Introduction
Because of the legend left by Tatsuya Uesugi, Meisei Academy High School was well-known for their strong baseball team. But 26 years after their glory, the team has not been able to keep their record and has since lost their fame.
Two stepbrothers, Souichirou and Touma Tachibana, aim to revive of the once-strong Meisei Academy baseball team and enter the National High School Baseball Championship.
Souichirou and Touma are second years in Meisei Academy Middle School. Both boys are talented baseball players. Souichirou has shown excellent skill as a catcher and batter. Though having an extraordinary skill as a pitcher, Touma no longer pitches due to a certain reason.
Once the two enter high school, they pair as a battery and aim to enter the National High School Baseball Championship!
(Source: YTV, edited)
Audience reviews
6 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
KAYOUR
The score doesn’t really do this anime justice. A really good sports show, highly recommended. The two main characters are interesting, with personalities that complement each other well. Some side characters are interesting too.
The only downside for me is that the cast of players seems to lack development. The whole team is built around the battery, so you don’t really expect much from the others, and that goes for other teams as well. Most teams feel like one-man teams.
But other than that, the matches are fun thanks to the veteran mangaka , he really knows how to keep them interesting.
Read at the sourceDatfalconboi
I actually finished this show last year, I only wanted to write a review once I saw how many people actually watched this show. first off this show is highly underrated and you should watch it yourself. The dub is done well here on Funimation and everything is fine. The only problem is recent, Funimation cut half of the episodes down to episode 12 and hasn't fixed it now. So when I came back to watch it again to hear the English VO's again, I was met with the sub on Crunchyroll. I have no problem with subs, the problem is when I found out why the show got so much backlash. See, while the show goes on, music plays in the background. It fits well, and it all comes together. On the sub, the background mix is way too loud and you cant hear the narration. the storyline gets quite bland after a…
Read at the sourceitssimplyme
So I started Mix for two reasons: 1) it was on the Anime Awards nominees for Best Sports Anime of 2019, and it seemed to have really good art. 2) I thought it was a sequel to Cross Game.
I found out later that it wasn't, (instead a sequel to Touch) but the art style was so nostalgic I stayed for the whole thing.
The reason I give this an 8, although I probably should have given a 7, is because I feel it gets more hate than it deserves. Writing and story aside, the animation is top tier, so good I thought it was Production IG for a second. The music isn't at all irritating, as it can so easily be in shows like this, and the fact that Mix was created with such love and care made me want to rate them as such.
The reasons to watch Mix are the following: if you love baseball anime (despite it…
Read at the sourcemichinokudrvr
As someone who has never seen or read Adachi Mitsuru's previous works, I had no idea what I was getting myself into while watching MIX. After finishing it, I'm only left feeling... disappointed. 26 episodes just isn't enough substance to wrap up what the first season was trying to create. Storylines and character development throughout the season fell flat, and the ending was inconclusive and leaves a question mark on MIX.
Though it has weird pacing throughout the early part of the first season, MIX's story is easy to follow, despite being bland at times. There are some high moments, and there are some very dull moments.
The artwork of MIX is one of the strongest aspects. The art style encapsulates the world of MIX greatly.
While the OP and soundtrack are generic, it gets the job done w…
Read at the sourceicekoolkr
As someone who hasn't read Touch, I feel as if I can give a clear review without having to compare it to something. I understand that I might be missing out on some of the important information, such as the backstory of how they became national champions 30 years ago, the dynamic husband and wife, etc etc. The list can go on and on. However, not watching/reading Touch has allowed me to get a better grasp on what the show did right and wrong.
To me, this anime was solid. The storytelling is always going to be solid, since it was originally by Mitsuru Adachi. I have watched cross game and I picked up similar vibes. The powerful batters always have that clearness in those eyes, there is always one/two girls in the show giving it a romance kind of feel and the atmosphere had the same kind of…
Read at the sourceVeronin
For someone whose all-time favourite anime is Touch, there's a strange feeling to be had watching a quasi-sequel an entire thirty plus years after Touch originally aired. A mixture of nostalgia and of heavy emotions, of how things were and how they are, of how we have changed but not changed much at all.
But throughout it all, the one emotion that lingered strongest was: "I wish I was watching Touch instead."
It's a story that has been done thrice before, with Mix now being Adachi Mitsuru's fourth at-bat with coming-of-age baseball dramas. The biggest difference here is that Mix isn't so much a personal story in the way that Touch and Cross Game were, but is an entirely sports-focused series in a similar vein to H2, albeit with heavy themes of family and nostalgia. Touch in particular w…
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