Baby Steps

Apr 06, 2014 (ja) Animation, Comedy [25] Min
  • First Air Date
    Apr 06, 2014
  • Production
    Pierrot, NHK, NHK Enterprises
  • Rotten tomato
    75%
  • Original title
    ベイビーステップ
  • Release
    Apr 06, 2014
  • ja
    -

Overview

Eiichirō Maruo (nicknamed "Ei-chan" for his grades being straight "A") is an honor student, bookworm, and is not interested in anything other than studying. In order to solve his problem of lacking physical strength, he enrolled a tennis school and soon found the fascinating side of tennis. Being a tennis newbie lacking physical strength, he supplement his shortcomings with his excellent observing and analyzing skills.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Izumi Nakazawa

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Taishi Murata

    Eiichiro Maruo (voice)

  2. Minako Kotobuki

    Natsu Takasaki (voice)

  3. Daisuke Namikawa

    Takuma Egawa (voice)

  4. Asami Seto

    Himeko Sasami (voice)

  5. Hiro Shimono

    Yukichi Fukasawa (voice)

  6. Taiten Kusunoki

    Coach Yusaku Miura (voice)

  7. Takuma Terashima

    Kojirou Kageyama (voice)

  8. Tetsuya Kakihara

    Takuya Miyagawa (voice)

  9. Chisa Yuuki

    Yuuki Tajima (voice)

  10. Kohsuke Toriumi

    Coach Ryuuhei Aoi (voice)

  11. KENN

    Yoshiaki Ide (voice)

  12. Yoshimasa Hosoya

    Souji Ike (voice)

  13. Shintaro Asanuma

    Hiromi Iwasa (voice)

  14. Yoshiyuki Shimozuma

    Nariyuki Koshimizu (voice)

  15. Kenyu Horiuchi

    Magure Mike (voice)

  16. Takahiro Sakurai

    Yuu Nabae (voice)

  17. Hiroshi Kamiya

    Alex O' Brien (voice)

  18. Megumi Han

    Marsha O'Brien (voice)

  19. Natsuki Hanae

    Krishna Rames (voice)

  20. Kaori Ishihara

    Shimizu Aki (voice)

  21. Takuya Eguchi

    Atsushi Taira (voice)

  22. Akio Kato

    Kevin Morland (voice)

  23. Masakazu Morita

    Sakuya Takagi (voice)

  24. Tomoaki Maeno

    Ryou Oobayashi (voice)

  25. Wataru Hatano

    Hiroshi Araya (voice)

  26. Yuko Kato

    Sanae Maruo (voice)

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 26 / Crews : 12

Season 1 ( 2014-04-06)

Eiichiro (15 years old), a high school student who was only interested in studying, wakes up to the depths of tennis at a tennis school he participated to resolve lack of exercise. Eiichiro, who was a complete amateur, made up for the physical disadvantages with his own observation and analysis skills and thorough wearing ball control. At the beginning, junior tennis players who weren't dealing with Eiichiro were inspired by his dedicated attitude and gradually changed their consciousness. A realistic sports anime that is a brain-smart character who aims to become a professional with a data-based strategy.

Tennis and Notes

Episode: 1

Methodical and Unorganized

Episode: 2

The Contest Is a Fight

Episode: 3

Face of Conviction

Episode: 4

A First Match Full of Surprises

Episode: 5

Diamond in the Rough

Episode: 6

Nine-Square and Reality

Episode: 7

One Year and Twenty Notebooks

Episode: 8

Diligence is My Style

Episode: 9

Unease on the Edge

Episode: 10

Risk and Possibility

Episode: 11

Improvement by Memory

Episode: 12

Art and Technique

Episode: 13

Putting the Pieces Together

Episode: 14

Plan to be Forceful

Episode: 15

Beast and Initiative

Episode: 16

Pro At My Age

Episode: 17

Determination and Presentation

Episode: 18

Resolve and Hell

Episode: 19

Meat Buns and Yakisoba

Episode: 20

Consistency and Change

Episode: 21

Fundamentals are the Weakness

Episode: 22

Reckless 100-Square

Episode: 23

Duty and Desire

Episode: 24

Eiichiro and Natsu

Episode: 25

Season 2 ( 2015-04-05)

The stage of the second series is the Florida Tennis Academy. There, rivals aiming for the top of the world competed every day to raise the world rank even one. How will Eiichiro overcome the world barrier by studying abroad for the first time in his life ... A hot and realistic story of the boys, depicting the behind-the-scenes behind-the-scenes tennis scene in an easy-to-understand manner.

The World and the Wall

Episode: 1

A Vicious Circle is Lucky

Episode: 2

Data for the Future

Episode: 3

Awakening to Simplicity

Episode: 4

Takuma's Decision

Episode: 5

First Encounter by Scouting

Episode: 6

Revenge at the Critical Moment

Episode: 7

The Speed of Evolution

Episode: 8

Baffled by Intuition

Episode: 9

Start With a Roar

Episode: 10

Choices and Explosive Power

Episode: 11

Full Force Toward Adversity

Episode: 12

Gathering of Rivals

Episode: 13

Moonlight and the Sound of Waves

Episode: 14

A Hero and Loud Cheers

Episode: 15

Whish, Then Fwoom

Episode: 16

Dramatic by Nature

Episode: 17

Visualize the Pressure

Episode: 18

A Rude First Meeting

Episode: 19

Psychological Warfare and Self-Control

Episode: 20

Good, Evil, and Rules

Episode: 21

Existence is the Driving Force

Episode: 22

Aggressive is Ideal

Episode: 23

Recklessness and Surprise

Episode: 24

Final Set

Episode: 25
Apr 06, 2014 (ja)
Animation, Comedy
[25] Min
  • First Air Date Apr 06, 2014
  • Production
    Pierrot, NHK, NHK Enterprises
  • Rotten tomato 75%
Original Title ベイビーステップ
ja

Overview

Eiichirō Maruo (nicknamed "Ei-chan" for his grades being straight "A") is an honor student, bookworm, and is not interested in anything other than studying. In order to solve his problem of lacking physical strength, he enrolled a tennis school and soon found the fascinating side of tennis. Being a tennis newbie lacking physical strength, he supplement his shortcomings with his excellent observing and analyzing skills.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Izumi Nakazawa

    Producer