{"id":116281,"date":"2025-03-21T12:51:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T19:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=116281"},"modified":"2025-03-21T12:51:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T19:51:42","slug":"ruriko-serves-up-a-cold-one-in-2nd-new-catch-me-at-the-ballpark-key-visual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/03\/21\/ruriko-serves-up-a-cold-one-in-2nd-new-catch-me-at-the-ballpark-key-visual\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruriko Serves Up a Cold One in 2nd New Catch Me at the Ballpark! Key Visual"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A second <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/11\/14\/the-catcher-in-the-ballpark-anime-premieres-in-2025\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">new main key visual<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has been released for the upcoming <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/03\/20\/jun-fukuyama-daiki-yamashita-join-cast-of-catch-me-at-the-ballpark-tv-anime\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Catch Me at the Ballpark!<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> TV anime series, showcasing Ruriko serving a cold glass of beer with some of the other main characters in the background. The show will premiere in Japan on April 1, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116289\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116289\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"116289\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/03\/21\/ruriko-serves-up-a-cold-one-in-2nd-new-catch-me-at-the-ballpark-key-visual\/catch-me-at-the-ballpark-second-new-key-visual-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/catch-me-at-the-ballpark-second-new-key-visual-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1821%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1821,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"catch me at the ballpark second new key visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a9 Tatsuro Suga, KODANSHA\/\u200bCatch Me at the Ballpark! Partners&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/catch-me-at-the-ballpark-second-new-key-visual-1-scaled.jpg?fit=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/catch-me-at-the-ballpark-second-new-key-visual-1-scaled.jpg?fit=696%2C979&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-116289\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/catch-me-at-the-ballpark-second-new-key-visual-1.jpg?resize=350%2C492&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"catch me at the ballpark second new key visual \" width=\"350\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/catch-me-at-the-ballpark-second-new-key-visual-1-scaled.jpg?resize=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1 213w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/catch-me-at-the-ballpark-second-new-key-visual-1-scaled.jpg?resize=728%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/catch-me-at-the-ballpark-second-new-key-visual-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1080&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/catch-me-at-the-ballpark-second-new-key-visual-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1092%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1092w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/catch-me-at-the-ballpark-second-new-key-visual-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1457%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1457w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/catch-me-at-the-ballpark-second-new-key-visual-1-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C979&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/catch-me-at-the-ballpark-second-new-key-visual-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1502&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/catch-me-at-the-ballpark-second-new-key-visual-1-scaled.jpg?resize=299%2C420&amp;ssl=1 299w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/catch-me-at-the-ballpark-second-new-key-visual-1-scaled.jpg?w=1821&amp;ssl=1 1821w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/catch-me-at-the-ballpark-second-new-key-visual-1-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a9 Tatsuro Suga, KODANSHA\/\u200bCatch Me at the Ballpark! Partners<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Junichi Kitamura<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fluffy Paradise<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) is directing the anime series, with<\/span><b> Shigeru Murakoshi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I Parry Everything<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as series screenwriter,<\/span><b> Fumio Ida<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yadamon, Basquash!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> co-character designer) as character designer, and <\/span><b>MONACA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Protocol: Rain<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as music composer. <\/span><b>EMT Squared<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is handling the animation production.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Meanwhile, the anime\u2019s ensemble voice cast includes:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Fairouz Ai <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Ruriko<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Satoshi Inomata<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Murata<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Ikumi Hasegawa <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Aona<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Satoshi Tanaka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Omatsu<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Yoji Ueda <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Nakaizumi\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Ayumi Mano<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Natsuno Yamada<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Momoko Seto <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Kokoro<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Jin Urayama<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Ryuichi Igarashi<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Chiharu Sawashiro <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Takimoto<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Hiroki Tochi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Kojiro<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Rika Tachibana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Yuki Takino\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Kentaro Tone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Dennis<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Ko Bonkobara <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Brian<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Mayu Sagara <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Sara<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Kazuhiro Nakaya <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Mitsui<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Wakana Kuramochi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Kisa<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Kiyono Yasuno<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Nagisa<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Atsuki Nakamura<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Hotaru<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Maaya Uchida<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Kohinata<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Akari Yura<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Miku<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Mami Fujita<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Miku\u2019s Mom<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Kentaro Kumagai<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Miku\u2019s Dad<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Jun Fukuyama<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Ken Nokogirimiya<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt;color: #000000\"><b>\u2022 Daiki Yamashita<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Wataru Ichinomiya<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The original sports comedy manga series by <\/span><b>Tatsuro Suga <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was first launched on September 3, 2020 in Kodansha\u2019s Morning magazine and has released 16 volumes as of March 2025.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102407\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"102407\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/11\/14\/the-catcher-in-the-ballpark-anime-premieres-in-2025\/the-catcher-in-the-ballpark-teaser-visual\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-Catcher-in-the-Ballpark-teaser-visual.jpg?fit=960%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Catcher in the Ballpark! teaser visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-Catcher-in-the-Ballpark-teaser-visual.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-Catcher-in-the-Ballpark-teaser-visual.jpg?fit=696%2C928&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-102407\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-Catcher-in-the-Ballpark-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=350%2C467&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Catcher in the Ballpark! teaser visual\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-Catcher-in-the-Ballpark-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-Catcher-in-the-Ballpark-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-Catcher-in-the-Ballpark-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=696%2C928&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-Catcher-in-the-Ballpark-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=315%2C420&amp;ssl=1 315w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-Catcher-in-the-Ballpark-teaser-visual.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u00a9 Tatsuro Suga, KODANSHA\/\u200bCatch Me at the Ballpark! Partners<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Crunchyroll will stream <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Catch me at the Ballpark!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, outside of Japan, and describes the main synopsis as:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To escape his tiring job, weary Murata finds escape at a nearby baseball stadium. While the games are thrilling, it\u2019s Ruriko, the gyaru as cold as the beer she serves but secretly a sweetheart, who keeps him coming back. As her first regular, Murata discovers the warmth behind her frosty demeanor, and their hilarious, heartwarming encounters light up the ballpark and maybe even their hearts.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ballpark_PR\/status\/1903038895211593769\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Catch Me at the Ballpark! Official Japanese Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A second new main key visual has been released for the upcoming Catch Me at the Ballpark! 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