Battery (novel series)
Battery (Japanese: バッテリー, Hepburn: Batterī) is a Japanese novel series by Atsuko Asano that was published by Kadokawa Shoten. The series is about Harada Takumi and Gō Nagakura, two boys who start a baseball team. For the work the author received the Noma Prize for Juvenile Literature in 1997 and the Shogakukan Children's Publication Culture Award in 2005. It has sold over 10 million copies in Japan, and has been adapted into a film in 2007 and an anime television series in 2016.
| Battery | |
Cover of the first volume of the novel series | |
| バッテリー (Batterī) | |
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| Genre | Sports |
| Novel | |
| Written by | Atsuko Asano |
| Illustrated by | Makiko Satō |
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| Audio drama | |
| Station | NHK FM |
| Original run | April 17, 2000 – April 28, 2000 |
| Episodes | 10 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Atsuko Asano |
| Illustrated by | Chikage Yuniwa |
| Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Magazine | Monthly Asuka |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | 2005 – September 24, 2021 |
| Volumes | 8 |
| Live-action film | |
| The Battery | |
| Directed by | Yōjirō Takita |
| Written by | Tadashi Morishita |
| Music by | Ryō Yoshimata |
| Studio | Toho |
| Released | March 10, 2007 |
| Runtime | 119 minutes |
| Television drama | |
| Written by | Atsuko Sagara |
| Original network | NHK |
| Original run | April 3, 2008 – June 12, 2008 |
| Episodes | 10 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Tomomi Mochizuki |
| Written by | Tomomi Mochizuki |
| Music by | Akira Senju |
| Studio | Zero-G |
| Licensed by | Amazon.com (streaming)
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| Original network | Fuji TV (Noitamina) |
| Original run | July 14, 2016 – September 22, 2016 |
| Episodes | 11 |
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