

Baby Steps
2014-04-06 · 25 min / episode · ★ 7.5
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.
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- Production companies
- Pierrot, NHK, NHK Enterprises
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Ended
Top 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)
Hiroshi KamiyaAlex O' Brien (voice)
Megumi HanMarsha O'Brien (voice)
Natsuki HanaeKrishna Rames (voice)
Kaori IshiharaShimizu Aki (voice)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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