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Manga series

Major
Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Gorou Honda as a kid
Genre	Sports, Coming of historic period
Manga
Written past	Takuya Mitsuda
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	August 3, 1994 – July 7, 2010
Volumes	78 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Ken'ichi Kasai (S1–2) Toshinori Fukushima (S3–half dozen)
Music past	Noriyuki Asakura
Studio	Studio Hibari (#one–78) SynergySP (#79–154)
Original network	NHK-E
English network	PH HERO, Yey!
Original run	Nov thirteen, 2004 – September 25, 2010
Episodes	154 + iii OVA (List of episodes)
Anime movie
Major: Yūjō no Winning Shot
Directed by	Takao Kato
Studio	Xebec
Released	December xiii, 2008
Runtime	100 minutes
Sequel
Major 2nd (2015–present)

Major (stylized as MAJOR ) is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated past Takuya Mitsuda. Information technology was serialized in Shogakukan'south Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 1994 to July 2010, with its capacity collected in 78 tankōbon volumes. Information technology was followed by a sequel titled Major 2nd, which started in Weekly Shōnen Sun in March 2015.

Information technology was adjusted into a 154-episode anime television set serial by Studio Hibari and after by SynergySP, titled Major.^[a] It ran for six seasons on NHK E from Nov 2004 to September 2010. 2 original video animations (OVAs) were released in December 2011 and January 2012.

In 1996, Major received the Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category. The manga had over 54 meg copies in circulation equally of February 2018, making it 1 of the best-selling manga serial.

Plot [edit]

The story of Major follows the life of Gorō Honda from kindergarten to his career as a professional baseball actor. The story focuses on how the principal protagonist overcomes tremendous challenges.

Subsections are divided according to the official website's story sections.^[one]

Kindergarten ~ Commencement class [edit]

Gorō's father, Shigeharu Honda, is a baseball pitcher billowy between the major and minor league teams of the NPB. Nonetheless, Gorō looks up to his begetter and wishes to be a professional baseball game player just like him. Gorō's mother, Chiaki Honda, died from an unknown disease two years before the events of the story. Aside from his father, Gorō is very close to two other people: Momoko Hoshino and Toshiya Sato. Momoko is Gorō's kindergarten teacher and watches out for Gorō, as there are no other children of Gorō's age in the grade. Toshiya is another kid from Gorō's neighborhood, the only one of Gorō'south age, and to whom Gorō taught baseball game.

The male parent and son are struck a cruel blow when an arm injury prevents Honda from continuing his baseball game career equally a pitcher. Gorō is specially shaken by the fact that his father cannot pursue his career as a baseball player. For Honda, Gorō and baseball game are all he has left in his life. For his son'southward sake, Honda takes his best friend's advice, revives his batting instincts, and successfully transforms into a slugger. Amid these struggles, Momoko is fatigued deeper and deeper into the family unit's life. Eventually, Honda proposes to Momoko.

Right when Honda establishes himself in a major league team, the Yokohama Marine Stars, the Tokyo Giants sign a contract with the American MLB player Joe Gibson, famous for his huge physical build and hard fastballs. When the Marine Stars with Honda and the Giants with Gibson finally run across on the field, Gibson strikes out every single Marine Stars batter, except for Honda. At his second at-bat, Honda hits a home run off Gibson's 100-mile-per-60 minutes (160 km/h) pitch. After Honda'southward home run, the Marine Stars coach launches a serial of bunt attacks, scoring additional runs, and psychologically shaking upwardly Gibson who considers the tactic unsportsmanlike. By Honda's 3rd at-bat, Gibson has completely lost his mental focus, and accidentally pitches a 99-mile-per-hr (159 km/h) dead ball that strikes Honda's head. The umpire immediately calls Gibson off the mound, though Honda quickly gets dorsum onto his anxiety and continues with the game. Honda's excellent play makes him the headline of major newspapers. The adjacent morning, Honda dies due to internal bleeding in his skull, leaving his heartbroken son and fiancé in mourning.

Little League [edit]

3 years have passed since Momoko adopted Gorō as her son upon Honda's death. When Gorō reaches fourth course, he is finally old enough to join the local trivial league team, the Mifune Dolphins. All the same, the local kids are more often than not interested in soccer, and Gorō has to get his new school friends to join him to have enough members to keep the baseball game team from being dismantled.

Gorō shows himself to exist an exceptionally gifted baseball player. The squad coach recommends that Gorō join the nearby Yokohama Little team instead, which has better players, coaching, and resources. When Gorō visits the squad, he discovers that not only is his childhood friend Toshiya at Yokohama Little, just his father, Shigeharu Honda, was a member of the Yokohama Footling team with the current coach when they were younger. Gorō finds himself torn; post-obit in his begetter's footsteps would hateful abandoning the friends he asked to bring together the Mifune Dolphins. Gorō has a large fight with Momoko over the outcome, and Momoko seeks advice from Hideki Shigeno, Honda'due south old friend and teammate. While meeting with Shigeno, Momoko coughs upwards claret and is hospitalized. While information technology turns out to only be a gastric ulcer, information technology makes Gorō realize that the living people in his life are much more than important than the dead ones.

