Title: エースをねらえ!
Title (romaji): Ace wo Nerae!
Also known as: Aim for the Ace!
Genre: Sports, human drama
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Episodes: 9 + 2 SP
Broadcast period: 2004-Jan-15 to 2004-Mar-11
CAST:
Ueto Aya as Oka Hiromi
Yoshizawa Hisashi as Todo Takayuki
Matsumoto Rio as Ryuzaki Reika
Sakai Ayana as Midorikawa Ranko
Ishigaki Yuma as Ozaki Yu
Kashiwabara Shuji as Chiba Takashi
Kaneko Sayaka as Otowa Kyoko
Morita Ayaka as Aikawa Maki
Uchino Masaaki as Munakata Jin
Becky as Houriki Saiko
STORY:
It is an Asahi TV drama based on the popular 70's manga. Oka Hiromi (Ueto Aya) on her first day at Nishi High School is captivated by the beauty, loveliness and strength of backhand of a local starlet of female tennis - Reiko Ryuzaki (Matsumoto Rio). In pursuit of her idol she joins the tennis team. The story of passion, friendship and rivalry begins. Later on, Hiromi, although being a greenhorn at tennis, manages to catch the attention of Munakata Jin (Uchino Masaki), who acknowledges both her talent and commitment, and agrees to coach the school's tennis team.
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Technical Info:
Video: XVID 672x496 29.97fps 934Kbps [Video 0]
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 48000Hz stereo 128Kbps [Audio 1]