Ace of Diamond
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Ace of Diamond (Japanese: ダイヤのA, Hepburn: Daiya no Ēsu) is a Japanese baseball-themed manga series written and illustrated by Yuji Terajima. It was serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine from May 2006 to January 2015, with its chapters collected in 47 tankōbon volumes. A sequel titled Ace of Diamond Act II was serialized from August 2015 to October 2022, with its chapters collected in 34 tankōbon volumes.
Ace of Diamond | |
ダイヤのA (Daiya no Ēsu) | |
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Genre | Sports[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Yuji Terajima |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher | |
Imprint | Shōnen Magazine Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | 17 May 2006 – 14 January 2015 |
Volumes | 47 (List of volumes) |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Mitsuyuki Masuhara |
Written by | Kenji Konuta |
Music by | Frying-Pan |
Studio | |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
English network | |
Original run | 3 October 2013 – 28 March 2016 |
Episodes | 126 + 5 OVA (List of episodes) |
Manga | |
Ace of Diamond Act II | |
Written by | Yuji Terajima |
Published by | Kodansha |
English publisher |
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Imprint | Shōnen Magazine Comics |
Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | 19 August 2015 – 26 October 2022 |
Volumes | 34 (List of volumes) |
Anime television series | |
Ace of Diamond Act II | |
Directed by | Mitsuyuki Masuhara |
Written by | Kenji Konuta |
Music by | Hajime Hyakkoku |
Studio | Madhouse |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
Original run | 2 April 2019 – present |
Episodes | 52 (List of episodes) |
Manga | |
Cat of Diamond | |
Written by | Yuki Okada |
Published by | Kodansha |
Magazine | Magazine Pocket |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | 12 January 2022 – 30 November 2022 |
Volumes | 3 |
Anime and manga portal |
An anime television series adaptation ran from October 2013 to March 2016. An anime adaptation of Ace of Diamond Act II aired from April 2019 to March 2020.
By August 2021, the manga had over 40 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. In 2008, Ace of Diamond received the 53rd Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category. In 2010, it won the 34th Kodansha Manga Award for best shōnen manga.