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Cross Game (manga)

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Alternative title:
クロスゲーム (Japanese)
四葉遊戲 (Chinese (Taiwan))
크로스 게임 (Korean)
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: Koh Kitamura is a fifth grader whose family runs a sporting goods store. One of the regular customers of his family's store is the Tsukishima Batting Center, and so he gets to know the four daughters of the Tsukishima family (Ichiyo, Wakaba, Aoba, and Momiji) very well. Since Koh has spent so much time practicing in their batting cages, he has become a genius hitter, but has no knowledge of any other aspect of baseball. This is in contrast to Aoba, who, despite being a year younger, is an adept pitcher and hitter. Wakaba is a classmate of Koh's, and she seems fully intent on marrying him when she grows up. All seems idyllic in their world, until tragedy strikes. The story then skips ahead to four years later, as Koh has continued the training he began four years ago, but has not played in a baseball game since. As he finally begins playing again, it remains to be seen whether or not he will live up to the expectations of those who know the true talent he has been hiding all this time.
User Ratings: 122 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 40 votes (Eng:23, sub:11, dub:3, raw:2, raw:1)
 Excellent: 41 votes (Eng:27, sub:10, dub:3, raw:1)
 Very good: 27 votes (Eng:20, sub:4, dub:1, others:2
1 Chinese (Taiwan)
1 Indonesia
)
 Good: 9 votes (Eng:8, others:1
1 Indonesia
)
 Decent: 4 votes (Eng:4)
 So-so: -
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 202 users, rank: #437 (of 6736)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.803 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.2257, rank: #261 (of 7469)
Weighted mean: 8.779 (Excellent−), rank: #317 (of 7469) (seen all: 8.89 / seen some: 8.60 / won't finish: 7.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.744 (Excellent−), rank: #22 (of 3489)
Number of tankoubon: 17
Chapter titles: We have 170
Vintage:
2005-09-02
2010-10-12 to 2012-11-13 (North America)
Release dates: We have 55
Official website:
Cross Game @ Web Sunday (Japanese)
Cross Game｜Viz Media
Comment:
Not to be confused with Crossing Game
Reviews:
Cross Game GN 6 (Feb 24, 2012)
Cross Game GN 4 (Aug 5, 2011)
Cross Game GN 1 (Oct 25, 2010)
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North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 22-28 (Jan 24, 2012)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 8-14 (Jan 10, 2012)
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Touch's Mitsuru Adachi Creates New Project in Magazine (Dec 7, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: October 9-15 (Oct 12, 2011)
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North American Anime, Manga Releases: July 10-16 (Jul 12, 2011)
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Touch's Adachi to Launch New Over Fence Baseball Manga (Apr 17, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: April 10-16 (Apr 13, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases: January 9-15 (Jan 11, 2011)
North American Anime, Manga Releases October 10-16 (Oct 11, 2010)
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Japanese Comic Ranking, April 19-25 (Apr 28, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, April 12-18 (Apr 21, 2010)
Right Stuf's Junjō Romantica, Viz's Cross Game Previewed (Apr 8, 2010)
Viz Media to release Mitsuru Adachi's Cross Game Manga in October (Mar 18, 2010)
Mitsuru Adachi Ends Cross Game Sports Manga Next Week (Feb 9, 2010)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 30-December 6 (Dec 9, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 23-29 (Dec 2, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 16-22 (Nov 25, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, July 27-August 2 (Aug 5, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, July 20-26 (Jul 29, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, July 13-July 19 (Jul 22, 2009)
Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 1st Half of 2009 (Jun 15, 2009)
Rumiko Takahashi & Mitsuru Adachi's Joint Manga Posted Online (Mar 26, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 17-23 (Mar 25, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 10-16 (Mar 18, 2009)
Rumiko Takahashi's Latest Series to Launch on April 22 (Mar 17, 2009)
Kekkaishi's Tanabe to Start Manga in Monthly Shonen Sunday (Mar 11, 2009)
Rumiko Takahashi, Mitsuru Adachi Collaborate on Manga (Mar 10, 2009)
54th Shogakukan Manga Award Winners Announced (Jan 20, 2009)
Cross Game Baseball Manga Reportedly to Get TV Anime (Jan 9, 2009)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 23–29 (Oct 1, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 16–22 (Sep 24, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 3–9 (Jun 12, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, February 19–25 (Feb 27, 2008)
Japanese Comic Ranking, December 18–24 (Dec 27, 2007)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 19–June 25 (Jun 27, 2007)
Press Release:
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Graphic novel
    Cross Game (GN 1) 2010-10-12 (from $16.67)
    Cross Game (GN 2) 2011-01-11
    Cross Game (GN 3) 2011-04-12 (from $11.99)
    Cross Game (GN 4) 2011-07-12 (from $11.99)
    Cross Game (GN 5) 2011-10-11 (from $12.67)
    Cross Game (GN 6) 2012-01-24 (from $11.99)
    Cross Game (GN 7) 2012-04-10 (from $11.99)
    Cross Game (GN 8) 2012-11-13 (from $11.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Mitsuru Adachi
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shogakukan
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Lillian Olsen
Ralph Yamada (vol. 1)

Cover Design:
Jodie Yoshioka (vol. 1-2)
John Kim
Yukiko Whitley (vol. 2-8)
Editing:
Andy Nakatani
Yuki Murashige (vol. 1)
Interior Design:
Hidemi Sahara (vol. 1)
Yukiko Whitley
Touch-up Art & Lettering:
Jim Keefe (vol. 1-2)
Mark McMurray
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Viz Media
Online Distribution: Viz Manga
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Editions Tonkam
French cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Publisher: Flashbook Edizioni
Italian cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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