Baby Steps

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Taishi Murata

Eiichiro Maruo (Main Character)

Age : 41 | Popularity : 4%

Minako Kotobuki

Natsu Takasaki (Main Character)

Age : 32 | Popularity : 12%

Daisuke Namikawa

Takuma Egawa

Age : 48 | Popularity : 12%

Asami Seto

Himeko Sasami

Age : 31 | Popularity : 23%

Hiro Shimono

Yukichi Fukasawa

Age : 44 | Popularity : 25%

Taiten Kusunoki

Coach Yusaku Miura

Age : 57 | Popularity : 7%

Takuma Terashima

Kojirou Kageyama

Age : 40 | Popularity : 11%

Tetsuya Kakihara

Takuya Miyagawa

Age : 41 | Popularity : 22%

Seasons

Season 1

2014 | 25 episodes

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.

Season details

Season 2

2015 | 25 episodes

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.

Season details

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Visual Effects	Character Designer	Masayuki Kouda
Sound	Music Arranger	Tanaka Jin Akkin
	Music Producer	Kouhei Yamada
	Sound Director	Hajime Takakuwa
	Music	Yochiro Yoshikawa
	Theme Song Performance	Mao Abe
Writing	Original Series Creator	Hikaru Katsuki
	Lyricist	Mao Abe
Art	Art Direction	Kunihiko Inaba
Production	Producer	Izumi Nakazawa
Directing	Series Director	Masahiko Murata
Department	Role	Name

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