Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Moshi Koukou Yakyuu no Joshi Manager ga Drucker no Management wo Yondara, What If a Female Manager of a High School Baseball Team Read Drucker's, Drucker in the Dug-Out Japanese: もしドラ
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Type: TV
Episodes: 10
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 25, 2011 to May 6, 2011
Duration:
24 min. per episode Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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SynopsisMinami 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. |
Related AnimeAdaptation: Moshidora
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Silent_Scream
39 of 67 people found this review helpful
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10 of 10 episodes seen
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| Overall |
8 |
| Story |
8 |
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9 |
| Character |
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| Enjoyment |
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What if the manageress of a high school baseball team had read Drucker’s “Management?”
This is the question imposed at the very beginning of the anime and is at the same time its very long original title. As it might look as a form of endorsement for Peter Drucker’s book of Management with baseball fans as the primary target, it’s not all about boring philosophy as there’s something much more to it. So what would really happen if someone who doesn’t even have a slight bit clue about management read about a book of it? Want to know the answer?
Say hello to Moshidora.
First of all for baseball fans, don’t expect too much dirt-hugging and some over-the-audience ball hits because you might just get disappointed. Moshidora’s theme is baseball no doubt but what it really wants to present is the essence of team building and human interrelationships; baseball was just used as a channel to express all these. Although it is does not contain as many ball movement as what other baseball anime could present, it still has its fair share of running and batting which could get somewhat exciting at times; though most of the time predictable, it is still fun to watch.
The story of Moshidora rotates around a girl who hates baseball. Hating baseball ironically, she is actually the manager of a high school baseball team as the replacement of a sick friend. Here she’ll meet different kinds of people with different problems and as their manager, she’s the one in-charge to fix all these. Here she’ll use the Drucker’s book as a guide to each and almost every problem that she faces. It has a lot more talking and crying and is undoubtedly somewhat very dull and boring at the beginning, but given some time and when it gets going, there’s just no stopping.
Moshidora has a huge cast of characters but not all are to be named and to be remembered necessarily. Given the number of people in a 10 episode anime, it is very unlikely that character development is mastered however, with the various situations that the characters face, they act as if they were real humans and not as other variations of anime stereotypes. As real as the characters are, of course the situations that they meet are also common human problems in which the way that they respond is logically humane. They deal with problems by consultation, cheering others up or by facing troubles head on as a whole team and of course with the manager as the center. I might sound like a genderist here but most of the male characters are rather dull or just so plain that made them look boring. Nonetheless, the female characters are there to back them up which made them look more interesting than what they should’ve been. Not minding other features of Moshidora, the characters alone would be enough to get it going. However, if there’s something that bugs me about the characters would be the fact that they are too over dramatic in which calling them “emo” would be an understatement. They cry and despair at almost everything but aside from being too emotional, there’s nothing more that I could hold up against them. They are too realistically human in a way that even calling them as anime characters would sound unfair.
Albeit the character interactions are very human, the designs are not. Character movements are very minimal; most of the time, they’ll just be standing there not moving except their mouths. Sometimes when from afar, the facial borders would change and would look more angular. The background too isn’t really something spectacular. Although it is light and refreshing, it is just too plain that it looks like simple sketches added with some watercolor palettes and some colored pencils. Most of the scenes too look like picture clips in which the camera just does the trick by scrolling through it might be vertically or horizontally. Even when they are playing baseball, some scenes look like it was already shown a couple of minutes ago. Basing with what I have said, it’s very obvious that the company went cost cutting with its production.
As the animation definitely needs some more time thinking through, the music of Moshidora is just eargasmic. The opening song entitled “Yume Note” of Moshidora is just “wow.” Even if listened to repeatedly, I could never get bored by listening to that very adorable voice and light xylophone strikes. It is no surprise as the owner of this lovely voice Azusa is already reaching fame because of her two very cute opening songs for AmagamiSS plus this. Compared to the ending song, the latter is not bad but it seems somewhat generic. The background soundtracks however are very energetic and lively. From simple upbeat tunes to parade trumpets, all is very lovable. Not to mention that the main characters’ seiyuus did an awesome job portraying their roles. Well, from two hardworking seiyuus namely Kana Hanazawa and Youko Hikasa, this is to be expected.
As the story goes, Moshidora does not waste any time by presenting scenes or introducing characters for some random entertainment. No, it is a very straightforward anime. All events that happen in Moshidora are all part of the plot development. Given at the very beginning that it might look too campy, try to watch a few more and it transmutes from bad at the beginning, to average at the middle, and to good at its ending. With the characters’ powerful standpoint in Moshidora, no wonder that the ending though a bit too dramatic is still great.
Overall, I think you should just watch Moshidora. It is a relaxing and a down-to-earth anime that could put smiles and a positive outlook in the lives of everyone. It is just 10 episodes so why miss the chance? And for a 10 episode anime, it sends its message to its viewers clearly. If you miss out on this one, I suppose you'll be forever haunted by a question like this:
“What if I an anime enthusiast who is reading this right now have watched Production I.G.’s Moshidora?”
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Redfoxoffire
52 of 93 people found this review helpful
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10 of 10 episodes seen
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8 |
| Story |
8 |
| Animation |
5 |
| Sound |
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| Character |
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| Enjoyment |
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One thing you may notice about anime today is that everything is, the way I put it, "fantastical." Characters with supernatural powers, mythical beings from other worlds, magic. Even straying from the realm of supernatural, there are prodigies, psychological masterminds, and characters being pushed beyond realistic limits. I'm not saying this is a bad thing. I think it's something that makes anime in general a great medium. But what happens when you get an anime series with none of that? A series with completely normal characters, no sudden plot twists, and no limitless boundaries. Just pure, normal human drama. Can a series like this still manage to be good?
Moshidora says "Yes."
Moshidora is the story of how a young high school girl, Minami Kawashima, takes over for her sick friend as the manager of the school's baseball team using Drucker's Management as a guide with the goal of getting the team to the nationals. You may have read from other reviews and/or recommendations that Moshidora is not really about baseball, but about applying the ideas of Management to something other than just starting a normal business using baseball as the medium. This is not exactly wrong, but it is a bit misleading. Baseball is still a very important aspect of the story, it just isn't used in the way you may expect it to be. There is not a whole lot of focus on the actual games until the later episodes. That's not to say it moves slow; the first couple episodes may seem that way, but one must remember that Moshidora is still more about Management applied to baseball than baseball itself. The show isn't afraid to take it's time detailing the strategies being implemented in many ways, from asking each team member what they want to get out of the team to going out to other clubs and using their methods in a way that can be applied to various members of the baseball team.
Moshidora is, quite simply, a fairly normal story. There are no sudden plot twists as previously stated, and there is a certain amount of predictability, even cliches to the execution. However, at the end of the day, I believe that's what makes Moshidora such an enjoyable show. You don't need fantastical entities or magical worlds to have a compelling story and likable, believable characters. Moshidora is here to tell us that normal people still have goals to be reached, new ideas to try out, and stories to be told. Early on there is a lot of tension in the team and things seem to be falling apart, but by the end they've all learned how to work together, cover up each others weaknesses, and magnify their strengths through their motivation to push forward.
There are easy times, there are hard times, and there are sad times, but at the end of the day, Moshidora isn't throwing any curve balls; it knows what it wants to say and it says it well.
It may go without saying, but you don't need to be a fan of baseball to enjoy Moshidora. After all, I've never been a fan of baseball, but I loved this. Even Minami herself claims she hates baseball. read more
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This may seem like a stretch but hear me out. Much in tune with the idea that you can "make an anime out of anything", both shows are not *really* about what you think they are. Well, MoshiDora spells it out for you with its very long title but if you didn't already get it...MoshiDora isn't really an anime about Baseball. Baseball just happens to be the medium to convey the real message of applying Drucker's management strategies to a variety of situations.
In the same way Bartender tells a variety of different stories using the medium of a bartending and drinks with a rich history. The drinks and the bartender are not the subject of the show, just a bridge to convey the different stories to the viewers. If you enjoy the "out of the box thinking" one offers, or if you want something more/less moe, may be worth checking the other one out.
Both shows use not-so-ordinary ideas and values, and applies it to everyday life.
In Bartender, the protagonist uses liquor and cocktails as a means of helping his customers, not by the alcohol itself, but by the idea behind it. Thus, each episode presents an ideal for some problems that we face in everyday life.
In Moshidora, the protagonist applies Management, taken from Drucker's book of Management, and applies it to managing a baseball team.
Basically, both shows are a refreshing take on everyday life. If you liked one, then you'll like the other.
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To Aru Majutsu No Index ( When Magic And Science Cross Path )
But, Moshidora ( When Business And Sport Cross Path )
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Opening Theme"Yume Note (夢ノート)" by azusa
Ending Theme"Daisuki da yo (大好きだよ)" by momo
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