Baby Steps

Baby Steps

2014 | 2 Seasons | Not rated
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....
Baby Steps

Storyline

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.
  • Genre
    Animation, Comedy
  • Type
    Scripted
  • Network
    NHK Educational TV
  • Status
    Ended
  • Runtime
    25m
  • First Aired
    6 April 2014
  • Last Aired
    20 September 2015
  • Seasons
    2
  • Episodes
    50
  • Language
    Japanese

Cast

Taishi Murata

Taishi Murata

Eiichiro Maruo (Main Character)
Minako Kotobuki

Minako Kotobuki

Natsu Takasaki (Main Character)
Daisuke Namikawa

Daisuke Namikawa

Takuma Egawa
Asami Seto

Asami Seto

Himeko Sasami
Hiro Shimono

Hiro Shimono

Yukichi Fukasawa
Taiten Kusunoki

Taiten Kusunoki

Coach Yusaku Miura
Takuma Terashima

Takuma Terashima

Kojirou Kageyama
Tetsuya Kakihara

Tetsuya Kakihara

Takuya Miyagawa
Chisa Yuuki

Chisa Yuuki

Yuuki Tajima
Kohsuke Toriumi

Kohsuke Toriumi

Coach Ryuuhei Aoi
KENN

KENN

Yoshiaki Ide
Yoshimasa Hosoya

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Souji Ike
Shintaro Asanuma

Shintaro Asanuma

Hiromi Iwasa
Yoshiyuki Shimozuma

Yoshiyuki Shimozuma

Nariyuki Koshimizu
Kenyu Horiuchi

Kenyu Horiuchi

Magure Mike
Takahiro Sakurai

Takahiro Sakurai

Yuu Nabae
Tomoaki Maeno

Tomoaki Maeno

Ryou Oobayashi
Wataru Hatano

Wataru Hatano

Hiroshi Araya
Yuko Kato

Yuko Kato

Sanae Maruo
Hiroshi Kamiya

Hiroshi Kamiya

Alex O' Brien
Megumi Han

Megumi Han

Marsha O'Brien
Natsuki Hanae

Natsuki Hanae

Krishna Rames
Kaori Ishihara

Kaori Ishihara

Shimizu Aki
Takuya Eguchi

Takuya Eguchi

Atsushi Taira
Akio Kato

Akio Kato

Kevin Morland
Masakazu Morita

Masakazu Morita

Sakuya Takagi
Yui Kondo

Yui Kondo

Masumi Makihara
Yuumi Kawashima

Yuumi Kawashima

Coach Morimoto
Arisa Nishiguchi

Arisa Nishiguchi

Hana Yokoyama

Crew

Kunihiko Inaba

Art Direction
Hikaru Katsuki

Hikaru Katsuki

Original Series Design

Yukihiro Matsushita

Storyboard Artist
Masahiko Murata

Masahiko Murata

Storyboard Artist

Maki Odaira

Storyboard Artist

Hiroshi Fukutomi

Storyboard Artist

Yoshihiro Yanagiya

Storyboard Artist

Toshinori Narita

Storyboard Artist

Akihiro Enomoto

Storyboard Artist

Ho Pyeon-gang

Storyboard Artist

Kazuya Komai

Storyboard Artist

Tomoyuki Kurokawa

Storyboard Artist

Masaaki Kumagai

Storyboard Artist

Shunsuke Ishikawa

Storyboard Artist

Noriyuki Nakamura

Storyboard Artist

Shin'ichi Masaki

Storyboard Artist

Hiroshi Kimura

Storyboard Artist
Masahiko Murata

Masahiko Murata

Director

Maki Odaira

Director

Yasushi Murayama

Director

Yasushi Murayma

Director

Hiroshi Fukutomi

Director

Tomoyuki Kurokawa

Director

Yoshihiro Yanagiya

Director

Masaaki Kumagai

Director

Kiyoshi Murayama

Director

Yusuke Onoda

Director

Kumi Ichiguchi

Director

Hiromichi Matano

Director

Ho Pyeon-gang

Director
Yoshinori Odaka

Yoshinori Odaka

Director

Taisuke Mamori

Director

Yoshito Hata

Director

Noriyuki Nomata

Director

Sumito Sasaki

Director

Norihiko Nagahama

Director

Koichiro Kuroda

Director

Motohiro Abe

Director

Shin'ichi Masaki

Director

Izumi Nakazawa

Producer

Hajime Takakuwa

Sound Director
Yochiro Yoshikawa

Yochiro Yoshikawa

Music

Mao Abe

Theme Song Performance
Akkin

Akkin

Music Arranger

Kouhei Yamada

Music Producer

Tanaka Jin

Music Arranger
Babyraids

Babyraids

Theme Song Performance
Shouta Horie

Shouta Horie

Music Arranger

Masayuki Kouda

Character Designer

Daisuke Tsumagari

Key Animation

Ai Mochida

Key Animation

Chiyuki Tanaka

Key Animation

Masashi Nishikawa

Key Animation

Tomoko Hayashi

Key Animation

Anna Yamaguchi

Key Animation

Retsu Ohkawara

Animation Director

