Play Ball (2005)
- Original title
- プレイボール
- Genre
- school anime and manga
- Country
- Japan
- Length
- 2 seasons, 26 episodes
- Rated
- A
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The series follows a high school baseball team and their journey through the sport. It focuses on the players' dedication to the game and their growth as a team.
energeticfocusedcompetitivenostalgicearnestteam-spiriteddeterminedsportsmanlike
What happens
Play Ball (Japanese: プレイボール, Hepburn: Purei Bōru) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akio Chiba. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1973 to 1978, with its chapters collected in twenty-two tankōbon volumes. A sequel, Play Ball 2, illustrated by Yūji Moritaka, was published in Grand Jump from April 5, 2017, to May 6, 2021, and collected into twelve volumes. The manga was adapted into a two-season anime television series co-produced by Eiken and Magic Bus, which aired on several Japanese television stations as well as the anime satellite television network Animax from July to September 2005 (1st season) and from January to March 2006 (2nd season). The series was released concurrently with Chiba's other major work, Captain, the other series for which he won the 22nd Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1977. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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