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)
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
Runtime80 minutes
Video 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

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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

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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

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  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.
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