Software:Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine

Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine
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八月のシンデレラナイン (Hachigatsu no Shinderera Nain)
Genre	Sports (baseball, cricket)
Game
Publisher	Akatsuki
Genre	Simulation, Social network game
Platform	iOS, Android
Released	JP: June 27, 2017
Manga
Hachi Nai Gaiden: Senryoku Gai! Katato-chan
Written by	Bkub Okawa
Published by	Kadokawa
Original run	May 2017 – June 2017
Serial novel
Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine ～Before Summer～
Published by	Kadokawa
Light novel
Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine Kitakaze ni Yureru Himawari
Written by	Akatsuki
Illustrated by	Akatsuki, Chioru Katase
Published by	Enterbrain
Imprint	Famitsu Bunko
Demographic	Male
Published	April 28, 2018
Original net animation
Katato the Animation
Released	May – June 2017
Episodes	4
Anime television series
Directed by	Susumu Kudo
Written by	Jin Tanaka
Music by	Takahiro Obata
Studio	TMS Entertainment
Licensed by	Sentai Filmworks
Original run	April 7, 2019 – July 7, 2019
Episodes	12

Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine (Japanese: 八月のシンデレラナイン, Hepburn: Hachigatsu no Shinderera Nain, "Cinderella Nine in August") is a free-to-play mobile video game for iOS and Android published by Akatsuki and Kadokawa. It was released in Japan on June 27, 2017. A four-panel comedy spin-off manga series by Bkub Okawa titled Hachi Nai Gaiden: Senryoku Gai! Katato-chan (ハチナイ外伝 戦力外！カタトちゃん) and a novelization titled Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine ～Before Summer～ (八月のシンデレラナイン ～before summer～) are being serialized on the game's official website. A 4-episode original net animation adaptation of the four-panel manga titled Katato the Animation (カタトTHEアニメーション) was streamed between May and June 2017, and an anime television series adaptation of the original game by TMS Entertainment aired from April 7 to July 7, 2019.

Characters

Tsubasa Arihara (有原 翼, Arihara Tsubasa)

Voiced by: Nozomi Nishida

Tsubasa is a spirited girl who founds the girls' baseball team and seeks to make friends and have them join. She is optimistic and hard to get down. In the anime, she primarily plays shortstop. She bats and throws right-handed.

Ryō Shinonome (東雲 龍, Shinonome Ryō)

Voiced by: Reina Kondō

An old rival of Tsubasa's. She aims to go pro and at first rejects the team for being largely inexperienced, claiming that Tsubasa is not taking the game seriously by playing with them instead of players of similar skill. In the anime, she primarily plays third base. She bats and throws right-handed.

Yūki Nozaki (野崎 夕姫, Nozaki Yūki)

Voiced by: Saki Minami

A tall, unsure girl who is at first hesitant to try team sports after turning out unsuccessful at basketball and feeling that she let her team down. Yuuki changes her mind and joins the baseball team after seeing how everyone is supportive and refuses to judge one another's failures. In the anime, she is a first baseman and relief pitcher. She bats and throws left-handed.

Tomoe Kawakita (河北 智恵, Kawakita Tomoe)

Voiced by: Honoka Inoue

Tsubasa's best friend, whom she calls Tomocchi. The sensible Tomoe plays the straight man to Tsubasa's less grounded antics. In the anime, she plays second base. She bats and throws right-handed.

Akane Ukita (宇喜多 茜, Ukita Akane)

Voiced by: Yumiri Hanamori

A shy girl who wears a cat-eared hooded jacket and speaks in the third person. Akane is untalented at baseball, but quickly improves as she tries her best. In the anime, she plays right field. She bats left-handed and throws right-handed.

Waka Suzuki (鈴木 和香, Suzuki Waka)

Voiced by: Yūbi Midorikawa

A tsundere girl who is talented at observation and baseball strategy, but must be convinced to actually play after being let down in childhood. Her supportive brother is part of a prestigious university baseball team. In the anime, she is the team's catcher. She bats and throws right-handed.

