Diamond no Ace

Ace of Diamond / ダイヤのA[エース] / Daiya no Ace / Ace of the Diamond / Dia no A
Diamond no Ace
Producers: AT-X, DAX Production, Kodansha, Pony Canyon, Sotsu, TV Tokyo
Studios: Madhouse, Production I.G
Source: manga
Age Rating: PG 13
Themes: School, Team Sports
Genres: School, Shounen, Sports, Team Sports
Demographics: Shounen
Type: tv
Rating: 8.11 / 10
Rank: #530
Popularity: #1034
Users Listed: 259,708
Users Scored: 121,241
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 01/31/2023
Aired: October 6, 2013 – March 29, 2015 (Fall)
Episodes: 75
Broadcast: Sunday at 08:30 (JST)

Synopsis:

The series follows Eijun Sawamura, a dedicated middle school pitcher whose unexpected talent catches the attention of Seidou High School. Drawn to the school's renowned baseball program, he arrives with aspirations of becoming the team's ace. However, Seidou boasts a roster of exceptionally skilled players, most notably Satoru Furuya, a formidable pitcher vying for the same position.

Eijun’s journey centers on adapting to this new environment and proving his worth amidst intense competition. The story explores themes of perseverance, self-doubt, and the challenges of striving for excellence within a highly competitive team setting. It depicts the dedication required to elevate one's skills and the complex dynamics that arise when individual ambition intersects with collective goals in the pursuit of national prominence. The anime emphasizes the evolving relationships between teammates as they navigate their path toward a shared championship.

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Episodes:

Episode 1: The One Pitch
Aired: October 6, 2013
Episode 2: Partner
Aired: October 13, 2013
Episode 3: Not Qualified to Be a Pitcher?
Aired: October 20, 2013
Episode 4: Are You Like Me?
Aired: October 27, 2013
Episode 5: A Clash
Aired: November 3, 2013
Episode 6: Head to Head!
Aired: November 10, 2013
Episode 7: The Two Batteries
Aired: November 17, 2013
Episode 8: The Truth About Chris
Aired: November 24, 2013
Episode 9: With Chagrin in His Heart
Aired: December 1, 2013
Episode 10: Hone Your Moving Fastball
Aired: December 8, 2013
Episode 11: Chris to the Field!
Aired: December 15, 2013
Episode 12: Target
Aired: December 22, 2013
Episode 13: You're in the First-String
Aired: December 29, 2013
Episode 14: Training Camp Begins!
Aired: January 12, 2014
Episode 15: Lead With Your Plays!
Aired: January 19, 2014
Episode 16: Challenge
Aired: January 26, 2014
Episode 17: Games Are Fun
Aired: February 2, 2014
Episode 18: I Hate It, But...
Aired: February 9, 2014
Episode 19: Fate
Aired: February 16, 2014
Episode 20: Emergency
Aired: February 23, 2014
Episode 21: To the Dream Stage
Aired: March 2, 2014
Episode 22: Calling for Attention
Aired: March 9, 2014
Episode 23: Official Game Debut
Aired: March 16, 2014
Episode 24: Clockwork
Aired: March 23, 2014
Episode 25: Anti-Furuya Strategy
Aired: March 30, 2014
Episode 26: Miracle Akikawa
Aired: April 6, 2014
Episode 27: I'm Not Running
Aired: April 13, 2014
Episode 28: Path, Eijun Sawamura to the Scorching Mound
Aired: April 20, 2014
Episode 29: Neck and Neck
Aired: April 27, 2014
Episode 30: Winner and Loser
Aired: May 4, 2014
Episode 31: Dark Horse
Aired: May 11, 2014
Episode 32: Summers
Aired: May 18, 2014
Episode 33: Money Tree
Aired: May 25, 2014
Episode 34: Reliable Teammates
Aired: June 1, 2014
Episode 35: Potential
Aired: June 8, 2014
Episode 36: The Ace Walks On
Aired: June 15, 2014
Episode 37: Burst!
Aired: June 29, 2014
Episode 38: Roles
Aired: July 6, 2014
Episode 39: Expectations of an Ace
Aired: July 13, 2014
Episode 40: The Winning Shot
Aired: July 20, 2014
Episode 41: It's the Semifinal
Aired: July 27, 2014
Episode 42: The Giant Looks Down
Aired: August 3, 2014
Episode 43: Revenge
Aired: August 10, 2014
Episode 44: Best Pitch
Aired: August 17, 2014
Episode 45: Fantasy
Aired: August 24, 2014
Episode 46: Pitching of Despair
Aired: August 31, 2014
Episode 47: That Summer
Aired: September 7, 2014
Episode 48: At the Dorm...
Aired: September 14, 2014
Episode 49: A Nostalgic Face
Aired: September 21, 2014
Episode 50: Footsteps to Tomorrow
Aired: September 28, 2014
Episode 51: The Battle Begins!
Aired: October 5, 2014
Episode 52: I Don't Want to Lose
Aired: October 12, 2014
Episode 53: Change Gears
Aired: October 19, 2014
Episode 54: Entrusted Faith and the Courage to Perform
Aired: October 26, 2014
Episode 55: Strong Men
Aired: November 2, 2014
Episode 56: Decision
Aired: November 9, 2014
Episode 57: Reliable Underclassmen
Aired: November 23, 2014
Episode 58: The Three-Hole
Aired: November 30, 2014
Episode 59: Fearless
Aired: December 7, 2014
Episode 60: Lonely Sun
Aired: December 14, 2014
Episode 61: Determined
Aired: December 21, 2014
Episode 62: Victory or Defeat
Aired: December 28, 2014
Episode 63: Lingering Feelings
Aired: December 28, 2014
Episode 64: Restart
Aired: January 11, 2015
Episode 65: In The Sun
Aired: January 18, 2015
Episode 66: Outsider
Aired: January 25, 2015
Episode 67: The Kick
Aired: February 1, 2015
Episode 68: The Ace Title
Aired: February 8, 2015
Episode 69: Can't Lose
Aired: February 15, 2015
Episode 70: Next Stage
Aired: February 22, 2015
Episode 71: September Sky
Aired: March 1, 2015
Episode 72: The Final Lesson
Aired: March 8, 2015
Episode 73: Inheritance
Aired: March 15, 2015
Episode 74: Guiding Light
Aired: March 22, 2015
Episode 75: In Pursuit
Aired: March 29, 2015

