Moshidora

Moshidora
Cover of novel featuring Minami Kawashima
もしドラ
Novel
Written byNatsumi Iwasaki
Illustrated byYukiusagi and Bamboo
Published byDiamondosha
PublishedDecember 4, 2009
Manga
Published byShueisha
Magazine
  • Super Jump
  • (2010–2011)
  • Grand Jump Premium
  • (2011–2012)
DemographicSeinen
Original runDecember 22, 2010September 26, 2012
Volumes3
Anime television series
Directed byTakayuki Hamana
Produced byAtsuko Kashiwagi
Kenji Saito
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Written byJunichi Fujisaku
Music byJun Sato
StudioProduction I.G
Original networkNHK
Original run 25 April 2011 6 May 2011
Episodes10 (List of episodes)
Live-action film

Moshi Kōkō Yakyū no Joshi Manager ga Drucker no "Management" o Yondara (もし高校野球の女子マネージャーがドラッカーの『マネジメント』を読んだら, What If the Female Manager of a High School Baseball Team Read Drucker's "Management"?[1]), or Moshidora (もしドラ), is a 2009 Japanese novel by Natsumi Iwasaki. It follows high school girl Minami Kawashima who manages her school's baseball team using Peter Drucker's Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices to rally her dispirited teammates. A 10-episode anime television series by Production I.G aired between April and May 2011. A live-action movie was released in Japan on June 4, 2011.

  1. ^ In this case, "Manager" is defined as "A student who is in charge of the equipment and records of a school or college team", not as "One who is in charge of the training and performance of an athlete or a team". (definition quoted from THE FREE DICTIONARY)