Baby Steps (2014)

AnimationComedy

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 Air Date: April 6, 2014
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 50
Rating: 7.5/10 (22 votes)

Cast: Taishi Murata, Minako Kotobuki, Daisuke Namikawa, Asami Seto, Hiro Shimono, Taiten Kusunoki, Takuma Terashima, Tetsuya Kakihara

Network: NHK Educational TV

Production: Pierrot, NHK, NHK Enterprises

tennis sports anime

Seasons

Season 1

25 episodes

2014

Season 2

25 episodes

2015

Full Cast (26 people)

Taishi Murata as Eiichiro Maruo (voice)
Minako Kotobuki as Natsu Takasaki (voice)
Daisuke Namikawa as Takuma Egawa (voice)
Asami Seto as Himeko Sasami (voice)
Hiro Shimono as Yukichi Fukasawa (voice)
Taiten Kusunoki as Coach Yusaku Miura (voice)
Takuma Terashima as Kojirou Kageyama (voice)
Tetsuya Kakihara as Takuya Miyagawa (voice)
Chisa Yuuki as Yuuki Tajima (voice)
Kohsuke Toriumi as Coach Ryuuhei Aoi (voice)
KENN as Yoshiaki Ide (voice)
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Souji Ike (voice)
Shintaro Asanuma as Hiromi Iwasa (voice)
Yoshiyuki Shimozuma as Nariyuki Koshimizu (voice)
Kenyu Horiuchi as Magure Mike (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai as Yuu Nabae (voice)
Hiroshi Kamiya as Alex O' Brien (voice)
Megumi Han as Marsha O'Brien (voice)
Natsuki Hanae as Krishna Rames (voice)
Kaori Ishihara as Shimizu Aki (voice)
Takuya Eguchi as Atsushi Taira (voice)
Akio Kato as Kevin Morland (voice)
Masakazu Morita as Sakuya Takagi (voice)
Tomoaki Maeno as Ryou Oobayashi (voice)
Wataru Hatano as Hiroshi Araya (voice)
Yuko Kato as Sanae Maruo (voice)

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Baby Steps

Baby Steps

Baby Steps

Baby Steps

Baby Steps

25 min

2 seasons

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.

25 min

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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Networks & Studios

Networks

NHK Educational TV

Production Companies

NHK Enterprises

Show Information

StatusEnded

TypeScripted

First Aired4/6/2014

Last Aired9/20/2015

Seasons2

Episodes50

LanguageJapanese

CountryJapan

Creators & Crew

Produced by

2

Seasons

50

Episodes

25m

Per Episode

2014

First Aired

Keywords

tennis sports anime

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Languages

External Links

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Cast

TM

Taishi Murata

as Eiichiro Maruo (voice)

MK

Minako Kotobuki

as Natsu Takasaki (voice)

DN

Daisuke Namikawa

as Takuma Egawa (voice)

AS

Asami Seto

as Himeko Sasami (voice)

HS

Hiro Shimono

as Yukichi Fukasawa (voice)

TK

Taiten Kusunoki

as Coach Yusaku Miura (voice)

TT

Takuma Terashima

as Kojirou Kageyama (voice)

TK

Tetsuya Kakihara

as Takuya Miyagawa (voice)

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Seasons

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2015

25 episodes

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Season 1

2014

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Baby Steps about?▾

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 ph…

How many seasons does Baby Steps have?▾

2

How many episodes does Baby Steps have?▾

50

Is Baby Steps still running?▾

No, it ended in 2015.

When did Baby Steps first air?▾

April 6, 2014

Who stars in Baby Steps?▾

Taishi Murata, Minako Kotobuki, Daisuke Namikawa

What genre is Baby Steps?▾

Animation, Comedy