Cross Game (クロスゲーãƒ)

Created by

Mitsuru Adachi

（Serialized in Shogakukan's 「Weekly Shonen Sunday」）

Planning

Nobumasa Sawabe

Toshihiro Nakazawa

Planning Assistance

Shin'ichirou Tsuzuki

Masato Hayashi

Supervisors

Toshisato Okuno Shin Omura Takenori Ichihara

Original Planning Assistance

Masato Hayashi

Series Composition

Michihiro Tsuchiya

Main Character Design

Yuji Kondo

Art Design

Maho Takahashi

Subcharacter Design

Tomoyuki Matsumoto

Prop Design

Koichi Imano

Art Director

Color Design

Photography Director

Editing

Yutaka Kuramoto

Kayoko Ono

Miki Tsubouchi

Hiromi Komine

Sound Director

Sound Production

Music Producer

Music

Takeshi Takadera

HALF H・P STUDIO

Nobuhide Tanaka Toshiyuki Kuroiwa

Kotaro Nakagawa

Opening Theme

「Summer Rain」

Kobukuro

Lyrics／Composition: Kentaro Kobuchi

Arrangement: Kobukuro

（Warner Music Japan）

Music Assistance

TV-TOKYO Music

Warner Music Japan

Shougakukan Music & Digital Entertainment

Animation Producer

Animation Production

Ryosuke Sakurai

Producers

Shunji Aoki Naohiko Furuchi

Director

Osamu Sekita

Production Studio

Shogakukan Shueisha Production

SUBTITLED BY ANBU

One more out! One more out!

The clover,

a perennial of the legume family.

The four-leafed specimen is said to bring good luck.

5th graders like you shouldn't be staring at that kind of stuff.

Go deliver the balls over to the Tsukishimas already!

Boys mature by using their imaginations, you know.

Just get going already!

I guess it finally broke.

Do you guys sell nozzles at your store?

Water spraying hasn't officially been approved as a sport yet, I'm afraid.

More like, I'm a year older than you, so you should show some respect!

Sure thing.

That was close. I almost knocked it over.

Aoba, Momiji,

come eat your snacks.

Okay!

What happened, Ko?

You're drenched!

Well, I came to make a delivery...

Dad's waiting inside.

Sure thing.

Hey, Ko. Thanks for the hard work.

We're getting our next shipment in two days,

so you'll have to make do with these until then, he said.

All righty.

You want to play a little?

I guess I'll try here.

Ko!

Take me to swimming school on your bike, Ko!

Come on, what are you standing around for?

We have to hurry!

Come on, hurry! I'm going to be late!

What happened to your bike?

I got a flat tire yesterday.

They're friendly, as usual.

I don't get what she sees in him.

It's fate.

They were born on the same day, in the same hospital,

and were right next to each other from the moment they were born.

Whoa!

Hold on tight, or you'll fall off!

Okay.

Not that tight, otherwise I can't steer!

Don't you two look nice together.

Are you guys on a date?

As if!

I'm just taking her to swimming school.

That's perfect, then.

Come join our team when you're done.

We're a little short on people today.

No way, man! Baseball's too much work.

What?

You punk!

Weren't you the one who suggested that we make a team in class?

Oh yeah,

thanks for buying the gear and uniforms from our store.

Don't tell me you suggested it just so you could sell those to us?!

He gets a bigger allowance whenever he brings in a big order.

Thanks for your patronage.

How dare you trick us!

It may be tough being low on members, but good luck!

You punk! I ought to—

A date, huh? That sounds fun, too.

Didn't I tell you not to hang on too tight?

If someone we know saw you doing that again, we could—

Look, it's someone we know.

Isn't that Akaishi from Class 4?

Yeah, did you know?

Did I know what?

He's the strongest fighter in our grade.

Did you also know that he likes you?

I'll be done by five.

So what?

Oh yeah.

That's for coming to pick me up.

I didn't say I was coming to pick you up!

I'll be done by five, okay?

By five.

I'm not saying this just because she kissed me on the cheek,

but Wakaba Tsukishima is the cutest girl in my class.

No, probably in the entire grade.

So there are a lot of guys who like her,

like Akaishi, the strongest fighter in our grade;

Hayashi, the third strongest fighter;

and Nawata, the fifth strongest.

Um...

Sorry I left you hanging, fellow Doors teammates.

Why are you here?

I haven't once forgotten about this team, you know.

This is to prove it.

I always wear the Doors uniform, so I can be a beacon of strength for you guys everywhere I go.

You're just wearing it as an everyday shirt, aren't you?

Listen, you guys.

The most important thing in baseball is teamwork.

When one of the members is in trouble, everyone should help him out.

Isn't that right, Mr. 2nd Strongest in Our Grade, Nakanishi?

It's the bottom of the fifth, with the score tied 5-5.

It's the Doors' turn to attack.

My my, isn't this a thrilling game?

This would have been a one-sided game if it wasn't for your four errors!

Well sor-ry.

I've never played baseball or even played catch before.

You've never even played catch?

This inning will be our chance;

it's my turn to bat.

All right.

I may have never played in games, or even played catch before,

but I've been swinging the bat since I was three

at Tsukishima Batting Center!

Strike!

What kind of pitch was that?

That's what you call a good ol' fastball.

It was right down the middle, too.

They're gone now.

It's now the bottom of the sixth.

The Doors are trailing by one, with no outs and a man on first.

Will they make a comeback?

If it weren't for your six errors—

And here's Nakanishi, their fourth batter.