Many titles have been victims of the current pandemic. It has resulted in many shows going off-air after broadcasting barely two or three episodes. Major 2nd season two was one such victim. The show was forced to take a break because of the pandemic back in April.
Thankfully it was one of the few who couldn’t part with fans anymore and returned with its 5th episode on 30th May.
Alas, good things don’t last long. NKH Anime’s official twitter account regretfully informed its fans of yet another delay in broadcasting.
[ #メジャーセカンド About future broadcasting] The production schedule is affected by the spread of new coronavirus infection,
From next week, we will broadcast episodes 5-7 again. We plan to resume normal broadcasts from Episode 8 onwards from Saturday, July 11th.
We hope that you can enjoy sailing in Furubayashi again for the next race.
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The Tweet announced that they will rebroadcast episodes 5 to 7 from next week and the series will return with its 8th episode on 11th July. It has now become a part of the long list of line ups for July.
The show’s 7th episode “Special Training for Mutsuko” revealed that Seiwa was picked to be the team’s next opponent. Daigo shares a past with Seiwa, Both of them were teammates back in elementary school.
He knew that the team must take measures against the 11 stolen bases from the last match. Thus everyone was called back to school and the team’s Pitcher Mutsuko was rushed into special training to suppress the opponent’s runner.
About Major 2nd
Major 2nd is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Takuya Mitsuda. It received an anime adaptation that aired from April to September 2018 on NHK Educational TV. A second season premiered on April 4, 2020.
Daigo Shigeno, an elementary school student, dreams of becoming a professional baseball player just like his father Goro Shigeno, who had been a former major leaguer. Initially, due to peer pressure and lack of skills, he quit too soon, but later, after meeting a transfer student, Hikaru Sato, in 6th grade, life brought them both back on the field.
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