Story : I watched many famous and well-known sports anime and usually the characters went to an underdog school and joined the club that has few numbers of members, but Diamond no Ace was different. The main character, Sawamura Eijun, joined Seidou High, a pretty prestigious high school with a strong baseball team that had so many members. It's a new experience for me to watch Eijun struggled in the baseball team to become the number 1 Ace of Seidou Baseball Team. He still have a loong way to go though. I gave the story 8/10.
Art : I fell in love with the art when I watched the 1st episode. My friend joked that maybe this kind of art was the one that suits me the best. I like how the animators of the anime made the art and animations so it's 9/10 for the art from me.
Sound : At first I'm not particularly fond with the first opening but it grew on me, that goes the same with the second opening. The OST was also good, I enjoyed it to the point where sometimes humming it without realizing. But I didn't really enjoy the first three endings, I hope the last ending will cover it since the CV of Eijun, Furuya and Haruichi will be the one who sang it. I gave the sound 7/10.
Character : The characters.. There's more than a dozen. It took me a while to memorize the first string members of Seidou High Baseball Team line-up and boy there's still many to come. But, I enjoy it nevertheless. Each character were given a background story that made me having a hard time to hate them. The Seidou team also supports each other, teaching their player that baseball is a team play and that kind of stuffs. But really, sometimes the Diamond no Ace characters could be a giant huge dorks too. And for that, I gave 9/10 for the characters.
Enjoyment : At first few episodes Diamond no Ace was the anime that could made you bored pretty quickly because at first it was all about training and practice matches. But, when the summer tournament arc began it became the anime that will made you bite your nails in excitement because you will be looking forward about the matches that are still on-going. At least for me. It's an 8/10 for me.
Overall : I just recently started watching Diamond no Ace, actually. I had to watched it from the first episode to the latest twenties. At first, I thought Diamond no Ace will be a plain baseball-themed anime but I was wrong when I watched the first episode. It's a 8/10 from me. You guys would think that Diamond no Ace will be boring and such, but believe me, try to watch it and you'll think different and maybe ended up watching through the latest episode? Trust me It's a really good and fun anime to watch!
Follow Sawamura Eijun's intense (and sometimes, stupid) path on becoming the Seidou number one Ace!
