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Princess Army

Princess Army: Wedding Combat (to give it its full title) is a two-part OVA from 1992. It's a teaser for a 12 volume manga by Kitagawa Miyu...

Collectr's Blog

Adachi Mitsuru’s “Nine” – Lessons On Life And Love

Before “Mix,” there was “Cross Game.” Prior to that, “H2” was published, and “Touch” came out even earlier. But Adachi Mitsuru’s first, very own story was “Nine,” published…

Sports Baka

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15 Realistic Sports Anime That Emphasis Skill Over Superpower

If you enjoy your sports anime, but want to see skill built on the back of hard work and techniques steeped in realism, then give these realistic sports…

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Adachi Mitsuru’s “Nine” – Lessons On Life And Love

Before Mix (2012–present), there was Cross Game (2005–2010). Prior to that, H2 (1992–1999) was published, and Touch (1981–1986) came out even earlier. All four of them are baseball…

Sports Baka・スポーツ馬鹿

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Anime Like Mix: Meisei Story

It has been almost 30 years since the legend of Tatsuya Uesugi and the Meisei Academy High School Team was born in the National High School Baseball

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Sunday Retrospective (2022)

 It's that time again, Sunday fans! We're somehow shambling close to the finishing line of another wond, splen, uh, year. Yeah, another year...

Weekly Shounen Sunday Edition

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Hikaru no Go Anime Review – 90/100

Slam Dunk. Haikyuu. Cross Game. Aside from being fantastic series in their own right, and being about sports, they all share one thing in common: Their success helped…

Star Crossed Anime

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Cross Game Review: Break My Heart With A Baseball Bat

Cross Game is one of the most touching and heart breaking manga and anime i've experienced. A beautiful story about love, ghosts and baseball. This review will go…

Bonsai Pop

CONventional Sunday (Otakon 2022 in review)

Hey, long time no talk, It’s Jecka with our adventures in Otakon 2022! A bit out of order since this actually happened a week before CRX, bu...

Weekly Shounen Sunday Edition

Cross Game

Synopsis: In Cross Game, baseball was probably the furthest thing from Kitamura Kou’s mind. Aside from partaking in the occasional The post Cross Game appeared first on Anime Instrumentality…

Anime Instrumentality Blog

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Cross Game

Cross Game is a baseball anime where underdog high school students try to climb their way into Japan's national high school baseball tournament.

Anime Instrumentality Blog

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Cross Game

Synopsis: In Cross Game, baseball was probably the furthest thing from Kitamura Kou’s mind. Aside from partaking in the occasional pickup game or two, Kou preferred to live…

Anime Instrumentality Blog

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PODCAST - Ep. 66: Cross Game vol. 1 & To Strip the Flesh

This week, the crew reads Cross Game by Mitsuru Adachi, a truly memorable and masterfully-told story about baseball, friendship, family and much more

MSX - The Mangasplaining Extra Newsletter

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Ep. 66: Cross Game Vol. 1 by Adachi, and To Strip the Flesh by Toda.

In this episode, the team reads the modern classic manga CROSS GAME by Mitsurua Adachi! They spoil it pretty bad, watch out!

| Mangasplaining: Read Great Manga

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Ep. 65: Dai Dark Volume 1, by Q Hayashida

This week the team reads the surprisingly dark, gritty, and hilarious manga DAI DARK by Q Hayashida, creator of Dorohedoro! A surprising episode!

| Mangasplaining: Read Great Manga

More more more Autumn 2020 impressions

She's no Aoba from Cross Game, but I've enjoyed how Mutsuko has pitched so far.

Karmaburn.com

20 Baseball Anime Series That Hit It Out of the Park

Baseball may be called the American pastime, but Japan brings a lot of passionate fans and players for the sport. For high school athletes that play baseball, playing…

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15 Shocking First Episodes of Anime Series

Crunchyroll recently reported results of a Japanese survey where respondents were asked which anime had the most shocking first episode. The answers themselves were kind of shocking. While…

Beneath the Tangles

Twwk’s Top 30 Anime Series

Professional otaku ProZD tweeted out his top 30 anime, anime movies, and manga this week, and I enjoyed his recommendations greatly—they cover series old and new, and lift…

Beneath the Tangles

Returning to Anime? The Best Anime Series of 2009 That You Missed

Been away from anime for awhile? We understand. You go out and have your life, anime will always be waiting for you when you come back. They always…

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Hoshiai no Sora Review – 60/100

It’s often said that sports anime aren’t really about sports, but about the characters who play them. Not every show in the genre is so dedicated to its…

Star Crossed Anime

Mix: Meisei Story – First Impressions

With the third season of Chihayafuru being delayed to this autumn, Mix: Meisei Story easily became the anime I was most looking forward to from the new Spring…

The Null Set

Garden of Words and Love Live

This one’s been a long time coming…It was supposed to come after Cross Game, then I just...

Taiiku Podcast

Garden of Words and Love Live

This one’s been a long time coming…It was supposed to come after Cross Game, then I just didn’t get around to editing it. Then I decided that the…

Taiiku Podcast

Cross Game

I FORGOT TO EDIT THE EPISODE! And now it’s a couple days until libsyn resets and I’ll...

Taiiku Podcast

Cross Game

I FORGOT TO EDIT THE EPISODE! And now it’s a couple days until libsyn resets and I’ll either have an unused month or edit everything in one day.…

Taiiku Podcast

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Twelve Days of Anime 2015 Part 8: Takemiya Yuyuko

This year, I was touched by the anime adaptations of Takemiya Yuyuko’s light novels, Toradora! and Golden Time.

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OtakuGeneration (Show #350) Cross Game

  Shownotes :: (show 350) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Four Leaf Clover: Cross Game, recorded live February 19th, 2012. This week we were discussed Four…

otakugeneration's Podcast

OSMcast! Show 75: Cross Game 11-8-2010

It’s time to hit another OSMcast out of the park as we talk about Mitsuru Adachi’s Cross Game! That said, the only actual OSMcast player on this one…

OSMcast! Anime, Games, Interviews, & More!

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I just can't write a Spring 2010 Anime Preview. I've been trying for weeks! (And by "trying" I mean putting it on the backburner~) But I'm not interested…

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Cross Game 50 (End) もう終わりましたょ。世界中で一番のアニメかもね TT_TT Too good, no...

Cross Game 50 (End) もう終わりましたょ。世界中で一番のアニメかもね TT_TT Too good, no words.

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Cross Game 49 Gratuitous post is gratuitous. Now that the Cross Game anime is reaching its climax with only 2 episodes left, I think I'm going to just post…

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OSMcast: The Spring Anime 2009 Preview 05-04-2009

Sanada Yukimura and Date Masamune are about to each other's ass in Sengoku BASARA. Hint: It's great. So we heard that a whole bunch of new shows just started…

OSMcast! Anime, Games, Interviews, & More!

New titles - March 2007

I got the frontlist of Shonen manga & Shojo manga. Remarkable books are 'The Prince of Tennis #37', 'ONE PIECE #45', 'Fruits Basket #23 (fi...

Manga World. A must-see for Yaoi fans!