Major
Major, 棒球大聯盟
Major is an ongoing sports manga series by Takuya Mitsuda. It is serialized in Shōnen Sunday and has been collected in 67 tankobon volumes to date, with serialized chapters up to the equivalent of volume 68. In 1996, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen. The series has been adapted as an anime series produced by NHK and Studio Hibari titled Major (メジャー Mejā) (using katakana instead of the manga's English characters). The first episode was broadcast on December 13, 2004, and is currently in its fourth season. Season five will begin airing on January 4, 2009. An animated film telling the story between the first and second seasons of the anime has been announced.
The story of Major follows the life of Goro Honda, from kindergarten to being a professional baseball player, seeking and overcoming tremendous challenges.
(Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, s.v. "Major")
