Touch (manga)
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Vol.14 of the Touch bunkoban, showing Tatsuya and Minami.
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タッチ (Tatchi) |
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| 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 |
| 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. The manga was also adapted into a 101-episode anime TV 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.
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