Kadokawa revealed today in video that theanime Oblivion Batteryadapted from the manga Bôkyaku Battery d’Eko Mikawawill host a second season.
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The first season was released on April 9, and its episodes are offered in France on Crunchyroll :
Haruka Kiyomine, an arm-wrestling pitcher, and Kei Kaname, a crafty catcher nicknamed “The General”, formed a formidable duo in the world of school baseball. Spotted by several major schools across the country, they nevertheless found themselves in a high school in Tokyo, not particularly renowned for this sport! In addition, they meet former players whom they have beaten and who had moved away from baseball. This chance encounter is the starting point of a new story…
Eijuu Takashima is responsible for producing matches. Makoto Nakazono (Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, SSSS.Gridman) is the director at the studio MAP. Michiko Yokote (The Dreaming Boy Is a Realist, Handa-kun) ensures the composition, Takeshi Iida (Flip Flappers, Triage X) is the assistant director, and Hitomi Hasegawa (Dance Dance Dancer) signs the character design. We can also name:
Remember that a anime special dedicated to the title, produced by the studio MAPwas proposed in October 2020 on the occasion of the Jump Party 2020. Miyano was already bringing Kei to life. Parako Shinohara (Dino Girl Gauko,You Don’t Know Gunma Yet) was the director, Noriko Itou (In a corner of this world, Punch Line) the character designer and chief animation director, and Hisako Akagi (Land of the Lustrous) the artistic director.
The manga was released on the platform Shonen Jump+ in April 2018. Its 17th volume was published on January 4 in Japan. It remains little known in France to this day.
Source: press release
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