Minami Asakura

Touch
Vol.14 of the Touch bunkoban, showing Tatsuya and Minami.
タッチ (Tatchi)
Genre	Comedy, Romance, Sports (baseball)
Manga
Written by	Mitsuru Adachi
Published by	Shogakukan
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run	1981 – 1986
Volumes	26
Anime television series
Directed by	Hiroko Tokita
Studio	Group TAC, Studio Gallop
Original network	Fuji TV
Original run	March 24, 1985 – March 22, 1987
Episodes	101 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Touch: Sebangō no Nai Ace
Directed by	Gisaburō Sugii
Written by	Yūjin Harada, Satoshi Namiki, Gisaburō Sugii
Music by	Hiroaki Serizawa
Studio	Group TAC
Released	April 12, 1986
Runtime	93 minutes
Anime film
Touch 2: Sayonara no Okurimono
Directed by	Naoto Hashimoto
Written by	Tomoko Konbaru
Music by	Hiroaki Serizawa
Studio	Group TAC
Released	December 13, 1986
Runtime	80 minutes
Game
City Adventure Touch: Mystery of Triangle
Developer	Compile
Publisher	Toho
Genre	Action
Platform	Famicom
Released	March 14, 1987
Anime film
Touch 3: Kimi ga Tōri Sugita Ato ni
Directed by	Akinori Takaoka
Written by	Yumiko Takahashi, Gisaburō Sugii
Music by	Hiroaki Serizawa
Studio	Group TAC
Released	April 11, 1987
Runtime	83 minutes
Live-action television film
Touch
Directed by	Yoshiharu Ueki
Written by	Satoshi Kurumi
Original network	Fuji TV
Released	June 1, 1987
Runtime	about 80 minutes
Anime television film
Touch: Miss Lonely Yesterday
Directed by	Akinori Nagaoka
Written by	Tomoko Konbaru
Music by	Hiroaki Serizawa
Studio	Group TAC
Original network	Nippon Television
Released	December 11, 1998
Runtime	93 minutes
Anime television film
Touch: Cross Road
Directed by	Akinori Nagaoka
Written by	Tomoko Konbaru
Music by	Hiroaki Serizawa
Studio	Group TAC
Original network	Nippon Television
Released	February 9, 2001
Runtime	93 minutes
Live-action film
Touch
Directed by	Isshin Inudo
Written by	Yukiko Yamamura
Music by	Suguru Matsutani
Released	September 10, 2005
Runtime	116 minutes

Touch (Japanese: タッチ, Hepburn: Tatchi) is a Japanese high school baseball manga by Mitsuru Adachi. It was originally serialized in the weekly manga magazine Shōnen Sunday from 1981–1986, and sold over 100 million copies, making it one of the best-selling manga series. The manga was also adapted into a 101-episode anime television series – which was one of the highest-rated anime television series ever, three theatrical anime movies which summarized the TV series, two anime television specials which take place after the events in the TV series, a live-action TV drama special, and a live-action movie released in 2005. Touch was one of the winners of the 1983 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen or shōjo manga, along with Adachi's Miyuki.

Touch follows the twin brothers Tatsuya and Kazuya Uesugi and the girl next door they grew up with and both grew to love, Minami Asakura. As they move from middle school to Meisei High School Kazuya devotes himself to being the ace pitcher of the baseball club and bringing the team to the Koshien, the national high school baseball tournament, fulfilling a childhood promise to Minami. Tatsuya leads a more frivolous life, avoiding conflict with his dear brother in sports or over their shared affection for Minami. In their first year, on the morning of the final game of the prefectural tournament, Kazuya is struck and killed by a truck in a traffic accident. In the second half of the story, Tatsuya takes up his brother's place in the baseball team and tries to fulfill his brother's goal.