A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Premiere:
April 6, 2014
# of Seasons: 2
# of Episodes: 50
Finale:
September 20, 2015
Original Title:
ベイビーステップ
Alternate Titles:
Baby Steps~网球优等生~
Beibî suteppu
网球ACE
Genres:
Animation | Comedy
Production Companies:
Pierrot
Countries:
JP
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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Art Direction:
Kunihiko Inaba
Character Designer:
Masayuki Kouda
Lyricist:
Mao Abe
Music:
Yochiro Yoshikawa
Music Arranger:
Tanaka Jin
Akkin
Music Producer:
Kouhei Yamada
Original Series Creator:
Hikaru Katsuki
Producer:
Izumi Nakazawa
Series Director:
Masahiko Murata
Sound Director:
Hajime Takakuwa
Theme Song Performance:
Mao Abe
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