Recently there has been a marked increase in the number of people who have started watching sports anime mainly due to shows like Kuroko No Basket and Haikyuu, while Diamond No Ace isn't a new anime it isn't exactly ancient either (it started in 2013) yet many people still haven't seen it yet when compared to the other two mentioned above so hopefully this makes you watch itMAL LinkSynopsis:Sawamura Eijun plays as the pitcher in his middle school team, which fails to get past the first round of the tournament yet he promises to bring them to the nationals or Koshien the holy land of High school baseball but that changes when a scout from a powerhouse school in Tokyo comes and invites him to come play for them after seeing potential in him.Accepting, Eijun goes on to realise that life isn't going to be so easy after finding out that the competition for places and numbers are extremely fierce, with good players all around him, will he get to wear that Ace number again?CharactersSawamura Eijun one of the MCs, he starts out rather arrogantly assuming that he would be their Ace pitcher which they scouted and at first seems unwilling to listen to others. Yet as the show goes on, he shows some of the best character development in almost any show.Miyuki Kazuya the star catcher on the team who on the outside has a frivolous attitude, he cares alot for the pitchers and is shown to be a careful and calculative personFuruya Satoru the other first year pitcher who while seemingly more talented then Sawamura, has trouble listening to others, this can be attributed to his backstory where he has never played on a team beforeHonestly just typing it out can't convey just how good these characters are you will have to watch them yourself to understand itStrengthsIts extremely realistic, no bullshit skills like from Kuroko, not sure if you guys have seen this recently on redditFuruya's fastball pitch is 154km/hr or 95 Mph which isn't exactly unbelievable, just google fastest high school pitch and you will see many articles about people who can pitch equally if not faster than himA huge diverse cast, this anime doesn't just focus on the MCs and ditch everyone elseNot every result is set in stone, its possible for the characters to play poorly or have an off day which just does happen in other sports animeThere's a huge diversity of pitches and such with people having different types of pitches and ways of throwingWeaknessNot really sure what to put here, I suppose the show is rather long and can scare away peopleRequires you to have some understanding of baseballFinal WordsNot much except to say that sports anime do not need to be flashy and have special skills which many people associate it with to be successful and an enjoyable watchDon't be put off by the number of episodes, a sports anime actually needs that much to fully develop it's castOh and the final OP of S2 is hype http://ift.tt/1VmVfzd