Tadayoshi Okimura

Animation Director

Toshiro Fujii

Animation Director

Shigeki Awai

Key Animation

Hiroaki Kawaguchi

Key Animation

Takayoshi Hayashi

Key Animation

Koji Kataoka

Key Animation

Katsutoshi Kobayashi

Key Animation

Taiichiro Kohara

Key Animation

Akira Ono

Key Animation

Shinya Kameyama

Key Animation

Shiori Nakasone

Key Animation

Toshifumi Kusunose

Key Animation

Fumiko Kon

Key Animation

Kazunori Ota

Key Animation

Noboru Okada

Key Animation

Mika Okubo

Key Animation

Masumi Koketsu

Key Animation

Rika Kanetaka

Key Animation

Rie Nakanishi

Key Animation

Masayuki Fujita

Animation Director

Takayuki Gotan

Supervising Animation Director

Kururu Shiozawa

Key Animation

Yukie Murata

Key Animation

Shinpei Koikawa

Key Animation

Masaru Hamada

Key Animation

Kumiko Katou

Key Animation

Kaori Nakamura

Key Animation

Nobutaka Masuda

Key Animation

Shoko Yasuda

Key Animation

Toshihiko Masuda

Key Animation

Makoto Shimojima

Animation Director

Hideo Maru

Key Animation

Rinako Nishihara

Key Animation

Seiko Asai

Key Animation

Noriaki Kobayashi

Key Animation

Hiroyuki Hojo

Key Animation

Masumi Hattori

Key Animation

Ryoichi Murata

Key Animation

Takashi Tanazawa

Key Animation

Yoshiyuki Kikuchi

Key Animation

Kenta Taniguchi

Key Animation

Masahiro Neriki

Key Animation

Tsuyoshi Yoshinaga

Key Animation

Yasunori Aoki

Key Animation

Masatsugu Takeda

Key Animation

Ayumi Tsukamoto

Key Animation

Yoshimi Imagawa

Key Animation

Yuri Kajiwara

Key Animation

Shiori Kobayashi

Key Animation

Yumiko Kinoshita

Key Animation

Asami Mitsui

Key Animation

Juuji Mizumura

Key Animation

Tadashi Fukuda

Key Animation

Hideo Amemiya

Key Animation

Yoshinobu Aohachi

Key Animation

Tetsuro Taira

Key Animation

Hideyuki Sugiura

Key Animation

Arisa Kajiyama

Key Animation

Konomi Sato

Animation Director

Tomoko Isobe

Key Animation

Takanori Suzuki

Key Animation

Takashi Otsuka

Key Animation

Kyohei Oyabu

Key Animation

Masaharu Tada

Key Animation

Isamu Utsuki

Key Animation

Keiko Yamamoto

Animation Director

Akira Watanabe

Key Animation

Chuji Nakajima

Animation Director

Tatsuhiro Nagaki

Key Animation

Shota Tsukiyama

Key Animation

Takahiro Ninagawa

Key Animation

Mai Toda

Animation Director

Zenjirou Ukulele

Animation Director

Ai Yamazaki

Animation Director

Kazuo Iimura

Key Animation

Miyuki Inoue

Key Animation

Maki Odaira

Key Animation

Hiromi Okazaki

Animation Director

Haru Watanabe

Key Animation

Shigenori Taniguchi

Key Animation

Yuichi Endo

Key Animation

Saburou Masutani

Key Animation

Taizo Yoshida

Key Animation

Masaharu Watanabe

Key Animation

Koji Furuya

Key Animation

Akihiko Oka

Key Animation

Keita Watabe

Key Animation

Qiu Mingzhe

Key Animation

Masahito Wada

Key Animation

Kaori Takahashi

Key Animation

Yukari Kobayashi

Key Animation

Tadashi Matsuzaki

Key Animation

Yoko Iizuka

Key Animation

Toshiya Koike

Animation Director

Michiko Yamamoto

Animation Director

Toru Iino

Key Animation

Sumio Watanabe

Key Animation

Yoshihiro Maeda

Key Animation

Takanori Saito

Key Animation

Rikumi Sasahara

Key Animation

Junji Uesugi

Key Animation

Akio Kitahara

Key Animation

Atsushi Kasano

Key Animation

Yuya Kishi

Key Animation

Hye-Ran Shin

Animation Director

Itaru Yawata

Key Animation

Saya Endo

Key Animation

Tamotsu Ogawa

Key Animation

Motonori Nishibe

Key Animation

Kosei Takahashi

Key Animation

Atsuko Sugawara

Key Animation

Shiro Shibata

Animation Director

Yuki Masuda

Key Animation

Chinami Sekine

Key Animation

Yumehito Yamaguchi

Key Animation

Yoshihiro Sugai

Key Animation

Eiichi Tokura

