Baby Steps

TV Show

2014-2015

25m

NHK Educational TV

2 Seasons

50 Episodes

Episode Guide

Japanese

Comedy, Drama, Anime, Sports

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7.6

Baby Steps

TV Show

2014-2015

25m

Japanese

NHK Educational TV

Comedy, Drama, Anime, Sports

2 Seasons

50 Episodes

Episode Guide

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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Final Set

Season 2 Episode 25

September 20th 2015

Recklessness and Surprise

Season 2 Episode 24

September 13th 2015

Aggressive is Ideal

Season 2 Episode 23

September 6th 2015

Existence is the Driving Force

Season 2 Episode 22

August 30th 2015

Good, Evil, and Rules

Season 2 Episode 21

August 23rd 2015

Psychological Warfare and Self-Control

Season 2 Episode 20

August 16th 2015

A Rude First Meeting

Season 2 Episode 19

August 9th 2015

Visualize the Pressure

Season 2 Episode 18

August 2nd 2015

Dramatic by Nature

Season 2 Episode 17

July 26th 2015

Whish, Then Fwoom

Season 2 Episode 16

July 19th 2015

Cast

Full Cast & Crew

Taishi Murata

Eiichiro Maruo (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)

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Souji Ike (voice)

Yoshiyuki Shimozuma

Nariyuki Koshimizu (voice)

Kenyu Horiuchi

Magure Mike (voice)

Takahiro Sakurai

Yuu Nabae (voice)

Hiroshi Kamiya

Alex O' Brien (voice)

Megumi Han

Marsha O'Brien (voice)

Natsuki Hanae

Krishna Rames (voice)

Kaori Ishihara

Shimizu Aki (voice)

Takuya Eguchi

Atsushi Taira (voice)

Akio Kato

Kevin Morland (voice)

Masakazu Morita

Sakuya Takagi (voice)

Tomoaki Maeno

Ryou Oobayashi (voice)

Wataru Hatano

Hiroshi Araya (voice)

Yuko Kato

Sanae Maruo (voice)

Yui Kondo

Masumi Makihara

Yuumi Kawashima

Coach Morimoto

Directed By: Kiyoshi Murayama (10 Episodes), Masahiko Murata (6 Episodes), + 17 more

Written By: Katsuhiko Chiba (31 Episodes), Junki Takegami (9 Episodes), + 2 more

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sp1ti says...

10 years ago

If I had to guess the show's title comes from the romance aspect of the show then the progression of the main character's tennis skills is rather quick (there are hints of asperger's which can be an explanation). While I found most of it not to be very engaging due to the wrap around being a cliché and kid friendly romance there have been some intense tennis matches to enjoy. A second season has been greenlit and is coming next year. If you're into tennis it's well worth checking out.

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fallen_knight says...

11 years ago

one of the better anime... knight's of sedonia and Baby steps are the only ones I'm following this season. I personally play n love tennis and I like how they've introduced the methodological way he learns tennis by taking notes. it's a unique idea... I've also read the manga so I can assure to those who've seen only a few episodes that the story evolves well and is worth a watch... my rating story : enough to keep me wAtching with a balance of tennis action n romance - 8/10 animation - average. it's difficult to animate high speed sports like tennis.. still it couldn'VE been better - 6/10 music - the background music is decent and suits the anime and feels comfortable. no problem on that end. - 8/10 Looking at the anime this season I'd recommend baby steps. Try it out!

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AlexanderZ says...

9 years ago

Well Directed. Follows the manga very well. It is a good thing that there is no super powers involved but real tennis skills. It give good information about the game and you get involved emotionally with the battles.

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