Kodoani.com – The July issue of Kadokawa’s Asuka magazine revealed on Tuesday that Chikage Yuniwa’s manga adaptation of the novel Battery by Atsuko Asano will end in the September issue on July 23.
In January, the magazine revealed that the manga is on hiatus and that Yuniwa is working on the final chapter of the manga.
Asano’s novel revolves around Takumi Harada, a young man who moves to a mountain town in Okayama Prefecture during spring break before he enters middle school due to his father’s job transfer. Takumi is a pitcher, and after moving, he loses faith in his own talent, when suddenly his classmate Gō Nagakura appears in front of him. Gō wishes to establish a “Battery” (a combination of pitcher and catcher) with Takumi.
Yuniwa launched the manga in Asuka in 2004, but the manga went on hiatus in 2010. The manga resumed again in August 2015, but went on hiatus shortly after. The series returned again in December 2020. Kadokawa published the series’ ninth compiled book volume in July 2016. Manga creator Takako Shimura drew a mini manga based on the Battery novel in 2016.
Kyouiku Gageki originally released the series in hardcover between 1996 and 2005, and Kadokawa re-released the series in paperback form in 2003-2007. A live-action film adaptation premiered in Japan in 2007, and a live-action television series aired in 2008. A television anime adaptation of the novel premiered in July 2016 on the channel. Fuji TV’s Noitamina anime. Discotek Media released the anime on Blu-ray in May 2020.
Asano’s 6th novel has also inspired manga and television anime adaptations.
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