Play Ball (TV)
Alternative title:
プレイボール (Japanese)
新青少棒揚威記 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres:
tournament
Themes:
sports
Plot Summary:
Takao Taniguchi was the captain & pitcher of his junior high school's baseball team, but after suffering a fractured finger during a game Takao enters Sumitani High School as a fan and not a player. Even though Takao joins the soccer team and shows potential, he still has a great love for baseball and still umpires games in secret until his coach hears of this and gets angered, forcing Takao to leave the team. At the recommendation of the soccer team captain, Takao joins the Sumitani baseball team... Unfortunately, the team is notorious for losing big games due to their inexperience.
Number of episodes:
26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage:
2005-07-04 to 2005-09-26 (Season 1 Episode 1-13)
2006-01-09 to 2006-03-27 (Season 2 Episode 14-26)
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
#1: "Kimi wa nanika ga dekiru~Play Ball 2002~" by The Loose Dogs
#2: "Kimi wa Nani ka ga Dekiru~Play Ball 2006~" by Tokyo 60Watts
Ending Theme:
#1: "Rainbow" by The Loose Dogs
#2: "Summertime Blues" by Tokyo 60Watts
#3: "Arigatou~Play Ball 2006~" by Tokyo 60Watts (ep 26)
Official website:
Play Ball (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 1
News: Show:
Japan's Favorite TV Anime (Oct 12, 2006)
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Chief Director: Satoshi Dezaki
Director: Setsuko Shibuichi
Screenplay:
Koji Ueda (11 episodes eps 8-11, 14, 16, 21-23, 25-26 )Makoto Oohama (eps 3-5) Michihiro Tsuchiya (eps 18-19) Mitsuyo Suenaga (10 episodes eps 1-2, 6-7, 12-13, 15, 17, 20, 24 )
Storyboard:
Hiromitsu Morita (ep 12) Hiroshi Kawashima (eps 6, 11) Hiroshi Mita (4 episodes eps 4, 9, 17, 22 )Kenichi Maejima (eps 14, 18, 20) Kunitoshi Okajima (eps 3, 8) Mitsutaka Noshitani (eps 16, 21) Satoshi Dezaki (4 episodes eps 2, 16, 21, 25 )Setsuko Shibuichi (5 episodes eps 1, 10, 13, 23, 26 )Shigeharu Takahashi (eps 15, 19, 24) Tomoharu Katsumata (ep 5) Yasuo Iwamoto (ep 7)
Episode Director:
Akira Shimizu (eps 14, 19, 25) Kazunobu Shimizu (ep 15) Kenichi Maejima (ep 20) Kiyomitsu Sato Kunitoshi Okajima (eps 3, 8) Mamoru Enomoto (ep 18) Michita Shiraishi (6 episodes eps 4, 9, 13, 17, 22, 26 )Mitsutaka Noshitani (eps 12, 16, 21) Shigeharu Takahashi (eps 1-2, 5, 24) Shigeki Awai (eps 6, 11) Shūichi Iizumi (ep 10) Yasuo Iwamoto (ep 7) Yukio Okazaki (ep 23)
Music: Kaoru Wada
Original creator: Akio Chiba
Art Director: Toshiko Kaizu
Chief Animation Director: Ippei Masui
Animation Director:
Hiroaki Imaki Hiroyasu Oda Katsutoshi Kobayashi Kazuyuki Ikai Keiko Yamamoto Keizō Shimizu Noboru Jitsuhara Ryousuke Senbo Shinichiro Kajiura Tsutomu Murakami Yukari Kobayashi
Chief Episode Director: Shigeharu Takahashi
Key Animation:
Emiko Kataoka (9 episodes eps 1, 6, 11, 13, 17, 20, 22, 25-26 )Hiroyoshi Iida (eps 4, 6, 9) Toshiaki Kobayashi
Recording Director: Tadashi Tsuboi
Theme Song Performance: The Loose Dogs (OP,ED)
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2nd Key Animation: Buyuu (ep 11)
Animation Cooperation: Buyuu (eps 4, 9)
Animation Production: Magic Bus
Music Production: avex entertainment
Sound Production: Glovision
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Broadcaster: Animax India |
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Broadcaster: Animax Korea |
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Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd. |
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