Baby Steps
Seen it?2014 | 2 seasons | 25 min | Animation, Comedy
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a small audience and a quick end and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh and animation lovers.
- The mood
- Light and funny, feel-good.
- The pace
- 2 seasons: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 21 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
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 earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Ran for 2 seasons and reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 12K people sought it out in the past year
Season by season
The show overall is a Monday Morning Maybe. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 2 is the high point.
- Season 12014 · 25 episodes · 6.0 out of 10Monday
Season 22015 · 25 episodes · 7.0 out of 10Sunday
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Cast & crew
- Taishi MurataEiichiro Maruo (voice)
- Minako KotobukiNatsu Takasaki (voice)
- Daisuke NamikawaTakuma Egawa (voice)
- Asami SetoHimeko Sasami (voice)
- Hiro ShimonoYukichi Fukasawa (voice)
- Taiten KusunokiCoach Yusaku Miura (voice)
- Takuma TerashimaKojirou Kageyama (voice)
- Tetsuya KakiharaTakuya Miyagawa (voice)
- Chisa YuukiYuuki Tajima (voice)
- Kohsuke ToriumiCoach Ryuuhei Aoi (voice)