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
- Apr 6, 2014
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- NHK Educational TV
- Episodes
- 50
- Country
- JP
Watch Baby Steps
S1 E1: Tennis and Notes
S1 E1 Tennis and Notes
Apr 6, 2014Maruo Eiichiro is an honor student in his first year of high school. He's a very methodical person who keeps two sets of notes for class and focuses entirely on his studies. One day, Eiichiro decides to participate in a free trial at South Tennis Club (STC) because he needs some exercise. There, he meets school idol and sweetheart Takasaki Natsu. Eiichiro has taken his first step into the world of tennis
- 1Tennis and Notes
- 2Methodical and Unorganized
- 3The Contest Is a Fight
- 4Face of Conviction
- 5A First Match Full of Surprises
- 6Diamond in the Rough
- 7Nine-Square and Reality
- 8One Year and Twenty Notebooks
- 9Diligence is My Style
- 10Unease on the Edge
- 11Risk and Possibility
- 12Improvement by Memory
- 13Art and Technique
- 14Putting the Pieces Together
- 15Plan to be Forceful
- 16Beast and Initiative
- 17Pro At My Age
- 18Determination and Presentation
- 19Resolve and Hell
- 20Meat Buns and Yakisoba
- 21Consistency and Change
- 22Fundamentals are the Weakness
- 23Reckless 100-Square
- 24Duty and Desire
- 25Eiichiro and Natsu
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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