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It’s been three years since Nishi High’s Hiromi Oka was taken under the wing of former tennis superstar and “demon” coach, Jin Munakata.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 61GoodWatch 61
IMDb6.1
Time to watch it all
5 h 12 min
13 episodes, about 24 min each
An episode a night: about 2 weeks.
First aired
1988
July 25, 1988
Ended 1988
Genres
AnimationDramaLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
Rated
- NRUnited States
Yes: it's rated NR in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyComfort WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids.
and 6 more9 people
- Yuko MizutaniHiromi Oka (voice)13 episodes
- Kazuhiko InoueTakayuki Kaidô (voice)13 episodes
- Tessyo GendaDaigo Katsura (voice)13 episodes
- Kenyu HoriuchiTakashi Chiba (voice)13 episodes
- Yoshiko SakakibaraReika Ryûzaki (voice)13 episodes
- Eiko YamadaRanko Midorikawa (voice)13 episodes
- Hideyuki UmezuYû Ozaki (voice)13 episodes
- Nachi NozawaJin Munekata (voice)13 episodes
Masako SugayaMaki Aikawa (voice)13 episodes
Directing · 6
- Noboru Furuse Director
- Toshiya Shinohara Director
- Takashi Kobayashi Director
- Miyuki Hôkibara Director
- Masakatsu lijima Director
- Hitoshi Nanba Director
Writing · 3
- Makiko Mikami Writer
- Yoshio Takeuchi Writer
- Rika Kaito Writer
Production · 3
- Shin Unozawa Producer
- Masaaki Motomura Producer
- Yutaka Takahashi Producer
Editing · 2
- Masatoshi Tsurubuchi Editor
- Kazuko Takahashi Editor
Sound · 1
- Hiroaki Serizawa Original Music Composer
Other crew · 3
- Osamu Dezaki Supervising Animator, Storyboard Artist
- Sumika Yamamoto Original Story
- Hirokata Takahashi Cinematography
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