Characters:

Furuya, Satoru Main
Voice Actors: Shimazaki, Nobunaga
Kominato, Haruichi Main
Voice Actors: Hanae, Natsuki, Lin, Angel
Miyuki, Kazuya Main
Voice Actors: Sakurai, Takahiro
Sawamura, Eijun Main
Voice Actors: Oosaka, Ryouta
Akiba, Kazuma Supporting
Voice Actors: Kanemoto, Ryousuke
Akio Supporting
Voice Actors: Shirai, Yuusuke
Animal M., J. Supporting
Voice Actors: Ugaki, Hidenari
Aotsuki, Wakana Supporting
Voice Actors: Kaji, Ayano, Lin, Angel
Asou, Takeru Supporting
Voice Actors: Murata, Taishi
Azuma, Kiyokuni Supporting
Voice Actors: Hiyama, Nobuyuki
Chiba, Junichi Supporting
Voice Actors: Hatano, Wataru
Fujiwara, Takako Supporting
Voice Actors: Yamaguchi, Rikako
Fukuda, Daiki Supporting
Voice Actors: Shimozuma, Yoshiyuki
Fukui, Kento Supporting
Harada, Masatoshi Supporting
Voice Actors: Maeno, Tomoaki
Hidokoro, Yoshimi Supporting
Voice Actors: Kawanishi, Kengo
Higasa, Shouji Supporting
Voice Actors: Kawaguchi, Sho
Hino Supporting
Hirai, Tsubasa Supporting
Voice Actors: Hirakawa, Daisuke
Hirakawa, Takahiro Supporting
Voice Actors: Okamoto, Nobuhiko
Hoshida, Mamoru Supporting
Voice Actors: Tajiri, Hiroaki
Iguchi, Yuudai Supporting
Inamoto, Masaaki Supporting
Voice Actors: Terashima, Junta
Isashiki, Jun Supporting
Voice Actors: Ono, Yuuki
Kadota, Masaaki Supporting
Voice Actors: Suzuki, Yuto
Kamiya, Carlos Toshiki Supporting
Voice Actors: KENN
Kaneda, Tadahiro Supporting
Voice Actors: Yumoto, Kenichi
Kanemaru, Shinji Supporting
Voice Actors: Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu
Kariba, Wataru Supporting
Voice Actors: Kawanishi, Kengo
Kataoka, Tesshin Supporting
Voice Actors: Touchi, Hiroki
Kawakami, Norifumi Supporting
Voice Actors: Shimono, Hiro
Kawashima, Kengo Supporting
Voice Actors: Miyake, Takahiro
Kenta Supporting
Voice Actors: Suzuki, Yuto
Kikukawa, Sanae Supporting
Voice Actors: Omoro, Masayuki
Kikunaga, Masaaki Supporting
Voice Actors: Murata, Taishi
Kobayashi, Keisuke Supporting
Voice Actors: Hosoya, Yoshimasa
Kominato, Ryousuke Supporting
Voice Actors: Okamoto, Nobuhiko, Lin, Angel
Kunimi Supporting
Voice Actors: Tomita, Takahiro
Kunitomo, Hiroshige Supporting
Voice Actors: Nakano, Yutaka
Kuramochi, Youichi Supporting
Voice Actors: Asanuma, Shintaro
Kusunoki, Fumiya Supporting
Voice Actors: Sudou, Sho
Kuwata, Masaki Supporting
Voice Actors: Sudou, Sho
Maezono, Kenta Supporting
Voice Actors: Tajiri, Hiroaki
Maki, Yousuke Supporting
Voice Actors: Eguchi, Takuya
Makihara, Masumi Supporting
Voice Actors: Miyake, Takahiro
Manaka, Kaname Supporting
Voice Actors: Toriumi, Kousuke
Masuko, Tooru Supporting
Voice Actors: Hatano, Wataru
Minamidaira, Mamoru Supporting
Voice Actors: Sudou, Sho
Mine, Fujio Supporting
Voice Actors: Matsumoto, Shinobu
Mino, Yuuto Supporting
Voice Actors: Shimozuma, Yoshiyuki
Mishima, Yuuta Supporting
Voice Actors: Suzuki, Tatsuhisa
Miyata Supporting
Voice Actors: Miyake, Takahiro
Miyauchi, Keisuke Supporting
Voice Actors: Murata, Taishi
Murata Supporting
Voice Actors: Shimozuma, Yoshiyuki
Mutou Supporting
Voice Actors: Tajiri, Hiroaki
Nagao, Akira Supporting
Voice Actors: Kondo, Takashi
Nakai Supporting
