Major is the baseball manga by Takuya Mitsuda, running in Weekly Shonen Sunday. As of the most recent stories, the series is part of Bandai's Mame Gasha Hon Sunday collection, and the Major anime is scheduled for a free ABEMA marathon from September 12, 2026.
Major appears in the coverage as a long-running Weekly Shonen Sunday baseball manga and as an anime title that keeps getting scheduled into catalog programming. The most recent mention settles it as one of six works in Bandai's Mame Gasha Hon "Weekly Shonen Sunday Comics Collection," a set of miniature comics about five centimeters tall priced at 500 yen including tax, due the third week of October 2026. The other five works in that set are Touch, Ranma 1/2, Kyokara Ore wa!!, Ushio and Tora, and Detective Conan.
Before that, Major was one of six sports anime in ABEMA's free marathon broadcasts starting Saturday, September 12, 2026, alongside Kuroko's Basketball and Haikyu!!, plus Inazuma Eleven the Movie 2025, the Hajime no Ippo TV special Champion Road, the OVA Mashiba vs Kimura Execution, and the New Challenger and Rising seasons. Episodes stay free for one week after broadcast.
The two stories show the series in the same slot: a catalog title used to fill themed programming and merchandise sets rather than one with a new production announcement attached. Neither story gives a staff, studio, or new release window for Major itself. Coverage of the series here is limited to its inclusion in those two lineups.
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Bandai will release Mame Gasha Hon "Weekly Shonen Sunday Comics Collection" in the third week of October 2026. The lineup covers six works from Weekly Shonen Sunday: Touch, Ranma 1/2, Kyokara Ore wa!!, Ushio and Tora, Detective Conan, and MAJOR. Each miniature comic is about five centimeters tall. The price is 500 yen including tax.
ABEMA will run free marathon broadcasts of six sports anime starting Saturday, September 12, 2026. The lineup includes Major, Kuroko's Basketball, and Haikyu!!, plus Inazuma Eleven the Movie 2025, the Hajime no Ippo TV special Champion Road, the OVA Mashiba vs Kimura Execution, and the New Challenger and Rising seasons. Episodes stay free for one week after broadcast.