Aim for the Ace! (1979)
Ace wo Nerae! (1979) / Ace o Nerae: Theatrical Version / Aim for the Ace! Movie / Aim for the Best! / Jump High Hiromi!Summary
High school freshman Hiromi joins the tennis club because of her admiration for Ryuzaki. Ryuzaki is a senior, who's the best tennis player on the team and also nicknamed "Ochōfujin", ("Madame Butterfly"), because of her elegance on the tennis court. However, the new coach, Jin Munakata, wants the inexperienced Hiromi to play in a forthcoming tournament.
Due to this, Hiromi considers quitting tennis for good but, in the depth of her soul, she soon realizes that she loves tennis after all. She returns to the club and, under Munakata's coaching, her talent starts to bloom.
In the end, Hiromi develops a strong emotional bond with her coach, not knowing that Munakata is risking his life because of a chronic illness.
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Details
- Format
- Movie
- Number of Episodes
- 1
- Length
- 90 min
- Season
- Fall 1979
- Start date
- September 8, 1979
- End date
- September 8, 1979
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Tokyo Movie Shinsha
- Romaji title
- Ace wo Nerae! (1979)
- English title
- Aim for the Ace! (1979)
- Native title
- エースをねらえ！
- Other titles
- Ace o Nerae: Theatrical Version · Aim for the Ace! Movie · Aim for the Best! · Jump High Hiromi!
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Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Osamu DezakiDirector
- Sumika YamamotoOriginal creator
- Akio SuginoCharacter design
- Kouji MakainoMusic
- Shichirou KobayashiArt director
- Kanji NakanoSound director
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- Keisuke FujikawaScript
- Toshiharu MizutaniBackground Art
- Kazuo OgaBackground Art
- Hirokata TakahashiDirector of Photography
- Manabu OohashiKey Animation
- Osamu DezakiStoryboard
- Akio SuginoAnimation Director
- Yoshihisa TsurubuchiEditing
- Yutaka FujiokaProduction
- Yoshio TakeuchiAssistant Director
- Tetsuo KatayamaProduction Assistance
- Keishi YamazakiProduction Manager
- Yasuo OodaProduction Manager
- Yuuichi EndouKey Animation
- Takeshi OosakaKey Animation
- Takayoshi KayaKey Animation
- Ryuutarou NakamuraKey Animation
- Kazuo TomizawaKey Animation
- Katsumi AoshimaKey Animation