Cross Over (Manga)
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| 穿越球场 | |||
| Genre | Comedy, Sports (basketball) | ||
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| Author | Kouji Seo | ||
| Publisher |  Kodansha |
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| Demographic | Shōnen | ||
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine | ||
| Original run | 2002 – 2003 | ||
| Volumes | 7 [1] | ||
Cross Over (穿越球场?) is a Japanese manga authored by Kouji Seo. The series primarily follows the St. Mariannu boy's basketball team lead by the freshman Ogata Natsuki to defeat the prefecture's best team, Fujiwara Academy.
Cross Over was serialized in the Japanese magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine published by Kodansha from 2002 to 2003. It has since been compiled into seven bound volumes.
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[edit] Plot
Ogata Natsuki loves to play the sport of basketball. His passion for the game and his effort compassionates his short stature. Encouraged by his Junior High teammates to tryout for the top High School basketball team, Fujiwara Academy. After his tryout, he meets Tachibana Mitsuki who is St. Mariannu High School's basketball team's manager. Ogata goes to watch St. Mariannu 's exhibition game against Fujiwara Academy. After a injury of St. Mariannu player, he decides to substituted in for the player so the game can continue. Afterwards he finds out that he made the team for Fujiwara Academy by their coach. After seeing the difference in sportsmanship between the teams, Ogata decides to attend St. Mariannu and try to help them defeat Fujiwara Academy.
[edit] Characters
[edit] St. Mariannu High School
- A coeducational high school that is known for their cheerleaders squad that had won national three years in a row. The school normally has a weak basketball team because the good players go to Fujiwara Academy, which is close by.
[edit] Basketball Team
- Ogata Natsuki - He is a freshman small forward, who is relatively short, being only 159 cm (about 5'2'') tall. This is made up by the fact that he is fast, skilled, and is determined to win.
- Katayama Eiji - He is a freshman, who plays the position of center. He only plays this position because he is the tallest on the team and would prefer to play shooting guard. He is highly completive with Ogata on and off the court.
- Toude Higushide - He is a senior point guard and the captain of the basketball team. He often scouts their competition and comes up with the team's strategies. He often helps out the Nanba and Umeda during practice who are less experienced then the other players.
- Nakajima - He is a senior power forward, who is sensitive about his forehead. He often practices fast break drills with Ogata and Katayama.
- Nanba - He is a freshman shooting guard, who lacked self-confidence and often made excesses for not making the extra effort when he played sports. Inspired by Ogata, he is determined to change this part of himself.
- Umeda - He is a freshman shooting guard, who is much like Nanba, lacks self-confidence.
- Tachibana Mitsuki - She is the sophomore manger of the basketball team. She is friends with the cheerleaders, but when asked to join them she claims that she is too slow. [2] She cares greatly about the basketball team and goes as far as making bentos for Ogata and Katayama so that they eat healthy.
[edit] Cheerleader Squad
- Usesugi - She has the most reserved personality of the cheerleaders. Being the leader of the squad, she gets annoyed if people are looking down on her school.
- Miki Shibata - She takes the role of enforcer of the cheerleading squad against boys' perverted actions. When excited by watching good games, she often bear hugs Ayumi.
- Ari - She is an Eurasian and has spent in US. She is very sociable and seem to follow basketball in which she likes to root for the black sheep teams.
- Aoi Komoe - She is a shyest of the cheerleaders and has an crush with Ogata.
- Ayumi - She has childlike personality of the cheerleaders. She often is at the mercy of Miki when she gets excited during game.
[edit] Fujiwara Academy
An all-boys high school that is known for their basketball team which has won 134 strait games in their prefecture and participated 23 times in the inter high tournament. [3]
[edit] Basketball Team
- Fujiwara Coach - He very demanding of his players and does not tolerate failure of meeting his expectations.
- Kitsukawa Kyouichi - Fujiwara's team captain and the senior point guard. He is consider by the fans to be the best basketball player in Japan. [4]
- Arai Kazuki - Fujiwara's shooting guard and is known for his shooting ability. [4]
- Youichi Kimura - Fujiwara's power forward and is known for his rebounding ability. [4]
- Maeda Hayato - Fujiwara's freshman point guard, who was personally recruited by their coach. He is similar to Ogata in many ways such as height, speed, and skill. They differ in their playing style, which Maeda plays a calculated game and Ogata plays with passion. Since Ogata and himself had the same opportunity, he his curious why Ogata made a different decision then himself. [5]
[edit] Other Characters
- Mayor Yamano Hatari - A big supporter of the best sport teams in his city. He even set up a basketball tournament to showcase the Fujiwara Academy basketball team. At first he does not like the St. Mariannu basketball team, but after seeing how good they are he decides to help them out by setting up a training camp for St. Mariannu basketball team and cheerleader squad.
- Amamiya Shizue - The Mayor Hatari's secretary. She is very professional about her job and very little upsets her.
- Mr. Sanadai - A lazy ancient martial arts master, who was St. Mariannu basketball training camp coach, even though he knows nothing about basketball. By incorporating his martial arts, St. Mariannu learned to increase their speed and stamina.
[edit] Media
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| 1 | October 17, 2002 | ISBN 978-4-06-363159-3 [6] | ||
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| 2 | November 15, 2002 | ISBN 978-4-06-363172-2 [7] | ||
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| 3 | January 17, 2003 | ISBN 978-4-06-363197-5 [8] | ||
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| 4 | March 17, 2003 | ISBN 978-4-06-363220-0 [9] | ||
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| 5 | May 16, 2003 | ISBN 978-4-06-363237-8[10] | ||
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| 6 | August 12, 2003 | ISBN 978-4-06-363275-0 [11] | ||
| 7 | October 17, 2003 | ISBN 978-4-06-363301-6 [12] | ||
[edit] References
- ^ "Crossover manga", Anime News Network. Retrieved on 2008-04-10.
- ^ Seo, Kouji (2002-11-15), “07”, Cross Over, vol. 2, Kodansha, pp. 08, ISBN 978-4-06-363172-2
- ^ Seo, Kouji (2002-10-17), “01”, Cross Over, vol. 1, Kodansha, pp. 19, ISBN 978-4-06-363172-2
- ^ a b c d Seo, Kouji (2002-10-17), “18”, Cross Over, vol. 3, Kodansha, pp. 05, ISBN 978-4-06-363197-5
- ^ Seo, Kouji (2002-10-17), “08”, Cross Over, vol. 2, Kodansha, pp. 07, ISBN 978-4-06-363172-2
- ^ Shop Kodansha - Cross Over, Vol. 1 (Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
- ^ Shop Kodansha - Cross Over, Vol. 2 (Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
- ^ Shop Kodansha - Cross Over, Vol. 3 (Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
- ^ Shop Kodansha - Cross Over, Vol. 4 (Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
- ^ Shop Kodansha - Cross Over, Vol. 5 (Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
- ^ Shop Kodansha - Cross Over, Vol. 6 (Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
- ^ Shop Kodansha - Cross Over, Vol. 7 (Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
[edit] External links
- Kouji Seo website (Japanese)
- Cross Over (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
