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Aim For The Best! 2 (OAV)

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© Sumika Yamamoto • TMS • BANDAI VISUAL

Alternative title:
Ace o Nerae! 2 (Japanese)
Aim for the Ace! 2
Jenny Jenny (Polish)
Jenny, Jenny (Italian)
Бей эйс! (Russian)
エースをねらえ！2 (Japanese)
Genres: drama
Themes: sports
Objectionable content: Mild
User Ratings: 23 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:2, raw:1)
 Excellent: 4 votes (sub:3, raw:1)
 Very good: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Good: 4 votes (sub:2, ?:1, dub:1)
 Decent: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 So-so: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 78 users, rank: #5763 (of 9748)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.783 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.3818, rank: #1091 (of 9894)
Weighted mean: 7.806 (Very good−), rank: #931 (of 9894) (seen all: 7.81)
Bayesian estimate: 7.687 (Very good−), rank: #907 (of 7487)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 13
Episode titles: We have 13
Vintage:
1988-07-25 to 1988-10-25
1990 (Italy, Italia 1)
Release dates: We have 7
Opening Theme:
"Endless Dream" (エンドレス・ドリーム) by Hiroko Moriguchi
Ending Theme:
"Tōku kara Miteite" (遠くから見ていて; Looking from a Distance) by Hiroko Moriguchi
Official website:
Tokyo Movie Shinsha's Ace o Nerae! 2 page (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Comment:
This is actually the third series of Ace wo Nerae. The second series was called Shin Ace wo Nerae.
News: Show:
Discotek Licenses Layzner, Nanoha Detonation, Aim for the Ace! 2 (Jun 26, 2023)
The 2014 Sydney Manga and Anime Show on This Weekend (Aug 8, 2014)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Aim for the Ace!: Another Match (Sub.Blu-ray) 2023-11-28 (from $29.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Noboru Furuse
Screenplay:
Makiko Mikami (6 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 12-13
)
Megumi Hiyoshi (eps 8-11)
Reiko Nakata (ep 3)
Rika Kaito (eps 4-5)
Storyboard:
Hiroyuki Yano (eps 3, 6, 8, 11)
Hitoshi Nanba (eps 4, 7, 10)
Makura Saki (eps 1-2, 12-13)
Ryutaro Nakamura (ep 5)
Toshiya Shinohara (ep 9)
Episode Director:
Hitoshi Nanba (ep 12)
Masakatsu Iijima (eps 5, 8)
Miyuki Hokiwara (eps 2, 6, 10)
Takashi Kobayashi (eps 3, 7, 11)
Toshiya Shinohara (eps 1, 4, 9, 13)
Music: Hiroaki Serizawa
Original creator: Sumika Yamamoto
Character Design: Akio Sugino
Art Director:
Kazuhiro Arai (eps 3-4, 6)
Kunio Kaneshima (eps 7-8, 10-13)
Tsutomu Ishigaki (eps 1-2)
Yoshinori Hirose (eps 5, 9)
Animation Director: Akio Sugino
Director of Photography: Hirokata Takahashi
Producer:
Masaaki Motomura
Shin Unozawa
Shirō Aono
Yutaka Takahashi

