Series synopsis
Moshidora, also known as もしドラ is a Japanese animation comedy drama television series that premiered on NHK on April 25, 2011. It ended on May 6, 2011. It stars Yoko Hikasa, Kana Hanazawa, Shintaro Asanuma and Akio Suyama.
Minami joins her High School baseball team as a team manager after finding out that her best friend Yuuki is in the hospital and can't be a team manager any more. In order to try to fill in for Yuuki and to help out the team the best she can, she goes out to find a book on how to manage a baseball team.
Unfortunately, she accidentally buys Peter Drucker's book called "Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices" which is actually about how to properly manage a business. Because she couldn't ...
Premise
Minami joins her High School baseball team as a team manager after finding out that her best friend Yuuki is in the hospital and can't be a team manager any more. In order to try to fill in for Yuuki and to help out the team the best she can, she goes out to find a book on how to manage a baseball team.
Unfortunately, she accidentally buys Peter Drucker's book called "Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices" which is actually about how to properly manage a business. Because she couldn't return the book, she decides to read it anyway and to try to apply the business management concepts to the baseball team so that way they can go on and win the Nationals.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Yoko Hikasa as Minami Kawashima (voice)
- Kana Hanazawa as Yuuki Miyata (voice)
- Shintaro Asanuma as Masayoshi Nikai (voice)
- Akio Suyama as Jirou Kashiwagi (voice)
- Sayaka Nakaya as Ayano Houjou (voice)
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Jun Hoshide (voice)
- Tetsuya Kakihara as Keiichirou Asano (voice)
- Yukiko Monden as Hanae Chin (voice)
Supporting cast
- Eriko Hirata as Yasuyo Miyata (voice)
- Megumi Nakajima as Mari Tamagawa (voice)
- Kenjiro Tsuda as Makoto Kachi (voice)
- Hideki Nakanishi as Yuunosuke Sakurai (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 10 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | April 25, 2011 | May 6, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Minami Meets When Yuki Miyata is hopsitalized with an illness, her best friend, Minami Kawashima, offers to take her place as manager of Hodokubo High School's baseball team, despite the fact she hates baseball herself. She buys Management: Tasks, Resposibilities, Practices by Peter Drucker which she later discovers is about business management as opposed to managing a baseball team, but Minami nonetheless becomes intrigued by its contents. Deciding that she first needs to 'define what the team is', she talks with Masayoshi Nakai, who hopes to become the team's CEO someday. Later, Yuki recalls a memory on how moved she was when Minami scored a winning bat during elementary school, which inspired her to join the baseball club. Having determined what the goal of the club is, Minami's decides to move onto the next step: Marketing. |
April 25, 2011 |
| 2 |
Minami Ventures into Marketing Whilst trying to figure out how to apply marketing to her management, Minami becomes curious about the team's pitcher, Keiichirō Asano, who rarely shows up for practice, and co-manager Ayano Hōjō, who is very shy around others. Yuki mentions that Keiichirō is an alumni who rejoined his team, but became distant when he heard his favourite teacher got fired for allegedly beating students. Later, Yuki manages to get Ayano to talk about why she wanted to join the club, talking about how she wanted to change herself and make friends with others. Afterwards, Minami and Yuki hold interviews with the teammates to find out what they want out of the club. When it comes to Keiichirō's turn, he expresses dislike towards the team's coach, Makoto Kachi, who pulled him out of a recent game as he was concerned for his body's limits. |
April 26, 2011 |
| 3 |
Minami Tries to Specialise in Labour Despite showing some initial improvement, Minami notices the team being less motivated following a week of exams, with many members skipping practise. After school, Minami encounters Yūnosuke Sakurai opting for karaoke instead of practise, saying he's not worthy to be on the team following some of his slip-ups in the previous game. Looking to Management, she looks into 'consumerism', believing the absensees to be a form of boycott against the way they practise. Minami and Yuki ask Ayano for her help, who determines most players who only show up for games because of its competitive nature compared to practise. With this information, she and Makoto set up a new training exercise focused around teams and points which encourages the players to be more responsible and strive to improve themselves. |
April 27, 2011 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | NHK |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 25, 2011 |
| Last aired | May 6, 2011 |
| Runtime | 25 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday at 22:55:00 |