A Kadokawa started showing this trailer Oblivion Batterythe anime series adaptation of the baseball manga Boukyaku Battery in Eko Mikawawhere the character highlights Haruka Kiyomine (played by Toshiki Masuda), one of the two main characters in the series. Below you can see a promotional image.
The animation is from the studio MAPPA (Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, The God of High School, Dororo, Dorohedoro), directed by Makoto Nakazono (direction of episodes of Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, SSSS.Gridman), the script is Michiko Yokote (The Dreaming Boy Is a Realist, Handa-kun), Takeshi Iida (animation director for Flip Flappers, Triage X) is the assistant director and character design is by Hitomi Hasegawa (Dance Dance Danseur).
- Action animation directors: Junpei Tatenaka, Masahiro Tokumaru
- Art Direction: Yuki Funagakure
- Color design: Naomi Nakano
- Cinematography composition direction: Yūki Kawashita
- 3D Direction: Kohei Ogawa
- Editing: Masato Yoshitake
- Music: Tomoki Kikuya, Hiroko Yamasaki
- Sound direction: Yasushi Nagura
- Sound Effects: Takuya Hasegawa
In the cast of Oblivion Battery we have:
- Yōhei Azakami like Aoi Todo
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Shunpei Chihaya
- Yuuki Kaji as Taro Yamada
- Yoshitaka Yamaya as Kazuki Tsuchiya
- Takeo Ōtsuka as Eiichiro Kokuto
- Mark Ishii as Hironobu Makita
- Kengo Kawanishi as Shuto Kirishima
Boukyaku Battery began to be published in Shonen Jump+ in April 2018 and its 17th volume was released on January 4, 2024.
Synopsis of Boukyaku Battery
The baseball manga follows Haruka, a strong pitcher praised as perfect, and Kei, a skilled catcher known as the “General” who has lost his memory due to amnesia. The talented duo were tough to beat in junior high and shattered other players’ dreams. The two enroll at Kotesashi High School in Tokyo, where they meet other baseball players who dropped out after losing to Haruka and Kei.
