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Baby Steps has 2 seasons and 50 episodes.

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Baby Steps is available on NHK Educational TV.

Baby Steps

Name: Baby Steps
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Released: 2014-04-06
Rating: 7.523
Cast: Taishi Murata, Minako Kotobuki, Daisuke Namikawa, Asami Seto, Hiro Shimono

ENDED2 Seasons50 Episodes★ 7.5

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NetworkNHK Educational TV

First AiredApr 6, 2014

Last AiredSep 20, 2015

GenreAnimation, Comedy

Runtime25 min

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)

KENN

Yoshiaki Ide (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Souji Ike (voice)

Seasons & Episodes2 seasons · 50 episodes

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The stage of the second series is the Florida Tennis Academy. There, rivals aiming for the top of the world competed every day to raise the world rank even one. How will Eiichiro overcome the world barrier by studying abroad for the first time in his life ... A hot and realistic story of the boys, depicting the behind-the-scenes behind-the-scenes tennis scene in an easy-to-understand manner.

E1The World and the Wall

Apr 5, 201525m

Eiichirō arrives in Florida, and Coach Mike introduces him to Marcia, an upcoming junior whose older brother just made the Pro's. Marcia and Eiichirō play a match, and Marcia decides Eiichirō must be training for the French Open because of his slow play style.

E2A Vicious Circle is Lucky

Apr 12, 201525m

Eiichirō begins closing the gap on the others at the Florida Academy, but during everyone of his matches he has one moment where he presses too hard, costing him a set and eventually costing him the match.

E3Data for the Future

Apr 19, 201525m

After winning his first match in America, Eiichirō finally gets to play Ike in a one set match. Ike gets it approved at the New Years party where many of Eiichirō's new friends first learn of Natsu.

E4Awakening to Simplicity

Apr 26, 201525m

In his final day in Florida Alex agrees to play a best-of-3 match with Eiichirō. Alex realizes that Eiichirō's notes contain all of his weaknesses and that he will have to adjust his play style to win the match.

E5Takuma's Decision

May 3, 201525m

Eiichirō returns from Florida and is given a day off to adjust his body to the time difference. After the day off Eiichirō begins a new strict training regime to help him get ready for the Kanagawa Prefectural.

E6First Encounter by Scouting

May 10, 201525m

Coach Aoi explains to Eiichirō that he stopped the match against Takuma because his body wasn't developed to serve like Takuma yet. If he had continued to serve that way, he would have injured himself and forced himself to give up his tennis career.

E7Revenge at the Critical Moment

May 17, 201525m

The Kanagawa Prefectural begins as Eiichirō faces off against Araya's new underclassman Nishimura. Araya has told Nishimura all of Eiichirō's weaknesses from the year before, making Nishimura very confident in his chances of winning.

E8The Speed of Evolution

May 24, 201525m

Eiichirō and Miyagawa face off in the second round of the tournament for their second match. If Eiichirō loses he knows he'll lose all chance of going pro. If Miyagawa loses he knows his path to become a pro will take longer and might force him to go to college first.

E9Baffled by Intuition

May 31, 201525m

Coach Ryuhei Aoi decides to teach Eiichirō the importance of relying on instincts during a match instead of relying solely on data. In order to teach him how to play against a player who relies solely on instinct Eiichirō is forced to face off with Natsu.

E10Start With a Roar

Jun 7, 201525m

Araya and Eiichirō begin their match in the Kanagawa Prefectural Final. At first both are holding serve and the score is at 3-3. However Coach Aoi realizes Eiichirō doesn't have the knowledge on how to deal with left handers since he's only played Araya once.

E11Choices and Explosive Power

Jun 14, 201525m

Eiichirō throws out a couple of unexpected dropshots in set 2 and begins to alter the speed of his game. After trailing 30-love to begin match 2 of set 2 Eiichirō is able to rally with this new strategy and pull off a break.

