Nana Maru San Batsu

Nana Maru San Batsu (ナナマル サンバツ), called Fastest Finger First in English, is a Japanese manga series by Iqura Sugimoto. An anime television series adaptation by TMS Entertainment aired from July 4 to September 19, 2017.

Plot
The daily life of Shiki Koshiyama, as he joins the Quiz Bowl Circle club with his classmate Mari Fukami to partake in Quiz bowl matches during his freshman year in high school.

Characters

 * Shiki Koshiyama (越山 識)


 * Mari Fukami (深見 真理)


 * Gakuto Sasajima (笹島 学人)


 * Chisato Mikuriya (御来屋 千智)


 * Daisuke Inoue (井上 大将)


 * Jinko Sasajima (笹島 迅子)


 * Yōsuke Ashiya (芦屋 洋介)


 * Takumi Niina (新名 匠)


 * Kunimitsu Ōkura (大蔵 邦光)


 * Yuki Kōzuki (上月 由貴)


 * Chiaki Sonohara (苑原 千明)


 * Minoru Hanabusa (花房 ミノル)


 * Kotaro Tozuka (戸塚 光太郎)


 * Seiji Fukami (深見 誠司)


 * Wataru Maruyama (丸山 亘)


 * Ryōta Mukai (向井 亮太)


 * Toichirō Nakazawa (中澤 藤一郎)


 * Hajime Sasaki (佐々木 一)


 * Fumika Kenmochi (剣持 文伽)


 * Tamami Kogawa (古河 珠美)


 * Haruomi Konoe (近衛 春臣)


 * Masaru Shibata (柴田 勝)


 * Yoshikatsu Kuroda (黒田 良勝)


 * Sei Koshiyama

Manga
It was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Young Ace from 2010 to 2020. Twenty tankōbon volumes were published.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation is produced by TMS Entertainment with Masaki Ōzora directing, Yuuko Kakihara supervised the anime's scripts and Makoto Takahoko drew the character designs. It aired from July 4 to September 19, 2017, on Nippon TV's AnichU programming block. The opening theme is "On My MiND" by Mrs. Green Apple and the ending theme is "◯◯◯◯◯" by Baby Raids Japan. The series ran for 12 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the series.

Stage Play
The manga has inspired 2 live-action stage play adaptation which had run in May 2018, with a third play to run in January 2021.