Baby Steps
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.
First aired
April 6, 2014
Status
Finished
Seasons
2
Episodes
50
Characters
Episodes
1. Tennis and Notes
2. Methodical and Unorganized
3. The Contest Is a Fight
4. Face of Conviction
5. A First Match Full of Surprises
6. Diamond in the Rough
7. Nine-Square and Reality
8. One Year and Twenty Notebooks
9. Diligence is My Style
Cast
Taishi Murata
Voice of Eiichirou Maruo
Minako Kotobuki
Voice of Natsu Takasaki
Daisuke Namikawa
Voice of Takuma Egawa
Asami Seto
Voice of Himeko Sasaki
Hiro Shimono
Voice of Yukichi Fukazawa
Takuma Terashima
Voice of Kojirou Kageyama
Tetsuya Kakihara
Voice of Takuya Miyagawa
Chisa Yuuki
Voice of Yuuki Tajima
Kohsuke Toriumi
Voice of Ryuuhei Aoi
Crew
Koichiro Kuroda
Director
Noriyuki Nomata
Director
Motohiro Abe
Director
Yoshinori Odaka
Director
Yoshito Hata
Director
Taisuke Mamori
Director
Norihiko Nagahama
Director
Sumito Sasaki
Director
Yusuke Onoda
Director
Hiromichi Matano
Director
Kumi Ichiguchi
Director
Kiyoshi Murayama
Director
Masayuki Kouda
Animation Director
Anna Yamaguchi
Animation Director
Toshiro Fujii
Animation Director
Shigenori Awai
Animation Director
Masayuki Fujita
Animation Director
Ryoichi Murata
Animation Director
Tetsuro Taira
Animation Director
Konomi Sato
Animation Director
Hye-Ran Shin
Animation Director
Michiko Yamamoto
Animation Director
Yukari Kobayashi
Animation Director
Toshiya Koike
Animation Director
Shiro Shibata
Animation Director
Zenjirou Ukulele
Animation Director
Keiko Yamamoto
Animation Director