E12Full Force Toward Adversity

Jun 21, 201525m

Araya and Eiichirō prove to be even and are both unable to break each others serve. Making things worse is there will be no tiebreaker., Instead an individual must win by 2 games.

E13Gathering of Rivals

Jun 28, 201525m

The gang begins their third and final year of high school in different classes. Eiichirō and Natsu both realize their classes seem to be moving on without them as they are getting ready for cram schools and entrance tests.

E14Moonlight and the Sound of Waves

Jul 5, 201525m

The final door on the way to the All-Japan Junior, the Kanto Junior Tournament, is just around the corner. Eiichiro psyches himself up as he confirms his promise to his parents that he'll give up if he doesn't win the All-Japan Junior, and then he sets off with the other STC members for Chiba, where the Kanto Junior will be held.

E15A Hero and Loud Cheers

Jul 12, 201525m

The Kanto Junior Tennis Tournament begins at last, and Eiichiro is facing Yakabe Tadanori in his first match. Although he had watched videos of Yakabe's matches from a year ago, Eiichiro is bewildered by his opponent's much taller stature and completely different play style, and all the unexpected factors lead him to consider blanking all his mental data and starting from scratch.

E16Whish, Then Fwoom

Jul 19, 201525m

Eiichiro is stunned by all the cheering Ide receives as their match begins. He struggles with the unpredictable plays of the intuitive Ide, but he recalls what he learned in his match with Natsu and concentrates on watching his opponent. Meanwhile, Ide also struggles to keep up with Eiichiro's constant changes in tempo and starts to tune out the world as he tries to focus.

E17Dramatic by Nature

Jul 26, 201525m

Ide's remarkable ability to adapt instantly to everything has Eiichiro struggling, and reads his notes again to regain his focus. This improves his movements and leads to more impressive rallies, making the match even more exciting. Neither is willing to yield as the match comes down to which player can manage to hold serve...

E18Visualize the Pressure

Aug 2, 201525m

Eiichiro thought he was successfully ignoring the crowd's roaring cheers for Ide, but his body was reacting to it more than he realized. The pressure of playing in front of a dramatic, Ide-centric crowd is troubling Eiichiro.

E19A Rude First Meeting

Aug 9, 201525m

Eitaro, upon winning spectacularly in his fight against Ide, decides to go to the National Junior's. Coach Aoi explains that towards the end of the match, Eitaro was completely in the zone.

E20Psychological Warfare and Self-Control

Aug 16, 201525m

The match against Takagi begins. Just as Yukichi warned, Takagi's style is unique.

E21Good, Evil, and Rules

Aug 23, 201525m

Even if it seems to lack etiquette, Takagi's play style continues to work in his favor by disupting his opponent's pace. Eiichiro struggles to deal with Takagi's tactics.

E22Existence is the Driving Force

Aug 30, 201525m

After beating Takagi, Eiichiro moves onto the semi-finals as does Natsu in the women's division. Eiichiro becomes aware of new feelings towards Natsu while watching her match.

E23Aggressive is Ideal

Sep 6, 201525m

The match has just begun and Eiichiro is already close to being in the zone. His excellent condition is reminiscent of his match against Ide; Eiichiro doesn't give Nabae a chance to fight back and soon takes the lead.

E24Recklessness and Surprise

Sep 13, 201525m

The match between Eiichirou and Nabae finally reaches its thrilling climax, and the former risks losing to envision his victory.

E25Final Set

Sep 20, 201525m

The game finally reaches its final stage. Eiichiro who desperately envisions a vision to win Nambae and is ready for a new strategy with the intention of losing.

About Baby Steps

Baby Steps is a animation, comedy series on NHK Educational TV. The show first aired on Apr 6, 2014 and currently has 2 seasons and 50 episodes. Baby Steps has ended after 2 seasons. It has a rating of 7.5/10 based on 22 votes. The cast includes Taishi Murata, Minako Kotobuki, Daisuke Namikawa, Asami Seto, Hiro Shimono.