Major Movie: Yuujou no Winning Shot

I’ll assume that you’ve watched the first season so I won’t bother too much on going over how great this series is and trying to persuade you to watch the rest. If you haven’t watched the first season and you’re just skimming through the series’ reviews, let me just say that you don’t need to love baseball to love this anime. In fact, I didn’t even understand baseball before I started watching Major. It did make it a little difficult to follow due to all the baseball terminology, but I spent just fifteen minutes online reading up on the rules and I was good togo! Major: Yuujou no Ikkyuu is the first and only movie in the Major series and is best watched after finishing the first season. It can be classified as a filler since the main details are recapped in the first episode of the second season but it’s highly recommended to be watched before moving on to the next season. The MAL (source: ANN) synopsis had me confused at first too. A “triumphant campaign in the US”?! When did that ever happen? Just to clear things up, this story is told in retrospect by the Goro from the end of season four. It’s a flashback of the events that occurred after he left his hometown and the reason as to why he changes his pitching style. Despite its low rating (relative to the other Major titles), I really enjoyed this movie. Although it has a typical “Goro” storyline, his determination and perseverance really shows no matter how many times you’ve seen it before. This is actually my first review on MAL so far. I know that it’s pretty short, but I’d prefer not to go with the Art/Sound/Story/Enjoyment/Character rating that most reviewers go with. I mainly wrote this up to clear any confusion that anyone would have regarding the order in which to watch the titles in this series. I’m open to feedback, but please don’t be too harsh!