03/24/1985 - 03/22/1987 Finished
Touch (タッチ)
The story centers around three characters—Uesugi Kazuya, his twin older brother Tatsuya, and Asakura Minami. Kazuya is the darling of his town as he's talented, hardworking, and the ace pitcher for his middle school baseball team. Tatsuya is a hopeless slacker who's been living the life of giving up the spotlight to Kazuya, despite the fact that he may be more gifted than him. Minami is the beautiful childhood girlfriend and for all intents, sister from next door who treats both of them as equals. Society largely assumes Kazuya and Minami will become the perfect couple, including Tatsuya. Yet as time progresses, Tatsuya grows to realize that he's willing to sacrifice anything for the sake of his brother, except at the expense of giving up Minami to Kazuya. And thus the story is told of Tatsuya trying to prove himself over his established younger brother, how it affects the relationship between the three, and both brothers' attempts to make Minami's lifelong dreams come true.
95
Total episodes
95
Canon episodes
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Canon episodes · 95 Filler episodes · 0
Every season
Seasons and sequels
Single Season
Currently, Touch has no sequels, prequels, or registered spin-offs. This is the complete story available at the moment.
What to watch, what to skip
Watch order: filler vs canon
You're in luck! Touch doesn't have a single filler episode: all 95 episodes are canon. It's a faithful adaptation of the original manga, so you can enjoy it from first to last without skipping anything or checking any list of expendable episodes.
The 95 episodes of Touch aired in 1985–1987 and follow the story's chronological order. There are no transition episodes, no needless recaps, no arcs invented by the studio: every chapter advances the main plot and develops the characters just as the source material does.
In short, the watch order for Touch is as simple as it gets: start at episode 1 and keep going to episode 95 without detours. If you came looking for which Touch episodes are filler so you could skip them, the answer is that there aren't any.
Episode by episode
Complete guide by season
95 Episodes
| # | Episodes | Aired | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Matter What Everybody Says, We're Twins!03/24/1985 | 03/24/1985 | Canon |
| 2 | Women's intuition! Worried about Tatsuya's talent03/31/1985 | 03/31/1985 | Canon |
| 3 | Unexpectedly pitching for the first time! Kazuya's troublesome name!?04/07/1985 | 04/07/1985 | Canon |
| 4 | Did you see? Didn't you see?! Minami's diary!04/14/1985 | 04/14/1985 | Canon |
| 5 | High fever rally race! Such an accurate goal!?04/21/1985 | 04/21/1985 | Canon |
| 6 | The rumour's true!? Minami & Kazuya's worried families04/28/1985 | 04/28/1985 | Canon |
| 7 | Really! Tatsuya and Minami's wedding clothes!?05/12/1985 | 05/12/1985 | Canon |
| 9 | Tatsuya and Harada's dangerous friendship!05/19/1985 | 05/19/1985 | Canon |
| 10 | Everyone in the high school is worried!05/26/1985 | 05/26/1985 | Canon |
| 11 | Come on, baseball team! A subtle shift in Tatsuya's heart!06/02/1985 | 06/02/1985 | Canon |
| 12 | First practice! Vigorous Kazuya & worn-out Tatsuya!?06/09/1985 | 06/09/1985 | Canon |
| 14 | Discontent? Minami & Kazuya are the best couple!?06/23/1985 | 06/23/1985 | Canon |
| 15 | This is trouble! Tatsuya slapped Minami!06/30/1985 | 06/30/1985 | Canon |
| 16 | It's painful! Kazuya's heart is lemon-colored!07/07/1985 | 07/07/1985 | Canon |
| 17 | First kiss! Too much love from Minami!?07/21/1985 | 07/21/1985 | Canon |
| 19 | Forget, forget-me-not!? Important memories for two08/04/1985 | 08/04/1985 | Canon |
| 20 | What should he do? Tatsuya's tender chance encounter!08/11/1985 | 08/11/1985 | Canon |
| 21 | Kat-chan wanted to make it to Kōshien for Minami's sake08/18/1985 | 08/18/1985 | Canon |
| 22 | Keep on playing ball! Kazuya vs. Terashima!08/25/1985 | 08/25/1985 | Canon |
| 23 | Minami registered! She appeared!? Love's timely sudden change09/08/1985 | 09/08/1985 | Canon |
| 24 | Koushien after just one more, Minami's dream after just one more!09/22/1985 | 09/22/1985 | Canon |