Meanwhile, Joe Gibson has merely returned to the MLB after pitching in Japan for three years. He offers Gorō an all-expenses-paid invitation to travel to America and sentry the MLB All-Star game, where Gibson will be the starting pitcher for the National League. At the game, non a single of the AL's top players can bear on Gibson'due south pitches, and Gibson earns a continuing ovation from the audience. Gibson explains that this was his manner to show Gorō how great a slugger Honda had been since Honda had hit a dwelling run off Gibson'southward best pitch. After the game, Gibson offers to let Gorō to throw a brawl at him. Gorō responds that he will postpone this "punishment" until the day he can pitch as well as Gibson.

Dorsum in Nippon, with renewed conclusion, Gorō leads the Mifune Dolphins through diverse trials and do matches to defeat Yokohama Piddling, the best squad in the region. In the end, the Dolphins do defeat Yokohama Little, simply Gorō is injured in the process, making him unable to play for a few months. At the end of the season, Gorō's adoptive mother marries Hideki Shigeno, and the new family plans to movement to Fukuoka after Shigeno is traded from the Marine Stars. Gorō, unable to face his teammates, leaves without proverb adieu, leaving them heartbroken.

Junior High [edit]

Gorō moves back to Mifune when his stepfather is traded dorsum to the Blue Oceans. Gorō finds his little league friends grown up and attending Mifune East Junior High School. Gorō surprises his friends when he tells them that he has been playing soccer and doesn't programme on playing for the junior loftier baseball team due to a shoulder injury he sustained in Fukuoka. Gorō reveals to his friends that he has switched to being a southpaw bullpen. At get-go, Gorō is non interested in playing baseball game because he wants to play with hard balls, not the safe ones used in the junior high league.

During a match where Mifune East Junior Loftier faces Mifune West Junior High, Gorō takes to the mound later seeing Mifune Westward insult his friends. In the game, Gorō's squad manages a comeback victory. Together, Gorō and his friend Komori Daisuke rebuild the junior loftier baseball game team. Eventually, they enter the regional junior loftier tournament, where Gorō over again finds himself playing against his friend and rival Toshiya Sato, who plays on the Tomonoura Inferior High School team. Mifune eventually beats Tomonoura in a close game.

Gorō's friendship with Toshiya goes downhill when Toshiya decides to go to Kaido High School, where Gorō has no desire to go. A Kaido scout urges Gorō to enter Kaido, but Gorō refuses the offer, proverb as "as long equally Toshiya goes to Kaido, I won't enter Kaido." The scout tells Toshiya to quit applying for Kaido, as they want Gorō instead. Gorō and Toshiya make a bet: their two teams volition play against each other, and the winner will attend Kaido. Mifune East wins, but Toshiya and Gorō decide to take on Kaido together.

Later on a tournament defeat against Kaido Inferior Loftier, Gorō prepares to nourish Kaido Loftier to improve his pitching. Gorō, Komori, and Toshiya try out for the baseball team of the prestigious individual high school. Komori is disqualified forced to attend Mifune High instead. Gorō and Toshiya arrive through the starting time circular of tryouts. Gorō and so succeeds at an academic examination designed to examination his determination.

Kaido High School [edit]

Immediately after they graduate middle school, Gorō and Toshiya are sent to Dream Island, where they undergo six months of hard training and make some new friends. Gorō then proceeds to the Atsugi campus, where he defeats a scholarship squad. Gorō and Toshiya make the junior varsity squad and spend a yr and a half together every bit teammates. However, in their 2d year, Gorō reveals that his sincere desire is to challenge the excellent players of Kaido instead of playing on the aforementioned team equally them. Toshiya is hurt past Gorō'southward decision but respects him for information technology. Gorō leads the junior varsity squad to victory in a scrimmage against the varsity team and and so quits Kaido High School to play for another team.

Seishu High School [edit]

Gorō has returned domicile afterwards quitting Kaido. On arrival, his female parent voices her dissatisfaction with the fact that he did not consult with her about his divergence. She insists that Gorō be accountable for his deportment and accept the responsibility to pay the application fee at whatsoever school that he chooses to enroll. Gorō'south enrollment is rejected by several schools due to the Kaido assistant coach, Egashira, threatening to sue other schools for accepting him. Gorō is finally able to avoid Egashira'south interference by enrolling at Seishuu Loftier School. A girls-only school until just ii years prior, Seishuu does not have a baseball game team. Gorō enrolls, adamant to create a baseball game team from scratch. Afterward he has enough committed players, Gorō and the team enter the summer tournament. Showtime, Gorō and his new teammates play an exhibition match with the second-string players from Kaido. In the game, Gorō'southward foot gets injured when a rival player steps on it in a supposed accident. Despite the injury, Gorō and his team persist in the summer tournament and manage to reach the quarterfinals against Kaido. Afterward a close game that goes into extra innings, Kaido wins and moves on to Koshien, while Gorō collapses from exhaustion.

