Whaddaya know – Ace of Diamond can throw the curve after all. As much as I love Daiya no A, one thing it hasn’t had much of is surprises. This really isn’t the sort of show that thrives on misdirection, but rather on delivering more or less what’s expected in […] Read more
Enter the…. Well, whatever the hell Raichi is. Brat? It’s a complete change-of-pace for Ace of Diamond this week. We bid a fond farewell to Yeung and Akikawa, obviously, but also largely set the main characters to the side in favor of a focus on the game that will determine […] Read more
If you’re a sports anime fan – or just a fan of good anime, period – don’t you dare forget about Diamond no Ace. There’s a lot of flashy and substantial sports series out there demanding our attention at the moment, and at no time has Diamond no Ace ever […] Read more
Are you sure you wanted to take a week off with so much competition, Daiya no A? There’s a great moment of self-parody – no one does self-parody quite like Adachi – in Cross Game (only the manga, sadly) where Aoba is recuperating from her broken leg in the hospital […] Read more
Is a recap episode, so no full post this week. Of all the times – just when Eijun was finally going to pitch when it matters… Read more
Now that’s change I can believe in. In case you missed it, this week it was announced that Daiya no A was going to have a 52-episode run. It seems ungracious to complain about a full year’s worth of anime in this day and age, but I was hoping we […] Read more
Yep, things have finally gotten serious. OP2: Perfect Hero” by Tom-H@ck featuring Masayoshi Ooishi Not to be lost in the cavalcade of premieres today, Diamond no Ace leads off its third inning with a new OP and ED, and remains a refreshingly realistic take on anime baseball. And as it […] Read more
Let the torture begin. In today’s anime reality one-cour series are the norm, but sports manga adaptations are a different animal. They’re a throwback in that way – a series like Daiya no A effectively takes two full cours just to exposit the prologue, and is only now getting down […] Read more
Things are really starting to get interesting now. I have a confession to make: I’m rooting for Furuya to get his clock cleaned next week. Does that make me a bad person? Daiya no A finally has something it’s been missing since the beginning – a really interesting opponent. Compelling […] Read more
More and more it seems as if Diamond no Ace has barely gotten started. I have no idea how long this series is going to run, but there’s a growing sense that we’re going to be here for a while. I certainly hope so, because the anime is really making […] Read more