One thing Major can never be accused of is refusing to go for the dramatic. I had an interesting moment on RC the other day, where a commenter mentioned that all good sports shounen have to be about a mediocre talent who works his way to the top. Well, that’s […] Read more
And so, finally, it ends. After six seasons, a movie, and of course almost two decades of the source manga, Major finally wraps with the special OVA, “Message” that was bundled with the last manga volume. And while nothing in the 24 minute special will change your life, it was […] Read more
In reviewing the sixth and final season of “Major”, I suppose I should say a word about the first five – because in many ways, the continuity of the series is such that all the episodes can be viewed mostly as one long season. For my tastes, the first season […] Read more
That ending came on pretty suddenly – so much so that I suspect the original plan was to animate a 7th season for the final chapters of the manga. Instead they landed up in an epilogue and we’re left to await an OVA with the last manga volume for Major’s […] Read more
A somewhat quiet episode this week, leading up to the finale of the season. And the series? Who knows. There’s an OVA (Major’s first) due in December, along with the last manga volume. In theory, we should probably have one more season to finish up the manga – but the […] Read more
Goro, you magnificent idiot. The entire episode, only one thought was running through my mind: FOR GOD’S SAKE, SOMEBODY STOP HIM!!!! So, for the third time, our hero has literally pitched himself into unconsciousness. I hope it was all worth it. That’s the central theme of this show, I suppose […] Read more
Ah, the return of the nut-cracking cliffhanger – yet another Major specialty. I thought for a moment that we might get a resolution to the one-game playoff in episode 22, but it looks like we’re headed for another Wold-Cup style extra-innings marathon. The game itself continues to be a string […] Read more
There are many true things that can be said about Major, but one of them is certainly this – if you’re looking for subtlety you’re looking in the wrong place most of the time. This is a baseball series about big, grand (and often unlikely) events, executed by big, grand […] Read more
For all his considerable talent, nothing ever seems to come easy to Goro. Now, as his team is on the verge of a division title, we learn that the foreshadowing of episode 149 was the real deal. Bull-headed as he is, Goro was at least smart enough to see a […] Read more
We finally got to see a long-teased watershed moment in Major – Gibson vs. Gibson. While GAR Joe Sr. was toiling in the minors trying to work his way up to the Chicago Bisons, his son was scuffling. Now, Junior is white-hot and Senior is back – and strikes out […] Read more