Pocket-sized League Baseball [edit]

Despite losing the match confronting Kaido, Gorō attracted the eyes of many scouts during his time with the Seishuu High Schoolhouse squad, including some from the Yokohama Marine Stars and the Tokyo Warriors. However, upon learning that Joe Gibson is still pitching in the MLB and has dedicated his 300-win season to his "immature friend in Japan," Gorō loses interest in Japanese professional baseball and leaves for America to try out for the MLB. Meanwhile, Sato is recruited past the Tokyo Warriors, while Mayumura is hired by the Yokohama Marine Stars.

Gorō'due south 95 mph (153 km/h) fastball, while ineffective confronting Major League sluggers, allows him to start in Triple-A instead of the rookie league. At showtime, he joins the Cougars merely is soon released after a fight with Joe Gibson Jr. from the Oklahoma Falcons. Somewhen, Gorō joins the Memphis Bats.

In Triple-A, Gorō finds a new rival: Joe Gibson Jr, son of Joe Gibson and an outstanding slugger. Inferior views the death of Gorō's begetter as the cause of a tragedy that occurred on his ain family, and he challenges Gorō to a bet: If Junior can hit a home run off Gorō, Gorō is to return to Japan and never set up foot on American soil again. On the other mitt, if Gorō tin can strike out Junior, then Junior volition visit Gorō's father's grave and apologize for his insults. Gorō manages to strike out Inferior with his increasingly deadly fastball.

The Bats proceed to win the Triple-A playoffs.

Baseball game World Cup [edit]

Subsequently the baseball season is over, Gorō returns to Japan. Shimizu finally admits her feelings for Gorō, and they became a couple. Meanwhile, Gorō learns from Toshi that in that location is going to be a Baseball World Cup the following year hosted in America, and for the first time, Major League players will exist allowed to compete in information technology. Due to Gorō's impressive functioning in the practice match between Rookies and the All-Star Nihon team, he is selected every bit a replacement pitcher starting the 2d round of preliminaries. Gorō pitches equally the closer against Venezuela and Republic of korea, earning a win and a salvage, respectively. Then, Mayumura earns a win pitching every bit closer against the Dominican Commonwealth, advancing Japan to the semi-finals.

Shimizu comes to America to cheer Gorō on and encounters Toshiya'south younger sis, Miho Sato. The day earlier the semi-finals match against Cuba, Toshiya runs into his sister, and the traumatic memories of being abandoned by his parents seven years prior are rekindled. Toshiya'due south body goes into involuntary shock, and he is hospitalized. Miho feels guilty almost the incident, but Toshiya calls her and asks her to watch the adjacent game. Toshiya makes several first-class plays against Cuba's aggressive offense in the semi-finals, and Gorō gets the win every bit the closer.

After the Cuba game, Gibson Jr. reveals to the Team USA's manager, besides equally to Gorō, that his father, Joe Gibson, has angina pectoris. Junior hopes that the manager and Gorō might be able to dissuade Gibson from getting on the mound and potentially killing himself. Still, with the players generally in an "exhibition game" mentality, Gibson takes the mound in the 8th inning of the United states of america vs. Venezuela semi-finals, risking his life to raise the spirits of his teammates.

The following mean solar day, Gibson collapses during a exercise session, and Gorō rushes to the hospital to see him. Gibson reveals to Gorō that, in a hazard meeting with Momoko 10 years prior, he asked her why she had not accepted whatsoever monetary compensation from him. Momoko simply asks Gibson to remain a tiptop-class baseball actor until Gorō grows up so that Gorō can be proud of having a father who hit a home run off of such a bully pitcher. Momoko'due south words were the pillar that supported and drove Gibson all these years. He felt that if he did not play in the Baseball game World Loving cup and face Gorō on the mound, he would have failed Gorō and Momoko. Gorō comforts Gibson, telling him that he has done enough, and urging him to watch Gorō and Junior'southward showdown on TV.

The Japan vs. Us finals game begins with Japan taking a five-run lead, prompting Gibson to leave the hospital and go to the stadium to cheer his teammates on. Japan sends out Gorō in the eighth inning to protect their one-run atomic number 82, but Junior hits a home run off Gorō'southward 100-mile (160 km) fastball. The game goes into extra innings. Gorō and Junior keep upwardly consecutive no-hitting innings until the 15th inning, in which Toshiya's bat breaks during an at-bat. The bat's flying shrapnel hits Gibson in the heart. Gibson catches the ball and uses his remaining strength to throw out a runner. He collapses shortly afterward.

Gorō, adamant to strike out Gibson Jr, pitches the fastest pitch of his life: a 103 mph (166 km/h) fastball. Yet, Inferior hits a dwelling-run off the pitch, sealing the World Championship for the USA team.

Later on the finals, Gorō loses his desire to play baseball and returns to Nihon instead of going to Florida for leap training. Just upon seeing his old teammates play in Japan, Gorō rekindles his desire to play and leaves to bring together the Hornets in Florida.

