Season I of the anime adaptation premiered on October 6, 2013. Although the series was initially planned to be 52 episodes, it was extended and ended in March 2015 for a total of 75 episodes. A second season started airing soon after. Season II aired on April 6, 2015 and ended on its 51st episode on March 28, 2016.
An anime adaption of Daiya no A - Act II was announced on November 25, 2018.[1] The anime premiered on April 2, 2019 and ended on its 52nd episode on March 31,2020.
Summary[]
The anime is based on the shōnen baseball manga written and illustrated by Yuji Terajima. The story follows Eijun Sawamura, a pitcher who joins an elite school with a brilliant catcher named Kazuya Miyuki. Together with the rest of the team, they strive for Japan's storied Koushien championships through hard work and determination. On his journey he meets rivals, friends and learns more “about all this determination and desire to improve.”[2]
List of Episodes[]
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Music[]
→ Main article: Music
Japanese staff:[]
- Director: Mitsuyuki Masuhara
- Series Composition: Takeshi Konuta
- Music: Frying-Pan
- Producers: Madhouse, Production I.G, TV Tokyo
- Original Creator: Yūji Terajima
- Character Design: Minoru Ueda
- Art Director: Hideyuki Ueno
- Chief Animation Director: Satoshi Tasaki
- Action Animation Director: Junpei Tachinaka
- Animation Producer: Ken'ichi Sakurai
- Art and Literature: Wataru Kurosawa[3]
Japanese cast:[]
- Ryota Ohsaka as Sawamura Eijun
- Natsuki Hanae as Kominato Haruichi
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Furuya Satoru
- Takahiro Sakurai as Miyuki Kazuya
- Daisuke Namikawa as Takigawa Chris Yu
- Hiro Shimono as Kawakami Norifumi
- Hiroki Touchi as Kataoka Tesshin
- Yumi Uchiyama as Takashima Rei
- Masakazu Morita as Tanba Koichiro
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Kominato Ryousuke
- Nobuyuki Hiyama as Azuma Kiyokuni
- Shintarō Asanuma as Kuramochi Yōichi
- Takuma Terashima as Naoyuki Zaizen
- Wataru Hatano as Masuko Tōru
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Yūki Tetsuya
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kanemaru Shinji
- Aoi Shouta as Tōjō Hideaki
- Akira Ishida as Watanabe Hisashi
- Murata Taishi as Asou Takeru
- Hiroaki Tajiri as Maezono Kenta
- Miyake Takahiro (Act I: S1 - S2), Yoshiki Murakami (Act II) as Yamaguchi Ken
- Suzuki Yuto (Act I: S1 - S2), Tsuyuzaki Wataru (Act II) as Ono Hiroshi
- Kawaguchi Sho (Act I: S1 - S2), Tatsuya Tomizawa (Act II) as Seki Naomichi
- Kasai Kengo (Act I: S1 - S2), Naka Yūichirō (Act II) as Kariba Wataru
- Yurika Endō (Act I: S1 - S2), Ayane Sakura (Act II) as Yoshikawa Haruno
- Takeuchi Shunsuke as Yūki Masashi
- Murase Ayumu as Yui Kaoru
- Yuuma Uchida as Okumura Koushū
- Daiki Yamashita as Seto Takuma
- Yuuki Ono as Isashiki Jun
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Sanada Shunpei
- Hatanaka Tasuku as Asada Hirofumi
- Kensho Ono as Todoroki Raichi
- Tomoaki Maeno as Harada Masatoshi
- Yuuki Kaji as Narumiya Mei
- Yonaga Tsubasa as Akamatsu Shinji
- Kimura Ryouhei as Amahisa Kōsei
- Kōsuke Toriumi as Manaka Kaname
- Kouki Uchiyama as Ōmae Takahiro
- Daisuke Ono as Hongō Masamune
- Junichi Suwabe as Enjō Renji
Character designs[]
Season 1 Epilogue screens[]
Season 2 Epilogue screens[]
Act II Epilogue Screens[]
Anime Guidebooks[]
The TV Anime Ace of Diamond Official Guide Book was published in late December 2014. The newest anime guidebook was released on May 17, 2016 and is called Ace of Diamond Official Fanbook 18.44m.