Major
Genres: comedy, drama, tournament
Themes: baseball, sports
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: Shigeharu Honda is a Nippon League batter on the rise. His son Goro is a Little League pitcher who one day hopes to follow in his father’s footsteps. Momoko Hoshino, Goro’s schoolteacher, is the first woman Shigeharu has been interested in since the death of Goro’s mother. The destinies of these three individuals will become intertwined as father and son experience both heartbreak and triumph on the baseball diamond. But when an unspeakable tragedy visits the family, it will take everything they have to pick up the pieces and reclaim their dreams.
Number of Episodes: 154
Vintage: 2004-11-13 to 2010-09-25
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Major 2nd
Genres: tournament
Themes: baseball, sports
Plot Summary: Daigo loves baseball, mostly because his dad is a professional player – he’s played for the MLB, the Japanese leagues, and now he’s off to Taiwan to play there. Everyone in Daigo’s family loves the sport; his older sister Izumi is on track to be just as impressive a pitcher as their father, and even their mother played back in school. Now that Daigo’s in the fourth grade, he’s all set to join his dad’s old team and prove that he has what it takes too—except once he starts playing, he’s not sure that he does. Crumbling under the pressure of all the expectations around him, Daigo flubs his first game and immediately quits the sport. Two years later, he’s still beating himself up for his perceived failings, barely trying to succeed at anything anymore. However, the kick in the pants he may need has just arrived at his school, in the form of his dad’s best MLB buddy’s son.
Number of Episodes: 25
Vintage: 2018-04-07
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Major 2nd (TV 2)
Vintage: 2020-04
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Major: Yūjō no Winning Shot (movie) - Vintage: 2008-12-13
Major: Message (OAV 1) - Vintage: 2010-12-17
MAJOR: World Series Hen - Yume no Shunkan e (OAV 2) - Vintage: 2011-12-16
posted on 2007-12-29 13:20 EST by Egan Loo
First episode has main lead Gorō heading to Arizona for big league tryouts
posted on 2008-06-28 16:24 EDT by Egan Loo
Repeats of fourth series to begin airing on July 5
posted on 2008-07-15 06:51 EDT by Egan Loo
posted on 2008-07-19 13:48 EDT by Egan Loo
Spinoff from Mitsuda’s manga/anime series to open in Japan on December 13
posted on 2008-10-25 14:07 EDT by Egan Loo
Spinoff from Mitsuda’s manga/anime series to open in Japan on December 13
posted on 2009-01-25 19:34 EST by Egan Loo
posted on 2009-12-04 00:15 EST by Egan Loo
Based on Takuya Mitsuda’s long-running manga about pitcher’s rise to major leagues
posted on 2011-10-21 07:50 EDT by Egan Loo
OVA to ship with Takuya Mitsuda’s exclusive manga book in mid-December
posted on 2011-12-10 12:58 EST by Joseph First
posted on 2012-06-10 17:30 EDT by Crystalyn Hodgkins
MAJOR: World Series Hen’s 1st TV showing to include previously unreleased scenes
posted on 2012-06-14 18:00 EDT by Joseph First
2-part series with 15-minutes of previously-unreleased footage slated to air on June 17
posted on 2016-07-13 14:30 EDT by Karen Ressler
Mutsumi Tamura, Yūma Uchida star
posted on 2017-10-13 08:15 EDT by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Sequel series starring son of protagonist of 1st manga premiered in 2015
posted on 2017-10-16 03:45 EDT by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Sequel series to air on NHK-E TV
posted on 2017-10-18 00:00 EDT by Rafael Antonio Pineda
posted on 2018-01-19 00:03 EST by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Natsumi Fujiwara, Showtaro Morikubo, Kōtarō Nishiyama, Masakazu Morita star
posted on 2018-02-05 22:50 EST by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Anime of classic baseball manga’s sequel premieres April 7
posted on 2018-02-13 00:02 EST by April
Pitcher-catcher twins cast in season 2 premiering on April 7
posted on 2018-02-20 00:32 EST by Bayleigh Baker
Single CD for opening theme to ship on April 25
posted on 2018-02-27 15:00 EST by Karen Ressler
Anime based on sequel manga premieres on April 7
posted on 2018-03-08 09:55 EST by Egan Loo
Taichi Ichikawa, Shintarou Oohata, Norihisa Mori, Takeshi Kusao. Shunsuke Sakuya, Junko Noda
April 06, 2018 1:00pm CDT
TV anime adaptation based on Takuya Mitsuda’s baseball sports manga steps up to the plate on April 07, 2018
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posted on 2018-06-05 12:00 EDT by Jennifer Sherman
“Dreamcatcher” debuts in anime on July 7
posted on 2018-06-12 09:00 EDT by Jennifer Sherman
“SAIREN” debuts in anime on July 7
posted on 2019-10-06 21:40 EDT by Rafael Antonio Pineda
1st anime series based on Takuya Mitsuda’s sequel manga premiered in April 2018
Update: The volume’s listing is no longer on Shogakukan’s website.
posted on 2019-10-11 04:22 EDT by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Anime premieres on NHK Educational in April 2020
posted on 2020-01-08 22:10 EST by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Daiki Yamashita joins cast with Natsumi Fujiwara, Kana Hanazawa