Major League Baseball [edit]

As the new MLB season begins, Gorō performs exceptionally well for the Hornets in exhibition matches. In his first official MLB game, he pitches a no-hit no-run game up until the 8th inning, when he suddenly loses his control. In his second game, his pitches get-go to go wild in the 5th inning. Suspecting "yips," the team's catcher, Keene, stops Gorō from voluntarily stepping off the mound, gambling on the risk that Gorō will overcome his struggles. Gorō throws at the batter's head and is ejected by the umpire. In his third game, Gorō is unable to retire a single batter. He is removed from the game in the first inning and sent back to the Triple-A Bats to meliorate his play.

Believing that Gorō'southward defeat at the hands of Gibson Jr. was the crusade of his yips, the Hornets ship Gorō to Billy Oliver, a sports psychologist, for treatment. Later on Gorō recovers from his yips, he feels aimless, leading to performance struggles.

Later, Gibson retires later a defeat at the hands of Gorō and the Hornets. Gibson's difference from baseball is treated as voluntary retirement, merely in reality, Gibson takes the opportunity to start from scratch. He signs a small league contract with Double-A Bulls. Gibson fights his style back up to the majors and waits for Gorō to rechallenge him.

Ultimately, the Hornets lose to the Salmons, ending their World Series chances. Gorō heads back to Japan to take a residual and solidify his relationship with Shimizu. A flash-forward eight years shows Gorō being brought out to close the last game of the World Serial, where the Hornets face off confronting the Raiders. During the lucifer, Shimizu is shown giving nascence to her and Gorō's kickoff child. The ending finds Gibson Jr. against Gorō in ane terminal confront-off.

Render to Japan [edit]

Following the events of Season 6, the Major OVA finds Gorō, after a fantabulous fourteen-year career, forced to retire from the Hornets. He tin no longer pitch due to a shoulder injury despite surgery and rehabilitation. He rejects some offers of coaching positions and decides to return to Japan to continue playing baseball as a hitter and fielder. Before leaving, Gorō promises Toshi he will meet him again on the field as a batting opponent in the Major League, and Sato pledges to wait for Gorō. Gorō takes two years to train himself every bit a fielder and a hitter. Afterward, he joins the Blue Oceans and returns to beingness a professional player, inspiring his daughter and his son as his father had inspired him.

Characters [edit]

Main [edit]

Gorō Honda ( 本田 吾郎 , Honda Gorō ) / Gorō Shigeno ( 茂野 吾郎 , Shigeno Gorō )

Voiced by: Motoko Kumai (child), Showtaro Morikubo (teen/adult)^[2]

A talented baseball thespian by the age of 5. His love of the game stems from his father, who played for the Yokohama Marine Stars. Gorō's mother died when he was 3, leaving him with nix but baseball game and his father. Wanting null more than than to follow in his father's footsteps, Gorō strives to become a professional ballplayer. Gorō also believes that the only way to make his father happy is to become a professional baseball game player himself. He thrives on challenges and leverages his competitive mindset every bit he practices. He makes friends quickly, as people are fatigued to his personality and his dear of the game.

Tragedy over again strikes Gorō at the age of 6, when he loses his father in a horrible accident in a game confronting MLB pitcher Joe Gibson. From and then on, Gorō aims to join the MLB and someday challenge Gibson. He is taken in by Momoko, his kindergarten instructor, and his belatedly male parent's lover. After Momoko gets married, Gorō'due south name is changed to Shigeno Gorō.

Shigeharu Honda ( 本田 茂治 , Honda Shigeharu )

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu

Shigeharu is an up-and-coming baseball pitcher for the Marine Stars. He is a widower and lives with his son, Gorō. An elbow injury threatens to terminate his baseball career early until his friend and teammate, Shigeno, suggests that he try hitting. He develops feelings for Gorō's kindergarten teacher and about marries her. Yet, he tragically dies after being struck in the head by a pitch from Joe Gibson, an American bullpen who came to Japan from the MLB. During his childhood years, he played for the Yokohama Piffling league, and later Koshien high schoolhouse aslope Shigeno.

Chiaki Honda ( 本田 千秋 , Honda Chiaki )

Voiced by: Noriko Hidaka

Chiaki Honda was the deceased wife of Shigeharu Honda.

Momoko Hoshino ( 星野 桃子 , Hoshino Momoko ) / Momoko Shigeno ( 茂野 桃子 , Shigeno Momoko )

Voiced by: Junko Noda^[three]

Momoko was Gorō's plant nursery school instructor when he was younger. Subsequently Gorō left plant nursery schoolhouse, she dated his dad Shigeharu and was engaged to him at the time of his death. She adopted Gorō and raises him as a unmarried parent until she marries Hideki Shigeno several years afterwards. Her proper noun changes to Momoko Shigeno. She then has children of her own, a boy named Shingo and a girl named Chiharu.

