Meimon!! The Third Baseball Club

メイモンダイサンヤキュウブ

Aired: 1988

A school baseball anime based on the Weekly Shonen Magazine manga by Toshiyuki Mutsu. Broadcast on the Fuji TV network, it passionately portrays the individualistic players gathered in the obscure third baseball club, hidden in the shadow of a powerhouse school as they strive earnestly for promotion to the regulars and a place at Koshien. The long road from district tournaments toward the national summit weaves together youth, friendship, romance and setbacks, capturing the Magazine baseball-manga boom of late Showa with a memorable rotation of theme songs.