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Ace o Nerae!

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Aim for the Ace!

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(Eesu o nerae!)</td></tr>

Genre Sports
Manga
Authored by Sumika Yamamoto
Publisher Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svgShueisha
Serialized in Margaret
Original run –
No. of volumes
TV anime : Aim for the Ace!
Directed by Osamu Dezaki
Studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Network Mainichi Broadcasting
Original run October 5th, 1973 – March 29th, 1974
No. of episodes 26

Ace o Nerae! (エースをねらえ! Eesu wo nerae!?, lit. Aim for the Ace!) is a shōjo manga by Sumika Yamamoto begun in 1972 and serialized in Margaret. Hugely successful, it was adapted into a TV anime series in 1973, and more recently a live-action drama series in 2004. The anime series was made by Tokyo Movie Shinsha with the Madhouse animation studio (its first major production), and was originally aired on Mainichi Broadcasting. There was also a movie which consisted of several compiled episodes. Another TV anime and two OAVs would soon follow in the 1970s and 1980s. The original TV anime has been distributed in Europe, with the titles Jenny la tennista (Italian), Jeu, Set et Match (French), and Raqueta de oro or "Golden Racket" (Spanish).

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The story is about Hiromi Oka (岡ひろみ, Oka Hiromi), a high school girl who struggles to become good at tennis. Hiromi starts playing tennis in her high school, because she is fascinated by an older girl, Reika Ryūzaki (竜崎麗香, Ryūzaki Reika), who is the best player in the team and is nicknamed "Ochōfujin" (お蝶夫人), which means "Madame Butterfly", because of her grace on the tennis court. The team gets a new coach, Jin Munakata (宗方仁, Munakata Jin), who sees potential in her and trains her to become a great tennis player. Hiromi's sentimental hardship to overcome her mental weakness is well described in the story.

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Later on, she falls in love with another tennis player, Takayuki Tōdō (藤堂貴之, Tōdō Takayuki), but Coach Munakata tells her not to get too involved, and that it is better to forget him in order to become a better player. Hiromi suffers trying not to fall in love with Takayuki, and many times she loses her confidence in her tennis-playing abilities, but with the support of her coach and the many friends she made through tennis, she overcomes her anxiety. By training herself to become a better player, Hiromi grows into a mentally stronger person. Hiromi's enthusiasm and love for tennis, and the support from people around her, helps her to become one of the best players in the world.

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  • Mitsuishi Kotono - debuted as Tomoyo in Ace o Nerae! Final Stage. She is most known for her later voice work as Excel Excel of The Excel Saga, Katsuragi Misato of Neon Genesis Evangelion, or Tsukino Usagi in the title role of Sailor Moon.

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Ace wo Nerae!

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(Eesu wo nerae!)</td></tr>

Genre Drama
TV drama : Ace wo Nerae!
Directed by —
Studio —
Network TV Asahi
Original run January 15 – March 11 2004
No. of episodes 10 (including one special episode)

Ace wo Nerae! was a 2004 Japanese drama series by TV Asahi. The theme song of the show was "Ai no Tame ni" by Aya Ueto who also starred in the leading role. The series originally aired on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m.

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[edit] Trivia

  • The title (and the girls' sports training genre) was parodied in Gainax's Top o Nerae! Gunbuster ("Aim for the Top! Gunbuster"). The title was also parodied in an erotic anime titled Aim for the A!
  • In 1994, a video game version of Aim for the Ace! was made for the Super Famicom by Nihon Telenet.
  • In the first episode of the 2004 drama version, an observer of a tennis match remarks "Whoever gets the next point wins". In a game of tennis, this is impossible.

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zh:網球甜心

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