Hideki Shigeno ( 茂野　英毅 , Shigeno Hideki )

Voiced by: Shunsuke Sakuya^[3]

Hideki was an ace pitcher for the Yokohama Marine Stars. He and Shigeharu were buddies since high school, and Shigeno had been an irreplaceable friend to the Honda's. When Shigeharu was down due to his arm injury, Hideki sparked the idea for him to transform into a slugger instead. When Shigeharu died, he became reacquainted with Momoko and Goro (they final met at Honda's funeral), giving baseball-related advice to Goro. Then in early on Spring three years later, he married Momoko and adopted Goro as his son. Around 1996, his son Shingo was born. In 1996 the Yokohama Marine Stars traded him to the Fukuoka Eagles (Hawks in the Movie). Then in 2000, the Yokohama got him back. However, following a menstruation of bad performances, Shigeno announced his retirement after that season. For the remainder of the season, Shigeno'due south performance picked upward again. His back number, #17, retired with him. (in the anime, the bad performances and retirement occurred during the 2002 season instead) Afterward retiring from professional person baseball, he became a sports commentator. In 2001, his girl Chiharu was born. In 2005, Shigeno was recruited as the head jitney every bit well as the pitcher coach of the Nihon National Team for the Baseball World Loving cup.

Toshiya Sato ( 佐藤寿也 , Satō Toshiya )

Voiced by: Fuyuka Ōura (child), Masakazu Morita (teen/developed)^[two]

Initially, Sato was a male child who was forced by his female parent to focus on his studies to go a responsible adult. While Gorō was playing take hold of by himself in one case, he saw Toshi staring from his window. At first, Toshi did not want to play take hold of with Gorō, but Gorō went to Toshi's house and convinced Toshi to play with him. He develops a dear of the game equal to Gorō and becomes a talented catcher. Told past his mother that if he wanted to play baseball, he had to play for the best team, Toshiya went to play as a catcher for Yokohama Picayune League, which is the expanse's best team. Gorō runs into him again (Gorō moved away later his begetter's fiancée adopted him), and the two begin a rivalry as intense as their friendship. He plays against Gorō on Yokohama Piffling and again as the catcher of Tomonoura Junior High Schoolhouse's team. In between the fourth dimension, Toshiya'due south family unit abandoned him due to debt problems, and he began living with his grandparents. Swearing to go pro and then he could one day repay the debt he has from his grandparents. In the Junior years, Toshi wanted to go into Kaido High because he believed that was the best path to turn pro. He was subsequently told by the Kaido scouts to surrender then Gorō would bring together. Though Toshi had misunderstood Gorō's thought and idea Gorō did non desire to play baseball with him. After the defeat to Mifune East, Toshi regained his conviction in Gorō and wished that they would go to the same high school together and defeat Kaido. Later Gorō told Toshi to go to Kaido with him to ameliorate their skills. They try out for Kaido High Schoolhouse's baseball squad together with Komori and get teammates on Kaido'due south Junior Varsity team for a yr and a one-half.

During his years in Kaido, Toshi had lost contact with Gorō after his departure from Kaido. And when Gorō finally meets Toshi again, Toshi had completely forgotten of Gorō's team thinking they were merely just surviving in the tournament. During the lucifer against Seishu, Toshi was confident in defeating Gorō's squad, though he was amazed past Gorō pitching he was injured. Toshiya went on a fantastic winning in the Koshien Tournament.^{[ clarification needed ]} Forming a battery with Mayumura and was Kaido'southward fourth concoction. After high school, he had been scouted by the Tokyo Warriors squad and won the Best New Player accolade^{[ citation needed ]}. During the Baseball game World Cup, he first joined Team Japan as DH, but later took on the catcher mask. At get-go, he had some trouble during the get-go friction match, though with Gorō's help, Toshi's confidence slowly increased.

Kaoru Shimizu ( 清水薫 , Shimizu Kaoru )

Voiced past: Yuko Sasamoto^[4]

Kaoru is in Gorō'due south class in elementary school and eventually begins to play little league baseball on the Mifune Dolphins Picayune League later on an statement with Gorō where she sees his passion for the game. She was also the first person Gorō recruited to the Mifune Dolphins. In the finals confronting Yokohama, she was the catcher to supersede the injured Komori. Already in elementary school, she began to take feelings for Gorō. In Inferior High School, she switches to softball and becomes captain of the Mifune East Inferior High team. Seeming, she still had a grudge confronting baseball considering Gorō introduced it to her. Initially, she plans to follow Gorō, whom she has a beat on, to Kaido High School. However, she changes her mind after she discovers Kaido does not have a softball squad and afterwards Gorō tells her to follow her love of softball. She attended Seishu High School, the one Gorō later on attends. She told her little brother Taiga to join Seishu's baseball guild, seeming the great "baseball game fanatic" was there. Afterward loftier schoolhouse, she attended Kyowa University. During the winter pause of her freshman twelvemonth, Gorō confesses to Kaoru, and they are going out. If Gorō was suggested as a baseball fanatic, Shimizu was said to be a softball fanatic. And at present, she is shown that she is married to Gorō and has two children.

