Aim for the Ace! The Movie (1979)
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.
Director:
Osamu Dezaki
Writer:
Keisuke Fujikawa
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Makoto Kousaka as Hiromi Oka (voice) |
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Masako Ikeda as Reika Ryuuzaki (voice) |
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Kōji Nakata as Jin Munakata (voice) |
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Katsuji Mori as Takayuki Todou (voice) |
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Masako Sugaya as Maki Aikawa (voice) |
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Gorō Naya as Chairman Ryûzaki (voice) |
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Kazuko Yanaga as Ranko Midorikawa (voice) |
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Kazuyuki Sogabe as Takashi Chiba (voice) |
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Shinji Toyota as Yû Ozaki (voice) |
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Gara Takashima as (voice) |
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Kazue Komiya as Kyoko Otowa (voice) |
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Kyoko Aoi as (voice) |
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Seiko Nakano as (voice) |
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Hidetoshi Nakamura as (voice) |
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Akira Murayama as (voice) |
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Makiko Okamoto as (voice) |
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Miyuki Tsumori as (voice) |
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Tamaki Sakai as (voice) |
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Mariko Akino as (voice) |
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Natsuyo Ishii as (voice) |
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Minoru Midorikawa as (voice) |
| Directing | Osamu Dezaki | Director |
| Visual Effects | Kazuo Tomizawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukimatsu Ito | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Manabu Ohashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shigemitsu Koshiba | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Sakiko Kobayashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Katsumi Aoshima | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ryutaro Nakamura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuichi Endo | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takayoshi Kaya | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hisatoshi Motoki | Key Animation |
| Art | Shichiro Kobayashi | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Akio Sugino | Animation Director |
| Writing | Keisuke Fujikawa | Screenplay |
| Sound | Koji Makaino | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Hirokata Takahashi | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Sumika Yamamoto | Original Story |
| Visual Effects | Takeshi Osaka | Key Animation |