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Battery the Animation (TV)

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Alternative title:
Battery
バッテリー (Japanese)
Genres: drama, tournament
Themes: baseball
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Takumi Harada moves to a mountain town in Okayama prefecture during the spring break before he enters middle school due to his father's job transfer. Takumi is a pitcher, and after the moves he loses faith in his own talent, when suddenly his classmate Kō Nagakura appears in front of him. Kō has a strong desire to form a "battery" (a combination of a pitcher and catcher) with Takumi.
User Ratings: 72 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Very good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Good: 21 votes (sub:19, dub:1, others:1
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Decent: 16 votes (sub:15, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 13 votes (sub:12, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 129 users, rank: #4920 (of 10148)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 5.667 (Decent−), std. dev.: 1.6415, rank: #8537 (of 10319)
Weighted mean: 5.707 (Decent−), rank: #8468 (of 10319) (seen all: 5.83 / seen some: 6.00 / won't finish: 4.19)
Bayesian estimate: 5.977 (Decent), rank: #6896 (of 7759)
Running time: half hour per episode
Number of episodes: 11
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage: 2016-07-14
Opening Theme:
"Itsuka no Jibun" (My Someday Self) by anderlust
Ending Theme:
#1: "Ashita, Haru ga Kitara" (If Spring Comes Tomorrow) by anderlust
#2: "Wakamono no Subete" (若者のすべて) by anderlust
Reviews:
Battery the Animation ‒ Episodes 10-11 (Sep 24, 2016)
Battery the Animation ‒ Episode 9 (Sep 9, 2016)
Battery the Animation ‒ Episode 8 (Sep 3, 2016)
Battery the Animation ‒ Episode 7 (Aug 26, 2016)
Battery the Animation ‒ Episodes 5-6 (Aug 19, 2016)
Battery the Animation ‒ Episode 4 (Aug 5, 2016)
Battery the Animation ‒ Episode 3 (Jul 29, 2016)
Battery the Animation ‒ Episode 2 (Jul 22, 2016)
Battery the Animation (Jul 15, 2016)
Battery the Animation ‒ Episode 1 (Jul 15, 2016)
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Battery TV Anime's Long Promo Video Previews anderlust's Theme Songs (Jun 17, 2016)
Battery TV Anime Reveals More Cast, Theme Song Artist (Jun 16, 2016)
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Baseball Anime Battery's 2nd Promo Reveals Additional Cast (May 19, 2016)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Battery the Animation (Sub.Blu-ray) 2020-05-26 (from $90.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Series Composition: Tomomi Mochizuki
Script: Tomomi Mochizuki (eps 1-11)
Storyboard:
Miyana Okita (ep 4)
Ryōichi Kuraya (OP; ep 3)
Ryōsuke Nakamura (ED)
Tomomi Mochizuki (eps 1-2, 11)
Episode Director:
Hiroyuki Kanbe (ep 4)
Kaoru Suzuki (ep 1)
Masaki Utsunomiya (ep 2)
Ryōichi Kuraya (ep 3)
Tomomi Mochizuki (eps 1, 11)
Unit Director:
Ryōichi Kuraya (OP)
Ryōsuke Nakamura (ED)
Music: Akira Senju
Original creator: Atsuko Asano
Original Character Design: Takako Shimura
Character Design: Hideoki Kusama
Art Director: Toshiyuki Sakae
Chief Animation Director: Hideoki Kusama
Animation Director:
Eikyō Kusama
Kazuhiko Yokota
Kiyotaka Nakahara (ep 2)
Masayuki Fujita (ep 3)
Nao Kawashima (ep 3)
Takayuki Onoda (ep 4)
Sound Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Director of Photography: Asami Kawai
Producer:
Makoto Kimura (Fuji TV)
Shōki Niwa