Joe Gibson ( ジョー・ギブソン )

Voiced by: Kōji Ochiai

Joe Gibson is the man responsible for the decease of Gorō'southward nascence father. The incident remained a heavy cross weighed upon him, driving him to remain i of the superlative pitchers in the MLB and so that Honda, by comparison, would be seen as an fifty-fifty more pregnant player. Due to this incident, he began to have family unit problems every bit his family did not fit in Japan. His son Joe Gibson Jr. started to have a grudge against him as his son believed Gibson and Honda Shigeharu created the reason for the family unit breakdown. He later returned to America after the expiry of his married woman and daughter. He continued pitching later on the age of forty and earning over 300 wins^{[ commendation needed ]}. He stated he was waiting for a Japanese boy to join the Major League to challenge him. For the Baseball World Loving cup, he was Squad U.s.a.'s ace bullpen, although at that time, he was diagnosed with angina pectoris, and the doc warned he might die if he continues pitching. However, Gibson may experience that dying on the mound pitching his best would be the but way to truly make up to Gorō, Momoko, and the deceased Honda. His surgery was successful. Gibson too stated, "I too in one case had a great rival, though he is now dead because of me."

Supporting [edit]

Daisuke Komori ( 小森 大介 , Komori Daisuke )

Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya (child), Koki Miyata (teen/adult)

Komori was Honda's catcher since his before days as a little leaguer dorsum when they were in Mifune Dolphins along with Sawamura and Shimizu. At first, he was existence bullied by Sawamura only was helped by Gorō and solved the trouble. He continued to take hold of for Gorō when he returned from Fukuoka in Mifune Eastward Middle School just ended when Mayumura eliminated them unmarried-handedly in their game with Kaido Affiliate. In season 3, when Gorō left Kaido and entered Seishuu, they become rivals where Gorō eventually won. After High schoolhouse, Komori went on to play for his Uni as their pinch hitter. After loftier schoolhouse, Komori went on to have a regular task and became the coach of the Mifune Dolphins. Goro's daughter joins the team with Komori as the coach during OVA ane.

Taiga Shimizu ( 清水 大河 , Shimizu Taiga )

Voiced by: Romi Park

Kaoru's brother. First seen back in season 1, where he asked his sis if baseball was fun, he returned in season 3 as a new member of the Seishuu Baseball Team, where he played as a shortstop. With his excellent skill and speed, he helped Gorō in challenging Kaido. Likewise that, he also helped to take over the mound when Egashira injured gorō during their practice game with Kaido. He was a smartmouth kid who believed in defeat but later changed his opinion subsequently watching Gorō fourth dimension and time again pitching with an injured pes. Afterwards on, he became the captain of the Seishuu Baseball game Squad to challenge Kaido once over again with his new teammates. Declaring their goal is to win at Koshien. Though at starting time, he did non accept the conviction and decided to larn to throw the gyroball so he could give new members the belief of going to Koshien. Though later, Gorō told him that he should brand a team that suited him rather than follow in Gorō's footsteps. He is the 1st concoction (batting left-handed) and plays shortstop.

Ryota Sawamura ( 沢村 涼太 , Sawamura Ryōta )

Voiced by: Kahoru Sasajima

Initially, Ryota is a bully in uncomplicated school, pushing Komori. Gorō and Shimizu stand up to him, and he eventually backs downwards later on Gorō hits him for trying to throw his baseball game glove into the river. He soon realizes that he doesn't accept any real friends and asks Gorō if he can play baseball with him, Shimizu and Komori. He started off playing soccer simply changes to baseball game then he could play in Little League with Gorō and the others. In junior high, he went dorsum to soccer and was the captain of the squad. In flavor 6, we learn that he injured his human knee and could not keep playing. He remains friends with Komori, Shimizu, and Gorō.

Yoshitaka Yamane ( 山根 義隆 , Yamane Yoshitaka )

Voiced by: Hideki Ogihara

Introduced in the Inferior Loftier story arc, Yoshitaka Yamane is on the Mifune Junior High School squad but uses it to cut form with some other friends that follow him. He and his friends crush up Komori after he tells them that they take to quit if they aren't going to contribute to the squad and frightened the remaining players into quitting, also. When Gorō returns and confronts him, Yamane reveals that he hates baseball game because he cannot play information technology anymore. He was injured the year before and cannot throw the ball with his right arm. Gorō, who suffered a similar injury, teaches Yamane to throw left-handed, and he rejoins the team, playing outset base of operations. He goes on to Mifune High School with Komori, where he became the bullpen.

Joe Gibson Jr./"Inferior" ( ギブソンJr. )

Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa

The son of Joe Gibson, Junior, is of the same historic period as Gorō. When Inferior's parents divorced considering his mother could not stand life in Japan, whereas Gibson wanted to remain in Japan pitching until he had plant out how to make upwardly for killing Honda, Junior stayed with his father in Nippon. When his mother and sister died in a traffic accident in America, Inferior became resentful towards his father and the deceased Honda. His motivation to play baseball was fueled by the desire to defeat his male parent. He is an extremely talented batter, being able to switch hitting. He played for the AAA Oklahoma Falcons, the MLB team Texas Raiders, also as the United states of america Team during the Baseball World Cup. He hitting the walk-off home run against Gorō 103 mph pitch to lead the USA to the world loving cup victory. He plays tertiary base.

