Cross Game: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kō Kitamura, son of the owner of Kitamura Sports, lives in the same neighborhood as the batting center run by the Tsukishima family. Due to their proximity and the relationship between their businesses, the Kitamura and Tsukishima families have been close for many years, with their children going back and forth between the two homes like extended family. Because Kō and Wakaba are the same age and always together, Aoba is jealous of all the time Kō spends with her older sister. Aoba is a natural pitcher with excellent form, and Kō secretly trains to become as good as she is, even while publicly showing little interest in baseball. Then Wakaba dies in a swimming accident at a summer camp during fifth grade.

Series details

• Title: Cross Game
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Anime
• Premiere date: 2009-04-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2010-03-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 16651
• IMDb ID: tt1414416
• TVDB ID: 87901

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2009-04-05; final listed air date 2010-03-28; episode order: 50.

Source and licence

Adapted from Cross Game on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.