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Slow Step (OAV)

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Alternative title:
スローステップ (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Themes: sports
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: The story revolves around a romantic triangle formed by the girl Minatsu Nakazato, a young student and softball player; Shu Akiba, a schoolmate; and Naoto Kadomatsu, an up-and-coming boxer. In reality the three-way relationship is more like three-and-a-half, considering that Naoto is in love with Maria... actually Minatsu herself, who`d once disguised herself to escape some evildoers.
User Ratings: 52 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Excellent: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Very good: 8 votes (sub:8)
 Good: 19 votes (sub:16, dub:1, others:2
2 Italian dubbed
)
 Decent: 9 votes (sub:9)
 So-so: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 81 users, rank: #5864 (of 10071)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.077 (Good), std. dev.: 1.7192, rank: #3538 (of 10254)
Weighted mean: 6.826 (Good−), rank: #4646 (of 10254) (seen all: 6.80 / seen some: 7.20 / won't finish: 6.00)
Bayesian estimate: 6.955 (Good), rank: #3756 (of 7740)
Running time: 45 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 5
Episode titles: We have 5
Vintage: 1991
Release dates: We have 1
Opening Theme:
"Kimi ga inakerya Frustration" by Nobuo Saki
Ending Theme:
"Only For You" by Nobuo Saki
#1: "Only For You" by Nobuo Saki(ep 1)
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VHS
    Slow Step [UK] (Sub.VHS 1) 1995-03-27
    Slow Step [UK] (Sub.VHS 2) 1995-04-24
    Slow Step [UK] (Sub.VHS 3) 1995-05-30

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama
Script:
Toshimichi Saeki (eps 1-5)
Storyboard:
Kunihiko Yuyama (eps 1, 3-5)
Takaya Mizutani (ep 2)
Episode Director:
Kunihiko Yuyama (eps 1, 3, 5)
Masamune Ochiai (ep 4)
Takaya Mizutani (ep 2)
Music: Hiroya Watanabe
Original Manga: Mitsuru Adachi
Character Design: Norihiro Matsubara
Art Director: Mitsuki Nakamura
Animation Director:
Masami Suda (ep 3)
Masamune Ochiai (ep 4)
Norihiro Matsubara (eps 1, 5)
Yoshihiro Owada (ep 2)
Sound Director: Susumu Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Hisao Shirai
Producer:
Junji Fujita
Masamichi Fujiwara

Background Art:
Du Bi Kim (eps 4-5)
Hiroshi Yoshikawa (ep 2)
Hisae Saito (eps 1-3)
Kenji Notani (ep 2)
Kikuko Tada (ep 3)
Kōki Nagayoshi (ep 1)
Masaki Mayuzumi (ep 3)
Masayuki Kaneko (ep 2)
Michiyo Ono (ep 1)
Noboru Yoshida (eps 1-3)
Ryusuke Shiino (ep 1)
Sadayuki Arai (eps 1-3)
Shinji Katahira (ep 3)
Tetsuo Yokota (eps 1-2)
Yasunari Usuda (eps 1, 3)
Yuichiro Nakajima (ep 2)
Yūko Fujii (eps 1-3)
Co-Producer:
Hiroshi Tazaki
Shukichi Kanda
Tatsuo Ōba
Toshiaki Okuno
Color design: Miwako Tanaka (eps 1-5)
Editing:
Kazuhiko Seki
Shūichi Kakesu
In-Between Check:
Hisako Tsuji (eps 1-3)
Kazuhisa Takeda (ep 4)
Takao Abo (ep 5)
Key Animation:
Fumio Sasaki (ep 2)
Hidetoshi Owashi (ep 2)
Hiroyuki Kawano (ep 2)
Hisako Tsuji (ep 1)
Junichi Takaoka (ep 1)
Katsumi Aoshima (ep 3)
Keishi Sakai (eps 1, 3, 5)
Kiyotoshi Aoi (ep 2)
Kumiko Satō (ep 5)
Kumiko Shishido (eps 1-3)
Masahito Sawada (ep 1)
Masami Suda (ep 3)
Motoko Hiraishi (ep 1)
Noboru Sugimitsu (ep 5)
Nobuaki Shirai (ep 5)
Sayuri Ichiishi (ep 1)
Seiichi Mitsuoka (ep 5)
Shizuko Minami (eps 1, 3, 5)
Shōhei Kohara (ep 5)
Shūichi Kaneko (ep 5)
Taeko Hattori (ep 1)
Tomoaki Kado (ep 3)
Toshiko Nakaya (eps 2-3)
Yasuhito Kikuchi (ep 2)
Yoshitaka Yasuda (ep 1)
Yoshiyuki Tokinaga (eps 1, 3)
Yūichirō Sueyoshi (ep 2)
Yūji Mizoi (ep 5)
Yuka Kudō (ep 1)
Yuri Handa (ep 1)
Photography: Shinji Ikegami (Studio Cosmos; eps 1-2)
Planning:
Ren Usami
Production Desk:
Hidenobu Watanabe (ep 5)
Shōji Ōta (eps 1-5)
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno
Sound Mixing: Isao Hatano (eps 1-5)
Sound Producer: Hiroshi Kuroda
Special Effects:
Kō Yamamoto (ep 5)
Kumiko Taniguchi (eps 1-3)
Theme Song Lyrics: SHOW
Kappei Yamaguchi as Shuu Akiba
Minami Takayama as Minatsu Nakazato
Ryō Horikawa as Naoto Kadomatsu

