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Cross Game (TV)

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Alternative title:
クロスゲーム (Japanese)
四葉遊戲 (Chinese (Taiwan))
크로스 게임 (Korean)
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: 5th grader Koh Kitamura lives next door to the Tsukishima family, owners of a batting cage and the Clover cafe. His girlfriend, Wakaba, is the 2nd Tsukishima daughter; the 3rd daughter, the baseball prodigy Aoba, can't stand him. Wakaba dreams of Koh pitching at legendary Koshien Stadium, site of the national high school championship finals. However, tragedy strikes, and it is up to Koh, with the help of Aoba and his other teammates, to make Wakaba's dream come true,
User Ratings: 702 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 228 votes (sub:211, dub:6, ?:2, raw:2, others:7
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 250 votes (sub:230, dub:6, raw:2, ?:1, others:11
5 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 121 votes (sub:109, dub:3, raw:1, others:8
4 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Good: 67 votes (sub:59, dub:2, raw:1, ?:1, others:4
2 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Decent: 20 votes (sub:19, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1081 users, rank: #1136 (of 9773)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.754 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.3325, rank: #93 (of 9916)
Weighted mean: 8.645 (Excellent−), rank: #110 (of 9916) (seen all: 8.77 / seen some: 8.38 / won't finish: 5.15)
Bayesian estimate: 8.624 (Excellent−), rank: #33 (of 7495)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 50
Episode titles: We have 50
Vintage: 2009-04-05 to 2010-03-28
Opening Theme:
"Summer Rain" by Kobukuro
Ending Theme:
#1: "Koi Kogarete Mita Yume (恋焦がれて見た夢)" by Ayaka (eps 1-13)
#2: "Orange Days (オレンジDays)" by SQUAREHOOD (eps 14-26)
#3: "Moeru you na Koi ja Nai Kedo (燃えるような恋じゃないけど)" by Tsuru (eps 27-39)
#4: "Rehearsal (リハーサル)" by Natsuko Kondo (eps 40-49)
#5: "Koi Suru Otome (恋スル乙女)" by Natsuko Kondo (ep 50)
Insert song:
"Koi Kogarete Mita Yume" (恋焦がれて見た夢) by Ayaka (eps 30-31)
Trivia: We have 3
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Osamu Sekita
Series Composition: Michihiro Tsuchiya
Script:
Hideki Shirane (ep 3)
Hiroko Fukuda (eps 5, 24)
Michihiro Tsuchiya (eps 1-2, 6)
Mitsuyo Suenaga (ep 4)
Storyboard:
Iwao Teraoka (ED3; ep 23)
Katsuyuki Kodera (14 episodes
eps 1-2, 7, 13, 17, 22, 25, 29, 32, 36, 38, 42, 44, 48
)

Keiichiro Kawaguchi (ep 5)
Masaharu Okuwaki
Michio Fukuda (ep 4)
Yoshitaka Fujimoto (eps 3, 6, 24)
Episode Director:
Keiichiro Kawaguchi (ep 5)
Osamu Sekita (ep 1)
Takahide Ogata (ep 3)
Takatoshi Suzuki (9 episodes
eps 2, 8, 14, 20, 23, 29, 36, 42, 48
)

Yoshitaka Fujimoto (eps 4, 6, 24)
Original creator: Mitsuru Adachi
Art Director: Yutaka Mukumoto
Chief Animation Director:
Kenji Fujisaki (eps 3, 6, 24)
Toshiyuki Komaru (eps 1, 4)
Animation Director:
Kenji Tanabe (ep 3)
Kumiko Shishido (ep 1)
Tomoyuki Matsumoto (ep 2)
Yoon-Joung Kim (eps 6, 24)
Yūji Kondō (ep 5)
Art design: Maho Takahashi
Sound Director: Takeshi Takadera
Director of Photography: Hiroki Tsubouchi
Producer:
Fukashi Azuma (TV Tokyo; eps 14-26)
Naohiko Furuichi
Shinnosuke Wada (TV Tokyo; eps 27-50)
Shunji Aoki (TV Tokyo)

