Baby Steps - Season 1
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.
Year: 2015
Country: Japan
Studio: NHK Educational TV
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Cast: Taishi Murata, Minako Kotobuki, Daisuke Namikawa, Asami Seto, Hiro Shimono, Taiten Kusunoki
Crew: Tanaka Jin (Music Arranger), Masayuki Kouda (Character Designer), Kouhei Yamada (Music Producer), Kunihiko Inaba (Art Direction), Izumi Nakazawa (Producer), Hikaru Katsuki (Original Series Creator)
First Air Date: Apr 06, 2014
Last Air date: Sep 20, 2015
Season: 2 Season
Episode: 50 Episode
Runtime: 25 minutes
IMDb: 7.60/10 by 13.00 users
Popularity: 42.247
Language: Japanese
Episode
Tennis and Notes
Methodical and Unorganized
The Contest Is a Fight
Face of Conviction
A First Match Full of Surprises
Diamond in the Rough
Nine-Square and Reality
One Year and Twenty Notebooks
Diligence is My Style
Unease on the Edge
Risk and Possibility
Improvement by Memory
Art and Technique
Putting the Pieces Together
Plan to be Forceful
Beast and Initiative
Pro At My Age
Determination and Presentation
Resolve and Hell
Meat Buns and Yakisoba
Consistency and Change
Fundamentals are the Weakness
Reckless 100-Square
Duty and Desire
Eiichiro and Natsu