Voice Actors: Murata, Taishi
Nakanishi Supporting
Voice Actors: Kajikawa, Shohei
Nakata, Ataru Supporting
Voice Actors: Terashima, Junta
Narumiya, Mei Supporting
Voice Actors: Kaji, Yuuki
Natsukawa, Yui Supporting
Voice Actors: Takahashi, Karin, Lin, Angel
Ninomiya Supporting
Voice Actors: Shimozuma, Yoshiyuki
Nobu Supporting
Voice Actors: Shimozuma, Yoshiyuki
Ochiai, Hiromitsu Supporting
Voice Actors: Ookawa, Tooru
Ogata, Kazunari Supporting
Voice Actors: Tajiri, Hiroaki
Ono, Hiroshi Supporting
Voice Actors: Suzuki, Yuto
Oomae, Takahiro Supporting
Voice Actors: Uchiyama, Kouki
Oonishi Supporting
Voice Actors: Morita, Shuujirou
Ooshima, Hiro Supporting
Voice Actors: Koumoto, Keisuke
Oota, Isao Supporting
Voice Actors: Suzuki, Haruhisa
Oota, Kazuyoshi Supporting
Voice Actors: Takeuchi, Eiji
Oowada, Akiko Supporting
Voice Actors: Yuuki, Chisa, Lin, Angel
Saitou, Hiromi Supporting
Voice Actors: Kajikawa, Shohei
Sakai, Ichirou Supporting
Voice Actors: Takeuchi, Eiji
Sanada, Shunpei Supporting
Voice Actors: Kamiya, Hiroshi
Sawamura, Mother Supporting
Voice Actors: Yuuki, Chisa
Sawamura, Eitoku Supporting
Voice Actors: Senda, Mitsuo
Sawamura, Father Supporting
Voice Actors: Takeuchi, Eiji
Seiichi Supporting
Voice Actors: Murata, Taishi
Seki, Naomichi Supporting
Voice Actors: Kawaguchi, Sho
Sekiguchi, Junzou Supporting
Voice Actors: Tenjin, Hidetaka
Shibata, Kyouhei Supporting
Voice Actors: Shimozuma, Yoshiyuki
Shirakawa, Katsuyuki Supporting
Voice Actors: Hoshi, Souichirou
Shirasu, Kenjirou Supporting
Voice Actors: Shimozuma, Yoshiyuki
Shouta Supporting
Voice Actors: Kawaguchi, Sho
Tachi, Hiromi Supporting
Voice Actors: Matsumoto, Shinobu
Tadano, Itsuki Supporting
Voice Actors: Yamaya, Yoshitaka
Tahara, Toshihiko Supporting
Voice Actors: Katou, Akio
Takahiro, Matsumoto Supporting
Voice Actors: Tajiri, Hiroaki
Takashima, Rei Supporting
Voice Actors: Uchiyama, Yumi
Takemoto, Atushi Supporting
Voice Actors: Takano, Shou
Takigawa, Chris Yuu Supporting
Voice Actors: Namikawa, Daisuke
Tanaka, Shin Supporting
Voice Actors: Kajikawa, Shohei
Tanba, Kouichirou Supporting
Voice Actors: Morita, Masakazu
Tanokura Supporting
Voice Actors: Miyake, Takahiro
Todoroki, Raizou Supporting
Voice Actors: Nishi, Rintarou
Todoroki, Raichi Supporting
Voice Actors: Ono, Kensho
Toujou, Hideaki Supporting
Voice Actors: Sudou, Sho, Aoi, Shouta
Ugai, Kazuyoshi Supporting
Voice Actors: Itou, Kazuaki
Umemoto, Sachiko Supporting
Voice Actors: Hanamori, Yumiri
Yabe, Kouji Supporting
Voice Actors: Hatano, Wataru
Yagi, Megumi Supporting
Yamaoka, Riku Supporting
Voice Actors: Kawaguchi, Sho
Yamauchi, Yutaka Supporting
Voice Actors: Terashima, Junta
Yamazaki, Kunio Supporting
Voice Actors: Kawaguchi, Sho
Yoshikawa, Haruno Supporting
Voice Actors: Endou, Yurika, Lin, Angel
Yoshizawa, Hideaki Supporting
Voice Actors: Kakihara, Tetsuya
You, Shunshin Supporting
Voice Actors: Ishikawa, Kaito
Yuuichi Supporting
Voice Actors: Sudou, Sho
Yuuki, Tetsuya Supporting
Voice Actors: Hosoya, Yoshimasa
Yuuya Supporting
Voice Actors: Yumoto, Kenichi
Zaizen, Naoyuki Supporting
Voice Actors: Terashima, Takuma

