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Touch (manga): Characters, Overview & Media

Touch (Japanese: タッチ, Hepburn: Tatchi) is a Japanese high school baseball manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1981 to 1986, with its chapters were collected in 26 tankōbon volumes.

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Touch (manga) topic overview

The analysis highlights Characters, Overview and Media as prominent areas in the source structure around Touch (manga).

Related topics
68
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
73
Extracted relationships
101
Concept neighborhoods
18
Bridge connections
73

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 31 topics
Characters · 23 topics
Media · 9 topics
Reception · 4 topics
Synopsis · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Genre
Coming-of-age · Romantic comedy · Sports · Action
Publisher
Toho
Developer
Compile
Directed by
Gisaburō Sugii[a] · Hiroko Tokita[b] · Tsuneo Maeda (#1–27)[c] · Gisaburō Sugii · Tsuneo Maeda[c]
Episodes
101 (List of episodes)
Further information
Gisaburō Sugii · Tsuneo Maeda[c] · Masamichi Fujiwara · Tadashi Oka · Yoshirō Kataoka

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Synopsis

  • Koshien High school baseball in Japan

Characters

Media

Reception

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Touch (manga) connects Entity context

The extracted context around Touch (manga) shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Touch (manga) → Akifumi Takuma, Akinori Nagaoka, as birds corp., Fuji Television, Fumio Ueda, Gisaburō Sugii, Gisaburō Sugii[a], Haruo Sai, Hiroshi Yamashita, Masamichi Fujiwara, Masaru Takahashi, Michiru Ōshima, Naoto Hashimoto, Nippon Television, OLM, Inc., Satoshi Namiki, Shigetsugu Tsuiki, Shogakukan, Tadashi Oka, Toho Another extracted example is Touch (manga) → Akifumi Takuma, Chihiro Kameyama (#80–101), Fumio Ueda, Haruo Sai, Hiroshi Yamashita, Kazunari Yamanaka, Masamichi Fujiwara, Masaru Takahashi, Michiru Ōshima, Shigetsugu Tsuiki, Tadashi Oka, Yoshinobu Nakao (#1–79), Yoshirō Kataoka. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Touch (manga)

Top relations

Further information · 25
Touch (manga) → Akifumi Takuma, Akinori Nagaoka, as birds corp., Fuji Television, Fumio Ueda, Gisaburō Sugii, Gisaburō Sugii[a], Haruo Sai, Hiroshi Yamashita, Masamichi Fujiwara, Masaru Takahashi, Michiru Ōshima, Naoto Hashimoto, Nippon Television, OLM, Inc., Satoshi Namiki, Shigetsugu Tsuiki, Shogakukan, Tadashi Oka, Toho
Produced by · 13
Touch (manga) → Akifumi Takuma, Chihiro Kameyama (#80–101), Fumio Ueda, Haruo Sai, Hiroshi Yamashita, Kazunari Yamanaka, Masamichi Fujiwara, Masaru Takahashi, Michiru Ōshima, Shigetsugu Tsuiki, Tadashi Oka, Yoshinobu Nakao (#1–79), Yoshirō Kataoka
Written by · 10
Touch (manga) → Gisaburō Sugii, Mitsuru Adachi, Satoshi Kurumi, Satoshi Namiki, Satoshi Namiki (#57–101), Tomoko Konparu, Yukiko Yamamuro, Yumiko Takahoshi, Yumiko Takahoshi (#1–56), Yūjin Harada
Directed by · 9
Touch (manga) → Akinori Nagaoka, Gisaburō Sugii, Gisaburō Sugii[a], Hiroko Tokita[b], Isshin Inudo, Naoto Hashimoto, Tsuneo Maeda (#1–27)[c], Tsuneo Maeda[c], Yoshiharu Ueki
Released · 8
Touch (manga) → April 11, 1987, April 12, 1986, December 11, 1998, December 13, 1986, February 9, 2001, June 1, 1987, March 14, 1987, September 10, 2005
Studio · 7
Touch (manga) → as birds corp., Fuji Television, Group TAC, Nippon Television, OLM, Inc., Shogakukan, Toho
Runtime · 5
Touch (manga) → 116 minutes, 81 minutes, 83 minutes, 84 minutes, 93 minutes
related to External links · 5
Touch (manga) → Anime News Network's, IMDbTouch, Japanese, Live, Touch
Genre · 4
Touch (manga) → Action, Coming-of-age, Romantic comedy, Sports
Original network · 3
Touch (manga) → FNS (Fuji TV), Fuji TV, Nippon TV

