Genic Rocks The Ballpark: Dive into Anime's Epic Opening Anthem!
Get ready to groove with Genic's electrifying opening theme, 'Hurray!!'—a high-energy anthem that sets the perfect tone!
GENIC to Perform Opening Theme for New Anime
GENIC will kick off the excitement for the upcoming anime adaptation of Tatsurō Suga's manga, The Catcher in the Ballpark! with the opening theme song titled "Hurray!!". The news was officially announced on Saturday through the anime's X/Twitter account.
Credit: The Catcher in the Ballpark! anime's website © 須賀達郎・講談社／「ボールパークでつかまえて！」製作委員会
Premiere Details
The anime is set to premiere in April on TV Tokyo and its six affiliate channels, along with AT-X. Additionally, fans can catch the series on streaming platforms like ABEMA and Lemino, as well as Prime Video's anime channel, Anime Times.
Main Cast
The anime features an impressive lineup of voice actors:
- Fairouz Ai as Ruriko
- Satoshi Inomata as Murata
- Ikumi Hasegawa as Aona
- Satoshi Tanaka as Omatsu
- Yōji Ueda as Nakaizumi
- Ayumi Mano as Natsuno
- Momoko Seto as Kokoro
- Jin Urayama as Ryuichi Igarashi
- Chiharu Sawashiro as Takimoto
- Hiroki Tōchi as Kojiro
- Rika Tachibana as Yuki Takino
- Kentarō Tone as Dennis
- Kō Bonkobara as Brian
- Mayu Sagara as Sara
- Kazuhiro Nakaya as Mitsui
- Wakana Kuramochi as Kisa
Production Team
The project will be directed by Jun'ichi Kitamura (known for Fluffy Paradise) at EMT Squared, with series composition by Shigeru Murakoshi (The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse). Character designs will be managed by Fumio Iida (Record of Ragnarok), with music composed by MONACA (NieR:Automata Ver 1.1a).
Story Overview
The Catcher in the Ballpark! follows Murata, an office worker, who becomes a regular customer at a beer stand run by Ruriko, a vendor with a gyaru appearance. Despite her cold demeanor, Ruriko hides a more innocent side that emerges when Murata is not around.
Manga Background
The manga first debuted in Kodansha's Morning magazine in September 2020. The 15th compiled volume was published on November 21, with the 16th volume set to release on March 21.
Sources: The Catcher in the Ballpark!'s X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie