Ace of Diamond Act II TV Anime Gets A Sequel

Better get your Baseball Gear, Yūji Terajima’s Ace of Diamond Act II manga is getting a sequel anime adaptation, just in time to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the TV anime.

Speaking of the 10th Anniversary, there was a special livestreamed event to celebrate the Anniversary, and Sawamura Eijun’s birthday on PonyCanyon’s Official YouTube channel. There, it was announced that Act II would be getting its own TV Anime.

To celebrate the occasion, Yūji Terajima drew a special illustration to celebrate the TV Anime announcement. At this time, however, there isn’t any new information about the upcoming series. Ace of Diamond‘s first manga was serialized in Kodansha’s Shonen magazine Weekly Shonen Magazine from May 2006 to January 2015 consisting of 412 chapters collected in 47 tankobon volumes. The sequel, Ace of Diamond Act II was serialized from August 2015 to October 2022, consisting of 308 chapters collected into 34 tankobon volumes. The Ace of Diamond Act II manga won the shōnen category of the 34th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2010. Kodansha Comics began releasing the manga digitally in English in March 2017. Both the Original and Act II are available to read now on KMANGA.

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The first Ace of Diamond manga inspired a TV Anime that debuted in 2013, Crunchyroll streamed the 75-episode anime as it premiered in Japan. Its second season debuted in April 2015, with Crunchyroll streaming the 51-episode series as it also aired in Japan, and airs the first series of Act II on their streaming service. Ace of Diamond also inspired several stage plays.

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Source: Anime News Network, Anime PONYCANYON YouTube Channel

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