“A curiously pleasant show about a sport we barely care about.”
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Taisho Baseball Girls
Taishou Yakyuu Musume. · 大正野球娘。 · 2009
Pioneering young women challenge societal prejudice through baseball in 1925 Tokyo.
Synopsis
In Tokyo during the culturally shifting Taisho era in 1925, fourteen-year-old restaurant daughter Koume Suzukawa attends the prestigious Toho Star Girls Academy. When her wealthy, progressive classmate Akiko Ogasawara is infuriated by a male acquaintance arrogant claim that women belong only in the kitchen, Akiko resolves to prove female equality on the athletic field. Gathering an unlikely group of nine classmates who have never held a bat or glove, the girls form an amateur baseball team. Braving social scorn, restrictive kimonos, and grueling physical drills, the pioneers fight for their independence.
Background (may contain spoilers)
Airing twelve episodes from July to September 2009 on TBS, *Taisho Baseball Girls* was produced by studio J.C.Staff and directed by Takashi Ikehata. Adapting the historical sports light novel series written by Atsuko Kagurazaka, the anime was lauded for its authentic historical period detail, rich Taisho-era feminist subtext, and earnest sports drama. Accompanied by a charming period-inspired musical score composed by Masato Kouda, the production provided viewers with an inspiring and heartwarming historical sports journey.
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Characters
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Staff
1112nd Key Animation9
Animation Check2
Animation Director7
Art Director1
Assistant Animation Director1
Assistant Director1
Character Design1
Chief Animation Director1
Color Design1
Director1
Director of Photography1
Editing1
Episode Director5
In-Between Animation8
Key Animation43
Music1
Original Creator1
Planning4
Producer6
Script2
Series Composition1
Sound Director1
Sound Effects1
Special Effects1
Storyboard3
Theme Song Composition1
Theme Song Lyrics2
Theme Song Performance4
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“If, like me, you have been staying clear of sports-themed anime, try watching this. You might just find it to your liking.”
Read full review ↗“This series about middle school girls in 1925 Japan forming their own baseball team does offer some period social commentary, but that is incidental to its focus on being a light, cute, and often humorous fish-out-of-water piece. While hardly meaty, it is a pleasant, palate-cleansing diversion.”
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