Ken Mayumura

Voiced by: Makoto Yasumura

Introduced in season two, he has a forrad attitude. His personality is straightforward and to the point, frequently coming off as cold. He appears to be in consummate control of his emotions at all times, including when facing established and more than experienced players. Others run across his pre-game ritual of sitting in a bathroom stall while listening to music equally getting him in the correct frame of mind to pitch, but in actuality, he does it considering he is anxious and helps him focus his anxiety. Mayumura's pitch was as fast as Goro'south and is also a gyroballer just like Shigeno. His goals are to achieve all possible individual achievements in Japanese Baseball game before moving onto the Majors. In the anime, he plays for NPB's Yokohama Blue Oceans[Anime]/Orix BlueWave [Manga] equally a starting bullpen. Still, at the stop of season half dozen and in OVA 2:Earth Series, information technology is shown that Mayumura becomes the ace pitcher for the Texas Raiders and forms a bombardment with Jeff Keene.

Tashiro

Voiced by: Norihisa Mori^[3]

Fujii

Voiced by: Takeshi Kusao^[3]

Others [edit]

Jeff Keene

Jeff Keene is the catcher for both Indiana Hornets and Memphis Bats, he seems to be placidity most all the time and doesn't like "chit-chatting." He is always serious and is a catcher and batter. In OVA ii:World Tail, information technology was shown that Ken and Keene are forming a battery.

Coach Ando

Jitney Ando is a coach for the long-running trivial league baseball game squad "Mifune Dolphins," a team Goro and his friends (Komori, Kaoru, Sawamura, and the others) used to be teammates in their childhood.

Billy Oliver

Billy Oliver is a sports psychiatrist and a friend of Joe Gibson. In season 6, the Indiana Hornets sent Goro Shigeno to Billy Oliver to cure his yips, although it was said that it's not possible to cure his yips with just medicine. Later in the anime, it was shown that Goro had finally conquered his yips. Billy Oliver is also known as "Dr. Oliver."

Chiharu Shigeno

Voiced by:Tomoko Kaneda

Chiharu is Goro's little sis and girl of Momoko and Hideki Shigeno.

Shingo Shigeno

Shingo is Goro's little brother and son of Momoko and Hideki Shigeno.

Hayato Yaginuma

Hayato Yaginuma was a Japanese baseball player that Goro first met in America when he was hitchhiking. Ginumachi and Goro, together, joined in a tryout to exist Small League players, later on during the audition, they battle against the Salmons, and their task is to become back the Salmons' x runs. Although Goro and his friends (including Yaginuma) lost, they were accepted to exist Minor League players, but Goro was immune to bring together the Salmons and met Sanchez, a bullpen with great controls over his ball;Bolton, a batter who hit Goro'due south pitch during a test;and Fox, a catcher (and/or batter) which Goro befriended. Ginumachi, subsequently in the anime, went back to Japan but returned in America to lookout man Goro's Memphis Bats team battling against Joe Gibson Inferior's Oklahoma Falcons.

Miho Sato

Miho Sato is Toshiya's younger sister. In the older episodes, Miho, while she was nonetheless at her young age, and her parents left Toshi without him knowing it. Subsequently in the anime, Kaoru met Miho in a restaurant when they bumped each other, but they became friends, Miho used a fake proper noun "Waka," but Kaoru presently discovered her real name.

Ayane

Ayane is a graphic symbol introduced in the second flavour of the Major anime after the time fast-forward. She is first seen when Goro is running by her, and she is nearby the game. Her friend initially expresses interest in becoming the manager of the baseball society considering she has a vanquish on the captain. Ayane is bumped by someone on the stairs and is falling backward, just the captain catches her. She seems to have adult a trounce in response to this and asks her friend if more than than one person can exist a manager. After noticing her glowing look, Ayane's friend declares that she will back off and instead support Ayane's beloved.

Megumi Koga

Megumi Koga (Japanese gild Koga Megumi) is a girl in the motion picture in the form 5-1 with Goro. She initially is impressed that he plays baseball game but gets mad when she finds out who his dad is. Her brother is Masato (on Goro's squad), and their father is Tetsuya, a teammate of Hideki, Goro's adoptive father.

Muta

Muta is on the Mifune East team, and his number is 10. He was one of the bullies. He is lied to and called a "cloak-and-dagger weapon" to explain why he wasn't part of the starting line-up due to his perceived lack of skill. He later pinch hits in the game against Tomonoura so he could get a chance to play.

Kuramoto

Kuramoto is on Toshi's (Tokyo Warriors) team. His number is 5.

Naruse

Naruse is the pitcher (number one) for Tomonoura. He wears glasses, and Toshi refers to him equally the ace.