Animation producer: Ryousuke Sakurai
Assistant producer:
Masahiro Saito (eps 1-6, 24)
Tomomi Kyōtani (TV Tokyo; TV Tokyo; eps 1-6, 24)
Assistant Production Manager:
Ikkō Suzuki (eps 2, 5)
Mie Ōsawa (eps 6, 24)
Zaha (eps 6, 24)
Background Art:
Ayako Harada (eps 1-6, 24)
Azusa Kondo (eps 1-6, 24)
Daimon Yamazaki (eps 1-6, 24)
Manabu Ikeda (eps 1-6, 24)
Shogo Goto (eps 1-6, 24)
Tadashi Itō (eps 1-6, 24)
Yutaka Hamamatsu (eps 1-6, 24)
Color design: Kayoko Ōno
Color Specification:
Eri Oga (ep 4)
Haremi Miyagawa (eps 6, 24)
Masaaki Hino (ep 3)
Sayuri Yoshida (ep 1)
Tamai Okuda (eps 2, 5)
Design Production: Jun Hatori
Digital Color:
Emi Yokote (ep 3)
Hee Jung Kim (eps 6, 24)
Hye Jin Seo (eps 6, 24)
In Suk Kim (eps 6, 24)
Ji Yeon Kim (ep 6)
Ji Yoon Choi (eps 6, 24)
Koji Hamaoka (ep 4)
Mayumi Sawame (ep 3)
Mi Kyung Jung (eps 6, 24)
Miyo Tsukahara (ep 3)
Ryōta Nakata (ep 6)
Su Yeon Jeon (eps 6, 24)
Sun Deok Kim (eps 6, 24)
Tamai Okuda (eps 2, 5)
Yōko Satō (eps 2, 5)
Yuka Yamamitsu (ep 3)
Yuki Sakiyama (ep 3)
Editing: Hiromi Komine
Finish Check:
Eri Oga (ep 4)
Haremi Miyagawa (eps 6, 24)
Masaaki Hino (ep 3)
Sayuri Yoshida (ep 1)
Tamai Okuda (eps 2, 5)
In-Between Animation:
Ae Sook Choi (ep 6)
Akiko Goto (eps 6, 24)
Emika Kokuryō (ep 4)
Haruka Oikawa (eps 2, 5)
Hirotaka Tokuda (ep 4)
Hitomi Hasebe (ep 4)
Jung Hyun Cha (ep 6)
Kayoko Kumagai (eps 2, 5)
Kazuhito Iida (eps 2, 5)
Kazunori Takada (ep 2)
Masateru Inada (ep 4)
Megumi Iwamoto (ep 4)
Mi Hyun Seo (eps 6, 24)
Mi Sook Kim (ep 24)
Mi Suk Lee (eps 6, 24)
Mika Uchimura (ep 3)
Mikie Matsuyama (ep 1)
Nam Young Lee (eps 6, 24)
Nan Yeong Kim (eps 6, 24)
Naoko Kuwabara (ep 3)
Shuutarou Tsuzaka (eps 2, 5)
Tōru Shimano (ep 3)
Yasuhiro Ueno (ep 4)
Yayoi Takano (ep 3)
Yun Hee Choi (eps 6, 24)
In-Between Check:
Kawatatsu (eps 6, 24)
Kazuaki Tsuji (ep 3)
Mikie Matsuyama (ep 1)
Reiko Mano (ep 4)
Tsutomu Yamamoto (eps 2, 5)
Yoshimitsu Yamagishi (ep 3)
Insert Song Arrangement: Shintarō Tokita (eps 30-31)
Insert Song Composition: Ayaka (eps 30-31)
Insert Song Lyrics: Ayaka (eps 30-31)
Insert Song Performance: Ayaka (eps 30-31)
Key Animation:
Ai Kato (ep 3)
Akiko Mori (ep 1)
Akio Kawamura (ep 1)
Asami Gouda (ep 1)
Asami Imamura (ep 4)
Aya Kato (eps 2, 5)
Chang Hee Won (ep 4)
Chang Hwan Park (ep 1)
Chiho Mifune (eps 2, 5)
Daisuke Nakajima (ep 3)
Gyu Hyeon Han (ep 6)
Ha Ta Sim (ep 6)
Hang Bum Cho (ep 24)
Hiroaki Kawaguchi (ep 1)
Hiroaki Shimizu (ep 4)
Hiroshi Hashiguchi (ep 3)
Hiroyoshi Takenaga (ep 3)
Hitoshi Morikawa (ep 4)
Ik Hyun Eum (ep 24)
Jie Yeon Kim (eps 6, 24)
Jin Won Seo (eps 6, 24)
Jong Hwan Oh (ep 24)
Juji Mizumura (ep 1)
Jun Ho Song (ep 24)
Jung Eun Yeom (eps 6, 24)
Junko Funatsuka (ep 1)
Junko Matsushita (ep 4)
Kazunori Takada (ep 5)
Kazuya Hayashi (ep 4)
Kenji Fujisaki
Keun Soo Lim (eps 6, 24)
Kunihito Takahashi (ep 4)
Kuniko Yano (drop; eps 7, 13, 25)
Kyung Hwan Kim (eps 6, 24)
Madoka Kattō
Masahiko Komino (ep 4)
Masao Suwa (ep 1)
Masatake Matsubara (ep 3)
Minefumi Harada (ep 1)
Momoko Makiuchi (4 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 19
)

