Nine (manga)

Nine
Cover of volume 1 of wideban release.
ナイン
GenreSports
Manga
Written byMitsuru Adachi
Published byShogakukan
MagazineShōnen Sunday Zōkan
DemographicShōnen
Original runSeptember 25, 1978 – October 25, 1980
Volumes5
Anime television film
Directed byGisaburō Sugii
StudioGroup TAC
Original networkFuji TV
ReleasedMay 4, 1983
Anime film
Nine the Original
Directed byGisaburō Sugii
StudioGroup TAC
ReleasedSeptember 16, 1983
Anime television film
Nine 2: Sweetheart Declaration
Directed byGisaburō Sugii
StudioGroup TAC
Original networkFuji TV
ReleasedDecember 18, 1983
Anime television film
Nine: Final
Directed byGisaburō Sugii
StudioGroup TAC
Original networkFuji TV
ReleasedSeptember 5, 1984
Live-action television film
Original networkFuji TV
ReleasedJanuary 5, 1987

Nine (Japanese: ナイン, Hepburn: Nain) is a baseball manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Sunday Zōkan from the October 1978 through November 1980 issues. The series was adapted into three anime television films[1] and a live-action television drama. An altered version of the first anime film was released in theaters, with new and re-arranged music.[2]

The story is about two friends who were star athletes in junior high school who decide, on entering high school, to join the struggling baseball club so they can have a challenge. The title comes from the nine members of a baseball team.

  1. ^ Van Huffel, Peter (January 17, 2004). "Adachi Mitsuru あだち充". Archived from the original on July 6, 2007. Retrieved June 21, 2007.
  2. ^ ナイン(1983) (in Japanese). goo 映画. Archived from the original on October 19, 2016. Retrieved June 21, 2007.