A new anime adaptation was announced as the works in August 2023 with the Boukyaku Battery manga getting the nod. Set for a premiere date of April 9th, 2024, the show was recently picked up for streaming by Crunchyroll with a same-day plan. The series, which does not have a dub scheduled for it, will be available to viewers in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, and India.
With the series underway, Kadokawa has now brought out the first preview of the sixth episode ahead of its May 14th, 2024 premiere.
The series was directed by Makoto Nakazono from the series composition by Michiko Yokote. Hitomi Hasegawa is on board for the character designs with MAPPA working the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Toshiki Masuda as Haruka Kiyomine
- Mamoru Miyano as Kei Kaname
- Yohei Azakami as Aoi Todo
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Junpei Chihaya
- Yuki Kaji as Taro Yamada
“Lilac” as performed by Mrs. Green Apple and “Wasurena Uta” as the ending from Macaroni Enpitsu.
The manga comes from Eko Mikjawa which began in 2018 through Shonen Jump+ with sixteen volumes out as of August 2023.
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Plot Concept: Haruka Kiyomine and Kei Kaname are a pair of young baseball players who set the field afire as an unstoppable pitcher/catcher battery in middle school. Although they were scouted by elite sports schools all over Japan, the two instead enroll in an ordinary high school in Tokyo, because Kei is suffering from amnesia and his athletic skills have reverted to the level of a rank amateur.
