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    Battery
    Genres: Drama, Sports, Team Sports
    Themes: Team Sports
    Studios: Zero-G
    Producers: Aniplex, Dentsu, Fuji TV, Kadokawa Shoten, Kansai Telecasting, Kyoraku Industrial Holdings
    Licensors: Discotek Media
    Rating: 5.72 / 10
    Rank: #11549
    Popularity: #3276
    Users Listed: 54,196
    Users Scored: 21,351
    NSFW: No
    Last Updated: 03/11/2025
    Aired: July 15, 2016 – September 23, 2016 (Summer)
    Type: tv
    Source: novel
    Age Rating: PG 13
    Episodes: 11
    Broadcast: Friday at 00:55 (JST)

    Synopsis:

    The story follows Takumi Harada, a gifted young baseball pitcher forced to relocate to the quiet town of Nitta and join a struggling school team. Unperturbed by the team’s lack of skill, Takumi sets his sights on transforming the club into something formidable through his own abilities. His potential is matched only by his need for a capable catcher – a search that leads him to Gou Nagakura, a dedicated student who aspires to become his partner.

    The series explores their evolving dynamic as they attempt to build a strong battery amidst internal team conflicts and Takumi’s unconventional approach to the game. Under the watchful eye of his grandfather, Takumi confronts the true meaning of baseball, navigating personal pride and teamwork in pursuit of shared success. The anime emphasizes character development and the quiet satisfaction of incremental progress within a community setting.

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    Episodes:

    • Episode 1: The Day They Met (Aired: 07/15/2016)
    • Episode 2: The Bank of a Pond (Aired: 07/22/2016)
    • Episode 3: Dispute (Aired: 07/29/2016)
    • Episode 4: Standing on the Ground (Aired: 08/05/2016)
    • Episode 5: Incident in the Locked Room (Aired: 08/12/2016)
    • ... and 6 more episodes

    Characters:

    • Harada, Takumi (Main) - Voice Actors: Uchiyama, Kouki, Winslow, Marc
    • Nagakura, Gou (Main) - Voice Actors: Hatanaka, Tasuku, Ruiz, Víctor
    • Harada, Seiha (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fujimaki, Yuui, Maya, Auri
    • Higashidani, Keita (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishikawa, Kaito
    • Kadowaki, Shuugo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ono, Yuuki, Estrada, Diego
    • Kaionji, Kazuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Umehara, Yuuichirou, Ramos, David
    • Mizugaki, Shunji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kimura, Ryouhei, Mena, Héctor
    • Nobunishi, Eiji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Morishima, Shuuta, Trejo Rodríguez, Osvaldo
    • Sawaguchi, Fumito (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Murase, Ayumu
    • Tomura, Makoto (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Gouda, Hozumi, Velázquez, Ferso
    • Yoshisada, Nobuhiro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Saitou, Souma

    Staff:

    • Kimura, Makoto (Producer)
    • Miyagi, Yumeno (Producer)
    • Niwa, Masami (Producer)
    • Sakikawa, Sachiya (Producer)
    • Mochizuki, Tomomi (Director, Sound Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard)
    • Fukase, Shigeru (Episode Director)
    • Kanbe, Hiroyuki (Episode Director)
    • Katou, Makoto (Episode Director, Storyboard)
    • Kuraya, Ryouichi (Episode Director, Storyboard)
    • Nakamura, Ryousuke (Episode Director, Storyboard)
    • Suzuki, Kaoru (Episode Director, Storyboard)
    • Tonomizu, Atsuko (Episode Director)
    • Utsunomiya, Masaki (Episode Director, Editing)
    • Kumamoto, Takeshi (Storyboard)
    • Okita, Mina (Storyboard)
    • Takamoto, Yoshihiro (Storyboard)
    • Ueda, Youichi (Storyboard)
    • Hinata, Daisuke (Theme Song Composition)
    • Kobayashi, Takeshi (Theme Song Composition, Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Arrangement)
    • Sakamoto, Yuuji (Theme Song Lyrics)
    • Shimura, Masahiko (Theme Song Lyrics, Theme Song Composition)
    • anderlust (Theme Song Performance)
    • Abe, Hideaki (Key Animation)
    • Asano, Atsuko (Original Creator)
    • Baba, Kazuki (Animation Director)
    • Fujita, Masayuki (Animation Director)
    • Furukawa, Atsushi (Color Design)
    • Hwang, Se-Ah (2nd Key Animation)
    • Ikai, Kazuyuki (Animation Director)
    • Ishigami, Hiromi (Key Animation)
    • Ishii, Yumiko (Key Animation)
    • Kano, Akira (Key Animation)
    • Kanou, Miyako (Key Animation)
    • Katou, Rika (Animation Director)
    • Kawai, Tomomi (Special Effects, Director of Photography)
    • Kawashima, Hisashi (Animation Director)
    • Kitamura, Tomoyuki (Animation Director)
    • Kusama, Hideoki (Animation Director, Chief Animation Director, Character Design)
    • Kusumoto, Yuuya (Background Art)
    • Matsumoto, Rumi (Background Art)
    • Minami, Shinichirou (Animation Director)
    • Mori, Miyuki (Animation Director)
    • Moroishi, Miyuki (Animation Director)
    • Nagumo, Aya (Animation Director)
    • Nakahara, Kiyotaka (Animation Director)
    • Nakamura, Takashi (Background Art)
    • Nakano, Ryouko (Key Animation)
    • Nakatake, Manabu (Key Animation, Animation Director)
    • Nishimura, Motohide (Animation Director)
    • Ochi, Hiroyuki (Key Animation)
    • ... and 11 more staff

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