Nakama Press to Release Ace of the Diamond in Omnibus Volumes
The omnibus release gives the long-running baseball manga a physical English edition after years of digital-only availability through Kodansha USA.
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Mad Cave Studios' Nakama Press imprint will release Yuji Terajima's Ace of the Diamond baseball manga in a 3-in-1 omnibus format, starting with the first volume on March 23, 2027. Abby Lehrke translates the first 24 volumes, Devon Corwin translates volumes 25-47, with lettering by Chas! Pangburn. The manga ran in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine from 2006 to January 2015 across 47 volumes, and won the shonen category of the 34th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2010.
Terajima's story follows Sawamura, a pitcher recruited to Seidou High after a crushing middle school loss, who works to become the team's ace among elite players including a prodigy catcher and rival pitchers.
The original manga ran in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine from 2006 to January 2015, spanning 47 compiled volumes. Terajima followed it with Ace of Diamond Act II, which ran from August 2015 to October 2022 across 34 volumes. Kodansha USA began releasing the original digitally in English in March 2017, and K MANGA handles the Act II sequel.
The manga has also inspired multiple anime series, including a 2013 television anime and a sequel, Ace of Diamond Act II Second Season, that premieres in October on TV Tokyo Network and AT-X.
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