Motoki Yagi (ep 4)
Muneaki Nitta (ep 3)
Myoung Hun Park (eps 6, 24)
Naoki Takahashi (ep 1)
Naoto Satō (eps 2, 5)
Nobuharu Ishido (ep 4)
Norie Kanekubo (8 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 21, 27, 34, 40, 46
)

Sachiko Suzuki (ep 1)
Sang Il Sim (ep 24)
Sang Kyu Lee (ep 24)
Sat Kat Oh (ep 6)
Se Hwan Han (eps 6, 24)
Shūhei Hosokawa (ep 1)
So Yeon Park (eps 35, 41)
Takahide Ogata (ep 3)
Takashi Saijō (drop; eps 1, 7)
Takayuki Kanouchi (eps 19, 28)
Tomoka Karino (eps 2, 5)
Tomomi Kawamura (ep 4)
Tomomi Shimazaki (ep 1)
Tomoyuki Matsumoto (eps 2, 5)
Toshiyuki Komaru
Toshiyuki Yoshioka (ep 4)
Tsutomu Yamamoto (eps 2, 5)
Won Yung Seong (ep 6)
Yasuko Miyazaki (ep 4)
Yōko Iizuka (ep 4)
Yoon-Joung Kim (ep 24)
Yoshiaki Kubokawa (ep 1)
Yūji Kondō (eps 2, 5)
Yuji Nakao (ep 4)
Yukari Matsuo (ep 4)
Yukari Takano (ep 3)
Yuki Toki (ep 1)
Yun Hee Kwon (ep 1)
Yung Kwan Lee (ep 24)
Original Plan Assistant: Tetsuya Takeda
Photography:
Ayako Honma (ep 5)
Hiroki Tsubouchi (eps 1-6, 24)
Kenji Hirochi (eps 1-6, 24)
Noriko Wada (eps 1-6, 24)
Shōta Kobayashi (ep 5)
Tadao Suemitsu (eps 1-6, 24)
Yūji Satō (eps 1-6, 24)
Yukina Nomura (eps 1-6, 24)
Yusuke Ueshima (eps 1-6, 24)
Production Advancement: Shunsuke Shima (eps 31, 37, 43)
Production Desk: Hirofumi Yamashita
Program Promotion:
Ken Koseki
Mayumi Kokabuto
Yosuke Aoki (TV Tokyo)
Prop Design: Koichi Konno
Publicity:
Akira Ozeki (eps 1-6, 24)
Mayumi Kokabuto (eps 1-6, 24)
Yosuke Aoki (eps 1-6, 24)
Sound Editor: Kuniko Itou (eps 1-6, 24)
Sound Effects: Kentarō Washio (eps 1-6, 24)
Sound Mixing:
Ryōko Nashimoto (eps 1-6, 24)
Sound Producer: Takeshi Nishina (eps 1-6, 24)
Sound Work Manager: Katsuhiro Ono (eps 1-6, 24)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Kobukuro (OP)
Nataba (ED2)
Shintarō Tokita (ED1)
Tsuru (ED3)
Yoshiaki Fujisawa (ED4)
Theme Song Composition:
Atsushi Akino (ED3)
Ayaka (ED1)
Kentarō Kobuchi (OP)
Nataba (ED2)
Natsuko Kondou (ED4)
Squarehood (ED2)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Atsushi Akino (ED3)
Ayaka (ED1)
Kentarō Kobuchi (OP)
Natsuko Kondou (ED4)
Squarehood (ED2)
Theme Song Performance:
Ayaka (ED)
Kobukuro (OP)
Natsuko Kondou (ED4-5)
Squarehood (ED2)
Tsuru (ED3)
Haruka Tomatsu as Aoba Tsukishima
Miyu Irino as Kō Kitamura