Ayaka Nakano (中野 綾香, Nakano Ayaka)

Voiced by: Yurika Takagi

A budding reporter who insists on writing stories for the school newspaper, despite the school not actually having one. Peppers "nya" into her speech; the official subtitles change this to cat puns. In the anime, she is the team's center fielder. She bats and throws left-handed.

Yoshimi Iwaki (岩城 良美, Iwaki Yoshimi)

Voiced by: Nanami Yamashita

An overdramatic, hot-blooded second-year from the cheerleading squad. She's noted for not being able to turn down a request. In the anime, she primarily plays left-field. She bats left-handed and throws right-handed.

Maiko Kurashiki (倉敷 舞子, Kurashiki Maiko)

Voiced by: Yurika Endō (game), Iori Saeki (anime)

A quiet second-year girl and Yūki's classmate in elementary school who excels in various sports like dodgeball. She often has run-ins with the police as she leaves her house at night to separate herself from her estranged parents. In the anime, she becomes the team's starting pitcher. She bats and throws right-handed.

Kana Tsukumo (九十九 伽奈, Tsukumo Kana)

Voiced by: Haruka Shiraishi

A member of the student council overseeing the athletic clubs. In the anime, she is the team's regular right-fielder. She bats and throws right-handed.

Maria Hase (初瀬 麻里安, Hase Maria)

Voiced by: Sarara Yashima

Aoi Asada (阿佐田 あおい, Asada Aoi)

Voiced by: Rika Tachibana

A second-year with little in the way of tact or personal space and a talent for detail. Aoi ends her sentences with the particle "no da" or "nano da." Extremely good at rock, paper, scissors. In the anime, she is a second/third baseman. She bats and throws right-handed.

Shiho Nōmi (能見 志保, Nōmi Shiho)

Voiced by: Mewhan

An anime-original character, she is the student council president.

Momoko Kakehashi (掛橋 桃子, Kakehashi Momoko)

Voiced by: Eriko Nakamura

A teacher at Satogahama High School and the team's adviser.

Media

Game

The mobile game published by Akatsuki and Kadokawa was released for iOS and Android on June 27, 2017. An animated trailer by A-1 Pictures was streamed prior to the game's publication on July 31, 2016. The game is free-to-play.

Manga

A four-panel comedy spin-off manga series by Bkub Okawa titled Hachi Nai Gaiden: Senryoku Gai! Katato-chan is being serialized on the game's official website alongside the novelization. As of November 5, 2019, seventy-two chapters of the manga have been released so far.

Novel

A novelization titled Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine ～Before Summer～ is also being serialized on the official website alongside the four-panel manga. Twelve chapters of the novel have been released so far.

Web animation

An original net animation adaptation of the four-panel manga titled Katato the Animation was streamed on the game's official website and YouTube channel between May and June 2017 with four short episodes. Mako Morino voiced the characters in the anime.

Anime

On July 30, 2018, the official Twitter account of the original game announced that an anime television series adaptation of the game would be produced. The staff and release date for the series were announced on October 25, 2018. The series is directed by Susumu Kudo and animated by TMS Entertainment, with Jin Tanaka writing the scripts and Takayuki Noguchi designing the characters. The cast reprised their roles from the game. It aired from April 7 to July 7, 2019 on TV Tokyo and other channels. The broadcast of episode 8 was delayed for 3 weeks, due to coverage of the 2019 French Open. Sentai Filmworks licensed the show on December 2019 for release across various regions including the Americas, Europe, and Oceania.

The opening theme is "Etude" (エチュード) performed by Mewhan, while the ending theme is a cover of Noriyuki Makihara's song "Donna Toki mo" (どんなときも), performed by Nozomi Nishida, Reina Kondō, Saki Minami, and Honoka Inoue under their respective character names. Crunchyroll streamed the series.

No.	Title	Original air date

External links

• Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia