Oblivion Battery Pitches Season 2

MAPPA's anime adaptation of Oblivion Battery manga is getting a second season, as announced with a teaser video earlier today. While we know the studio, the staff and release date for the sequel have not been confirmed yet. Check out the announcement video:

The first season of Oblivion Battery anime was directed by Masato Nakazono with Tsuyoshi Iida as assistant director. Michiko Yokote was in charge of the series composition and Hitomi Hasegawa did the character designs. Tomoki Kikuya and Hiroko Yamasaki composed the music. The anime premiered in the Spring of 2024 and aired for 12 episodes. Crunchyroll is streaming it and describes the plot as:

Star pitcher Haruka Kiyomine and skilled catcher Kei Kaname were an unstoppable duo—until Kei was hit with a curveball: amnesia. Now they have a second chance to play at a no-name high school with a team of past rivals. Can they overcome Kei’s memory loss and rekindle their baseball dreams? With hilarious hijinks and fierce competition, get ready for a strikeout.

The anime is adapting the currently ongoing manga by Eko Mikawa. The Oblivion Battery manga is being serialized on the Shounen Jump+ platform. A total of 19 volumes have been published so far.

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