| Tamayomi | |
 Cover ofTamayomi volume 1 by Houbunsha | |
| 球詠 | |
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| Genre | Sports (baseball) |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Mountain Pukuichi |
| Published by | Houbunsha |
| Magazine | Manga Time Kirara Forward |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | April 23, 2016 – present |
| Volumes | 16 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Toshinori Fukushima |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Touko Machida |
| Music by | Visual Arts |
| Studio | Studio A-Cat |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll[a] |
| Original network | AT-X,ABC,Nagoya TV,Tokyo MX,KBC |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 1, 2020 – June 17, 2020 |
| Episodes | 12(List of episodes) |
Tamayomi (球詠,transl. "Baseball poem recitation")[1] is a Japanesebaseballmanga series by Mountain Pukuichi, serialized inHoubunsha'sseinen manga magazineManga Time Kirara Forward since April 2016. It has been collected in sixteentankōbon volumes. Ananime television series adaptation byStudio A-Cat aired from April to June 2020.
Yomi Takeda just wanted to enjoy high school after her baseball experience went horribly wrong in her previous school, thanks to her special pitch. But by chance, twins Yoshino and Ibuki along with Yomi's childhood friend Tamaki, who is now a baseball catcher, decide to restore their high school, Shin Koshigaya's reputation after the scandal which causes the baseball club to be on hiatus. Joining them is two fielders in years one, a former kendo player, a power hitter, a baseball advisor and two second years that already signed in to keep the club from being disbanded. They all have one thing in common: to make it to the Nationals Baseball competition.
| No. | Release date | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 11, 2016[4] | 978-4-8322-4767-3 |
| 2 | June 12, 2017[4] | 978-4-8322-4844-1 |
| 3 | January 11, 2018[4] | 978-4-8322-4908-0 |
| 4 | July 12, 2018[4] | 978-4-8322-4960-8 |
| 5 | March 12, 2019[4] | 978-4-8322-7075-6 |
| 6 | September 12, 2019[4] | 978-4-8322-7117-3 |
| 7 | April 10, 2020[4] | 978-4-8322-7184-5 |
| 8 | June 12, 2020[4] | 978-4-8322-7196-8 |
| 9 | March 12, 2021[4] | 978-4-8322-7258-3 |
| 10 | September 9, 2021[4] | 978-4-8322-7303-0 |
| 11 | March 10, 2022[4] | 978-4-8322-7353-5 |
| 12 | October 12, 2022[4] | 978-4-8322-7406-8 |
| 13 | April 12, 2023[4] | 978-4-8322-7454-9 |
| 14 | October 12, 2023[4] | 978-4-8322-7490-7 |
| 15 | April 11, 2024[4] | 978-4-8322-9539-1 |
| 16 | October 10, 2024[4] | 978-4-8322-9576-6 |
Ananime television series adaptation ofTamayomi was announced in the August issue ofManga Time Kirara Forward on June 24, 2019.[5] The series was animated byStudio A-Cat and directed by Toshinori Fukushima, withTouko Machida handling series composition, Kōichi Kikuta designing the characters, Masahiko Matsuo designing the props andVisual Arts composing the music. It aired from April 1 to June 17, 2020 onAT-X,ABC,Nayoga TV,Tokyo MX, andKBC.[6] The opening theme is "Never Let You Go" performed by Naho, while the ending theme is "Plus Minus Zero Rule" (プラスマイナスゼロの法則,Plus Minus Zero no Hōsoku) performed by the cast of the Shin Koshigaya baseball team.[7]Funimation, now known as Crunchyroll, has licensed the series for an English simulcast with an Englishdub and became available on itsnamesake streaming service from August 2022.[8][3]
| No. | Title[9][b] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "A Fated Reunion" Transliteration: "Unmei no saikai" (Japanese:運命の再会) | Takahiro Tamano | Touko Machida | April 1, 2020 (2020-04-01) |
| 2 | "Let's Play Ball Together" Transliteration: "Issho ni yakyū yarimashō" (Japanese:一緒に野球やりましょう) | Shigeki Awai | Touko Machida | April 8, 2020 (2020-04-08) |
| 3 | "Take Me With You" Transliteration: "Watashi otsureteitte yo" (Japanese:私を連れていってよ) | Shunsuke Ishikawa | Touko Machida | April 15, 2020 (2020-04-15) |
| 4 | "Pitch of Promise" Transliteration: "Yakusoku no ano tama" (Japanese:約束のあの球) | Yeong Ga-bu | Mitsuyo Suenaga | April 22, 2020 (2020-04-22) |
| 5 | "Losing Streak" Transliteration: "Susume!! Doronuma renpai kaidō" (Japanese:ススメ!!泥沼連敗街道) | Takashi Kobayashi | Chabō Higurashi | April 29, 2020 (2020-04-29) |
| 6 | "With Hearts Full of Hope" Transliteration: "Kibō o mune ni……" (Japanese:希望を胸に……) | Alan Smithee | Mitsuyo Suenaga | May 6, 2020 (2020-05-06) |
| 7 | "Night Sky After Rain" Transliteration: "Ameagari no yozora ni" (Japanese:雨上がりの夜空に) | Kinsei Nakamura | Chabō Higurashi | May 13, 2020 (2020-05-13) |
| 8 | "From Zero" Transliteration: "Zero kara" (Japanese:ゼロから) | Shigeki Awai | Mitsuyo Suenaga | May 20, 2020 (2020-05-20) |
| 9 | "Change the Tide" Transliteration: "Nagare no tsukurikata" (Japanese:流れの作り方) | Shunsuke Ishikawa | Chabō Higurashi | May 27, 2020 (2020-05-27) |
| 10 | "Show 'Em What We've Got" Transliteration: "Misetsukete yarō" (Japanese:見せつけてやろう) | Takashi Kobayashi | Touko Machida | June 3, 2020 (2020-06-03) |
| 11 | "This is Nationals Level" Transliteration: "Kore ga zenkoku reberu" (Japanese:これが全国レベル) | Alan Smithee | Touko Machida | June 10, 2020 (2020-06-10) |
| 12 | "Pitch without Regret" Transliteration: "Kuinaku nageyō" (Japanese:悔いなく投げよう) | Toshinori Fukushima | Touko Machida | June 17, 2020 (2020-06-17) |
Characters from the series appeared in collaboration with Akatsuki's mobile baseball gameCinderella Nine in 2020.[10][11] Also, characters from the series appear alongside otherManga Time Kirara characters in the mobile RPG,Kirara Fantasia in 2020.[12][13]
It was adapted into a stage performance for a week in June 2021.[14] AtShinjukumura Theater LIVE, ten performances were scheduled beginning February 17, 2022.[15]
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