| 25 | Minami's longest day! Kat-chan, hurry up and come!09/29/1985 | 09/29/1985 | Canon |
| 26 | End of the tournament! If you weren't there...10/06/1985 | 10/06/1985 | Canon |
| 27 | Summer was too short...Goodbye, Kat-chan!10/13/1985 | 10/13/1985 | Canon |
| 28 | What's a baseball team without an ace...10/20/1985 | 10/20/1985 | Canon |
| 29 | What? Tender Tat-chan's boxer status!?10/27/1985 | 10/27/1985 | Canon |
| 30 | There's no reason not to use the glorious Number 111/03/1985 | 11/03/1985 | Canon |
| 31 | Tatsuya on the mound! Control is another story, however11/10/1985 | 11/10/1985 | Canon |
| 32 | Kazuya's dear wife, but the worry is about the stupid brother11/17/1985 | 11/17/1985 | Canon |
| 33 | Birth of a rhythmic gymnastics star! Minami has a natural gift!?11/24/1985 | 11/24/1985 | Canon |
| 34 | Good luck, Tatsuya! The exhilaration of taking the mound for the first time12/01/1985 | 12/01/1985 | Canon |
| 35 | One way or another you're cornered!? Current rumours of Minami!12/08/1985 | 12/08/1985 | Canon |
| 36 | Alone together! Minami and Tatsuya's dangerous night!?12/15/1985 | 12/15/1985 | Canon |
| 37 | Aim for Koushien! The baseball club is in the middle of camp!12/22/1985 | 12/22/1985 | Canon |
| 38 | First round preliminaries! Strategist Tat-chan enters!?12/29/1985 | 12/29/1985 | Canon |
| 39 | Show of competence! Cool Nitta and Tenacious Nishimura!01/05/1986 | 01/05/1986 | Canon |
| 40 | A heated second round! Tat-chan vs. Tenacious Nishimura01/12/1986 | 01/12/1986 | Canon |
| 41 | 11th inning in the rain! Bases loaded with 2 outs! Batter Nishimura01/19/1986 | 01/19/1986 | Canon |
| 42 | Another extra inning!? The four-sided love affair about Minami01/26/1986 | 01/26/1986 | Canon |
| 43 | Shake up Tatsuya the ace! Minami & Nitta's dangerous relationship!?02/02/1986 | 02/02/1986 | Canon |
| 44 | Yuka's detective story! Where did Minami & Tatsuya go?02/09/1986 | 02/09/1986 | Canon |
| 45 | Challenge to the ace! I'm Uesugi's rival!02/16/1986 | 02/16/1986 | Canon |
| 46 | Rival declaration! Surpassing Uesugi Kazuya!02/23/1986 | 02/23/1986 | Canon |
| 47 | Showdown with Sumiko! What? The pitcher is Yoshida!!03/02/1986 | 03/02/1986 | Canon |
| 48 | Uesugi appears at last! Nitta, I'll be victorious!03/09/1986 | 03/09/1986 | Canon |
| 49 | Brother, don't give up! Koushien's in sight!03/16/1986 | 03/16/1986 | Canon |
| 50 | A date after school!? Minami & Nitta's dangerous relationship!03/23/1986 | 03/23/1986 | Canon |
| 51 | Unacceptable!? Minami declares her love to Tatsuya!03/30/1986 | 03/30/1986 | Canon |
| 52 | A love triangle! You're a bother!04/06/1986 | 04/06/1986 | Canon |
| 53 | Tatsuya's extracurricular lessons ... Thinking too much about love!04/13/1986 | 04/13/1986 | Canon |
| 54 | Finally, the last Koushien!04/20/1986 | 04/20/1986 | Canon |
| 55 | Highlights: Memories are too beautiful...04/27/1986 | 04/27/1986 | Canon |
| 56 | Highlights: Don't surrender the ace position to anyone!05/04/1986 | 05/04/1986 | Canon |
| 57 | A mysterious new coach turns up!05/11/1986 | 05/11/1986 | Canon |
| 58 | I'm Kashiwaba! I won't forgive the spoiled children!05/18/1986 | 05/18/1986 | Canon |
| 59 | Tempest at the Meisei baseball club! Another problem after Minami leaves05/25/1986 | 05/25/1986 | Canon |
| 60 | Hard-fighting new coach! Minami's still number one06/01/1986 | 06/01/1986 | Canon |
| 61 | Hey Kashiwaba! Minami is the bet in the contest!06/08/1986 | 06/08/1986 | Canon |
| 62 | Sepia-coloured couple! Minami & Nitta's beach story06/15/1986 | 06/15/1986 | Canon |
| 63 | The secret behind the sunglasses! What kind of person is Kashiwaba?06/22/1986 | 06/22/1986 | Canon |
| 64 | No rules of the practice game! We're watching the demon manager06/29/1986 | 06/29/1986 | Canon |
| 65 | Go for it, Minami. It's not suitable to give up!07/06/1986 | 07/06/1986 | Canon |
| 66 | Minami is the student council president? An idol one way or another!07/13/1986 | 07/13/1986 | Canon |
| 67 | Oh-oh, we're beginning to see! Coach Kashiwaba's true character!07/20/1986 | 07/20/1986 | Canon |
| 68 | Stop Tatsuya! Yuka's forced dating strategy!07/27/1986 | 07/27/1986 | Canon |
| 69 | The Koushien dream! Don't rush your resignation!08/03/1986 | 08/03/1986 | Canon |
