TV Show

TV-PG

64%

Aim for the Ace!

AnimationDrama

Hiromi Oka, a first-year student at West High School, joins the tennis club admiring Reika Ryuzaki, aka Mrs. Butterfly, and senior Todo. She is a complete beginner, but as soon as she joins the club, the devilish coach, Munekata, sees her talent.

Oct 5, 19731 seasons26 episodesEndedJA

Start Watching

Cast spotlight

Jump into full cast pages for bio, socials, and recent work.

Nachi Nozawa

Jin Munakata

View profile

Masako Ikeda

Reika Ryûzaki

View profile

Katsuji Mori

Takayuki Tōdō

View profile

Kazuyuki Sogabe

Takashi Chiba

View profile

Makoto Kousaka

Hiromi Oka

View profile

Kōji Nakata

Jin Munakata

View profile

Toshiko Sawada

Ranko Midorikawa

View profile

Michihiro Ikemizu

Yū Ozaki

View profile

Masako Sugaya

Maki Aikawa

View profile

Yoshiko Ohta

Kyoko Otowa

View profile

Kazuko Yanaga

Ranko Midorikawa (voice)

View profile

Seasons

Season 1

26 episodes

Premiered Oct 5, 1973

Episodes

1–6 of 26

Ep 1

The Cinderella of the Tennis World

Oct 5, 1973

"Cinderella of the Tennis Kingdom." Hiromi Oka is a first-year in the famous Nishi High tennis club. No sooner has she started to befriend the club's star player, Reika Ryuzaki a.k.a. Madam Butterfly, but she runs afoul of the fearsome new coach, Jin Munakata! What will she experience? Loneliness? Tears of despair? Love? Or maybe the delicate, gleaming feeling of victory? Go Hiromi! Serve! Smash! Volley! And aim for the ace!