Bōkyaku Battery
First tankōbon volume cover
忘却バッテリー
(Bōkyaku Batterī)
GenreSports[1]
Manga
Written byEko Mikawa
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics+
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 26, 2018 – present
Volumes17
Original net animation
Directed byParako Shinohara
StudioMAPPA
ReleasedOctober 11, 2020
Runtime20 minutes
Anime television series
Directed byMakoto Nakazono
Written byMichiko Yokote
Music by
StudioMAPPA
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run April 2024 – scheduled

Bōkyaku Battery (Japanese: 忘却バッテリー, Hepburn: Bōkyaku Batterī) is a Japanese baseball manga series written and illustrated by Eko Mikawa. It has been serialized via Shueisha's online manga app Shōnen Jump+ since April 2018 and has been collected in seventeen tankōbon volumes as of January 2024. An original net animation (ONA) adaptation produced by MAPPA was streamed in October 2020 as part of the Jump Special Anime Festa 2020 online event. An anime television series also by MAPPA is set to premiere in April 2024.

Characters

Haruka Kiyomine (清峰 葉流火, Kiyomine Haruka)
Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya[2] (ONA), Toshiki Masuda[3] (TV series)
Kei Kaname (要 圭, Kaname Kei)
Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano[2][3] (ONA and TV series)
Taro Yamada (山田 太郎, Yamada Tarō)
Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama[2] (ONA), Yuki Kaji[4] (TV series)
Shunpei Chihaya (千早 瞬平, Chihaya Shunpei)
Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka[2] (ONA), Nobunaga Shimazaki[4] (TV series)
Aoi Todo (藤堂 葵, Aoi Tōdō)
Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki[2] (ONA), Yōhei Azakami[4] (TV series)
Kazuki Tsuchiya (土屋 和季, Tsuchiya Kazuki)
Voiced by: Yoshitaka Yamaya[4] (TV series)
Eiichiro Kokuto (国都 英一郎, Kokuto Eiichirō)
Voiced by: Takeo Ōtsuka[4] (TV series)
Hironobu Makita (巻田 広伸, Makita Hironobu)
Voiced by: Mark Ishii[4] (TV series)
Shuto Kirishima (桐島 秋斗, Kirishima Shūto)
Voiced by: Kengo Kawanishi[4] (TV series)

Media

Manga

Bōkyaku Battery is written and illustrated by Eko Mikawa. The series began in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ online manga app on April 26, 2018.[5] Shueisha has compiled its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on September 4, 2018.[6] As of January 4, 2024, seventeen volumes have been released.[7]

Volumes

No. Release date ISBN
1 September 4, 2018[6]978-4-08-881603-6
2 December 4, 2018[8]978-4-08-881688-3
3 March 4, 2019[9]978-4-08-881765-1
4 June 4, 2019[10]978-4-08-882013-2
5 August 2, 2019[11]978-4-08-882026-2
6 December 4, 2019[12]978-4-08-882147-4
7 May 13, 2020[13]978-4-08-882308-9
8 September 4, 2020[14]978-4-08-882451-2
9 March 4, 2021[15]978-4-08-882617-2
10 June 4, 2021[16]978-4-08-882699-8
11 August 4, 2021[17]978-4-08-882739-1
12 January 4, 2022[18]978-4-08-882887-9
13 May 2, 2022[19]978-4-08-883123-7
14 September 2, 2022[20]978-4-08-883252-4
15 March 3, 2023[21]978-4-08-883442-9
16 August 4, 2023[22]978-4-08-883617-1
17 January 4, 2024[7]978-4-08-883760-4

Anime

Original net animation

The 40th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump released on September 7, 2020 announced that the series would be adapted into an original net (ONA) anime as part of the Jump Special Anime Festa 2020 online event.[23] The ONA is animated by MAPPA and directed by Parako Shinohara, with Noriko Itou as character designer and chief animation director, and Hisako Akagi as art director. It was streamed as part of the event on October 11, 2020.[1]

TV series

An anime television series adaptation was announced on August 3, 2023.[24][3] It will be produced by MAPPA and directed by Makoto Nakazono, with assistant direction by Takeshi Iida, scripts written by Michiko Yokote, character designed by Hitomi Hasegawa, and music composed by Tomoki Kikuya and Hiroko Yamasaki. The series is set to premiere in April 2024 on TV Tokyo and other networks.[4]

Reception

The series took sixth place in the web manga category of the Next Manga Awards 2019.[25]

References

  1. 1 2 Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 8, 2020). "Bōkyaku Battery Event Anime Reveals Staff, Visual". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 11, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 4, 2020). "Yoshimasa Hosoya, Mamoru Miyano Star in Bōkyaku Battery Event Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 7, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Mateo, Alex (August 2, 2023). "Bōkyaku Battery Baseball Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 2, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 17, 2023). "Bōkyaku Battery Baseball TV Anime Reveals Staff, More Cast, April 2024 Debut". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  5. ↑ [1話]忘却バッテリー. Shōnen Jump+ (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  6. 1 2 忘却バッテリー 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  7. 1 2 忘却バッテリー 17 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  8. ↑ 忘却バッテリー 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  9. ↑ 忘却バッテリー 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 19, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  10. ↑ 忘却バッテリー 4 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  11. ↑ 忘却バッテリー 5 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  12. ↑ 忘却バッテリー 6 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 18, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  13. ↑ 忘却バッテリー 7 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  14. ↑ 忘却バッテリー 8 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  15. ↑ 忘却バッテリー 9 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  16. ↑ 忘却バッテリー 10 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  17. ↑ 忘却バッテリー 11 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  18. ↑ 忘却バッテリー 12 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on January 3, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  19. ↑ 忘却バッテリー 13 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on May 31, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  20. ↑ 忘却バッテリー 14 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  21. ↑ 忘却バッテリー 15 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  22. ↑ 忘却バッテリー 16 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on June 27, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  23. ↑ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (September 6, 2020). "Jump Special Anime Festa 2020 Online Event on October 11 Will Feature Anime of Bōkyaku Battery Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 10, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  24. ↑ みかわ絵子「忘却バッテリー」TVアニメ化！清峰葉流火役は増田俊樹、要圭役は宮野真守. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 3, 2023. Archived from the original on August 2, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  25. ↑ Loveridge, Lynzee (August 22, 2019). "SPY × FAMILY, Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Win Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Award 2019". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
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