Baby Steps / ベイビーステップ
Diligent and methodical honor student Eiichirou Maruo decides to exercise more during the little free time he has available because he is worried about his health. For this reason, after seeing a flyer, he joins the Southern Tennis Club at the beginning of his freshman year. During his free trial at the club, he meets Natsu Takasaki, another first year student, who is determined on becoming a professional tennis player due to her love for the sport. In contrast, Eiichirou's study-oriented life exists because he believes that it is what he has to do, not because he enjoys it. However, his monotonous days come to an end as the more he plays tennis, the more he becomes fascinated by it. Baby Steps is the story of a boy who makes the most of his hard-working and perfectionist nature to develop his own unique playing style. Little by little, Eiichirou's skills begin to improve, and he hopes to stand on equal footing with tennis' best players. ...
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Genre : Sports
Seasons : spring
Type : TV
Eposide : 25
Status : Finished Airing
Studio : Studio Pierrot
duration : 24 min per ep
Rating : PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Popularity : 1604
Member : 165133
staff
Murata, Masahiko
Director
Takakuwa, Hajime
Sound Director
Heo, Pyeonggang
Episode Director
Kodaira, Maki
Episode Director
Kuroda, Kouichirou
Episode Director
Matano, Hiromichi
Episode Director
Murayama, Kiyoshi
Episode Director
Sasaki, Sumito
Episode Director
Yanagiya, Yoshihiro
Episode Director
Chiba, Katsuhiko
Script
Takahashi, Natsuko
Script
Takegami, Junki
Script
Enomoto, Akihiro
Storyboard
Komai, Kazuya
Storyboard
Matsushita, Yukihiro
Storyboard
Nakamura, Noriyuki
Storyboard
Narita, Toshinori
Storyboard
Abe, Mao
Theme Song Performance
Horie, Shouta
Theme Song Lyrics
Akutsu, Tetsuya
In-Between Animation
Bessho, Yuuki
Key Animation
Eguchi, Hisashi
Key Animation
Fujii, Toshirou
Key Animation
Fujita, Masayuki
Animation Director
Inaba, Kunihiko
Art Director
Katsuki, Hikaru
Original Creator
Kazumi, Yokoo
Director of Photography
Kobayashi, Yukari
Animation Director
Koikawa, Shinpei
Animation Director
Kouda, Masayuki
Character Design
Masuda, Toshihiko
Key Animation
Morita, Seiji
Editing
Nishikawa, Masashi
Key Animation
Ogawa, Tamotsu
Key Animation
Oka, Ryouko
Color Design
Okimura, Tadayoshi
Key Animation
Ookawara, Isao
Animation Director
Shibuichi, Setsuko
Key Animation
Shimada, Hideaki
Animation Director
Tanaka, Chiyuki
Animation Director
Thurlow, Henry
In-Between Animation
Toda, Mai
Animation Director
Tozawa, Yuuki
Digital Paint
Tsumagari, Daisuke
Animation Director
Watanabe, Masaharu
Key Animation
Yamazaki, Ai
Animation Director
Yoshikawa, Youichirou
Music