#Oblivion Battery Reveals 2nd Character PV Trailer for Kei Kaname
A second character PV trailer has been revealed for the Oblivion Battery TV anime series, highlighting the player Kei Kaname. The series is set to premiere in April 2024.
Masato Nakazono (Chainsaw Man chief episode director) is directing the anime, with Tsuyoshi Iida as assistant director, Michiko Yokote (Tsurune, Call of the Night) as series screenwriter, Hitomi Hasegawa (Dance Dance Danseur) as character designer, and Tomoki Kikuya and Hiroko Yamasaki as music composers. MAPPA is in charge of the animation production.
Other staff members include Junpei Tatenaka (Ace of Diamond) and Masahiro Tokumaru (Hanebado action animator) as action animation directors.
Meanwhile, the main voice cast includes:
- • Toshiki Masuda as Haruka Kiyomine
- • Mamoru Miyano as Kei Kaname
- • Youhei Azakami as Aoi Todo
- • Nobunaga Shimazaki as Shunpei Chihaya
- • Yuuki Kaji as Taro Yamada
- • Yoshitaka Yamaya as Kazuki Tsuchiya
- • Takeo Ootsuka as Eichiro Kokuto
- • Mark Ishii as Hironobu Makita
- • Kengo Kawanishi as Shuto Kirishima
Oblivion Battery (also known in Japan as Boukyaku Battery) is based on the high school baseball manga by Eko Mikawa, which was first serialized in Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ platform on April 26, 2018. Seventeen tankoubon volumes have been released as of January 2024.
The story follows Haruka Kiyomine — a “perfect” pitcher who has made a name for himself in middle school — and Kei Kaname, who was once a formidable player with exceptional skills, but has now regressed to a novice due to memory loss.
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