Baby Steps - Season 1 - Eps 1: Tennis and Notes
Maruo Eiichiro is an honor student in his first year of high school. He's a very methodical person who keeps two sets of notes for class and focuses entirely on his studies. One day, Eiichiro decides to participate in a free trial at South Tennis Club (STC) because he needs some exercise. There, he meets school idol and sweetheart Takasaki Natsu. Eiichiro has taken his first step into the world of tennis
About Baby Steps

Title: Baby Steps
First Air Date: 2014-04-06
Last Air Date: 2015-09-20
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.786/10 (from 14 votes)
Language: JA
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 50
Network: NHK Educational TV NHK
Genres: Animation, Comedy
Production Companies: Pierrot, NHK, NHK Enterprises
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.
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)

Chisa Yuuki
Yuuki Tajima (voice)

Kohsuke Toriumi
Coach Ryuuhei Aoi (voice)