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Baby Steps
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Baby Steps

ベイビーステップ
2014–20152 seasons50 episodes25 min★ 7.5 (22 votes)Rated PG
AnimationComedyNHK Educational TV

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.

Seasons

Season 1
Season 12014 · 25 episodes
Season 2
Season 22015 · 25 episodes

Cast

Taishi MurataTaishi MurataEiichiro Maruo (voice) · 50 ep.Minako KotobukiMinako KotobukiNatsu Takasaki (voice) · 50 ep.Daisuke NamikawaDaisuke NamikawaTakuma Egawa (voice) · 50 ep.Asami SetoAsami SetoHimeko Sasami (voice) · 50 ep.Hiro ShimonoHiro ShimonoYukichi Fukasawa (voice) · 50 ep.Taiten KusunokiTaiten KusunokiCoach Yusaku Miura (voice) · 50 ep.Takuma TerashimaTakuma TerashimaKojirou Kageyama (voice) · 50 ep.Tetsuya KakiharaTetsuya KakiharaTakuya Miyagawa (voice) · 50 ep.Chisa YuukiChisa YuukiYuuki Tajima (voice) · 50 ep.Kohsuke ToriumiKohsuke ToriumiCoach Ryuuhei Aoi (voice) · 50 ep.KENNKENNYoshiaki Ide (voice) · 50 ep.Yoshimasa HosoyaYoshimasa HosoyaSouji Ike (voice) · 50 ep.Shintaro AsanumaShintaro AsanumaHiromi Iwasa (voice) · 50 ep.Yoshiyuki ShimozumaYoshiyuki ShimozumaNariyuki Koshimizu (voice) · 50 ep.Kenyu HoriuchiKenyu HoriuchiMagure Mike (voice) · 50 ep.Takahiro SakuraiTakahiro SakuraiYuu Nabae (voice) · 50 ep.Hiroshi KamiyaHiroshi KamiyaAlex O' Brien (voice) · 25 ep.Megumi HanMegumi HanMarsha O'Brien (voice) · 25 ep.Natsuki HanaeNatsuki HanaeKrishna Rames (voice) · 25 ep.Kaori IshiharaKaori IshiharaShimizu Aki (voice) · 25 ep.Takuya EguchiTakuya EguchiAtsushi Taira (voice) · 25 ep.Akio KatoAkio KatoKevin Morland (voice) · 25 ep.Masakazu MoritaMasakazu MoritaSakuya Takagi (voice) · 25 ep.Tomoaki MaenoTomoaki MaenoRyou Oobayashi (voice) · 50 ep.Wataru HatanoWataru HatanoHiroshi Araya (voice) · 50 ep.Yuko KatoYuko KatoSanae Maruo (voice) · 50 ep.Yui KondoYui KondoMasumi Makihara · 25 ep.Yuumi KawashimaYuumi KawashimaCoach Morimoto · 25 ep.Arisa NishiguchiArisa NishiguchiHana Yokoyama · 25 ep.

Crew

Directing
Masahiko Murata (Series Director), Kiyoshi Murayama (Director), Masahiko Murata (Director), Maki Kodaira (Director), Yoshihiro Yanagiya (Director), Hiroshi Fukutomi (Director), Tomoyuki Kurokawa (Director), Yusuke Onoda (Director)
Production
Izumi Nakazawa (Producer), Keisuke Tsuchihashi (Production Supervisor)
Sound
Mao Abe (Theme Song Performance), Hajime Takakuwa (Sound Director), Akkin (Music Arranger), Yoichiro Yoshikawa (Music), Babyraids (Theme Song Performance), Kouhei Yamada (Music Producer), Shouta Horie (Music Arranger), Tanaka Jin (Music Arranger)
Art
Kunihiko Inaba (Art Direction), Hikaru Katsuki (Original Series Design), Yukihiro Matsushita (Storyboard Artist), Masahiko Murata (Storyboard Artist), Maki Kodaira (Storyboard Artist), Yoshihiro Yanagiya (Storyboard Artist), Toshinori Narita (Storyboard Artist), Hiroshi Fukutomi (Storyboard Artist)
Visual Effects
Ryoko Oka (Color Designer), Masayuki Kouda (Supervising Animation Director), Masayuki Kouda (Character Designer), Ai Mochida (Key Animation), Tomoko Hayashi (Key Animation), Masashi Nishikawa (Key Animation), Daisuke Tsumagari (Animation Director), Retsu Ohkawara (Animation Director)

Trailer

Known as

베이비 스텝 Korean · KR
Первые шаги Russian · RU
เบบี้ สเต็ป Thai · TH
网球优等生 Mandarin · CN
網球 Ace Mandarin · HK
Baby Steps ~網球優等生~ Mandarin · TW

Data: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB), Wikidata.