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Maidenoftheredhand
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Well at least we have the manga. It was probably the last manga license announcement I got excited for.
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Bonham
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Yep, and the bolded in particular is why it's so difficult. Compared to Japan, it would be harder for someone in Maine or Vermont to compare about what a local high school in Louisiana or Idaho is doing, and vice-versa.
I've already bought Viz's entire release of the manga and have recommended it to people, but your praise for the anime is encouraging. Might check it out! |
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partysmores
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Cross Game is one of my favorite manga, and I especially love the binding on Viz's version; it just feels so nice on my hands. Recommended highly.
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Maidenoftheredhand
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But the thing is even in Japan the tournament starts locally and grows nationally. Not every High School competes on the National level, you are narrowed down first on the local level. And in fact most baseball anime usually focus on that local level. |
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Bonham
Posts: 419 Location: NYC |
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Well yeah, but even then the recognition of the competition on a national level isn't the same for that competition. Hell, schools that would put out Division I talent in the U.S. may not be recognized outside of sports nerds that follow such thing. While it's not the only reason, part of that is because there simply are a LOT of high schools, which relates to how enormous the U.S. is compared to many countries in the world, including Japan. |
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enurtsol
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Japan has about 5,000+ upper secondary schools. US has 30,000+ public secondary schools and 11,000+ private secondary schools. http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d12/tables/dt12_098.asp How many games can they play? Regular season, county, state sectionals, states, national regionals, nationals. How many schools can afford all that travel, how far they travel? |
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here-and-faraway
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I bought the series for a great price during a 12+ Days of Christmas sale at Rightstuf. I read the first book, loved it, and then, for some reason never continued. (I have the weird habit of dropping titles, even when I enjoy them. I need to work on that...) I will take this article as a sign and give it another shot. I really do enjoy Adachi's subtle storytelling style.
Thanks for the review! |
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invalidname
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The other problem with some of these Viz titles is that the only way to legally see them is on Hulu, making it impossible to watch without a butt-load of commercials. And, if you don't want to watch on your PC, then it's a butt-load of commercials plus $7 a month. Even if they think the market for Cross Game is too small to manufacture disks, it's a shame they don't offer it download-to-own on iTunes / Amazon / Google Play. Mike Toole tweeted surprise a few weeks back when the seemingly more mainstream-friendly Tiger and Bunny movie drew a smaller crowd than Anohana, in the same theater. My guess is that Viz's Hulu-centric digital distribution policy is really holding back their properties (like T&B, and Cross Game)… it's too much of a hassle/expense for some to watch a Hulu-only show, when hundreds of other anime are perfectly good subsitutes. Note, by comparison, that Aniplex, NIS, and even Sentai (despite their close affiliation to Anime Network) put their stuff on free and mobile-friendly services like Crunchyroll, Daisuki, etc. (Funimation is the obvious exception to this, but they've got very good free/mobile viewing options of their own.) Anyways, I love the Cross Game manga (despite not particularly caring for baseball… that's what's so impressive about it!), but doubt I'm going to get around to the anime anytime soon, unless Viz changes its ways. |
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kgw
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Baseball in my country is almost to non-existent. And still, I love Mitsuru Adachi mangas, Cross Game, H2, Touch...
If you don't like baseball, you can try boxing, running, swimming, samurais in *not* Edo Era Japan, "rental clubs"... anything. As someone said, and I still resent it wasn't me, Adachi is one of those mangakas who can draw time passing by... and you would like it. |
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m0x
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I absolutely adore Cross Game. I think out of all the titles I've watched/read of all sorts of genres, Cross Game's the only one I've revisited more than three times. I'd go back to it again, actually, without hesitation.
I highly recommend the anime, by the way. Highly, highly, highly, highly, highly recommend it. |
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