Akira Kamiya as Satoru Yamazakura
Chika Sakamoto as Chika
Daisuke Gōri as Mr. Nakazato
Hikaru Midorikawa as Yoshio Somei (eps 4-5)
Hiroko Emori as Ayako Sawamura
Hiroyuki Satō as captain (ep 3)
Junko Shimakata as
girl (ep 1)
girl in charge (ep 3)
member (ep 4)
member B (ep 5)
softball club member B (ep 2)
Kazumi Tanaka as Hoodlum A (ep 1)
Kazunari Tanaka as Man B (ep 5)
Kōzō Shioya as Sagisaka coach (ep 2)
Masaharu Satō as Principal
Masami Kamiyama as
captain (ep 4)
member A (eps 3, 5)
softball club member A (ep 2)
Masato Hirano as doctor (ep 5)
Mayumi Seto as
member B (ep 3)
member C (ep 5)
Megumi Urawa as
cinema worker (ep 2)
female teacher (eps 1, 4)
Miki Inoue as member D (ep 5)
Miyoko Aoba as Girl (ep 1)
Naoko Nakamura as third base coach (ep 4)
Nobuhiko Kazama as Hoodlum C (ep 1)
Noriko Uemura as Somei's mother (ep 5)
Ryōtarō Okiayu as referee (ep 4)
Sanae Takagi as Mrs Nakazato
Shinichirō Ōta as base umpire (ep 2)
Toshio Kobayashi as
bus driver (ep 2)
Chief umpire (ep 4)
Man A (ep 5)
Yasuhiko Kawazu as boxing club member (ep 2)
Yūji Machi as teacher (ep 3)
Yukimasa Kishino as Bitou
Japanese companies
Animation Production Assistance:
Artland (ep 5)
Cope (eps 1-3)
K-Production (ep 4)
Background Board: Design Office MECAMAN (eps 3-4)
Backgrounds:
Design Office MECAMAN (eps 1-2)
Grouper Productions (ep 2)
White Map (ep 3)
Distributor: Toho Video
Editing: Jay Film
Film Processing: Imagica
Finish Animation:
Animation Time (eps 1-2)
MI (eps 1-2)
Sendai Animation (eps 1-3)
Studio Mark (eps 1-2)
Studio OZ (ep 3)
Studio Runrun (eps 1-3)
Studio Toys (ep 3)
In-Between Animation:
Dragon Production (eps 1-3)
Radical Party (eps 2-3)
Sendai Animation (eps 1-3)
Snow Light Staff (eps 1-2)
Studio Ten (ep 1)
Photography:
Flame Pot (ep 3)
Hiro Animation Stand (ep 3)
Mushi Production (ep 3)
Studio Boston (ep 3)
Studio Cosmos (eps 1-2)
Sung Woo Pro (ep 4)
Takahashi Production (ep 3)
Production:
OB Planning
Pastel
TOHO
Youmex
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center
Sound Production: Aoni Planning
Titles: Maki Production
English cast
English staff
Script Consultant: Jonathan Clements
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Western Connection (UK)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Distributor: Déclic Images
French cast
(none)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Dubbing Director: Marco Balbi

Dialogues: Marco Balbi
Adele Pellegatta as Ayako Sawamura
Alessandra Felletti as Minatsu Nakazato
Ernesto Maria Rossi as Bitou
Luca Sandri as Naoto Kadomatsu
Marcello Cortese as Satou Yamakazura
Silvana Fantini as Shuu Akiba

Carlo Bonomi as Sig. Nakazato
Roberta Gallina as Chika
Veronica Pivetti as Sig.ra Nakazato
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Italia 7 Gold (from 24 December 2007)
Distributor: Yamato Video
Dubbing: Cooperativa ADC

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