Major S1

Gorou Honda, a little boy obsessed with baseball, has always admired his father, Shigeharu. Wishing to follow in his father's footsteps, Gorou dreams of becoming a professional baseball player. In turn, his son's starry-eyed admiration encourages Shigeharu to keep persevering, despite his late wife's death and his unsatisfying position on the second-string team Blue Ocean.

Unfortunately, an elbow injury forces Shigeharu off the team, and he falls into despair. However, after an offhand joke from his childhood friend, Shigeharu reevaluates his choices and decides to keep playing, leaving behind his prime position as pitcher and taking up the bat. Now motivated more than ever, Gorou works hard to carve his way in the Japanese Little League.

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Honda, Gorou Main

Kumai, Motoko Japanese

Shimizu, Kaoru Main

Sasamoto, Yuuko Japanese

Komori, Daisuke Main

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Sawamura, Ryouta Main

Sasajima, Kaoru Japanese

Satou, Toshiya Supporting

Ono, Fuyuka Japanese

Gibson, Joe Supporting

Ochiai, Kouji Japanese

Honda, Shigeharu Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Shimizu, Taiga Supporting

Hoshino, Momoko Supporting

Noda, Junko Japanese

Kawase, Ryouko Supporting

Endo, Kumiko Japanese

Mitsunobu, Seiji Producer

Furuichi, Naohiko Producer

Kasai, Kenichi Director, Storyboard

Takakuwa, Hajime Sound Director

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Nov 13, 2025

EmiPyon

Recommended

After rewatched this recently, I take this opportunity to regrade this series, many years ago I think around 7 I rate this very low like around 5/10, because and perhaps this series was very old, secondly I know nothing about baseball but after rewatched AOD many times. I finds actually this series are a part of masterpiece esp on the 3rd episodes why his father dun allow him to used hardball.

Although the first season is a bit dramas but overall I know why this is considered one of the epic in sport anime.

With the blu-ray edition the color all better now I believe the ... new viewers is easier to accept compared to what I watch back then.

Of course if you have no ideas about baseball you will find baseball hard to watch unlike Haikyuu.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Mar 25, 2016

Haruichigloves

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (15/26 eps)

I'm kind of disappointed with this series. I started watching this cause I it was pretty highly rated and I wanted to watch sports anime. I thought the main character's family background was too dramatic and I wasn't really keen to watch a soap opera that was dragged out for way too long. The plot development and struggles were also dramatic. There were bullying issues, death, and injuries.

I consistently thought it shouldn't be this difficult to actually join a team and play baseball. Also, the main character is obnoxious, arrogant, looks down on others, a genius in baseball and kind of sexist. I really ... didn't like the mc and he has the most screen time, so it was pretty annoying to watch.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jan 25, 2023

PixelB

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/26 eps)

I do not think I'm prejudiced at all, dropping Major S1 after a mere 3 episodes, despite it being over 100 episodes long. I do not even think that I'm rating it bad because it's old or meant for kids or whatever. I just think...it's bad. I mean, Hikaru no Go's one of the very few shows I gave a 9/10 in the past years, so when I cannot stand Major S1, it really doesn't really have to do with these factors.

While a show like Hikaru no Go feels timeless, Major just feels old. I do not see any benefit from all of the melodrama ... about the show, and I really do not care about the protagonist. Despite there being many plot events happening, I could not attach myself towards the show. Each episode feels painfully slow. Again, despite the pacing of the show not being that bad, it just did not feel like that. I really just do not care for Gorou's plight, or his family's circumstances. It's too much forced drama or generic.

I do not feel any buildup for anything relevant, and the show does not seem to do anything different. The animation is poor, and that seems to continue for the next few seasons at the very least.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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