Oblivion Battery (Japanese: 忘却バッテリー, Hepburn: Bōkyaku Batterī) is a Japanese baseball manga series written and illustrated by Eko Mikawa. It has been serialized via Shueisha's online manga app Shōnen Jump+ since April 2018 and has been collected in seventeen tankōbon volumes as of January 2024. An original net animation (ONA) adaptation produced by MAPPA was streamed in October 2020 as part of the Jump Special Anime Festa 2020 online event. An anime television series also by MAPPA premiered in April 2024.
Oblivion Battery | |
忘却バッテリー (Bōkyaku Batterī) | |
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Genre | Sports[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Eko Mikawa |
Published by | Shueisha |
Imprint | Jump Comics+ |
Magazine | Shōnen Jump+ |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | April 26, 2018 – present |
Volumes | 17 |
Original net animation | |
Directed by | Parako Shinohara |
Studio | MAPPA |
Released | October 11, 2020 |
Runtime | 20 minutes |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Makoto Nakazono |
Written by | Michiko Yokote |
Music by |
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Studio | MAPPA |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo), AT-X |
Original run | April 10, 2024 – present |
Episodes | 6 |
Oblivion Battery is written and illustrated by Eko Mikawa. The series began in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ online manga app on April 26, 2018.[5] Shueisha has compiled its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on September 4, 2018.[6] As of January 4, 2024, seventeen volumes have been released.[7]
No. | Release date | ISBN |
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1 | September 4, 2018[6] | 978-4-08-881603-6 |
2 | December 4, 2018[8] | 978-4-08-881688-3 |
3 | March 4, 2019[9] | 978-4-08-881765-1 |
4 | June 4, 2019[10] | 978-4-08-882013-2 |
5 | August 2, 2019[11] | 978-4-08-882026-2 |
6 | December 4, 2019[12] | 978-4-08-882147-4 |
7 | May 13, 2020[13] | 978-4-08-882308-9 |
8 | September 4, 2020[14] | 978-4-08-882451-2 |
9 | March 4, 2021[15] | 978-4-08-882617-2 |
10 | June 4, 2021[16] | 978-4-08-882699-8 |
11 | August 4, 2021[17] | 978-4-08-882739-1 |
12 | January 4, 2022[18] | 978-4-08-882887-9 |
13 | May 2, 2022[19] | 978-4-08-883123-7 |
14 | September 2, 2022[20] | 978-4-08-883252-4 |
15 | March 3, 2023[21] | 978-4-08-883442-9 |
16 | August 4, 2023[22] | 978-4-08-883617-1 |
17 | January 4, 2024[7] | 978-4-08-883760-4 |
18 | June 4, 2024[23] | 978-4-08-884055-0 |
The 40th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump released on September 7, 2020 announced that the series would be adapted into an original net (ONA) anime as part of the Jump Special Anime Festa 2020 online event.[24] The ONA is animated by MAPPA and directed by Parako Shinohara, with Noriko Itou as character designer and chief animation director, and Hisako Akagi as art director. It was streamed as part of the event on October 11, 2020.[1]
An anime television series adaptation was announced on August 3, 2023.[25][3] It is produced by MAPPA, and directed by Makoto Nakazono, with assistant direction by Takeshi Iida, scripts written by Michiko Yokote, characters designed by Hitomi Hasegawa, and music composed by Tomoki Kikuya and Hiroko Yamasaki. The series premiered on April 10, 2024, on TV Tokyo and its affiliates.[4][26][a] The opening theme song is "Lilac", performed by Mrs. Green Apple, while the ending theme song is "Wasurena Uta" (忘レナ唄), performed by Macaroni Enpitsu.[27] Crunchyroll licensed the series.[28] Medialink licensed the series in East, Southeast Asia and Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand), and is streaming it on its Ani-One Asia YouTube channel.[29]
No. | Title [30][b] | Directed by [c] | Written by [c] | Storyboarded by [c] | Original air date [32][a] |
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1 | "I'll Make You Remember" Transliteration: "Omoidasasete Yaru yo" (Japanese: 思い出させてやるよ) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | April 10, 2024 |
2 | "Wanna Play Together?" Transliteration: "Issho ni Yaru?" (Japanese: 一緒にやる?) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | April 17, 2024 |
3 | "So What?" Transliteration: "Dakara, Nanda" (Japanese: だから、なんだ) | TBA | TBA | TBA | April 24, 2024 |
4 | "I Won't Hold Back" Transliteration: "Yōsha Shinaiyo" (Japanese: 容赦しないよ) | TBA | TBA | TBA | May 1, 2024 |
5 | "What Led Us To Quit" Transliteration: "Yameta Kikkake No" (Japanese: 辞めたきっかけの) | TBA | TBA | TBA | May 8, 2024 |
6 | "I Do!" Transliteration: "Yaru!!" (Japanese: やる!!) | TBA | TBA | TBA | May 15, 2024 |
The series took sixth place in the web manga category of the Next Manga Awards 2019.[33]