Major Baseball manga comes to an end after 15 years


For all the fans of sports manga, this classic by Mitsuda Takuya comes to an end after 15 years, as Shogakugan indicated in the latest issue of Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine. Major Baseball has 76 volumes, 6 anime series and a movie.

The story is about Goro, the son of a major league batter who has the dream of becoming famous and to become great like his father.

The anime of the same name came out in 2004, while the sixth adaptation was released in April this year. It has even inspired movies like Major: Yujo no Winning Shot, which opened in 2008 in Japanese theathers.