Akemi Kanda as
Akane Takigawa
Wakaba Tsukishima
Daisuke Kishio as Keiichirō Senda
Kenji Nomura as Osamu Akaishi
Mami Kameoka as Hiroko "Deebu" Okubo
Megumi Toyoguchi as Ichiyō Tsukishima
Minoru Inaba as Coach Sentarō Maeno
Mitsuaki Madono as Junpei Azuma
Noriko Shitaya as Momiji Tsukishima
Takahiro Sakurai as Yūhei Azuma
Tetsuya Kakihara as Mizuki Asami
Yoshinori Sonobe as Daiki Nakanishi
Yuka Hirata as Risa Shidou (14 episodes
eps 6-8, 10-13, 15, 17-18, 27, 43, 48, 50
)

Akeno Watanabe as Midori Koganezawa (11 episodes
eps 12, 18, 22-23, 27, 32, 34, 36-37, 42, 50
)
Asuka Horiguchi as Schoolgirl (ep 20)
Daisuke Endō as
Akane's Father (8 episodes
eps 31, 33-34, 46-50
)

Coach Takei (7 episodes
eps 22-23, 36-37, 39-40, 50
)

Ichihara (ep 38)
Makihara (13 episodes
eps 3-4, 6-11, 42, 47-50
)

Ogura (4 episodes
eps 9-10, 13, 16
)

Player A (ep 26)
Reporter (ep 45)
Erika Sudou as
Female Slugger Fukuda (eps 36-37)
Female Student B (eps 4, 6)
Kyōko Nakagawa (15 episodes
eps 17, 21, 27-29, 31, 35, 39, 42, 44-45, 47-50
)

Schoolgirl B (eps 22-23)
Yōko (6 episodes
eps 12, 14, 18, 20-21, 24
)
Hiromu Miyazaki as
Kishi (ep 50)
Mitani (12 episodes
eps 12, 17-18, 22-23, 41-46, 48
)

Policeman (ep 32)
Referee B (ep 49)
Tatsumasa Miki (15 episodes
eps 6-11, 13-15, 24, 43-44, 48-50
)
Jirō Saitō as Counselor/Acting Principal Eitaro Shidō (8 episodes
eps 3, 6, 8-11, 15-16
)
Jirō Satō as Pitcher Noboru Kamikawa (7 episodes
eps 6, 8-11, 13, 16
)
Junko Minagawa as Megumi Shimano (eps 36-37)
Kana Uetake as
Akane's Mother (8 episodes
eps 31-32, 34, 46-50
)

Imai (4 episodes
eps 34-35, 39, 42
)
Keiko Nemoto as Fujita (ep 23)
Kenji Hamada as Tadashi Shimano (eps 24, 26-28)
Kenji Nojima as Keitaro Mishima (16 episodes
eps 24-29, 38-40, 42, 44-46, 48-50
)
Kouzou Douzaka as
Coach Tōru Itoyama (eps 12, 15, 17)
Keisuke Kishibe (8 episodes
eps 6-11, 13, 16
)

Nisikura High School Coach (ep 46)
Pervert (ep 32)
Player C (ep 26)
Referee (ep 36)
Sekiguchi (11 episodes
eps 3-4, 6, 8-11, 47-50
)

Student (eps 43-44)
Takada (eps 25, 29)
Teacher (ep 20)
Tsuchida (ep 28)
Kozue Harashima as
Fan club girl B
Girl A (ep 24)
Kyōko Hikami as Kimie Kitamura (22 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-6, 13, 16, 19, 27-35, 38, 41, 47-50
)
Kyosuke Suzuki as
Anekōji (ep 24)
Hayashi (eps 1, 3, 30)
Ishiguro (5 episodes
eps 9-11, 13, 16
)

Member (ep 39)
Pitcher Matsushima (4 episodes
eps 24, 27-28, 32
)

