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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.
Jun 28
The staff for *Ace of the Diamond Act II Second Season* announced on June 28 that the second cour will premiere in October 2026 on TV Tokyo Network, AT-X, and other broadcasters. The new episodes will continue the Seido vs. Inashiro match. Glay will perform the opening theme, and OxT will perform the ending theme. A new key visual was also released. Hideaki Ōba is directing the season at OLM, replacing Mitsuyuki Masuhara. Kenji Konuta returns to oversee series scripts, and Yasukazu Shōji is the new character designer, replacing Minoru Ueda and Satoshi Tasaki. Hajime Hyakkoku returns as composer. The main cast, including Takahiro Sakurai as Kazuya Miyuki and Ryota Osaka as Eijun Sawamura, is returning. The first cour debuted on April 5, 2026, and is streaming on Netflix in Japan and Crunchyroll internationally. The series adapts Yūji Terajima's *Ace of the Diamond Act II* manga, which ran from 2015 to 2022.