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TV series

Baby Steps

Original title: ベイビーステップ

2014 · Ended

Overview

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.

Cast

29

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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)

Full cast · 29

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)

Megumi HanMarsha O'Brien (voice)

Natsuki HanaeKrishna Rames (voice)

Kaori IshiharaShimizu Aki (voice)

Takuya EguchiAtsushi Taira (voice)

Akio KatoKevin Morland (voice)

Masakazu MoritaSakuya Takagi (voice)

Yui KondoMasumi Makihara

Yuumi KawashimaCoach Morimoto

Arisa NishiguchiHana Yokoyama

TMDB ID: 60844 ↗
First aired: 2014-04-06
Last aired: 2015-09-20
Status: Ended
Episode runtime: 25 min
Genres: Animation, Comedy
Creators: Unknown
Countries: JP
Languages: Japanese

Ratings

TMDB audience7.5/1022 votes

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Age ratings

—Not rated in Switzerland (CH)

—Not rated in Spain (ES)

—Not rated in France (FR)

—Not rated in United States of America (US)

—Not rated in United Kingdom (GB)

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All regional certifications (2)

PGAustralia (AU)

Parental guidance is recommended for young viewers; PG-rated content may air at any time on digital-only channels, otherwise, it should only be broadcast between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and between 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weekdays, and between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on weekends.

12Poland (PL)

May contain some foul language, some violence, and some sexual content.

Seasons

Season 125 episodes

Season 225 episodes

Crew

Directing20

Writing7

Mao AbeLyricist Hikaru KatsukiOriginal Series Creator Katsuhiko ChibaWriter Shouta HorieLyricist Junki TakegamiWriter Shin YoshidaWriter Natsuko TakahashiWriter

Production2

Izumi NakazawaProducer Keisuke TsuchihashiProduction Supervisor

Art17

Kunihiko InabaArt Direction Hikaru KatsukiOriginal Series Design Yukihiro MatsushitaStoryboard Artist Masahiko MurataStoryboard Artist Maki KodairaStoryboard Artist Hiroshi FukutomiStoryboard Artist Yoshihiro YanagiyaStoryboard Artist Toshinori NaritaStoryboard Artist Heo Pyoung-kangStoryboard Artist Tomoyuki KurokawaStoryboard Artist Akihiro EnomotoStoryboard Artist Kazuya KomaiStoryboard Artist Masaaki KumagaiStoryboard Artist Noriyuki NakamuraStoryboard Artist Shin'ichi MasakiStoryboard Artist Hiroshi KimuraStoryboard Artist Shunsuke IshikawaStoryboard Artist

Sound8

AkkinMusic Arranger Yoichiro YoshikawaMusic Hajime TakakuwaSound Director Mao AbeTheme Song Performance Tanaka JinMusic Arranger Shouta HorieMusic Arranger Kouhei YamadaMusic Producer BabyraidsTheme Song Performance

Visual effects237

Masayuki KoudaCharacter Designer, Supervising Animation Director, Key Animation, Animation Director Ryoko OkaColor Designer Daisuke TsumagariKey Animation, Animation Director Ai MochidaKey Animation Retsu OhkawaraAnimation Director, Key Animation Anna YamaguchiAnimation Director, Key Animation Tomoko HayashiKey Animation Masashi NishikawaKey Animation Chiyuki TanakaAnimation Director, Key Animation Tadayoshi OkimuraKey Animation, Animation Director Toshiro FujiiAnimation Director, Key Animation Shigeki AwaiKey Animation, Animation Director Hiroaki KawaguchiAnimation Director, Key Animation Takayoshi HayashiAnimation Director, Key Animation Koji KataokaKey Animation Taichiro KoharaKey Animation Toshifumi KusunoseKey Animation Akira OnoKey Animation Shinya KameyamaKey Animation Katsutoshi KobayashiKey Animation Shiori NakasoneKey Animation Rika KanetakaKey Animation Takayuki GotanKey Animation, Supervising Animation Director Rie NakanishiKey Animation Masayuki FujitaAnimation Director Masumi KoketsuKey Animation Mika OkuboKey Animation Kazunori OtaKey Animation Noboru OkadaKey Animation Fumiko KonKey Animation Masumi HattoriAnimation Director, Key Animation Shinpei KoikawaAnimation Director, Key Animation Noriaki KobayashiKey Animation Masaru HamadaKey Animation Toshihiko MasudaKey Animation Shoko YasudaKey Animation Kaori NakamuraKey Animation Makoto ShimojimaKey Animation, Animation Director Seiko AsaiKey Animation Rinako NishiharaKey Animation Hiroyuki HojoKey Animation Kumiko KatouKey Animation Kururu ShiozawaKey Animation Hideo MaruKey Animation Nobutaka MasudaKey Animation Yukie MurataKey Animation Tadashi FukudaKey Animation Yoshimi ImagawaKey Animation Shiori KobayashiKey Animation Juuji MizumuraKey Animation Hideyuki SugiuraKey Animation Ryoichi MurataKey Animation, Animation Director Yumiko KinoshitaKey Animation Asami MitsuiKey Animation Ayumi TsukamotoKey Animation Takashi TanazawaKey Animation Masahiro NerikiKey Animation Yasunori AokiKey Animation 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