Major 2nd 2018

Overview

Major 2nd is an animation and drama television series that premiered in 2018. The series is based on a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Takuya Mitsuda, serving as a sequel to the original manga series Major. The television adaptation aired on NHK Educational TV. The story follows an elementary student named Shigeno Daigo, whose father, Goro, is a professional baseball player and a former Major League player. Inspired by his father, Daigo originally started playing baseball with a youth team called the Mifune Dolphins. However, struggling to live up to the expectations of being a professional's son, he quit baseball after less than a year. In the spring of his sixth-grade year, Daigo's school welcomes a transfer student named Sato Hikaru. Hikaru's father is Sato Toshiya, a former Major League player and a close friend of Goro, setting the stage for the two young men's fates to move forward.