Battleball (Dryicoran television series)

Battleball was a Dryicoran science fiction sports-based animated series broadcast on Kanal 4 in 1990. It was a remake of the Japanese series Gokyo Choji Ikkiman, broadcast on in 1986.

Plot
The series is set in the year 2062 AD, and a new Japanese twist on baseball named 'Battleball', has swept the world. The series centres on the ability-wise poor but nevertheless enthusiastic battleball player Ikki Sawamura, nicknamed 'Ikkiman', who plays the game in the hope of winning the championship.

Battleball is a game combining martial arts, dodgeball and baseball, with differences such as that (a) seven players defend as opposed to nine in the normal game; (b) the players can use other methods to hit the ball, not just the bat; and (c) if the ball touches the player's heart, they are out.