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Play Ball
80%
Series
2
26
AI Analysis
Play Ball (2005) — AI TV series analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Play Ball (2005) — a TV series tagged as Animation with nostalgic moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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 … Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for casual background watching and weekend binge sessions. Expect fast-paced storytelling across 2 seasons.
Community signal: TMDb members rate Play Ball 80% (1 votes) — strong audience scores for this TV series.
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TMDb audience score
80%
from 1 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Series
- Status
- Ended
- Release date
- 2005-07-04
- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes
- 26
- TMDB rating
- 8.0
- TMDB ID
- 34670
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What is Play Ball about?
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... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Play Ball?
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How many seasons of Play Ball are there?
There are currently 2 seasons of Play Ball documented in the community database.
Cast & crew
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Cast
- K
Kenichiro Maeda
Takao Taniguchi (voice)
- Y
Yutaka Kouno
Tadokoro (voice)
Satoshi Hino
Yutaka Kurabayashi (voice)
- Y
Yoshitaka Kure
Nakayama (voice)
- S
Shinsuke Fukui
Ōta (voice)
- C
Chikahiko Minamida
Yamaguchi (voice)
Takashi Hikida
Yamamoto (voice)
- Y
Yū Asano
Marui (voice)
- K
Kouichi Shibasaki
Yokoi (voice)
- K
Kyōhei Tanaka
Handa (voice)
- R
Ryou Kubota
Tomuro (voice)
Ooki Sugiyama
Suzuki (voice)
- K
Kenji Iwama
Matsugawa (voice)
Ryuta Anzai
Shimada (voice)
- N
Naoto Seki
Katō (voice)
- K
Kazuki Taketani
Sasaki (voice)
- K
Kouichi Yamada
Matsumoto (voice)
Michiru Satou
Igarashi (voice)
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