Baby Steps
There’s hasn’t been a lot going on with the anime adaptation of Baby Steps outwardly since it was announced back in November, but now some new casting information has surfaced for the show based. The series is a sports manga adaptation that’s from the manga by Hikaru Katsuki that will debut for the spring season. NGK is producing it for their E-Tele channel with Kenji Saito handling it. The series is one that like many sports shows just aren’t heard all that much about for North American fans, but the title began back in 2007 and is about to ship its twenty-eighth volume while a twenty-ninth is set for mid-January. That’s a lot of material to work from, even for a sports series.
The series lead of Eiichiro Maruo will be played by Taishi Murata while Minako Kotobuki will take on the other lead with Natsu Takasaki. Additionally, Takuma Terashima will play Kojiro Kageama while Daisuke Namikawa will take on Takuma Egawa. Studio Pierrot is handling the animation and the confirmation in Weekly shonen Magazine indicates that this will be a twenty-five episode series.
Plot concept: Maruo Eiitirou (E-Chan), a first year honor student, one day decides he’s unhappy with the way things are and lacks excerise. He finds a flyer for the Tennis Club and decides check it out. He’s instantly captivated by it. With no prior experience and poor physical conditioning, join E-Chan as he embarks on a tennis journey using his smarts, dedication and work ethic.
[Source: ANN]