Catcher in the Ballpark! ⚾ Romantic Baseball Anime Hits Screens April 1 🎉📺

The highly anticipated anime adaptation of Tatsurō Suga’s The Catcher in the Ballpark! (Ballpark de Tsukamaete!) is set to hit TV Tokyo and affiliated channels on April 1 at 24:00 JST (effectively, April 2 at midnight JST / April 1 at 11:00 a.m. EDT). 🕛✨

📡 The anime will also air on AT-X and BS NTV and stream on ABEMA, Lemino, and Anime Times before becoming available on other platforms. 🎥📲

🎭 Star-Studded Cast & AnimeJapan 2025 Event! 🎤🌟

Fans can catch cast members Satoshi Inomata, Maaya Uchida, Ikumi Hasegawa, Momoko Seto, and Mayu Sagara live at TV Tokyo’s AnimeJapan 2025 booth on March 23! 🏟️💃

🏆 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 🎶

📖 A Story of Romance & Baseball 🍺❤️⚾

Murata, a hardworking office worker, finds his life taking an unexpected turn when he meets Ruriko, a gyaru-style beer vendor at a baseball stadium. 🍻 Despite her cold attitude, Ruriko has a secret soft side that comes out only when Murata isn’t looking. As he becomes her first regular customer, a unique romance unfolds amidst the roar of the ballpark crowd. 💕🎶

🎬 Production Team & Music 🎼🎵

🎥 Director: Jun’ichi Kitamura (Fluffy Paradise)
📝 Series Composition: Shigeru Murakoshi (The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse)
🎨 Character Design: Fumio Iida (Record of Ragnarok)
🎶 Music Composer: MONACA (NieR:Automata Ver 1.1a)

🎤 Opening Theme: “Hurray!!” by Genic 🎶🔥

📚 Manga Background & Latest Releases 📖✨

Tatsurō Suga debuted the manga in Kodansha’s Morning magazine in September 2020. 📅

📚 Volume 15 was published on November 21, 2024, and Volume 16 is set to release on March 21, 2025! 🏆📕

🏟️⚡ Baseball, romance, and heartwarming moments await! Will you be cheering for Murata and Ruriko? Let us know below in the comments! 👇🎤✨