New Cast Members Introduced for The Catcher in the Ballpark!

The anime adaptation of Tatsurō Suga's beloved manga, The Catcher in the Ballpark!, has announced new cast members for its upcoming series, set to premiere on April 1.

Latest Casting Updates

According to the official X/Twitter account for the anime, here are the newly cast members:

Akari Yura as 4-year-old Miku
Mami Fujita as Miku's mom
Kentarō Kumagai as Miku's dad

Miku's family Image via The Catcher in the Ballpark! anime's X/Twitter account

Image via The Catcher in the Ballpark! anime's website

Premiere Details

The Catcher in the Ballpark! will debut on TV Tokyo and five affiliated channels at 24:00 JST (which is effectively April 2 at midnight JST or April 1 at 11:00 a.m. EDT). The series will also air on AT-X and BS NTV, while streaming on Japanese platforms like ABEMA, Lemino, and Anime Times before being available on other services.

Plot Overview

The story revolves around Murata, an office worker who forms a unique bond with Ruriko, a beer vendor with a gyaru appearance. Despite Ruriko's cold demeanor towards Murata, her sweet side emerges when he is not around.

Main Cast

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
Kiyono Yasuno as Nagisa
Atsuki Nakamura as Hotaru
Maaya Uchida as Kohinata

Production Team

The anime is directed by Jun'ichi Kitamura (Fluffy Paradise) and produced by EMT Squared. The series scripts are written by Shigeru Murakoshi (The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse), with character designs by Fumio Iida (Record of Ragnarok) and music composed by MONACA (NieR:Automata Ver 1.1a).

Genic will be performing the opening theme song titled “Hurray!!”.

Tatsurō Suga's manga debuted in Kodansha's Morning magazine back in September 2020. The publisher has recently released the 15th compiled volume of the manga on November 21, with the 16th volume scheduled for March 21.