Play Ball

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Play Ball

2005- 2006

2 Seasons

26 Episodes

8.0(1 votes)

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Overview

Takao Taniguchi was the captain & pitcher of his junior high school's baseball team, but after suffering a fractured finger during a game Takao enters Sumitani High School as a fan and not a player. Even though Takao joins the soccer team and shows potential, he still has a great love for baseball and still umpires games in secret until his coach hears of this and gets angered, forcing Takao to leave the team. At the recommendation of the soccer team captain, Takao joins the Sumitani baseball team... Unfortunately, the team is notorious for losing big games due to their inexperience.

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Cast & Crew

20 members

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Kenichiro Maeda

Takao Taniguchi (voice)

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Yutaka Kouno

Tadokoro (voice)

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日野聡

Yutaka Kurabayashi (voice)

日野聡

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Yoshitaka Kure

Nakayama (voice)

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福井信介

Ōta (voice)

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Chikahiko Minamida

Yamaguchi (voice)

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疋田高志

Yamamoto (voice)

疋田高志

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Yū Asano

Marui (voice)

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Kouichi Shibasaki

Yokoi (voice)

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Kyōhei Tanaka

Handa (voice)

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Ryou Kubota

Tomuro (voice)

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杉山大

Suzuki (voice)

杉山大

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Kenji Iwama

Matsugawa (voice)

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安齋龍太

Shimada (voice)

安齋龍太

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Naoto Seki

Katō (voice)

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Kazuki Taketani

Sasaki (voice)

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Kouichi Yamada

Matsumoto (voice)

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佐藤ミチル

Igarashi (voice)

佐藤ミチル

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Yuuki Taniguchi

Muramatsu (voice)

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荻原秀樹

Konno (voice)

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