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On November 14, 2024, The Catcher in the Ballpark anime was announced through a teaser trailer released on the official YouTube channel of CyberAgent anime, a production house in Japan. The teaser trailer also revealed the main cast and staff members and will be animated by animation studio EMT Squared.
The Catcher in the Ballpark anime is based on a manga series written and illustrated by Tatsurou Suga. The manga series has 15 volumes in publication (in Japanese) and is an ongoing series.
The Catcher in the Ballpark anime set to air in 2025
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The anime adaptation's teaser trailer featured the series' male protagonist, Satoshi Inomata, sitting in the audience section of a baseball stadium. He was later interrupted by the female protagonist, Ruriko, who was selling beer.
As the trailer continued, it revealed more clips from the anime series featuring the protagonist who brought new people to the stadium. The trailer ended with the reveal of the main staff members, voice casting, and the release window, 2025.
The main voice casting includes Ruriko voiced by Fairouz Ai (Power from Chainsaw Man) and Satoshi Inomata voiced by Murata. The main staff members, as revealed through the teaser trailer, were Junichi Kitamura (Key Animator of One Piece) as the director, Shigeru Murakoshi (Series composer of Ninja Kamui), and Fumio Iida as the character designer.
The music production studio MONACA (music for My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU) will be giving the music for The Catcher in the Ballpark anime. The anime adaptation will be done by the animation studio EMT Squared which is famous for animating series like Fluffy Paradise and Drug Store in Another World: The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist.
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The Catcher in the Ballpark anime synopsis
The Catcher in the Ballpark anime is a comedy-sports series centered around the life of Satoshi Inomata, an office worker. Whenever his work gets to his head, Satoshi visits the nearby baseball stadium to seek relief. Soon, this becomes a habit and he visits the stadium every day.
One day, he is interrupted by Ruriko, a beer vendor, who asks if he would like some beer. After buying from her, Ruriko starts following Satoshi. As the plot progresses, these two witness the baseball stadium getting packed with people all of whom love the game, and some just love Ruriko's beer.
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