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Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu
First volume cover
最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部
GenreSports
Manga
Written byMotoyuki Tanaka
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 4, 2005April 14, 2010
Volumes26

Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu (最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部, lit. "Strongest! Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Motoyuki Tanaka. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from January 2005 to April 2010, with its chapters collected in 26 tankōbon volumes. In 2008, the manga won the 32nd Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.

Story

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Six years ago following a crushing defeat, a group of friends promise that they will one day take their friend Suzuo to the Koshien. Now in their first year of high school, the friends have reunited behind the pitcher Kitarō Kitaōji to keep their promise. With Suzuo as their manager and Kitarō's signature left-handed, underhand "Submarine Pitch", they may just go all the way.

Publication

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Written and illustrated by Motoyuki Tanaka, Saikyō! Toritsu Aoizaka Kōkō Yakyūbu was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from January 4, 2005, to April 14, 2010.[1][2] Shogakukan collected its chapters in 26 tankōbon volumes, released from April 18, 2005, to June 18, 2010.[3][4]

Volumes

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No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 April 18, 2005[3]978-4-09-126374-2
2 June 16, 2005[5]978-4-09-126375-9
3 August 8, 2005[6]978-4-09-126376-6
4 October 18, 2005[7]978-4-09-126377-3
5 January 14, 2006[8]978-4-09-120046-4
6 March 17, 2006[9]978-4-09-120129-4
7 May 18, 2006[10]978-4-09-120375-5
8 August 11, 2006[11]978-4-09-120567-4
9 November 17, 2006[12]978-4-09-120677-0
10 January 13, 2007[13]978-4-09-120870-5
11 March 16, 2007[14]978-4-09-120879-8
12 June 18, 2007[15]978-4-09-121078-4
13 August 10, 2007[16]978-4-09-121158-3
14 November 16, 2007[17]978-4-09-121217-7
15 February 18, 2008[18]978-4-09-121284-9
16 June 18, 2008[19]978-4-09-121400-3
17 September 18,2008[20]978-4-09-121467-6
18 December 18, 2008[21]978-4-09-121517-8
19 March 18, 2009[22]978-4-09-121597-0
20 May 18, 2009[23]978-4-09-122006-6
21 August 18, 2009[24]978-4-09-121718-9
22 November 18, 2009[25]978-4-09-121885-8
23 January 18, 2010[26]978-4-09-122110-0
24 March 18, 2010[27]978-4-09-122186-5
25 May 18, 2010[28]978-4-09-122327-2
26 June 18, 2010[4]978-4-09-122350-0

Reception

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In 2008, the manga won the 32nd Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.[29][30]

See also

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  • Be Blues!, another manga series by the same author

References

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  1. ^ 少年サンデー 2005年6号 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. March 24, 2005. Archived from the original on March 24, 2005. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  2. ^ 週刊少年サンデー 2010年 表示号数20. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  3. ^ a b 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 1 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 1] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  4. ^ a b 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 26 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 26] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  5. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 2 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 2] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  6. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 3 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 3] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  7. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 4 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 4] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  8. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 5 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 5] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  9. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 6 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 6] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  10. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 7 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 7] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  11. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 8 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 8] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  12. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 9 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 9] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  13. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 10 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 10] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  14. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 11 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 11] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  15. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 12 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 12] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  16. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 13 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 13] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  17. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 14 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 14] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  18. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 15 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 15] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
  19. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 16 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 16] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  20. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 17 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 17] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  21. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 18 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 18] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  22. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 19 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 19] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  23. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 20 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 20] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  24. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 21 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 21] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  25. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 22 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 22] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  26. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 23 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 23] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  27. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 24 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 24] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  28. ^ 最強!都立あおい坂高校野球部 25 [Aoizaka Metropolitan High School Baseball Club Vol. 25] (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  29. ^ Loo, Egan (May 13, 2008). "32nd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards Announced". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  30. ^ 講談社漫画賞 (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on July 30, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
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