Series · Comedy, Animation
Baby Steps (2014)
★ 7.5 · 22 votes2 seasons · 50 episodesComedy, Animation2014
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.
- Writers
- Hikaru Katsuki, Mao Abe, Katsuhiko Chiba
- Network
- NHK Educational TV
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- First aired
- April 6, 2014
- Status
- Ended
- Original title
- ベイビーステップ
Cast
Taishi MurataEiichiro Maruo (voice)
Minako KotobukiNatsu Takasaki (voice)
Daisuke NamikawaTakuma Egawa (voice)
Asami SetoHimeko Sasami (voice)
Hiro ShimonoYukichi Fukasawa (voice)
Taiten KusunokiCoach Yusaku Miura (voice)
Takuma TerashimaKojirou Kageyama (voice)
Tetsuya KakiharaTakuya Miyagawa (voice)
Chisa YuukiYuuki Tajima (voice)
Kohsuke ToriumiCoach Ryuuhei Aoi (voice)
KENNYoshiaki Ide (voice)
Yoshimasa HosoyaSouji Ike (voice)
Shintaro AsanumaHiromi Iwasa (voice)
Yoshiyuki ShimozumaNariyuki Koshimizu (voice)
Kenyu HoriuchiMagure Mike (voice)
Takahiro SakuraiYuu Nabae (voice)
Tomoaki MaenoRyou Oobayashi (voice)
Wataru HatanoHiroshi Araya (voice)
Yuko KatoSanae Maruo (voice)
Hiroshi KamiyaAlex O' Brien (voice)
Episodes
0/25 watched- Episode 1: Tennis and Notes25 min · Apr 6, 2014
- Episode 2: Methodical and Unorganized25 min · Apr 13, 2014
- Episode 3: The Contest Is a Fight25 min · Apr 20, 2014
- Episode 4: Face of Conviction25 min · Apr 27, 2014
- Episode 5: A First Match Full of Surprises25 min · May 4, 2014
- Episode 6: Diamond in the Rough25 min · May 11, 2014
- Episode 7: Nine-Square and Reality25 min · May 18, 2014
- Episode 8: One Year and Twenty Notebooks25 min · May 25, 2014
- Episode 9: Diligence is My Style25 min · Jun 1, 2014
- Episode 10: Unease on the Edge25 min · Jun 8, 2014
- Episode 11: Risk and Possibility25 min · Jun 15, 2014
- Episode 12: Improvement by Memory25 min · Jun 22, 2014
- Episode 13: Art and Technique25 min · Jun 29, 2014
- Episode 14: Putting the Pieces Together25 min · Jul 6, 2014
- Episode 15: Plan to be Forceful25 min · Jul 13, 2014
- Episode 16: Beast and Initiative25 min · Jul 20, 2014
- Episode 17: Pro At My Age25 min · Jul 27, 2014
- Episode 18: Determination and Presentation25 min · Aug 3, 2014
- Episode 19: Resolve and Hell25 min · Aug 10, 2014
- Episode 20: Meat Buns and Yakisoba25 min · Aug 17, 2014
- Episode 21: Consistency and Change25 min · Aug 24, 2014
- Episode 22: Fundamentals are the Weakness25 min · Aug 31, 2014
- Episode 23: Reckless 100-Square25 min · Sep 7, 2014
- Episode 24: Duty and Desire25 min · Sep 14, 2014
- Episode 25: Eiichiro and Natsu25 min · Sep 21, 2014
