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Aim for the Ace! (movie)

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© Sumika Yamamoto • TMS

Alternative title:
Ace wo Nerae! (Japanese)
Aim For The Best!
Jenny la tennista - il film (Italian)
Jump High, Hiromi
Бей эйс! (Russian)
エースをねらえ！ (Japanese)
エースをねらえ！ 劇場版 (Japanese)
Genres: drama, tournament
Themes: sports, tennis
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Handpicked by the new tennis coach as someone with great potential, freshman Hiromi Oka must endure lots of hardships as she struggles to become someone who can stand among the best junior players in Japan.
User Ratings: 68 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (sub:3, raw:1)
 Excellent: 7 votes (sub:6, dub:1)
 Very good: 17 votes (sub:14, dub:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Swedish subtitled
)
 Good: 23 votes (sub:22, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Decent: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:1, raw:1, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Not really good: 1 vote (others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 125 users, rank: #4877 (of 9856)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.250 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.376, rank: #2769 (of 10014)
Weighted mean: 7.201 (Good+), rank: #2813 (of 10014) (seen all: 7.20 / seen some: 10.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.245 (Good+), rank: #2394 (of 7551)
Running time: 88 minutes
Vintage: 1979
Premiere date:
1979-09-08 (Japan)
1984-10-14 (Italy, Euro TV)
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"Mabushii Kisetsu ni" (まぶしい季節に) by Shōnen Tanteidan
Ending Theme:
"Harukana Yume" (はるかな夢) by Shōnen Tanteidan
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Aim for the Ace!: The Movie (Sub.Blu-ray) 2023-05-30 (from $69.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Osamu Dezaki
Screenplay: Keisuke Fujikawa
Music: Kōji Makaino
Original creator: Sumika Yamamoto
Character Design: Akio Sugino
Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
Animation Director: Akio Sugino
Director of Photography: Hirokata Takahashi
Executive producer: Yutaka Fujioka

Assistant Director: Yoshio Takeuchi
Background Art:
Hiromasa Ogura
Kazuo Oga
Satoshi Matsuoka
Toshiharu Mizutani
Yuko Fujie
Yumiko Hayashi
Cel Check:
Junko Itō
Toshiko Endo
Color setting: Tomoko Kawasaki
Editing: Masatoshi Tsurubuchi
In-Between Animation:
Akemi Morikawa
Akiko Shimada
Atsuko Narumi
Atsuyo Uehara
Ayumi Endo
Chigusa Terada
Fumie Seki
Gaku Miyao
Gokū Shinozaki
Hajime Kamegaki
Haruo Nakayama
Hideaki Tsuruta
Hiromi Sakurazawa
Hiroyuki Uchida
Hisako Araki
Hisako Sakamoto
Hisako Takahashi
Junichi Kobayashi
Junko Aoyama
Junko Maeda
Kazuaki Kozutsumi
Kazuhiko Miyoshi
Kazuya Hayashi
Keiko Koizumi
Keiko Shirai
Kimiko Amano
Kimiko Murakami
Kimiko Sugimura
Kuni Tomita
Kunihito Takahashi
Kyōko Katō
Maki Kawai
Makoto Hattori
Makoto Nakamura
Mao Takahashi
Mariko Suzuki
Mayumi Sekiguchi
Midori Itō
Mieko Seki
Mitsuko Kunugi
Miyoko Sato
Naomi Sasaki
Nobuko Tsukada
Noriko Numa
Rie Takahashi
Sachiko Kaneko
Satoko Kashiwagi
Satoshi Hirayama
Shigeru Yamazaki
Shiro Okumura
Tamaki Ohmachi
Tazuko Tanimura
Tomiko Yamamoto
Tomoko Koda
Tomoko Yoshioka
Yaeko Yoshizawa
Yoshiaki Hatone
Yoshiko Sato
Yoshiko Shimura
Yoshiya Miura
Yukari Kobayashi
Yuko Nakajima
Yumiko Oosako
Yumiko Sato
Yumiko Takahashi
Yuri Handa
In-Between Check: Sachiko Sugino
Key Animation:
Hisatoshi Motoki
Katsumi Aoshima
Kazuo Tomizawa
Manabu Ōhashi
Ryūtarō Nakamura
Sakiko Kobayashi
Shigemitsu Koshiba
Takayoshi Kaya
Takeshi Ōsaka
Yuichi Endo
Yukimatsu Ito
Music Selection: Seiji Suzuki
Negative Editing:
Kazuko Takahashi
Tomoaki Tsurubuchi
Paint:
Chieko Ishiguro
Hiroko Hijikata
Kihako Kittaka
Naoko Kawakami
Naoya Hayashi
Nobuyuki Takahashi 
Reiko Hirayama
Soyomi Tonosaki
Yayoi Suzuki
Photography:
Akio Hirayama
Katsumi Ota
Keizo Saito
Masao Miyauchi
Nobuyuki Takahashi 
Tadashi Hosono
Yoshinori Nakamura
Production Advancement:
Shōichirō Saitō
Takahisa Yokomizo
Takeshi Anzai
Toshitsugu Mukaitsubo
Yūji Toki
Production Assistant: Tetsuo Katayama
Production Desk: Yōichi Ikeda
Production manager:
Keishi Yamazaki
Yasuo Ooda
Recording Director: Kanji Nakano
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
Special Effects: Tomoji Hashizume
Theme Song Arrangement: Kōji Makaino
Theme Song Composition: Kōji Makaino
Theme Song Lyrics: Machiko Ryū
Makoto Kōsaka as Hiromi Oka
Masako Ikeda as Reika "Ochōfujin" Ryūzaki

Gorō Naya as Sōichirō Ryūzaki
Katsuji Mori as Takayuki Tōdō
Kazuko Yanaga as Ranko Midorikawa
Masako Sugaya as Maki Aikawa
Nachi Nozawa as Jin Munakata

Kazue Komiya as Kyōko Otowa
Kazuyuki Sogabe as Takashi Chiba
Shinji Toyota as Yū Ozaki

Akira Murayama
Gara Takashima
Hidetoshi Nakamura
Kyōko Aoi
Makiko Okamoto
Mariko Akino
Minoru Midorikawa
Miyuki Tsumori
Natsuyo Ishii
Seiko Nakano
Tamaki Sakai
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Distributor: TOHO
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Production:
Shueisha
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Production Assistance: Madhouse
Production Cooperation:
ACT
Easy World Pro
Group Joy
Kobayashi Production
Magic Bus
Studio Jafus
Studio Korumi
Studio Z
Tsurubuchi Movie
Publicity: P&M
Recording: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Sound Effects: Toyo Sound
English staff
English companies
(none)
Licensed by: Discotek Media (2023)
English cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
(none)
Laura Lenghi as Reika Ross (Reika "Ochōfujin" Ryūzaki) 
Susanna Fassetta as Jenny Nolan (Hiromi Oka)
Valeria Perilli as Reika Ryūzaki

Angelo Maggi as Jeremy (Jin Munakata) 
Beatrice Margiotti as Ranko Midorikawa
Sergio Antonica as Jin Munakata
Stefania Patruno as Rosy O'Connors (Ranko Midorikawa) 
Stella Musy as Mary (Maki Aikawa) 

Stefano Onofri as Thomas (Takashi Chiba) 
Italian companies
Broadcaster:
Euro TV (from 14 October 1984)
Telecapri
Dubbing: Oceania Film
Publisher:
Doro TV Merchandising, S.r.i. (VHS)
Mondo TV (DVD)
Yamato Video (VHS)

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