Staff:

Masuhara, Mitsuyuki
(Director, Storyboard)
Takakuwa, Hajime
(Sound Director)
Aoyagi, Hironori
(Episode Director)
Asaka, Morio
(Episode Director, Storyboard)
Hiramuki, Tomoko
(Episode Director, Storyboard)
Kawasaki, Itsurou
(Episode Director)
Murayama, Kiyoshi
(Episode Director)
Nakagawa, Jun
(Episode Director, Storyboard)
Noshitani, Mitsutaka
(Episode Director)
Ooya, Mitsuko
(Episode Director, Storyboard)
Shimizu, Kazunobu
(Episode Director)
Shimizu, Akira
(Episode Director)
Shiraishi, Tatsuya
(Episode Director)
Tanaka, Tomoya
(Episode Director)
Yamazaki, Shigeru
(Episode Director)
Konuta, Kenji
(Script, Series Composition)
Tanimura, Daishirou
(Script)
Fukushima, Toshinori
(Storyboard)
Kawajiri, Yoshiaki
(Storyboard)
Koujina, Hiroshi
(Storyboard)
Kurai, Satoshi
(Storyboard)
Maezono, Fumio
(Storyboard)
Masuda, Toshihiko
(Storyboard, Key Animation)
Narita, Toshinori
(Storyboard)
Oohara, Minoru
(Storyboard)
Sasajima, Keiichi
(Storyboard)
Satou, Yuuzou
(Storyboard)
Watanabe, Sumio
(Storyboard, Key Animation)
AOP
(Theme Song Performance)
Endou, Yurika
(Theme Song Performance)
GLAY
(Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Performance)
Hanae, Natsuki
(Theme Song Performance)
Hanamori, Yumiri
(Theme Song Performance)
Hikasa, Youko
(Theme Song Performance)
Inaba, Emi
(Theme Song Lyrics)
Kaji, Ayano
(Theme Song Performance)
Kameda, Seiji
(Theme Song Arrangement)
Maeguchi, Wataru
(Theme Song Arrangement)
Mimori, Suzuko
(Theme Song Performance)
Oishi, Masayoshi
(Theme Song Performance)
Oosaka, Ryouta
(Theme Song Performance)
Shihori
(Theme Song Lyrics)
Shimazaki, Nobunaga
(Theme Song Performance)
TERU
(Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition)
Takahashi, Karin
(Theme Song Performance)
Tom-H@ck
(Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Composition)
Yabuki, Kana
(Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition)
Yamaguchi, Rikako
(Theme Song Performance)
hotaru
(Theme Song Lyrics)
Aijima, Gouta
(Publicity)
Amemiya, Hideo
(Key Animation)
Aoi, Kiyotoshi
(Animation Director)
Aoki, Mariko
(Key Animation)
Arahata, Ayumi
(Special Effects)
Cho, Hye-jung
(2nd Key Animation)
Dan, Yuusuke
(Planning)
Habu, Ryousuke
(2nd Key Animation)
Hamaguchi, Akira
(Key Animation)
Harada, Minefumi
(Animation Director)
Hasegawa, Saki
(Key Animation)
Hatanaka, Hironobu
(Director of Photography)
Hattori, Yuuta
(Associate Producer)
Hattori, Masumi
(Animation Director)
Hinata, Masaki
(Animation Director)
Hiraoka, Toshisuke
(Planning)
Huang, Chengxi
(Key Animation)
Ichino, Maria
