Bats & Terry

Bats & Terry (バツ&テリー, 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)
GenreSports
Manga
Written byYasuichi Oshima
Published by
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original run19821987
Volumes24
Anime film
Directed byNobuo Mizuta
Produced by
  • Masanori Ito
  • Masuo Ueda
  • Yoshihide Kondo
Written byTatsumi Yano
StudioSunrise
ReleasedMarch 14, 1987
Game
PublisherUse Corporation
GenreAction
PlatformNintendo Entertainment System
Released
  • JPN: July 22, 1987

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

Kodansha 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

The 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

  1. Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  2. "バツ&テリー [VHS]" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  3. "Bats and Terry". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  4. バツ&テリー 24 (少年マガジンコミックス) (in Japanese). ASIN 4063113051.
  5. バツ&テリー 1 (KCスペシャル) (in Japanese). ASIN 4063055019.
  6. バツ&テリー 12 (KCスペシャル) (in Japanese). ASIN 4063055124.
  7. バツ&テリー 愛狂抗争編(前) (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Archived from the original on 2008-10-23. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
  8. バツ&テリー αα死闘編 (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Archived from the original on 2008-12-24. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
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