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Baby Steps Tennis Manga to Have 'Big Announcement' on June 1 (Update)
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
This year's 26th issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine announced on Wednesday that Hikaru Katsuki's Baby Steps manga is getting a "big announcement" in the magazine's next issue, which Kodansha will publish on June 1.
The manga revolves around Eiichirō "Ei-chan" Maruo, a punctual and earnest boy who has striven for straight As since elementary school. The 15-year-old high school boy stops by a tennis school to deal with his lack of exercise. There, he meets Natsu Takasaki, a beautiful, earnest girl who only has passion for tennis.
Katsuki launched the manga in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 2007. Kodansha published the manga's 39th compiled book volume on March 17. The manga's first television anime series premiered in April 2014, and the second series premiered in April 2015. Katsuki himself collaborated on the creation of episodes with original stories not told in the manga. Pierrot (Naruto, Kingdom) animated the both television series, with 25 episodes for each series. Kenji Saitō (Dennō Coil, Bakuman, Bottom Biting Bug) produced the anime for NHK. Crunchyroll streamed both series as it aired in Japan.
Update: Some Japanese fans on Twitter have reported seeing filming and casting extras for a live-action Baby Steps adaptation as early as March. [Via Otakomu]
明日通ってるスクールの休校日を利用してベイビーステップ実写版の撮影があるんだとか。ジュニアクラスの子にエキストラ募集あったそうで友達の子も早朝から集合らしい。
— ちゅり (@tyuri3) March 30, 2016
ベイビーステップ実写化撮影中笑
— 八幡 啓吾@Next 6/1 プリンス (@keigoponta3019) April 23, 2016
どんな感じに撮られるんだろ pic.twitter.com/KFsXqc0I79
#ベイビーステップ
— 御鳴光 (@sekaiti2) May 16, 2016
昨日は七里ヶ浜で撮影がありました。 pic.twitter.com/q46HpR12i8
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