Series synopsis
Play Ball, also known as プレイボール is a Japanese animation television series that premiered on July 4, 2005. It ended on March 27, 2006. It stars Kenichiro Maeda, Yutaka Kouno, Satoshi Hino and Yoshitaka Kure.
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 te ...
Premise
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.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Kenichiro Maeda as Takao Taniguchi (voice)
- Yutaka Kouno as Tadokoro (voice)
- Satoshi Hino as Yutaka Kurabayashi (voice)
- Yoshitaka Kure as Nakayama (voice)
- Shinsuke Fukui as Ōta (voice)
- Chikahiko Minamida as Yamaguchi (voice)
- Takashi Hikida as Yamamoto (voice)
- Yū Asano as Marui (voice)
Supporting cast
- Kouichi Shibasaki as Yokoi (voice)
- Kyōhei Tanaka as Handa (voice)
- Ryou Kubota as Tomuro (voice)
- Ooki Sugiyama as Suzuki (voice)
- Kenji Iwama as Matsugawa (voice)
- Ryuta Anzai as Shimada (voice)
- Naoto Seki as Katō (voice)
- Kazuki Taketani as Sasaki (voice)
- Kouichi Yamada as Matsumoto (voice)
- Michiru Satou as Igarashi (voice)
- Yuuki Taniguchi as Muramatsu (voice)
- Hideki Ogihara as Konno (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 26 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | July 4, 2005 | September 26, 2005 |
| Season 2 | 13 | January 9, 2006 | March 27, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Legendary Captain | July 4, 2005 |
| 2 | Play Ball for Tomorrow | July 11, 2005 |
| 3 | A Comeback for Baseball | July 18, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 14 | January 9, 2006 |
| 2 | Episode 15 | January 16, 2006 |
| 3 | Episode 16 | January 23, 2006 |
Production
Release
| First aired | July 4, 2005 |
|---|---|
| Last aired | March 27, 2006 |
| Runtime | 30 minutes |
| Status | Ended |