is a

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mobile video game for

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and Android published by Akatsuki and

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. It was released in Japan on June 27, 2017. A four-panel

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spin-off

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series by Bkub Okawa titled and a novelization titled are being serialized on the game's official website. A 4-episode

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adaptation of the four-panel manga titled was streamed between May and June 2017, and an

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television series adaptation of the original game by

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aired from April 7 to July 7, 2019.

Characters

; : :Tsubasa is a spirited girl who founds the girls' baseball team and seeks to make friends and have them join. She is optimistic and hard to get down. In the anime, she primarily plays shortstop. She bats and throws right-handed and wears number 6. ; : :An old rival of Tsubasa's. She aims to go pro and at first rejects the team for being largely inexperienced, claiming that Tsubasa is not taking the game seriously by playing with them instead of players of similar skill. In the anime, she primarily plays third base. She bats and throws right-handed and wears number 5. ; : :A tall, unsure girl who is at first hesitant to try team sports after turning out to be unsuccessful at basketball and feeling that she let her team down. Yuuki changes her mind and joins the baseball team after seeing how everyone is supportive and refuses to judge one another's failures. In the anime, she is a first baseman and relief pitcher. She bats and throws left-handed and wears number 3. ; : :Tsubasa's best friend, whom she calls Tomocchi. The sensible Tomoe plays the straight man to Tsubasa's less grounded antics. In the anime, she is the team's back-up infielder and first base coach. She bats and throws right-handed and wears number 10. ; : :A shy girl who wears a cat-eared hooded jacket and speaks in the third person. Akane is untalented at baseball, but quickly improves as she tries her best. In the anime, she is the team's back-up outfielder and third base coach. She bats left-handed and throws right-handed and wears number 11. ; : :A

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girl who is talented at observation and baseball strategy, but must be convinced to actually play after being let down in childhood. Her supportive brother is part of a prestigious university baseball team. In the anime, she is the team's catcher. She bats and throws right-handed and wears number 2. ; : :A budding reporter who insists on writing stories for the school newspaper, despite the school not actually having one. Peppers "nya" into her speech; the official subtitles change this to cat puns. In the anime, she is the team's center fielder. She bats and throws left-handed and wears number 8. ; : :An overdramatic, hot-blooded second-year from the cheerleading squad. She's noted for not being able to turn down a request. In the anime, she primarily plays left-field. She bats left-handed and throws right-handed and wears number 7. ; : :A second-year with little in the way of tact or personal space and a talent for detail. Aoi ends her sentences with the particle "no da" or "nano da." Extremely good at

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she is initially the team's third baseman, but later moves to second base. She bats and throws right-handed and wears number 4. ; : :A quiet second-year girl and Yūki's classmate in elementary school who excels in various sports like

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. She often has run-ins with the police as she leaves her house at night to separate herself from her estranged parents. In the anime, she becomes the team's starting pitcher. When she is not pitching, she plays first base. She bats and throws right-handed and wears number 1. ; : :A member of the student council overseeing the athletic clubs. In the anime, she is the team's starting right-fielder. She bats and throws right-handed and wears number 9. ; : :A quiet girl who is occasionally seen interacting with Ayaka and watching the rest of the team from afar. ; : :An anime-original character; she is the student council president. ; : :A teacher at Satogahama High School and the team's adviser.

Media

Game

The mobile game published by Akatsuki and

was released for

and Android on June 27, 2017. An animated trailer by

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was streamed prior to the game's publication on July 31, 2016. The game is

Manga

A four-panel

spin-off

series by Bkub Okawa titled ''Hachi Nai Gaiden: Senryoku Gai! Katato-chan'' is being serialized on the game's official website alongside the novelization. As of November 5, 2019, seventy-two chapters of the manga have been released so far. Another spin-off manga, titled ''Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine S'', written and illustrated by Kōichirō Hoshino began serialization in

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's ''

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'' on August 19, 2021. In March 2022, the manga was transferred to the ''Manga Cross'' website.

Novel

A novelization titled ''Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine: Before Summer'' is also being serialized on the official website alongside the four-panel manga. Twelve chapters of the novel have been released so far.

Web animation

adaptation of the four-panel manga titled ''Katato the Animation'' was streamed on the game's official website and

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channel between May and June 2017 with four short episodes. Mako Morino voiced the characters in the anime.

Anime

On July 30, 2018, the official

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account of the original game announced that an

television series adaptation of the game would be produced. The staff and release date for the series were announced on October 25, 2018. The series is directed by Susumu Kudo and animated by

, with Jin Tanaka writing the scripts and Takayuki Noguchi designing the characters. The cast reprised their roles from the game. It aired from April 7 to July 7, 2019 on

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and other channels. The broadcast of episode 8 was delayed for 3 weeks, due to coverage of the

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licensed the show in December 2019 for release across various regions including the Americas, Europe, and Oceania. The opening theme is performed by Mewhan, while the ending theme is a cover of

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's song , performed by

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, Saki Minami, and

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under their respective character names.

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streamed the series.

References

External links

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Official Sentai Filmworks website
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