Ace of Diamond
| Ace of Diamond | |
Cover of Ace of Diamond, published by Kodansha on 15 September 2006
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ダイヤのA (Daiya no A) |
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| Genre | Sport (Baseball), Drama, Comedy, Action |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yuji Terajima |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | 2006 – 2015 |
| Volumes | 47 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Mitsuyuki Masuhara |
| Written by | Takeshi Konuta |
| Music by | Frying-Pan |
| Studio | Madhouse, Production I.G |
| Network | TXN (TV Tokyo), AT-X |
| Original run | 6 October 2013 – 28 March 2016 |
| Episodes | 126 + 5 OVA |
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| Ace of Diamond Act II | |
| Written by | Yuji Terajima |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | 2015 – present |
| Volumes | 5 |
Ace of Diamond (Japanese: ダイヤのA Hepburn: Daiya no A [Daiya no Ēsu]?, also known as Diamond's Ace) is a shōnen baseball manga written and illustrated by Yuji Terajima and published by Kodansha. It has been serialized by Weekly Shōnen Magazine since 2006. In 2008, Ace of Diamond received the Shogakukan Manga Awards for the shōnen category. In 2010, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for best shōnen manga. An anime adaptation was premiered on 6 October 2013. Two original animation DVDs will be bundled with the fourth and fifth volumes of the Ace of Diamond Act II manga, the first releasing on 15 July 2016 and the second releasing on 16 September 2016.
The series follows one Eijun Sawamura, a baseball pitcher with a very unusual change of pitch that has occurred naturally. Sawamura plans to go with his friends to a local high school and play baseball to the best of their abilities. However one scout from the prestigious Seidou High approaches him and offers him a scholarship and a chance to make it to nationals. Sawamura decides to pay a visit to the school, and it changes his entire outlook on the future. The first season follows Seidou and their main rivals as they attempt to help the upperclassmen make it to nationals during the summer tournament. Once the summer tournament ends, the upperclassmen will be forced to retire, but how far can Sawamura help them go when he currently doesn't have any control?
Season two continues to follow Sawamura, Furuya, Haruichi, and Miyuki as they lead a new team, along with a few returning faces, through the fall tournament. Their overly ambitious goal is to go to nationals during the fall tournament and convince Coach Kataoka that he doesn't have to resign.
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