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''Major'' is a sports manga series by Takuya Mitsuda. It has been serialized in ''Shōnen Sunday'' and has been collected in 78 ''tankōbon'' volumes. In 1996, it received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen. The manga series concluded in the 32nd issue of Shōnen Sunday for 2010, while the 78th and final volume of the manga series was released in the middle of December 2010 together with a special original video animation (OVA). The series has been adapted into an anime series produced by NHK and Studio Hibari titled (using katakana instead of the manga's English characters). The first episode aired on November 13, 2004. The series ran for six seasons and the final episode originally aired on September 25, 2010. An animated film telling the story between the first and second seasons of the anime was released on December 13, 2008. Two OVAs were released on December 16, 2011, and January 18, 2012. They deal with The World Series chapter, which was skipped in the TV series. In 2015, Shogakukan published under the name of ''Major 2nd'', a sequel series featuring the life of Gorō's son Daigo. ==Story== The story of Major follows the life of Gorō Honda, from kindergarten to being a professional baseball player, seeking and overcoming tremendous challenges. ''Note:'' The following sections follows the original manga story. There are several plot differences between the manga and later anime adaptation. Subsections are divided according to how the official website split the story.〔(Official website ) by Shōnen Sunday〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Major (manga)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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