“Daigo, son of baseball legend, quits due to pressure; reunites with rival Hikaru to revive their baseball dreams.”
Major 2nd
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Synopsis
Daigo, son of baseball legend, quits due to pressure; reunites with rival Hikaru to revive their baseball dreams.
Daigo, the son of renowned baseball player Gorou Shigeno, believes he has to live up to his father's name by becoming an all-star player himself. With great dreams, as soon as he reaches fourth-grade, he promptly joins the same little league baseball team his dad played on, the Mifune Dolphins. However, things don't go as planned. After only the first couple of practices, Daigo's lack of talent and inherent baseball sense shows, and his confidence is crushed. Unable to bear the pressure of living up to his father, a baseball prodigy, he quits the team in less than a year. Two years later, now in sixth-grade, a transfer student joins Daigo's class. This student turns out to be Hikaru, the son of Gorou's lifelong friend and fellow baseball star, Toshiya Satou. One day, Daigo's mother receives a call from the Dolphins requesting players for a game, so she forces Daigo to attend. To Daigo's surprise, he finds Hikaru there. Even more shocking is that despite his father's occupation, Hikaru has never played baseball before! Unlike Daigo, though, Hikaru immediately picks up the game demonstrating excellent performance. Needless to say, Daigo and Hikaru are polar opposites of each other. But this friction will inevitably thrust both of these inexperienced children into the world their fathers cherish—the world of baseball.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 11 sampled reviews
What 11 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.40 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 1.82
Running avg · Apr 2018 → Jan 2026
- 9 “Honestly didn't like the first couple episodes, but it brought me in the same way the original Major did. The setting/premise for the series was perfect. Gotta admit the character growth was larger...”
- 10 “The Major series was definitely the best sports anime ive ever seen in my life if not the best Anime i have watched. Just the story and character development is superb. No anime compares to this...”
- 9 “I enjoyed Major 2nd, the first generation of Major is one of my favorite baseball/sports shows of all time. Maybe spoilers ahead careful! What I enjoy about this series so far is that Daigo has a...”
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- Format 25 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 10h 00m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2018 – Sep 2018 Spring 2018
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-13300 catalog
Produced by
- Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions Producer
- NHK Producer
- NHK Enterprises Producer