Important terminology

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Important terminology

touch manga released series anime written toho tv film television serizawa directed tatchi sugii one shogakukan shōnen タッチ nagaoka live-action

Touch (manga) relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 101 structured relationships around Touch (manga). Examples in this analysis include Touch (manga) → Developer → Compile and Touch (manga) → Directed by → Gisaburō Sugii[a]. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Touch (manga)DeveloperCompile1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Directed byGisaburō Sugii[a]1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Directed byHiroko Tokita[b]1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Directed byTsuneo Maeda (#1–27)[c]1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Directed byGisaburō Sugii1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Directed byTsuneo Maeda[c]1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Directed byNaoto Hashimoto1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Directed byAkinori Nagaoka1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Directed byYoshiharu Ueki1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Directed byIsshin Inudo1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Episodes101 (List of episodes)1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationGisaburō Sugii1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationTsuneo Maeda[c]1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationMasamichi Fujiwara1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationTadashi Oka1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationYoshirō Kataoka1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationYūjin Harada1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationSatoshi Namiki1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationGisaburō Sugii[a]1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationNaoto Hashimoto1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationAkinori Nagaoka1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationYumiko Takahoshi1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationAkifumi Takuma1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationMasaru Takahashi1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationFuji Television1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationas birds corp.1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationHiroshi Yamashita1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationFumio Ueda1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationMichiru Ōshima1.00infobox
Touch (manga)Further informationShigetsugu Tsuiki1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Touch (manga) bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Tatchi, タッチ and One. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Touch (manga)
    • Tatchi
    • タッチ
    • One
    • Manga
    • Shogakukan
    • Touch
    • Released
    • Series
    • Written
    • Adachi
    • Mitsuru
    • Toho
  • touch (manga)
    • Tatchi
    • タッチ
    • Anime
    • One
    • Manga
    • Series
    • Shogakukan
    • Touch
    • Adachi
    • Mitsuru
    • Released
    • Shōnen
  • manga
    • Anime
    • One
    • Series
    • Shogakukan
    • Touch
    • Adachi
    • Mitsuru
    • Shōnen
    • Films
    • Kazuya
    • Live-action
    • Uesugi
  • mitsuru adachi
    • Adachi
    • Mitsuru
    • Volumes
    • Weekly
    • Anime
    • Series
    • Shōnen
    • Written
    • Manga
    • Touch
    • タッチ
    • Tatchi
  • shogakukan
    • Shōnen
    • Fujiwara
    • Inc
    • Masamichi
    • Olm
    • Akinori
    • Gisaburō
    • Music
    • Konparu
    • Nagaoka
    • Tomoko
    • Group
  • weekly shōnen sunday
    • Shogakukan
    • Volumes
    • Weekly
    • One
    • Written
    • Fujiwara
    • Inc
    • Masamichi
    • Olm
    • Akinori
    • Films
    • Gisaburō
  • anime
    • Television
    • Live-action
    • Fujiwara
    • Manga
    • Masamichi
    • Akinori
    • Gisaburō
    • Music
    • Konparu
    • Mitsuru
    • Nagaoka
    • Tomoko
  • live-action tv drama
    • Fujiwara
    • Masamichi
    • Akinori
    • Gisaburō
    • Music
    • Television
    • Konparu
    • Nagaoka
    • Tomoko
    • Group
    • Sugii
    • Inc

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Touch (manga), one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Touch (manga) with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Touch (manga)Overview · splits 42 ⟂ 32
Touch (manga)Characters · splits 50 ⟂ 24
Touch (manga)Media · splits 64 ⟂ 10
Touch (manga)Reception · splits 69 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Touch (manga)

Nodes74
Edges73
Triples101
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027027
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Touch (manga) to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters, Overview & Media, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Touch (manga) · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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