| 70 | Summer is soon! How many more dropout troubles08/17/1986 | 08/17/1986 | Canon |
| 71 | Summer camp starts! The evil coach is waiting!08/24/1986 | 08/24/1986 | Canon |
| 72 | Scarier than the demon? Lady Yuka's cooking camp!08/24/1986 | 08/24/1986 | Canon |
| 73 | Chef Yuka! It's a long hard road to be a gourmet chef!08/31/1986 | 08/31/1986 | Canon |
| 74 | Finally! Cooking battle between Minami & Yuka09/14/1986 | 09/14/1986 | Canon |
| 75 | End of the cooking trouble!? Secret taste is from Minami's spice09/21/1986 | 09/21/1986 | Canon |
| 76 | Thinking of the floor exercise! Minami is waiting for Tatsuya!?09/28/1986 | 09/28/1986 | Canon |
| 77 | First match of the competition! Now summer is here!10/05/1986 | 10/05/1986 | Canon |
| 78 | Combination 1: Asakura Minami Is 18! Now Is the Time for Youth!!10/12/1986 | 10/12/1986 | Canon |
| 79 | Combination 2: Fight Meisei!! Kashiwaba Doesn't Scare Us10/19/1986 | 10/19/1986 | Canon |
| 80 | Today is the first round! We're not going to lose!10/26/1986 | 10/26/1986 | Canon |
| 81 | First battle is no problem! The real enemy is Kashiwaba!?11/02/1986 | 11/02/1986 | Canon |
| 82 | I can see! Kashiwaba brother's secret11/09/1986 | 11/09/1986 | Canon |
| 83 | What will Tatsuya do in the second round! Koutarou's in a pinch!!11/16/1986 | 11/16/1986 | Canon |
| 84 | Yuka-chan in danger! Don't force the date so much11/23/1986 | 11/23/1986 | Canon |
| 85 | Unforgettable showdown! It's about time for his comeback!11/30/1986 | 11/30/1986 | Canon |
| 86 | I'm not going to lose the third time! Behold the power of the ace!12/07/1986 | 12/07/1986 | Canon |
| 87 | Unexpected!? Kashiwaba's romance! An awakening of love like Minami's12/14/1986 | 12/14/1986 | Canon |
| 88 | It's not revenge!? No signs in the fourth game!!12/21/1986 | 12/21/1986 | Canon |
| 89 | Tatsuya's the ace? Feeling the pressure!?12/28/1986 | 12/28/1986 | Canon |
| 90 | Round before the semifinals! Meisei vs. 3 pitchers!?01/04/1987 | 01/04/1987 | Canon |
| 91 | It's unexpected!? The game's not over yet!01/11/1987 | 01/11/1987 | Canon |
| 92 | Distressing image pile up! Tatsuya's more than Minami expected!01/18/1987 | 01/18/1987 | Canon |
| 94 | In the middle of the semi-finals! Tat-chan going for the big new record!02/01/1987 | 02/01/1987 | Canon |
| 95 | Celebrate, victory of the finals! Our fate lies in Kashiwaba's hand!02/08/1987 | 02/08/1987 | Canon |
| 96 | One more to get to Kōshien! Hope! Kazuya's promise02/15/1987 | 02/15/1987 | Canon |
| 97 | Go go Meisei! Play ball to victory!02/22/1987 | 02/22/1987 | Canon |
| 98 | Finals for whom!? See the real Tatsuya!03/01/1987 | 03/01/1987 | Canon |
| 99 | No more chances!? It's coming! The Kashiwaba sign!03/08/1987 | 03/08/1987 | Canon |
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Common questions
Frequently asked questions
How many seasons does Touch have?
Touch has a total of 1 season. The series is completed. Each season is divided into multiple episodes with stories that advance the main plot of the anime.
How many episodes does Touch have?
In total, Touch has 95 episodes in its only season. You can consult the complete episodes table to see the breakdown by season.
What is the best order to watch Touch?
It is recommended to watch Touch in chronological broadcast order. This means starting from season 1 and continuing sequentially to the last season. Check our watch order guide which includes information about filler vs canon episodes for an optimal experience.
Where can I watch Touch online?
Touch is available on various legal streaming platforms. Check the platforms section at the top of this page to see where it's currently available. Options may vary depending on your geographic region.
Is Touch a complete anime?
Yes, Touch is a completed anime. All seasons have already aired and you can enjoy the series in its entirety without waiting for new episodes.
How much filler does Touch have?
No, Touch does not have filler episodes. All its episodes are canon and faithfully follow the original manga story, so you can watch all episodes without worrying about skipping anything.
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