Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine (“The Cinderella Nine of August”), a free-to-play “youth experience baseball” smart phone game published by Akatsuki and Kadokawa in which players take the role of the manager of a girls’ baseball team, is being adapted into an anime.
The game combines gacha-style random draw elements, baseball simulation, and light novel style elements as players attempt to build the perfect girls’ baseball team.
The original Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine is released for Android and iOS smart phones and uses a free-to-play model with in-app purchases.