Animation Director

Hideaki Shimada

Animation Director

Kazuaki Gotan

Supervising Animation Director

Harumi Tsunoda

Key Animation

Hajime Ueto

Key Animation

Tomomi Ito

Key Animation

Junko Nonaka

Key Animation

Yuichiro Miyake

Key Animation

Haruka Suzuki

Key Animation

Momoko Nagakawa

Key Animation

Ryuji Tsuzuku

Key Animation

Ryo Suzuki

Key Animation

Sachiyo Matsubayashi

Key Animation

Motoki Kurihara

Key Animation

Ryo Takahashi

Key Animation

Hajime Nakagawa

Key Animation

Yuu Yamazaki

Key Animation

Koji Kikukawa

Key Animation

Hiroyuki Itai

Key Animation

Haruo Miyagawa

Key Animation

Yoshitaka Sato

Key Animation

Rie Arakawa

Key Animation

Akira Takeuchi

Key Animation

Masato Okada

Key Animation

Hiroshi Tanabe

Key Animation

Yuki Bessho

Key Animation

Yukie Kawakami

Key Animation

Maki Ando

Key Animation

Yuta Masagaki

Key Animation

Hong Beom-seok

Key Animation

Kazunori Shibata

Key Animation

Atsushi Shibata

Key Animation

Shinichi Wada

Key Animation

Tamako Miyanishi

Key Animation

Teruyo Kato

Key Animation
Michiyo Hirabayashi

Michiyo Hirabayashi

Key Animation

Hanako Mitsubachi

Key Animation

Ayataka Tanemura

Key Animation

Mikihiko Ando

Key Animation

Hiroki Saito

Key Animation

Kazuyuki Ikai

Key Animation

Takeshi Moriide

Key Animation

Kimiharu Obata

Key Animation

Kohei Ashiya

Key Animation

Seren Fujii

Key Animation

Koichi Hayami

Key Animation

Maasa Kimura

Key Animation

Yoshiki Mizuno

Key Animation

Yuka Koichi

Key Animation

Kazuyuki Matsubara

Key Animation

Youichi Shimizu

Key Animation

Yoshiyuki Tomita

Key Animation

Yui Ushinohama

Key Animation

Kanari Yamada

Key Animation

Keiko Fukumoto

Key Animation

Kenji Kajiwara

Key Animation

Kuniko Yano

Key Animation

Naoki Takahashi

Key Animation

Aimi Yagi

Key Animation

Yoko Suzuki

Key Animation

Natsuko Suzuki

Animation Director

Ryo Kodama

Key Animation

Yoshiaki Matsuda

Key Animation

Asuka Mamezuka

Key Animation

Seren Ogura

Key Animation

Hirotaka Ozawa

Key Animation

Koji Yabuno

Key Animation

Takashi Kikugawa

Key Animation

Mao Kawaguchi

Key Animation

Yusuke Kawakami

Key Animation

Kenichirou Ogata

Key Animation

Yo Abe

Key Animation

Masako Onozawa

Key Animation

Hisashi Eguchi

Key Animation

Makiko Fujiwara

Key Animation

Hiroshi Maejima

Key Animation

Mitsuhiro Okumura

Key Animation

Naoyuki Kanno

Animation Director

Kazuya Saito

Animation Director

Kumiko Kakoi

Key Animation

Shigemi Aoyagi

Key Animation

Yuri Kotake

Key Animation

Emiko Kataoka

Key Animation

Tadakatsu Yoshida

Key Animation
Naoyuki Asano

Naoyuki Asano

Key Animation

Rikumi Sasahara

Key Animation

Sadatoshi Matsuzaka

Key Animation

Asuka Hayashi

Key Animation

Tomonori Mine

Key Animation

Wako Gotan

Key Animation

Kyosuke Matsui

Key Animation

Miyako Tsuji

Key Animation

Aya Nagumo

Key Animation

Hiroki Abe

Animation Director

Takenori Tsukuma

Key Animation

Emi Asami

Key Animation

Shogo Nishi

Key Animation

Masaaki Kudo

Key Animation

Eri Kamiyama

Key Animation

Kenji Hattori

Animation Director

Kaoru Nagakawa

Key Animation

Miho Kawasaki

Animation Director

Masahiro Furihata

Key Animation

Takao Ozone

Key Animation

Nozomi Nagatomo

Key Animation

Hajime Yoshida

Animation Director

Kumiko Kasuga

Key Animation

Tsuguyuki Kubo

Key Animation

Itaru Saito

Key Animation

Koki Sugawara

Key Animation

Naoto Yoshida

Key Animation

Mao Abe

Lyricist
Hikaru Katsuki

Hikaru Katsuki

Original Series Creator
Katsuhiko Chiba

Katsuhiko Chiba

Writer
Shouta Horie

Shouta Horie

Lyricist

Junki Takegami

Writer

Shin Yoshida

Writer
Natsuko Takahashi

Natsuko Takahashi

Writer