Touch is a shounen story about two twin brothers, a pretty girl next door, and that good old pastime of baseball. The manga has been adapted into a 101-episode anime television series[2] – which was one of the highest-rated anime television series ever,[3] three theatrical anime movies which summarized the TV series, two anime television specials which take place after the events in the TV series,[4] a live-action TV drama special, and a live-action movie released in 2005. Touch has sold over 100 million copies, making it one of the best-selling manga series. In 1983, it was one of the winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen and shōjo categories, along with Adachi's other work Miyuki.