Oblivion Battery
Oblivion 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 premiered in April 2024.
| Oblivion Battery | |
First tankōbon volume cover | |
| 忘却バッテリー (Bōkyaku Batterī) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sports[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Eko Mikawa |
| Published by | Shueisha |
| Imprint | Jump Comics+ |
| Magazine | Shōnen Jump+ |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | April 26, 2018 – present |
| Volumes | 17 |
| Original net animation | |
| Directed by | Parako Shinohara |
| Studio | MAPPA |
| Released | October 11, 2020 |
| Runtime | 20 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Makoto Nakazono |
| Written by | Michiko Yokote |
| Music by |
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| Studio | MAPPA |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo), AT-X |
| Original run | April 10, 2024 – present |
| Episodes | 6 |
Plot edit
In middle school world of baseball, Haruka Kiyomine and Kei Kaname were the genius battery who were once feared by everyone. Taro Yamada, who played against them, decided to quit baseball and go to Kotehashi High School, a school with no baseball club. However to his surprise, he meets Haruka and Kei and finds out that Kei suffers in amnesia—losing memory of doing it as well refusing to play again. Joining the newly established baseball club, Taro and Haruka decided to bring back Kei to baseball by showing him the fun of it. Joined by Aoi Todo and Shunpei Chihaya, the genius baseball players who also quit the sports after getting crushed by Haruka and Kei, the five of them began once again their baseball life.
Characters edit
- 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 edit
Manga edit
Oblivion 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 edit
| 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 |
| 18 | June 4, 2024[23] | 978-4-08-884055-0 |
Anime edit
Original net animation edit
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.[24] 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 edit
An anime television series adaptation was announced on August 3, 2023.[25][3] It is produced by MAPPA, and directed by Makoto Nakazono, with assistant direction by Takeshi Iida, scripts written by Michiko Yokote, characters designed by Hitomi Hasegawa, and music composed by Tomoki Kikuya and Hiroko Yamasaki. The series premiered on April 10, 2024, on TV Tokyo and its affiliates.[4][26][a] The opening theme song is "Lilac", performed by Mrs. Green Apple, while the ending theme song is "Wasurena Uta" (忘レナ唄), performed by Macaroni Enpitsu.[27] Crunchyroll licensed the series.[28] Medialink licensed the series in East, Southeast Asia and Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand), and is streaming it on its Ani-One Asia YouTube channel.[29]
Episodes edit
| No. | Title [30][b] | Directed by [c] | Written by [c] | Storyboarded by [c] | Original air date [32][a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "I'll Make You Remember" Transliteration: "Omoidasasete Yaru yo" (Japanese: 思い出させてやるよ) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | April 10, 2024 |
| 2 | "Wanna Play Together?" Transliteration: "Issho ni Yaru?" (Japanese: 一緒にやる？) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | April 17, 2024 |
| 3 | "So What?" Transliteration: "Dakara, Nanda" (Japanese: だから、なんだ) | TBA | TBA | TBA | April 24, 2024 |
| 4 | "I Won't Hold Back" Transliteration: "Yōsha Shinaiyo" (Japanese: 容赦しないよ) | TBA | TBA | TBA | May 1, 2024 |
| 5 | "What Led Us To Quit" Transliteration: "Yameta Kikkake No" (Japanese: 辞めたきっかけの) | TBA | TBA | TBA | May 8, 2024 |
| 6 | "I Do!" Transliteration: "Yaru!!" (Japanese: やる!!) | TBA | TBA | TBA | May 15, 2024 |
Reception edit
The series took sixth place in the web manga category of the Next Manga Awards 2019.[33]
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ a b Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 8, 2020). "Bōkyaku Battery Event Anime Reveals Staff, Visual". Anime News Network. from the original on October 11, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 4, 2020). "Yoshimasa Hosoya, Mamoru Miyano Star in Bōkyaku Battery Event Anime". Anime News Network. from the original on October 7, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ a b c Mateo, Alex (August 2, 2023). "Bōkyaku Battery Baseball Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. from the original on August 2, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 17, 2023). "Bōkyaku Battery Baseball TV Anime Reveals Staff, More Cast, April 2024 Debut". Anime News Network. from the original on December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^ [1話]忘却バッテリー. Shōnen Jump+ (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ^ a b 忘却バッテリー 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ^ a b 忘却バッテリー 17 (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ 忘却バッテリー 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ^ 忘却バッテリー 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on October 19, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ^ 忘却バッテリー 4 (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ^ 忘却バッテリー 5 (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ^ 忘却バッテリー 6 (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on October 18, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ^ 忘却バッテリー 7 (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ^ 忘却バッテリー 8 (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ^ 忘却バッテリー 9 (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ 忘却バッテリー 10 (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on July 11, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ 忘却バッテリー 11 (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
- ^ 忘却バッテリー 12 (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on January 3, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ 忘却バッテリー 13 (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on May 31, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
- ^ 忘却バッテリー 14 (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
- ^ 忘却バッテリー 15 (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
- ^ 忘却バッテリー 16 (in Japanese). Shueisha. from the original on June 27, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ 忘却バッテリー 18 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
- ^ 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. from the original on October 10, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^ 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. from the original on August 2, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
- ^ Cayanan, Joanna (March 10, 2024). "Oblivion Battery Baseball TV Anime's Main Promo Videos Preview Theme Songs, Reveal April 9 Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ Loo, Egan (March 3, 2024). "Oblivion Battery Baseball TV Anime Unveils Theme Song Artists". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ Mateo, Alex (March 13, 2024). "Crunchyroll Announces Release Schedule for Spring 2024 Anime Season". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ^ "🌸 Medialink April 2024 New Anime Line-Up 🌸 ⚾ Oblivion Battery is arriving on Ani-One Asia!". Ani-One Asia via YouTube. April 3, 2024. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "Sutōrī | Terebi Anime "Bōkyaku Batterī" Kōshiki Saito" Story -TVアニメ『忘却バッテリー』公式サイト- [Story -TV Anime "Boukyaku Battery" Official Website]. boukyaku-battery.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ "Watch Oblivion Battery - Crunchyroll". Crunchyroll. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ "On'ea -Terebi Anime "Bōkyaku Batterī" Kōshiki Saito" On Air -TVアニメ『忘却バッテリー』公式サイト- [On Air -TV Anime "Boukyaku Battery" Official Website]. boukyaku-battery.com (in Japanese). Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ Loveridge, Lynzee (August 22, 2019). "SPY × FAMILY, Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Win Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Award 2019". Anime News Network. from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
External links edit
- Oblivion Battery at Shōnen Jump+ (in Japanese)
- Oblivion Battery official anime website (in Japanese)
- Oblivion Battery (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia