Play Ball

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English: Play Ball

Synonyms: Playball

Japanese: プレイボール

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Type: TV

Episodes: 13

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 5, 2005 to Sep 27, 2005

Premiered: Summer 2005

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: Magic Bus

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Eiken

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Sports, Shounen

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: G - All Ages

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Score: 6.06¹ (scored by 133 users)

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Ranked: #8047²

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Popularity: #11162

Members: 824

Favorites: 0

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Ranked #8047Popularity #11162Members 824

Summer 2005TVEiken

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Synopsis

After fracturing a finger in a junior high school game, Takao Taniguchi is unable to play baseball. After entering Sumitani High School, he is constantly watching the baseball club even though he is unable to play. He catches the eye of the captain of the soccer club, and while he still has lingering hopes of joining the baseball club, he decides to join the soccer club.

While he's a complete beginner, Taniguchi developed a strong spirit of hard work while in junior high school and his new teammates begin to see his potential. While he focuses all of his energy on soccer, he is unable to forget his youthful zeal for baseball and he begins umpiring baseball games in secret.

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Adaptation:	Play Ball
Sequel:	Play Ball 2nd
Prequel:	Captain (TV)

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Characters & Voice Actors

Taniguchi, Takao

Main

Nakayama

Supporting

Oota

Supporting

Fukui, Shinsuke
Japanese

Sasaki

Supporting

Taketani, Kazuki
Japanese

Muramatsu

Supporting

Taniguchi, Yuuki
Japanese

Marui

Supporting

Igarashi

Supporting

Satou, Michiru
Japanese

Konno

Supporting

Ogihara, Hideki
Japanese

Matsumoto

Supporting

Aiki

Supporting

Kamiya, Hiroshi
Japanese

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Shibuichi, Setsuko

Director

Noshitani, Mitsutaka

Episode Director, Storyboard

Ueda, Kouji

Episode Director

Maejima, Kenichi

Episode Director, Storyboard

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Opening Theme

#2: "Kimi wa Nani ka ga Dekiru~Play Ball 2006~" by Tokyo 60Watts
#1: "Kimi wa nanika ga dekiru~Play Ball 2002~" by The Loose Dogs

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Ending Theme

#2: "Summertime Blues" by Tokyo 60Watts
#1: "Rainbow" by The Loose Dogs

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Apr 9, 2021

13 of 13 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Jay27_ (All reviews)

0 people found this review helpful

Well written!

A conflicted character Takao Taniguchi is a well written one. After injuring his finger during a baseball game, he joins the soccer club as that would be relatively easier sport to play.

Rarely do we come across the character, who no doubt, is a very hard working one but is just confused about what path to choose. Most of the characters in the sport anime don't really go through conflicts. They all have their priorities sorted, knows how to follow their passions. Takao, despite doing extremely well in the soccer, still has his heart belonging to the baseball.

Perhaps the biggest downside of the anime read more

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