Playboy Takehara (ep 36)
Player B (ep 26)
Schoolboy (ep 20)
Tetsu Iwai (7 episodes
eps 8-9, 15, 17, 27-29
)

Tsuneki (12 episodes
eps 3-4, 6-11, 47-50
)
Mami Kameoka as
Female Student A (ep 4)
Kaori (eps 12, 14, 20)
Schoolgirl A (eps 22-23)
Masako Nozawa as
Nomo (cat) (eps 1-50)
Old Man (ep 13)
Tokie Asami (ep 19)
Masumi Asano as Ouka University Pitcher Sawaguchi (5 episodes
eps 22-23, 36-37, 50
)
Minami Nakanishi as Girl B (ep 24)
Mugihito as Chairman Yokomichi Ōkubo (17 episodes
eps 8-11, 13, 15-16, 20, 27, 34-35, 42, 45, 47-50
)
Natsuko Kondou as Schoolgirl (ep 50)
Nobuaki Kanemitsu as
Batting Coach (ep 36)
Coach Kojima (eps 15, 38)
Coach Terada (13 episodes
eps 25-29, 38-40, 46-50
)

Referee (ep 23)
Referee B (ep 33)
Slugger Kubo (9 episodes
eps 7-11, 13-15, 24
)

Yashiro (10 episodes
eps 12, 17-18, 22-23, 42-44, 46, 49
)
Noriko Shitaya as
Female Student A (ep 6)
Nurse (ep 37)
Stadium Announcer (ep 28)
Takafumi Kawakami as
Ambulance (ep 28)
Ehara (12 episodes
eps 12, 17-18, 22-23, 42-44, 46, 48-50
)

First-Year Student (ep 18)
Male Stalker (ep 40)
Onoda (5 episodes
eps 9-10, 13, 15-16
)

Pitching Coach (ep 36)
Referee (ep 45)
Referee A (ep 49)
Toshio Miya (12 episodes
eps 6, 8-11, 17, 20, 24-25, 27, 29, 47
)
Takuma Suzuki as
Catcher Takizawa (eps 9-10, 15-16)
Kensaku Kitamura (24 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 7-8, 12-13, 17, 19, 27-35, 37, 41, 47-50
)

Live Announcer (7 episodes
eps 28-29, 38, 44-46, 49
)

Referee (ep 11)
Tetsuo Sakaguchi as Coach Nishigushi (eps 25-26)
Tohru Furusawa as Coach Shugo Daimon (3, 6-13, 15-16, 38, 41, 43, 50)
Tōko Aoyama as Ouka University Slugger Ozaki (6 episodes
eps 22-23, 36-37, 42, 50
)
Tomohisa Asō as Kikuji Asami (ep 19)
Tōru Nara as Takuro Oikawa (15 episodes
eps 24, 27-29, 38-40, 42, 44-50
)
Toshitaka Hirano as Sena High School Coach (ep 44)
Yasuhiko Kawazu as Seiji Tsukishima (34 episodes
eps 1-8, 12, 14-15, 17-21, 27, 29-35, 39-41, 43-45, 47-50
)
Yuki Matsuoka as Minako Kojima (eps 22-23, 36)
Yūko Sasamoto as Satomi High Captain Yuki Matsuyama (5 episodes
eps 22-23, 36-37, 50
)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: SynergySP
Animation Production Assistance:
Arms
Asahi Production
Studio Add
Studio Zaendou
Background Art: Studio Tulip
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2009-04-15)
TV Tokyo (2009-04-05)
DVD Distribution: Geneon Entertainment, Inc.
Film Editing: Imagica
Main Title Design: Viracocha
Production Committee: Tsukishima Batting Center
Production Cooperation:
Actas (4 episodes
eps 35, 41, 43, 47
)

Amuse (6 episodes
eps 6, 12, 18, 24, 31, 37
)

Asahi Production (5 episodes
eps 4, 10, 16, 19, 28
)

Studio Add (8 episodes
eps 3, 9, 15, 21, 27, 34, 40, 46
)

Studio Zaenhora (17 episodes
eps 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 29, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 50
)

Publicity: TV Tokyo
Recording Studio: HALF H·P STUDIO
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
Title Logo: Bay Bridge Studio
English staff
English companies
(none)
Internet Streaming:
Anime News Network
Hulu
VizAnime
English cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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