[Spoilers] Cross Game Episode 3 - Rewatch Discussion

Today's Episode: For Real?MALHummingbirdANNOP: Summer Rain - Kobukuro (Full version)ED: Koi Kogarete Mita Yume - Ayaka (Full version)EpisodeTitleDate1'Four Leaf Clover'Sunday, June 5th2'I Hate You!'Monday, June 6th3'For Real?'Tuesday, June 7thSummary:Our main character is Kou Kitamura, son of the owner of Kitamura Sports. In the same neighborhood is a batting center run by the Tsukishima family, comprising of four sisters. Due to their proximity and the relationship between their businesses, the Kitamura and Tsukishima familes have been close for many years, with their children going back and forth between the two homes like extended family. Ever since they were born on the same day Kou and Wakaba have been inseparable, to the annoyance of younger sister Aoba. An event in their childhood will shape their lives and change them forever.REMINDER: UNTAGGED SPOILERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. We have first-time watchers joining us and I want their first run through the series to be unspoiled. Also please keep hype for upcoming episodes to a minimum. The best first experience of Cross Game is a blind one.The plot finally gets some direction today, although a bit veiled. First timers, take a gander and geese guess at the upcoming arc, if you dare. Rewatchers, revel in the guesses of the unspoiled.PSA: Relax, relax, no post time shenanigans today, just a word of advice.This show spreads bingitis more than rats spread plagues. If you want to avoid that fate and keep watching with us, I suggest watching a different show on the side. I'm sure there's still shows in your backlog, so avoid the temptation the best way you can: distraction! http://ift.tt/1TXPcRS

[Spoilers] Cross Game Episode 1 - Rewatch Discussion

Today's Episode: Four Leaf CloverMALHummingbirdANNOP: Summer Rain - Kobukuro (Full version)ED: Koi Kogarete Mita Yume - Ayaka (Full version)Legal streaming info is more than welcome!!EpisodeTitleDate1'Four Leaf Clover'Sunday, June 5thSummary:Our main character is Kou Kitamura, son of the owner of Kitamura Sports. In the same neighborhood is a batting center run by the Tsukishima family, comprising of four sisters. Due to their proximity and the relationship between their businesses, the Kitamura and Tsukishima familes have been close for many years, with their children going back and forth between the two homes like extended family. Ever since they were born on the same day Kou and Wakaba have been inseparable, to the annoyance of younger sister Aoba. An event in their childhood will shape their lives and change them forever.REMINDER: UNTAGGED SPOILERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. We have first-time watchers joining us and I want their first run through the series to be unspoiled. Also please keep hype for upcoming episodes to a minimum. The best first experience of Cross Game is a blind one.So there it was, the famous first episode of Cross Game. Thoughts? Opinions? Tears? Reduced will to live?Share it all with us!PSA: I SCREWED UP... BADLYThe time I announced for this rewatch was WRONG. It was supposed to be 10:00 PM CEST, NOT EST. I'm European, so 10 PM EST is literally impossible for me, as it's now 4:00 AM while I post this, aka the middle of the fucking night.It's my mistake, so I accommodated today, but from tomorrow onwards, the threads will be at 3:00 PM EST.I apologize profusely for this error, I should have triple-checked the time, but for some reason my brain did not recognize the mistake until today. If anyone has problems with the new time, I apologize again, and by all means call me a jackass, cause I deserve it.I'm an idiot http://ift.tt/1Y25ubI

Summer is approaching: who's up for a Cross Game rewatch?

Over the past months I've seen Cross Game steadily mentioned more and more on this sub, so a couple of months ago I figured the time was ripe for a rewatch which could hold interest throughout. I mentioned the idea to a few people who are fans of the show (paging /u/encoreAC, /u/jaesuk97, /u/MicoJive) and they all thought it was a good idea and since Cross Game is distinctly a summer anime, what better time to start the rewatch than somewhere next month?For those of you in the dark about this show, a quick introduction.Cross Game is an imo crimminally underwatched 50-episode baseball anime (ranked #75 by score on MAL, but #1056 by popularity) adapted from an acclaimed manga written by veteran Mitsuru Adachi.As for the story, Cross Game follows the Seishuu High School baseball team in their quest to reach the Koushien National Baseball Tournament... and that's basically it. Sounds simple, doesn't it? That's because Cross Game is a very simple story at heart, but this is not a standard anime. It may have an ordinary story, but Cross Game is extraordinary everywhere else:A focus not just on the baseball (though that is still a crucial and well-done part of the show), but also on romance, slice-of-life and even some heavier topics. People who do not watch sports anime or are on the fence because of the sports part, I'd still highly recommend you watch it!An almost universally likable cast, from driven main man Kou Kitamura and the Tsukushima sisters, to friendly giant Akaishi and silent ace Azuma. Seriously, save for two or three characters, everyone is immensely likable.A pitch-perfectly paced story that, while admittedly slow, never bogs down or skips around and manages to entertain the entire run, even though I'd be at a loss to say what happened throughout all the 50 episodes (it's wizardry I tell ya).A brilliant, distinctly summer-like atmosphere that's relaing and engaging at the same time. There's loads of atmospheric charm that makes the story come to life a lot more than you'd expect.With the sales pitch out of the way (:P), on to some logistics. I've included two strawpolls in this post, the first to determine the start date of the rewatch, the second to determine the format. Both polls have multiple choices enabled, so pick all options you are fine with!!. Ofc, we'll go with the options with the most votes.To try to maintain interest throughout the rewatch, I want to try to include a list of the usernames of people following the rewatch in the rewatch posts, so that A) people know the thread is up and B) the rewatch doesn't trail off because people forget about it. Of course I don't want to harass people who want to go along quietly, so I'll only do this for people who want to.If you're interested in this, comment on this post and include the line "I'd like to be on the rewatch list" in your post (or something along those lines), preferably in bold. If you decide you want out at any time uring the rewatch, just include the line "I want to be off the rewatch list" in a post in the thread, again preferably in bold.First strawpoll (Starting Date)Second strawpoll (Rewatch Format)With this out of the way, the only question left is... are you guys interested in doing this? http://ift.tt/1TkAgtz