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Baby Steps

2014 2 seasons · 50 eps Japanese

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Taishi Murata
Eiichiro Maruo (voice)
Minako Kotobuki
Natsu Takasaki (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)

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2 seasons · 50 episodes total · ~25 per season.

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CRAFT

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Roughly 21 hours end-to-end — 3 full workdays of television.

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ERA

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Aired from 2014 to 2015 — a 1-year run.

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TMDB status: "Ended".

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WORLD

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Show type: Scripted.

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CAST

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26 series regulars — a large ensemble that can carry branching arcs.

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Airs on NHK Educational TV.

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The technical file

Seasons: 2
Total episodes: 50
Avg episode length: 25 min
Premiered: 2014-04-06
Last aired: 2015-09-20
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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