Exclusive: Nakama Press to Release Ace of the Diamond Baseball Manga in Omnibus Volumes – News

Mad Cave Studios’ Nakama Press imprint confirmed to ANN on Friday that it will release the Yūji Terajima‘s Ace of the Diamond baseball manga in a 3-in-1 omnibus format, starting with the first omnibus volume on March 23, 2027.

Abby Lehrke is the translator for the first 24 volumes, and Devon Corwin is the translator for volumes 25-47 with lettering by Chas! Pangburn.

The company describes the story:

After a crushing middle school loss, Sawamura is recruited to attend Seidou High—one of Japan’s most competitive baseball programs. Surrounded by elite players, including a prodigy catcher and fierce rival pitchers, he must fight to prove himself worthy of the mound.

As intense training and high-stakes competition push him to his limits, Sawamura begins his journey to become the team’s ace.

Terajima launched the Ace of the Diamond (also known as Ace of Diamond) manga in Kodansha‘s Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 2006. He ended the manga in January 2015, and Kodansha published 47 compiled book volumes for the manga.

Terajima then launched Ace of Diamond Act II in August 2015, and ended the manga in October 2022. Kodansha published 34 volumes for the sequel manga.

The Ace of Diamond manga won the shōnen category of the 34th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2010. Kodansha USA Publishing began releasing the manga digitally in English in March 2017 under the title Ace of the Diamond. K MANGA is releasing the Ace of the Diamond Act II manga in English.

Terajima’s manga inspired a television anime that premiered in 2013, and Crunchyroll streamed the 75-episode series as it aired in Japan. Ace of Diamond: Second Season premiered in April 2015, and Crunchyroll also streamed the 51-episode series as it aired.

The Ace of Diamond Act II anime premiered in April 2019 and aired for 52 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan. Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season, the sequel to the 2019-2020 anime, will premiere in October on TV Tokyo Network (TXN) and AT-X, among other broadcasters.

The manga has also inspired a series of stage plays.

Source: Email correspondence