Media [edit]

Manga [edit]

Major is written and illustrated by Takuya Mitsuda. The manga started in the 1994 issue #33 of Weekly Shōnen Sunday on Baronial 3, 1994.^[5] The serial finished in the 2010 consequence #32 of Weekly Shōnen Sunday published on July vii, 2010.^{[6] [7]} A sequel to the series entitled Major 2nd started in the 2015 issue #xv of Weekly Shōnen Sun published on March eleven, 2015.^[viii]

Anime [edit]

Major has been adjusted into an anime television series by Studio Hibari and later by SynergySP, titled Major ( メジャー , Mejā ).^[a] The series was broadcast on NHK E for 154 episodes divided in six seasons from November 13, 2004 to September 25, 2010.^[9] An blithe pic telling the story betwixt the first and second seasons of the anime was released on December 13, 2008.^[10] Two OVAs were released on December xvi, 2011, and January 18, 2012. The OVAs adapted the World Serial chapter, which was skipped in the Television series.^[11]

Reception and legacy [edit]

As of February 2018, the Major manga had over 54 1000000 copies in apportionment.^[12] Major won the 41st Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōnen category in 1996.^[thirteen] On Tv set Asahi'due south Manga Sōsenkyo 2021 poll, in which 150.000 people voted for their top 100 manga serial, Major ranked #83.^[xiv]

In 2006, the anime series ranked 46th in an online poll conducted by TV Asahi on Japan's favorite animated TV serial. A Celebrity List of the same poll placed the anime serial at the 70th spot.^[15]

In 2005, sporting appurtenances manufacturer Mizuno entered into a 1-twelvemonth understanding with Shogakukan to have their company logo appear in the baseball equipment used by Goro Shigeno and other characters in the manga serial. Nether the agreement, Mizuno would as well apply the Goro Shigeno graphic symbol in other promotional events.^[16] An article from The Boston Globe credits the manga series for helping increase the popularity of the gyroball pitch.^[17]

Notes [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b} Using katakana instead of the manga'due south English characters

References [edit]

1. ^ Official website by Shōnen Dominicus
2. ^ ^{a b} "Major 2nd Anime'due south Promo Video Reveals Cast, Staff, April 7 Debut". Anime News Network. January 19, 2018. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved Feb xiii, 2018.
3. ^ ^{a b c d} "Major second Anime Adds More Cast Members". Anime News Network. March 8, 2018. Archived from the original on March viii, 2018. Retrieved March viii, 2018.
4. ^ "Major 2nd Anime Casts Kana Hanazawa, Natsumi Takamori, Yuko Sasamoto". Anime News Network. February 6, 2018. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
5. ^ 週刊少年サンデー 1994/08/03 表示号数33 (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on March 25, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
6. ^ 満田拓也「MAJOR」16年の連載が大団円、最終巻は12月. Natalie (in Japanese). July 7, 2010. Archived from the original on June 16, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
7. ^ "Major'south Concluding Manga Book to Package Special OVA". Anime News Network. July 7, 2010. Archived from the original on July x, 2010. Retrieved July 11, 2010.
8. ^ Rafael Antonio Pineda (March 4, 2015). "Baseball Manga Major's Sequel Centers on Goro's Son". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 4, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
9. ^ "Major Baseball game Tv set Anime'southward 6th Flavor to Debut in April". Anime News Network. December four, 2009. Archived from the original on February 14, 2010. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
10. ^ Loo, Egan (Oct 25, 2008). "Kickoff Major Baseball game Anime Film's Trailers Streamed". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 21, 2019. Retrieved Jan 22, 2020.
11. ^ "Major Gets New Final Original Video Anime". Anime News Network. November 21, 2011. Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. Retrieved Feb 20, 2012.
12. ^ 「メジャー」から約8年 新世代の球児たちの激闘を描く「メジャーセカンド」TVアニメ化決定. eiga.com (in Japanese). February half dozen, 2018. Archived from the original on Dec 5, 2019. Retrieved Jan 9, 2020.
13. ^ 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on Jan 9, 2010. Retrieved Baronial 19, 2007.
14. ^ テレビ朝日『国民15万人がガチで投票!漫画総選挙』ランキング結果まとめ！ 栄えある1位に輝く漫画は!?. breathing Times (in Japanese). Animate. Jan three, 2021. Archived from the original on Jan iii, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
15. ^ Macdonald, Christopher (October 13, 2006). "Nippon'due south Favorite Goggle box Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 24, 2014. Retrieved Nov 2, 2013.
16. ^ "漫画の主人公とミズノが契約 野球用具を独占提供 (Japanese)". Asahi Shimbun. March 11, 2005. Archived from the original on March 15, 2005. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
17. ^ "Dissecting Matsuzaka". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on July 6, 2013. Retrieved November 2, 2013.

External links [edit]

• Major Official website past Shōnen Lord's day (in Japanese)
• Major Official website by NHK (in Japanese)
• Major: Dramatic Baseball Motion-picture show Official website for the movie (in Japanese)
• Major (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_%28manga%29

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