MAPPA’s upcoming baseball anime Boukyaku Battery has revealed its release date and two new trailers featuring the opening and ending themes. Ms. GREEN APPLE will perform the opening theme song “Lilac” while Macaroni Empitsu will perform the ending theme song “Wasure na Uta”. Boukyaku Battery is scheduled to release on April 9, 2024. Check out the trailer below:
Main trailer of Boukyaku Battery – Green Apple – “Lilac”
Check out the ending song trailer below:
Trailer chính của Boukyaku Battery – Macaroni Empitsu – “Wasure na Uta”
News of Boukyaku Battery’s release date follows the December 2023 anime announcement and first character trailer featuring Haruka Kiyomine. This film joins a series of upcoming sports TV anime and film announcements, such as the new trailer for Blue Lock: Nagi Episode, Sorairo Utility, Oi! Tonbo release date and new trailer, Rinkai, etc
Boukyaku Battery is adapted from the manga of the same name by Eco Mikawa, serialized on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ platform since April 2018. The series has been collected into 17 volumes, with the latest volume released in January 2024 Anime Boukyaku Battery is directed by Makoto Nakazono and Michiko Yokote is handling the script. Noriko Itou is responsible for the character designs and will serve as animation director while Hisako Akagi will serve as art director.
Boukyaku Battery’s official website offers the following introduction to the series: In the world of middle school baseball, there is a formidable undefeated pitcher named Haruka Kiyomine and a sharp catcher who is called ‘strategist’ Kei Kaname. Despite receiving scouting offers from major schools across the country, both unexpectedly chose to attend a relatively unknown baseball school. Furthermore, Kei suffered amnesia and lost all knowledge related to baseball. And coincidentally, other prodigies who were defeated and left out of baseball also enrolled in the same high school…
Source: Official website© Eco Mikawa/Shueisha, KADOKAWA, MAPPA