubasa's former rival, Ryo Shinonome. While Ryo may not understand Tsubasa's willingness to play for fun and friendship, Tsubasa is more than willing to help her understand.

  Ace of the Diamond

From untested newbies aiming for the top to naturals with something to prove, pitchers make compelling protagonists. In the case of Ace of the Diamond, our star has an epic talent that's also something of a flaw.

  Despite Eijun Sawamura's particular talent being weird, he comes by it honestly. Thanks to his flexible joints, he's got a wild changeup — that thing where it looks like the ball is going one way, but ends up going another. That makes it hard for opposing batters to hit his pitches, but it also makes it hard for his team's catcher to catch them. He's not too interested in fixing this, until the day he's scouted for a prestigious high school team.

  As the series continues through further seasons, the hotheaded Sawamura continues to push himself and his teammates to do their best ... with, of course, their eyes on the Nationals!

    MAJOR 2nd

If you like the multi-generational feel of MIX: Meisei Story, there's a new series that plays a similar game — leading a new crop of talented players into the spotlight after their superstar predecessors.

  MAJOR 2nd is the sequel to MAJOR, whose anime adaptation kicked off in 2004 and ran more than 150 episodes. The series followed young hopeful Goro from childhood into adulthood and major league stardom. In this new series, we meet his son Daigo as he joins his first little league team. But between his lack of skill and the unfair expectations placed on him to follow in his dad's footsteps, he gives up relatively quickly. It isn't until sixth grade when Daigo meets the son of his dad's best friend from school that a love of baseball is awakened in him.

  At present, the second season of MAJOR 2ndis on hiatus — but that means you have plenty of time to catch up on Season 1!

    Still Want More?

  If that's not enough baseball anime for your queue, never fear — there's still more!

  For a quick fix, dive straight into Episode 41 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. A frenzied video game competition leads to a match in a fictional baseball sim Oh! That's a Baseball! as Stand users Jotaro and D'Arcy play with teams that look like their respective Stands. (Compared to other JoJo episodes, this is surprisingly grounded.)

  If you're looking for full-length watches, Crunchyroll also has Big Windup! and Key visual novel adaptation Little Busters!

  With so much baseball anime to watch, you can practically build your own season! Where are you going to start?

  Which anime baseball team will you be rooting for this spring? Tell us your favorite shows and characters in the comments!

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Disposable Love (Live at the Wild And Moody Tour, 1984)

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Yukihiro Takahashi - “Stranger Things Have Happened” from the Wild & Moody/Japan Tour, Tokyo, 1984

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From the Japan Tour, October 1984

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From the Japan Tour, 1984

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From the Wild and Moody Japan tour, 1984

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Your Favorite Characters Dress to Impress for Anime JAM 2019

  Anime JAM 2019 takes place next month, bringing together voice actors from all your favorite series. A new key visual for the event features popular characters dressed for the occasion... and it seems the stars themselves will be, too!

  The new visual depicts favorite characters from Inazuma Eleven, Ace of the Diamond, Fruits Basket, and The Royal Tutor in fancy suits themed to their respective works. If you like the look, you're in luck: the stars will apparently be wearing similar outfits for part of their time onstage at the event!

  Appearing at Anime JAM this year will be:

    First Row: Jun Fukuyama (Yuma Nosaka, Inazuma Eleven), Hirofumi Nojima (Shuya Goenji, Inazuma Eleven), Tomohiro Oomachi (Mitsuru Ichihoshi, Inazuma Eleven), Keisuke Ueda (Heine Wittgenstein, The Royal Tutor)

Second Row: Yuya Asato (Kai von Grannzreich, The Royal Tutor), Yuto Adachi (Bruno von Grannzreich, The Royal Tutor), Daisuke Hirose (Leonhard von Grannzreich, The Royal Tutor), Ryota Osaka (Eijun Sawamura, Ace of the Diamond)

Third Row: Nobunaga Shimazaki (Satoru Furuya, Ace of the Diamond/Yuki Soma, Fruits Basket), Shintaro Asanuma (Yoichi Kuramochi, Ace of the Diamond), Yuuma Uchida (Koshu Okumura, Ace of the Diamond/Kyo Soma, Fruits Basket), Manaka Irami (Tohru Honda, Fruits Basket)

There will be a trivia quiz, as well as a new experiment for the event: a specially-written audio drama that will be performed only at this year's Anime JAM.

  Anime JAM 2019 takes place December 22, and will have two performances: one at 2pm and one at 6:30pm. Tickets are on sale now.

  >> Anime JAM 2019 Website

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  Kara Dennison is the co-founder of Altrix Books and co-creator of OEL light novel series Owl's Flower, with writing credits across the Internet. She blogs at karadennison.com and tweets @RubyCosmos. Her latest book, Vanishing Tales of the City, is now available for pre-order.

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