Baby Steps

Synopsis

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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Streaming on

• NHK Educational TV↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  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)
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  Taiten Kusunoki
  as Coach Yusaku Miura (voice)

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