Bats & Terry

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 run1982 – 1987
Volumes24
Anime film
Directed byNobuo Mizuta
Produced by
  • Masanori Ito
  • Masuo Ueda
  • Yoshihide Kondo
Written byTatsumi Yano
StudioSunrise
ReleasedMarch 14, 1987
Runtime80 minutes
Video game
PublisherUse Corporation
GenreAction
PlatformNintendo Entertainment System
Released
  • JPN: July 22, 1987

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.

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 April 10, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
  2. ^ "バツ&テリー [VHS]" (in Japanese). April 21, 1987. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
  3. ^ "Bats and Terry". GameFAQs. Retrieved November 25, 2008.
  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 October 23, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2009.
  8. ^ バツ&テリー αα死闘編 (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Archived from the original on December 24, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2009.