Kadokawa announced the artist composing the theme song for the television anime adaptation of Eko Mikawa’s baseball manga Oblivion Battery (Bōkyaku Battery) on Sunday. Rock band Mrs. Green Apple performed the opening theme song “Lilac”, while rock band Macaroni Enpitsu performed the opening theme song “Wasurena Uta”.
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The baseball manga is about Haruka, a strong pitcher who is praised as perfect, and Kei, a skilled catcher known as “The General” who has lost his memory due to dementia. miss. This talented pair was difficult to beat in middle school, and they crushed the dreams of other players. They both enroll in the unnamed Kotesashi High School in Tokyo, where they meet other baseball players who quit after losing to Haruka and Kei.
Anime stars:
Eijuu Takashima was in charge of match production. Makoto Nakazono (episode director of Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, SSSS.Gridman) is directing the anime at MAPPA. Michiko Yokote (The Dreaming Boy Is a Realist, Handa-kun) is in charge of the script, Takeshi Iida (animation director for Flip Flappers, Triage X) is the assistant director and Hitomi Hasegawa (Dance Dance Danseur) is designing the characters. object.
Other staff members include:
The anime will premiere on TV Tokyo and other channels this April.
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Pin Bōkyaku launched on the Shonen Jump+ website in April 2018. Shueisha published the manga’s 17th compiled book volume on January 4.
The manga was adapted into an event anime by MAPPA in October 2020 as part of “Jump Special Anime Festa 2020”. Miyano also plays Kei in the event anime.
Source: Press release
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