In 2009, Cross Game received the 54th Shogakukan Manga Award for the Shounen category. Both the manga and its anime adaptation have been overall well received by critics.
Based on a Japanese baseball-themed manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Adachi. It was serialized in Shogakukan Shounen manga magazine Weekly Shounen Sunday from April 2005 to February 2010, with its chapters collected in 17 tankobon volumes.