Gurazeni

Gurazeni (グラゼニ) or Money Diamond, is a Japanese baseball manga series written by Yūji Moritaka and illustrated by Keiji Adachi. The manga was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning and has been followed by four sequels since.

Gurazeni
Cover of the first manga volume
グラゼニ
(Gurazeni)
GenreSports
Manga
Written byYūji Moritaka
Illustrated byKeiji Adachi
Published byKodansha
ImprintMorning KC
MagazineMorning
DemographicSeinen
Original runDecember 9, 2010August 28, 2014
Volumes17
Manga
Gurazeni: Tokyo Dome-hen
Written byYūji Moritaka
Illustrated byKeiji Adachi
Published byKodansha
ImprintMorning KC
MagazineMorning
DemographicSeinen
Original runSeptember 25, 2014February 15, 2018
Volumes14
Manga
Gurazeni: Pa League-hen
Written byYūji Moritaka
Illustrated byKeiji Adachi
Published byKodansha
ImprintMorning KC
MagazineMorning
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 29, 2018August 19, 2021
Volumes13
Anime television series
Directed byAyumu Watanabe
Produced by
  • Atsushi Nagauchi
  • Yoshihiko Yamazaki
Written byHideo Takayashiki
Music byAkifumi Tada
StudioStudio Deen
Original networkSkyPer!
English network
Original run April 6, 2018 December 21, 2018
Episodes24
Manga
Gurazeni: Natsunosuke no Seishun
Written byYūji Moritaka
Illustrated byYōsuke Uzumaki
Published byKodansha
ImprintEvening KC
MagazineEvening
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 10, 2020November 8, 2022
Volumes6
Manga
Gurazeni: Dai League-hen
Written byYūji Moritaka
Illustrated byKeiji Adachi
Published byKodansha
ImprintMorning KC
MagazineMorning
DemographicSeinen
Original runDecember 9, 2021 – present
Volumes3

The series follows the unforgiving money-and-statistics-centric world of professional baseball, in a similar concept to Moneyball, but through the eyes of players: a relief pitcher and left-handed specialist, Bonda Natsunosuke, and Tokunaga, a retired pitcher turned color commentator. The fictional teams in the series are based on real teams in the NPB, particularly the Central League.

A 24-episodes anime television series adaptation by Studio Deen was broadcast from April to December 2018.

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