(Animation Director, Key Animation)
Ichinose, Yuuri
(Animation Director)
Iida, Ayaka
(Special Effects)
Inada, Yuusuke
(Sound Effects)
Ishikawa, Mitsuhisa
(Planning)
Kamata, Chikako
(Color Design)
Kanetaka, Rika
(Key Animation)
Kasai, Naoki
(Editing)
Kataoka, Chiharu
(Animation Director)
Katsu, Haruna
(Animation Director)
Katsuragi, An
(Key Animation)
Kikuchi, Sadakazu
(Executive Producer)
Kinoshita, Yumiko
(Animation Director)
Kiritani, Masaki
(Animation Director)
Kobayashi, Ryou
(Animation Director)
Kobayashi, Ichizou
(Animation Director)
Kobayashi, Kaori
(Special Effects)
Kobayashi, Yukari
(Animation Director)
Kodama, Hikaru
(Animation Director)
Kogawa, Youko
(Planning)
Konno, Akiko
(Animation Director)
Koyama, Tomohiro
(Animation Director)
Kubo, Satoshi
(Animation Director)
Kurihara, Manabu
(Animation Director)
Kusunoki, Tomoko
(Animation Director)
Liang, Boya
(Key Animation)
Masui, Ippei
(Animation Director)
Matsuoka, Hideaki
(Key Animation)
Morishita, Katsuji
(Executive Producer)
Moroyuki, Sara
(Key Animation)
Nagata, Miyuki
(Key Animation, In-Between Animation, 2nd Key Animation)
Nakajima, Yoshiko
(Animation Director)
Nakamura, Naoki
(Planning)
Nanba, Hideyuki
(Executive Producer)
Obata, Masaru
(Animation Director)
Ogata, Ai
(Key Animation)
Ohiwa, Rieko
(Background Art)
Okamura, Takema
(Associate Producer)
Okazaki, Hiromi
(Animation Director)
Ootani, Michiko
(Animation Director)
Ozawa, Kazunori
(Key Animation)
Sagano, Sakurako
(Animation Director)
Saitou, Kazuya
(Animation Director)
Sakai, Keishi
(Key Animation)
Sakamoto, Kousaku
(Publicity)
Sakiguchi, Saori
(Animation Director)
Saotome, Kei
(Animation Director)
Shinjuku, Gorou
(Executive Producer)
Shukuwa, Kousuke
(Associate Producer)
Suzuki, Nobuiku
(Planning)
Takahata, Yuuichirou
(Associate Producer)
Takasawa, Mika
(Animation Director)
Tasaki, Satoshi
(Chief Animation Director)
Tateishi, Kensuke
(Executive Producer)
Tatenaka, Junpei
(Animation Director)
Terajima, Yuuji
(Original Creator)
Terakawa, Hidekazu
(Associate Producer)
Terauchi, Satoshi
(Editing)
Ueda, Minoru
(Animation Director, Character Design)
Uehara, Fumiya
(Animation Director)
Ueno, Hideyuki
(Art Director)
Yamakawa, Norio
(Associate Producer)
Yamamoto, Keiko
(Animation Director)
Yamatani, Nakuru
(Associate Producer)
Yamazaki, Teruhiko
(Animation Director)
Yamazaki, Atsuko
(Animation Director)
Yanagimura, Tsutomu
(Executive Producer)
Yoshida, Yuuki
(Executive Producer)
Yoshikawa, Shinichi
(Animation Director)

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