Taisho Baseball Girls
大正野球娘。
In 1925 (year 14 of the Taisho era) baseball is still quite unknown in Japan and there are only a few male teams. After being told by a baseball player that women should become housewives instead of going to school, 14-year-old Akiko invites her friend Koume to start a baseball team in order to prove him wrong. During this time, when even running was considered too vulgar for women, baseball is known as "what the boys do" and they face many difficulties when having to find enough members, to get permission from their parents and also when learning about the sport itself, which they soon discover to be more difficult than expected.
Taisho Baseball Girls is a tv with 12 episodes, from Summer 2009, produced by J.C.STAFF, rated 7.1/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
In 1925 (year 14 of the Taisho era) baseball is still quite unknown in Japan and there are only a few male teams. After being told by a baseball player that women should become housewives instead of going to school, 14-year-old Akiko invites her friend Koume to start a baseball team in order to prove him wrong. During this time, when even running was considered too vulgar for women, baseball is known as "what the boys do" and they face many difficulties when having to find enough members, to get permission from their parents and also when learning about the sport itself, which they soon discover to be more difficult than expected.
Main Characters
Tags
- Historical — Partly or completely set during a real period of world history.
- Female Protagonist — Main character is female.
- Baseball — Centers around the sport of baseball.
- Primarily Teen Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of teen characters.
- School — Partly or completely set in a primary or secondary educational institution.
- Primarily Female Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of female characters.
- Ensemble Cast — Features a large cast of characters with (almost) equal screen time and importance to the plot.
- School Club — Partly or completely set in a school club scene.
- Age Gap — Prominently features romantic relations between people with a significant age difference.
- Cute Girls Doing Cute Things — Centers around female characters doing cute activities, usually with little to no emphasis on drama and conflict.
- Ojou-sama — Features a wealthy, high-class, oftentimes stuck up and demanding female character.
- Arranged Marriage — Features two characters made to marry each other, usually by their family.