Cross Game [CA]  

this show is simply amazing. it's been a very long time since i've seen a show this wonderful, i just couldn't stop watching, the emotions really got to me. they balanced the mix between sport and character development really well.

I've heard a lot of great things about this anime. I'm excited to start this one.

I'm not a big fan of sport animes but I did like this, quite a lot actually. Don't let the retro-type art fool you. Even though the animation style looks old it was done very well nonetheless.

i dont really like sport type shows... but this one is a must watch....  

series was alright, art is pretty blah (apparently the artist cant draw human ears), it moves along with a decent story pretty well, but then kind of screeches to a halt. still, one of the better sports animes ive watched.

I watched this already, but i just had to comment cause it was a really good anime, I liked it alot.

This anime is a gem, a jewel. It melted my soul, and I fell in love. Perhaps the aspect that hit home for me was series' realistic approach to the protagonist's struggles. In some anime (in a lot of anime), when the protagonist is in a pinch, something very -- and incredulously -- convenient happens to ensure all will end favorably for him/her, e.g. a spontaneous, dubious power-up or wacky turn of events. None of that drivel here. When something bad happens, the ball rolls where it should. The losses were painful, and the victories were glorious; regardless, they felt real.
To make this clear, I'm not a baseball fan, and you don't need to be one to enjoy it. I started this series on avid, and unrelenting, recommendations that emphasized its romantic aspect, and it undoubtedly delivered. It was a subtle, but steady, climb that developed beautifully.

Watch this. Regret won't even find its way to your door.

was going through post-Berserk depression after finishing up the incomplete manga, but Cross Game brought me out of that funk.  Finished the anime in 3 or 4 days and I loved every single ep.  Even the filler episode.  Loved the characters, loved the story, loved the relationships.  Just epic.  The only downside to all of this is now I have post-Cross Game depression.

How do I get out of this funk?

After crawling out from under the rock, I still say that 70s character designs and 720p are a strange mix indeed (what's next, Claymation over HD backgrounds?).  And I still think that good anime and good manga are all too often mutually exclusive.

Also, art is a lot more important in HD Anime. It's a lot more like porn or Hmanga in that regard, whereas in manga it's often utterly unimportant.

Why is that? HD resolution is a bigger picture size, nothing more. Many people have that misconception about HD meaning something else than larger pictures.

oh shut up

I don´t see the importance of great art in Anime. What´s important is that they follow the real story from the Anime/Novel instead of making up their own.

I take a great story with 70´s, 80´s art style over 2011/12 art style with a poor story any day.