2nd Key Animation: Ayako Ōki (ep 10)
Animation producer:
Yukiya Sakikawa
Yumeno Miyashiro
Assistant Animation Director: Toshinari Yamashita
Background Art:
Akemi Ito (Art Team Convoy; 8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7, 9-11
)
Akiko Kazato (Art Team Convoy; 8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7, 9-11
)
Akiyoshi Iijima (Art Team Convoy; eps 1-7 odd, 10)
Chiaki Tsukahara (Headworks; eps 4, 6, 8)
Hiroko Murai (Headworks; eps 4, 6, 8)
Hiromi Bandō (Headworks; eps 4, 6, 8)
Junki Taniguchi (Art Team Convoy; 8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7, 9-11
)
Kaoru Chiba (Headworks; eps 4, 6, 8)
Kimiko Kubo (Art Team Convoy; 8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7, 9-11
)
Mayuka Ota (Headworks; eps 4, 6, 8)
Mayumi Okabe (Art Team Convoy; ep 7)
Mirai Iida (Headworks; eps 4, 6, 8)
Miwa Suzuki (Headworks; eps 4, 6)
Nariyuki Ogi (Headworks; eps 4, 6)
Natsuko Tsutsumigai (Headworks; eps 4, 6, 8)
Osamu Tayama (Art Team Convoy; OP; eps 3, 5, 7, 10)
Rie Sugiyama (Headworks; ep 4)
Rumi Matsumoto (Headworks; eps 4, 6, 8)
Takashi Nakamura (Art Team Convoy; OP; ep 1)
Toshiyuki Sakae (Art Team Convoy; OP)
Yasufumi Wada (Headworks; eps 4, 6, 8)
Yuuya Kusumoto (Art Team Convoy; OP; eps 1, 7, 9-11)
Color design: Atsushi Furukawa
Dialect Coaching: Aiko Nogami
Editing: Masaki Utsunomiya
Illustration: Mieko Hosoi (ED)
Key Animation:
Atsushi Shibata (ep 1)
Ayako Ōki (eps 3, 8)
Hiroyuki Ochi (ep 1)
Hitomi Sasaki (ep 9)
Kazuhiko Yokota (ep 1)
Maki Fujita (ep 1)
Masako Ishino (ep 1)
Miyako Kanō (ep 1)
Se-eun Lee (ep 1)
Shūji Takahara (ep 1)
Takeo Shudou (ep 1)
Tomoko Kusuki (ep 1)
Toshinari Yamashita (ep 1)
Yu Matsuno (ep 1)
Yumiko Ishii (ep 1)
Yūta Kevin Kenmotsu (ep 8)
Layout Supervision: Hiroyuki Ochi
Licensing: Michiho Akutsu (Fuji TV)
Music producer:
Hiroaki Sano
Toshihiro Funahashi
Photography: Kōhei Tanada (ED)
Production:
Atsuhiro Iwakami
Kenji Shimizu (Fuji TV)
Kiyoshi Nagai
Miho Okada
Satoshi Gunji
Yūichi Nakao
Prop Design: Kazuhiko Yokota
Supervision: Yōko Matsuzaki (Fuji TV)
Theme Song Performance: anderlust (OP, ED)
原作担当編集: Tomoko Okayama
2nd Key Animation:
Ace Company
Anime R
Ashi Productions
B.S.P
office DCI
SILVER LINK.
Studio Angle
Studio Gimlet
Studio Gram
TAP
Wafū Animation
WillPalette
Wish
Zero-G
Animation Production: Zero-G
Backgrounds:
Art Team Convoy (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5, 7, 9-11
)
Design Office MECAMAN (eps 2-3, 5, 8-9)
H・E・D WORKS (eps 4, 6, 8)
Broadcaster:
Akita Television Co., Ltd.
Ehime Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Fuji Television Network
Fukushima Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Iwate Menkoi Television Co., Ltd.
Kagoshima Television Station Co., Ltd.
Kansai Telecasting Corporation
Nagano Broadcasting Systems, Inc.
Niigata Sogo Television Inc.
Noitamina
Okayama Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Saga TV
Sakuranbo Television Broadcasting Corporation
Sendai Television Incorporated
Shizuoka Telecasting Co., Ltd.
Television Nishinippon Corporation
Television Shin Hiroshima System
Tokai Television
TV Kumamoto Co., Ltd.
In-Between Animation:
Ace Company
Ashi Productions
BLADE
CL Corporation
D-Motion
diomedéa
Ekura Animal
FAI International
ingresA
LIDEN FILMS Kyoto Studio
LIDEN FILMS Osaka Studio
M.S.C
Nakamura Production
office DCI
R.I.C
Reboot
Rising Force
Snow Light Staff
Studio Elle
Studio Gimlet
Studio Gram
Studio Live
Studio Wanpack
TAP
TNK
TROYCA
WillPalette
xenron
Xuyang Animation
Music Production: Fuji Pacific Music Publishing
Paint:
A-1 Pictures
Ace Company
Animesh
Artemis
Asahi Production
Bird
CL Corporation
D-COLORS
D-Motion
Hadashi Pro
office DCI
office fuu
R.I.C
Reboot
Rising Force
Studio Gram
TAP
Typhoon Graphics
Wish
xenron
Xuyang Animation
Photography: TROYCA
Production:
Aniplex
Dentsu Inc.
Fuji Television Network
Kadokawa
Kansai Telecasting Corporation
Kyoraku Industrial Holdings Co.,Ltd.
Production Cooperation:
Studio Colorido (ep 4)
TROYCA (ep 6)
Japanese cast
Kōki Uchiyama as Takumi Harada
Tasuku Hatanaka as Kō Nagakura

