Ace of Diamond

Ace of Diamond
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Eijun Sawamura
ダイヤのA
(Daiya no Ēsu)
GenreSports[1]
Manga
Written byYuji Terajima
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original run17 May 200614 January 2015
Volumes47 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed byMitsuyuki Masuhara
Written byKenji Konuta
Music byFrying-Pan
Studio
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo)
English network
Original run 3 October 2013 28 March 2016
Episodes126 + 5 OVA (List of episodes)
Manga
Ace of Diamond Act II
Written byYuji Terajima
Published byKodansha
English publisher
  • US: Kodansha
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original run19 August 201526 October 2022
Volumes34 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Ace of Diamond Act II
Directed byMitsuyuki Masuhara
Written byKenji Konuta
Music byHajime Hyakkoku
StudioMadhouse
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo)
Original run 2 April 2019 – present
Episodes52 (List of episodes)
Manga
Cat of Diamond
Written byYuki Okada
Published byKodansha
MagazineMagazine Pocket
DemographicShōnen
Original run12 January 202230 November 2022
Volumes3
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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.

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.

  1. ^ Ressler, Karen (3 March 2017). "ComiXology Lists Ace of the Diamond, All-rounder Meguru Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2018.