The Catcher in the Ballpark!

The upcoming anime adaptation of Tatsuro Suga's manga The Catcher in the Ballpark! has added two more "residents" to the bleachers of the baseball stadium. Meet the pair of security guards keeping baseball fans safe—albeit guided by very different motivations.Takimoto (left) and Igarashi (right)Jin Urayama (Tatsuma Suguro in Blue Exorcist) voices Igarashi, a veteran stadium security guard with 30 years of experience.

The official X (formerly Twitter) account for The Catcher in the Ballpark! anime today revealed the casting of Ayumi Mano (Alice in The Duke of Death and His Maid) as Kano Yamada. Satoshi Inomata voices Murata, Fairouz Ai voices Ruriko, Ikumi Hasegawa voices Aona, Yoji Ueda voices Nakaizumi and Satoshi Tanaka voices Omatsu in the upcoming rom-com series slated for a 2025 release.

The official X (formerly Twitter) account for The Catcher in the Ballpark! anime today revealed the casting of Yoji Ueda (Eisen in Frieren: Beyond Journey's End) as Nakaizumi and Satoshi Tanaka as Omatsu. Satoshi Inomata voices Murata, Fairouz Ai voices Ruriko and Ikumi Hasegawa voices Aona in the upcoming rom-com series slated for a 2025 release.

The roster for The Catcher in the Ballpark! is starting to take shape, as the rom-com anime's official X (formerly Twitter) announced the casting addition of Ikumi Hasegawa (Ikuyo in BOCCHI THE ROCK!) as Aona. Satoshi Inomata voices Murata and Fairouz Ai voices Ruriko in the upcoming series slated for a 2025 release.