Bats & Terry (Japanese: バツ&テリー, Hepburn: Batsu & Teri) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuichi Oshima. It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1982 to 1987. Batsu & Terī received the 1984 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōnen category.[1] Kodansha published the manga's 24 tankōbon volumes to December 1987. The manga's license was transferred to Ichijinsha and was published into four wideban volumes.
| Bats & Terry | |
 Cover of the first volume of Bats & Terry, as published in Japan by Kodansha | |
| バツ&テリー (Batsu & Terii) | |
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| Genre | Sports |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yasuichi Oshima |
| Published by |
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| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Magazine |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | 1982 – 1987 |
| Volumes | 24 |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Nobuo Mizuta |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Tatsumi Yano |
| Studio | Sunrise |
| Released | March 14, 1987 |
| Runtime | 80 minutes |
| Video game | |
| Publisher | Use Corporation |
| Genre | Action |
| Platform | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Released |
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The manga was adapted into an animated movie by Sunrise. Directed by Mitsuko Kase and Tetsuro Amino, the movie was released in Japan on March 14, 1987. A VHS was released for the movie on April 21, 1987.[2]
The manga was adapted into a side-scrolling action game for the Famicom. The game was developed and released by Use Corporation on July 22, 1987.[3]
Manga
editKodansha published the manga's 24 tankōbon volumes to December 1987.[4] The manga was re-released into 12 kanzenban volumes between March 1991 and August 1991.[5][6] The manga's license was transferred to Ichijinsha. Ichijinsha published the manga into four aizoban (wide-ban) volumes between July 27, 2008, and November 25, 2008.[7][8]
Game
editThe player controls a baseball superhero named Batsu (Bats) who must use baseballs to defeat his opponents. Being hit once reverts him to "normal" Terii (Terry), who swats at his opponents using a baseball bat. Opponents include machinery, humanoids, and animals. Killing opponents while in Terii form results in a larger energy bar.
References
edit- ^ Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on April 10, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
- ^ "バツ&テリー [VHS]" (in Japanese). April 21, 1987. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
- ^ "Bats and Terry". GameFAQs. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
- ^ バツ&テリー 24 (少年マガジンコミックス) (in Japanese). ASIN 4063113051.
- ^ バツ&テリー 1 (KCスペシャル) (in Japanese). ASIN 4063055019.
- ^ バツ&テリー 12 (KCスペシャル) (in Japanese). ASIN 4063055124.
- ^ バツ&テリー 愛狂抗争編(前) (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Archived from the original on October 23, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2009.
- ^ バツ&テリー αα死闘編 (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Archived from the original on December 24, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2009.
External links
edit- Batsu & Teri at Yasuichi Oshima Official Website (in Japanese)
- Bats & Terry (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia