A second new main key visual has been released for the upcoming Catch Me at the Ballpark! TV anime series, showcasing Ruriko serving a cold glass of beer with some of the other main characters in the background. The show will premiere in Japan on April 1, 2025.
Junichi Kitamura (Fluffy Paradise) is directing the anime series, with Shigeru Murakoshi (I Parry Everything) as series screenwriter, Fumio Ida (Yadamon, Basquash! co-character designer) as character designer, and MONACA (Protocol: Rain) as music composer. EMT Squared is handling the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s ensemble voice cast includes:
- • Fairouz Ai as Ruriko
- • Satoshi Inomata as Murata
- • Ikumi Hasegawa as Aona
- • Satoshi Tanaka as Omatsu
- • Yoji Ueda as Nakaizumi
- • Ayumi Mano as Natsuno Yamada
- • Momoko Seto as Kokoro
- • Jin Urayama as Ryuichi Igarashi
- • Chiharu Sawashiro as Takimoto
- • Hiroki Tochi as Kojiro
- • Rika Tachibana as Yuki Takino
- • Kentaro Tone as Dennis
- • Ko 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
- • Akari Yura as Miku
- • Mami Fujita as Miku’s Mom
- • Kentaro Kumagai as Miku’s Dad
- • Jun Fukuyama as Ken Nokogirimiya
- • Daiki Yamashita as Wataru Ichinomiya
The original sports comedy manga series by Tatsuro Suga was first launched on September 3, 2020 in Kodansha’s Morning magazine and has released 16 volumes as of March 2025.
Crunchyroll will stream Catch me at the Ballpark!, outside of Japan, and describes the main synopsis as:
To escape his tiring job, weary Murata finds escape at a nearby baseball stadium. While the games are thrilling, it’s Ruriko, the gyaru as cold as the beer she serves but secretly a sweetheart, who keeps him coming back. As her first regular, Murata discovers the warmth behind her frosty demeanor, and their hilarious, heartwarming encounters light up the ballpark and maybe even their hearts.
