Bōkyaku Battery

Bōkyaku Battery (Japanese: 忘却バッテリー, Hepburn: Bōkyaku Batterī) is a Japanese baseball manga series written and illustrated by Eko Mikawa. It has been serialized via Shueisha's online manga app Shōnen Jump+ since April 2018 and has been collected in sixteen tankōbon volumes as of August 2023. An original net animation (ONA) adaptation by MAPPA was streamed in October 2020 as part of the Jump Special Anime Festa 2020 online event. An anime television series adaptation has been announced.

Bōkyaku Battery
Cover of Bōkyaku Battery volume 1 by Shueisha
忘却バッテリー
(Bōkyaku Batterī)
GenreSports[1]
Manga
Written byEko Mikawa
Published byShueisha
ImprintJump Comics+
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 26, 2018 – present
Volumes16
Original net animation
Directed byParako Shinohara
StudioMAPPA
ReleasedOctober 11, 2020
Runtime20 minutes
Anime television series

Characters
Haruka Kiyomine (清峰 葉流火, Kiyomine Haruka)
Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya[2] (ONA), Toshiki Masuda[3] (TV series)
Kei Kaname (要 圭, Kaname Kei)
Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano[2][3] (ONA and TV series)
Tarō Yamada (山田 太郎, Yamada Tarō)
Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama[2] (ONA)
Junpei Chihaya (千早 瞬平, Chihaya Junpei)
Voiced by: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka[2] (ONA)
Aoi Tōdō (藤堂 葵, Aoi Tōdō)
Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki[2] (ONA)

Media

Manga

Bōkyaku Battery is written and illustrated by Eko Mikawa. The series began in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ online manga app on April 26, 2018.[4] Shueisha has compiled its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on September 4, 2018.[5] As of August 4, 2023, sixteen volumes have been released.[6]

Volume list
No. Release date ISBN
1 September 4, 2018[5]978-4-08-881603-6
2 December 4, 2018[7]978-4-08-881688-3
3 March 4, 2019[8]978-4-08-881765-1
4 June 4, 2019[9]978-4-08-882013-2
5 August 2, 2019[10]978-4-08-882026-2
6 December 4, 2019[11]978-4-08-882147-4
7 May 13, 2020[12]978-4-08-882308-9
8 September 4, 2020[13]978-4-08-882451-2
9 March 4, 2021[14]978-4-08-882617-2
10 June 4, 2021[15]978-4-08-882699-8
11 August 4, 2021[16]978-4-08-882739-1
12 January 4, 2022[17]978-4-08-882887-9
13 May 2, 2022[18]978-4-08-883123-7
14 September 2, 2022[19]978-4-08-883252-4
15 March 3, 2023[20]978-4-08-883442-9
16 August 4, 2023[6]978-4-08-883617-1

Original net animation

The 40th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump released on September 7, 2020 announced that the series would be adapted into an original net (ONA) anime as part of the Jump Special Anime Festa 2020 online event.[21] The ONA is animated by MAPPA and directed by Parako Shinohara, with Noriko Itou as character designer and chief animation director, and Hisako Akagi as art director. It was streamed as part of the event on October 11, 2020.[1]

TV series

An anime television series adaptation was announced on August 3, 2023.[22][3]

Reception

The series took sixth place in the web manga category of the Next Manga Awards 2019.[23]

References
  1. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 8, 2020). "Bōkyaku Battery Event Anime Reveals Staff, Visual". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  2. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 4, 2020). "Yoshimasa Hosoya, Mamoru Miyano Star in Bōkyaku Battery Event Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  3. Mateo, Alex (August 2, 2023). "Bōkyaku Battery Baseball Manga Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  4. [1話]忘却バッテリー. Shōnen Jump+ (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  5. 忘却バッテリー 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  6. 忘却バッテリー 16 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  7. 忘却バッテリー 2 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  8. 忘却バッテリー 3 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  9. 忘却バッテリー 4 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  10. 忘却バッテリー 5 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  11. 忘却バッテリー 6 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  12. 忘却バッテリー 7 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  13. 忘却バッテリー 8 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  14. 忘却バッテリー 9 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  15. 忘却バッテリー 10 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  16. 忘却バッテリー 11 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  17. 忘却バッテリー 12 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
  18. 忘却バッテリー 13 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  19. 忘却バッテリー 14 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  20. 忘却バッテリー 15 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  21. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (September 6, 2020). "Jump Special Anime Festa 2020 Online Event on October 11 Will Feature Anime of Bōkyaku Battery Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  22. みかわ絵子「忘却バッテリー」TVアニメ化！清峰葉流火役は増田俊樹、要圭役は宮野真守. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  23. Loveridge, Lynzee (August 22, 2019). "SPY × FAMILY, Kusuriya no Hitorigoto Win Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Award 2019". Anime News Network. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
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