Baby Steps
2014•PG•2 Seasons•50 Episodes•7.6•Ended
AnimationComedy
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.
Network
NHK Educational TV
Origin
JP
Cast
Taishi Murata
Eiichiro Maruo (voice)
Minako Kotobuki
Natsu Takasaki (voice)
Daisuke Namikawa
Takuma Egawa (voice)
Asami Seto
Himeko Sasami (voice)
Hiro Shimono
Yukichi Fukasawa (voice)
Taiten Kusunoki
Coach Yusaku Miura (voice)
Takuma Terashima
Kojirou Kageyama (voice)
Tetsuya Kakihara
Takuya Miyagawa (voice)
Chisa Yuuki
Yuuki Tajima (voice)
Kohsuke Toriumi
Coach Ryuuhei Aoi (voice)
KENN
Yoshiaki Ide (voice)
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Souji Ike (voice)
Shintaro Asanuma
Hiromi Iwasa (voice)
Yoshiyuki Shimozuma
Nariyuki Koshimizu (voice)
Kenyu Horiuchi
Magure Mike (voice)
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