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Series — 2014

Baby Steps (2014)

7.50h 25mAnimation — Comedy

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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Taishi Murata as Eiichiro Maruo (voice)

Taishi Murata

Eiichiro Maruo (voice)

Minako Kotobuki as Natsu Takasaki (voice)

Minako Kotobuki

Natsu Takasaki (voice)

Daisuke Namikawa as Takuma Egawa (voice)

Daisuke Namikawa

Takuma Egawa (voice)

Asami Seto as Himeko Sasami (voice)

Asami Seto

Himeko Sasami (voice)

Hiro Shimono as Yukichi Fukasawa (voice)

Hiro Shimono

Yukichi Fukasawa (voice)

Taiten Kusunoki as Coach Yusaku Miura (voice)

Taiten Kusunoki

Coach Yusaku Miura (voice)

Takuma Terashima as Kojirou Kageyama (voice)

Takuma Terashima

Kojirou Kageyama (voice)

Tetsuya Kakihara as Takuya Miyagawa (voice)

Tetsuya Kakihara

Takuya Miyagawa (voice)

Chisa Yuuki as Yuuki Tajima (voice)

Chisa Yuuki

Yuuki Tajima (voice)

Kohsuke Toriumi as Coach Ryuuhei Aoi (voice)

Kohsuke Toriumi

Coach Ryuuhei Aoi (voice)

KENN as Yoshiaki Ide (voice)

KENN

Yoshiaki Ide (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya as Souji Ike (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Souji Ike (voice)

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