Rookies
Manga series
Rookies is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Masanori Morita. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 1998 to August 2003, with the chapters collected in 24 tankōbon volumes. Wikipedia
Author: Masanori Morita
Main characters: Toru Mikoshiba, Wakana Tomochika, Hiyama Kiyuki, and more
Adaptations: Rookies (2008), Rookies the Movie: Graduation (2009), and Rookies
Genre: Sports manga
Magazine: Weekly Shōnen Jump
Episodes: 11 + Special