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Baby Steps

2014–2015 · 2 seasons

A gentle, methodical sports story where quiet observation and small improvements feel quietly inspiring.

Genres
Animation, Comedy
Overview
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.
How it feels
Warm, earnest and light. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Coming-of-age, work, ambition, friendship
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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Genres
Animation, Comedy
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness1
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Genres
animation, comedy
Created by
Kiyoshi Murayama, Maki Kodaira, Masahiko Murata, Tomoyuki Kurokawa
Written by
Junki Takegami, Katsuhiko Chiba, Natsuko Takahashi, Shin Yoshida
Starring
Taishi Murata, Minako Kotobuki, Daisuke Namikawa, Asami Seto, Hiro Shimono, Taiten Kusunoki, Takuma Terashima, Tetsuya Kakihara
Length
2 seasons, 50 episodes, 25 min each
Network
NHK Educational TV
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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