Aiko Nogami as Makiko Harada
Ayumu Murase as Fumito Sawaguchi
Hozumi Gōda as Makoto Tomura
Kaito Ishikawa as Keita Higashidani
Katsuhisa Hōki as Yōzō Ioka
Mark Ishii as Akira Nonomura
Ryōhei Kimura as Shunji Mizugaki
Shūta Morishima as Eiji Nobunishi
Sōma Saitō as Nobuhiro Yoshisada
Yūi Fujimaki as Seiha Harada
Yūichirō Umehara as Kazuki Kaionji
Yūki Ono as Shūgo Kadowaki

Atsushi Taniguchi as Yūya Isobe (eps 3, 6, 11)
Daiki Abe as Tatsuya Jōno (eps 7-8, 11)
Eiji Takeuchi as Kusanagi (eps 3, 5)
Fukushi Ochiai as Sakiyama (eps 7-8)
Fumiyoshi Shioya as Okuhira (eps 4-5)
Mariya Ise as Ball (ep 11)
Michiho Akutsu as
Female announcer (ep 1)
School broadcast (eps 5, 10)
Takayuki Miyamoto as Tetsuya Atō (eps 8, 11)
Taku Yashiro as Shūhei Takatsuki (ep 11)
Tomohiro Yamaguchi as Ōhira (ep 6)
Tomomichi Nishimura as Principal (eps 5-6, 11)
Toshiki Masuda as Enomoto (ep 11)
Toshimitsu Oda as Hiroshi Harada
Yoshiko Ikuta as Setsuko Nagakura
Yōta Konno as Midorikawa (eps 4-5)
Yūichirō Umehara as Male announcer (ep 1)
Yukiya Matsui as Umpire (eps 7-8, 11)
Yusuke Shirai as Kyōsuke Karaki (ep 11)
Yutaka Balletta as Yūto Hagi (ep 7)
English staff
English companies
Subtitle Preparation: Roman Stuart (Discotek)
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video
Licensed by: Discotek Media
English cast
(none)
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
(none)
Marc Winslow as Takumi Harada
Víctor Ruiz as Go Nagakura

Anette Ugalde as Makiko Harada
Auri Maya as Seiha Harada
David Ramos as Kazuki Kaionji
Diego Estrada as Shugo Kadowaki
Ferso Velázquez as Makoto Tomura
Héctor Mena as Shunji Mizugaki
Osvaldo Trejo Rodríguez as Eiji Nobunishi
Ulises Maynardo Zavala as Yozo Ioka

Andrés García as Principal
Ricardo Bautista as Okuhira
Roberto Mendiola as Hiroshi Harada
Rolando De la Fuente as Umpire
Spanish companies
Dubbing Studio: Universal Cinergia S.A.
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video (Latin America and Spain)
Licensed by: The Japan Foundation
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Broadcaster: AXN Spin Poland
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Internet Streaming: Amazon Prime Video (Brazil and Portugal)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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