Baby Steps - Season 1 - Eps 19: Resolve and Hell
Eiichirō manages to steal 1-point in the 10-minute match with Ike before his coaches reappear and make him stop playing a match. Afterwards Eiichirō is sent home to rest. The next day Eiichirō begins a brutal practice regimen that will recondition his body into that of a pro's.
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)