Background Art:
Hiroyuki Mitsumoto (eps 1-2, 5, 9)
Kaoru Nemoto (eps 1-2)
Kenichi Takahashi (eps 1-2, 5, 9)
Mamoru Konno (eps 5, 9)
Shinji Itō (eps 7-13)
Sumiyo Hayashi (eps 5, 9)
Tsutomu Ishigaki (eps 5, 9)
Yayoi Arai (eps 3-4, 6)
Yoshinori Hirose (eps 1-2)
Yukihiro Shibutani (eps 5, 9)
Color Key: Reiko Hirayama (eps 1-13)
Editing:
Kazuko Takahashi
Masatoshi Tsurubuchi
Finish Animation:
Chiyoko Shimizu (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 11, 13
)
Hatsuko Maruyama (eps 3, 8, 10)
Keiko Nemoto (9 episodes
eps 1, 3-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13
)
Kiyomi Arakawa (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9, 12
)
Kiyomi Tsuyuzaki (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9, 12
)
Noriko Munekata (eps 2, 6, 9, 12)
Ritsuko Obayashi (eps 3, 8, 10)
Sonoko Tobari (eps 3, 8, 10)
Toshiko Suzuki (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 11, 13
)
Yoshie Murakami (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 6, 9, 12
)
Youko Takahata (eps 2, 6, 9, 12)
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Teshima (ep 11)
Etsuko Ishiwari (ep 5)
Etsuko Uemoto (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-12 even
)
Hiroko Tezuka (eps 3, 6)
Hiromi Namioka (5 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 11, 13
)
Hiroshi Okada (ep 9)
Hiroto Yokote (eps 2, 5)
Kazuhiro Itakura (eps 4, 7)
Kazuko Shibata (5 episodes
eps 3, 6, 9, 11, 13
)
Masayuki Shibuya (ep 5)
Satomi Saitō (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 10, 12
)
Satoru Shiratori (eps 4, 7)
Shizuka Okumoto (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6-12 even
)
Takao Kishida (eps 4, 7)
Takashi Sasaki (eps 4, 7)
Tatsuo Yokomizo (4 episodes
eps 5, 9, 11, 13
)
Toshikazu Okamoto (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 10, 12
)
Yasuhiro Sekine (eps 3, 6)
Yuki Aono (4 episodes
eps 1, 8, 10, 12
)
Yukimaro Ōtsubo (ep 9)
Key Animation:
Eiji Suzuki (ep 4)
Hiromasa Satō (eps 4, 7, 10)
Hiromi Yokoyama (eps 1, 5, 8)
Hiroshi Uchida (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 6, 9, 12-13
)
Hisatoshi Motoki (eps 8, 11)
Hitoshi Oda (eps 5, 8)
Ikuyo Murakami (eps 1, 3, 6, 12)
Izumi Okamura (ep 5)
Junichi Takaoka (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 8, 11, 13
)
Junzaburo Takahata (eps 5, 8)
Katsuya Yamamoto (ep 7)
Kazuo Ito (ep 7)
Keiko Sasaki (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 11-13
)
Kenichi Tsuchiya (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 9, 12-13
)
Kinji Yoshimoto (eps 10, 12)
Mamoru Sasaki (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12-13
)
Mao Torii (ep 5)
Masahiro Andō (6 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 12-13
)
Masahito Sawada (eps 2, 4, 8, 11)
Masaji Maruyama (ep 4)
Masanori Shino (eps 6, 9, 11-13)
Masayuki Yagi (ep 4)
Minoru Tozawa (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 11-13
)
Norifumi Okuyama (ep 5)
Norimoto Tokura (ep 10)
Sachiko Tada (ep 10)
Satoru Nakamura (5 episodes
eps 2, 4, 8, 11, 13
)
Seiji Yamashita (ep 2)
Shigeyuki Teraji (eps 1-2)
Susumu Nishizawa (eps 7, 10)
Takahiko Shobu (ep 7)
Yasuhide Furuse (ep 10)
Yasuichirō Yamamoto (7 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 9, 11-13
)
Yasuyuki Matsumura (ep 10)
Yoshiaki Kubokawa (eps 4, 7, 10)
Yoshiko Kuwano (ep 5)
Yukiko Michishita (ep 5)
Yuko Matsuo (ep 5)
Yuri Handa (ep 5)
Yūzō Satō (ep 8)
Literature Manager: Hiroyuki Onoda
Music Selection: Seiji Suzuki
Photography:
Hajime Noguchi (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 13
)
Harutoshi Miyagawa (eps 3, 6, 9, 12)
Hironobu Horikoshi (eps 3, 6, 9, 12)
Izumi Kasama (eps 3, 6, 9, 12)
Miho Sakata (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 13
)
Takahisa Ishizuka (eps 2, 5, 8, 11)
Takashi Shirakami (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 7, 10, 13
)
Takeo Kobayashi (eps 1-13)
Tokuhisa Koike (eps 2, 5, 8, 11)
Toshiyuki Fukushima (eps 2, 5, 8, 11)
Yasuyoshi Toyonaga (eps 2, 5, 8, 11)
Yukio Miyajima (eps 3, 6, 9, 12)
Production Desk: Mikihiro Iwata
Production manager: Makoto Asanuma
Recording Adjustment: Kazuo Umebayashi
Recording Director: Etsuji Yamada
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
Special Effects: Takashi Maekawa
Supervision: Osamu Dezaki
Theme Song Arrangement: Ken Yajima
Theme Song Composition: Hiroaki Serizawa
Theme Song Lyrics: Machiko Ryū
Theme Song Performance: Hiroko Moriguchi (OP, ED)
Titles:
Hideo Takagu
Yoshiko Tagami
Yūko Mizutani as Hiromi Oka

Eiko Yamada as Ranko Midorikawa
Hideyuki Umezu as Yū Ozaki
Kazuhiko Inoue as Takayuki Tōdō
Kenyuu Horiuchi as Takashi Chiba
Masako Sugaya as Maki Aikawa
Nachi Nozawa as Jin Munakata
Tesshō Genda as Daigo Katsura
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Reika Ryūzaki
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Sōichirō Ryūzaki
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Distributor: Bandai Visual
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Finish Animation:
Studio Marine (eps 3, 8, 10)
studio ZEP (9 episodes
eps 1-2, 5-7, 9, 11-13
)
Suzuki Animation Planning (eps 1-13)
Production:
Bandai Visual
Shueisha
Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Production Cooperation:
Kamakura Super Station
MOVIC
Studio Annapuru
Recording Production: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Recording Studio: Tokyo TV Center
English staff
English companies
(none)
Licensed by: Discotek Media
English cast
(none)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Dubbing Director: Graziano Galoforo

Theme Song Performance: Cristina D'Avena
Susanna Fassetta as Jenny Nolan (Hiromi Oka)

Angelo Maggi as Jeremy (Jin Munakata)
Francesco Bulckaen as Teddy (Takayuki Todo)
Laura Lenghi as Reika Ross (Reika Ryūzaki)
Niseem Onorato as Norman (Yuu Ozaki)
Stefania Patruno as Rosy O'Connors (Ranko Midorikawa)
Stefano Onofri as Thomas (Takashi Chiba)
Stella Musy as Mary (Maki Aikawa)
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Italia 1
Dubbing: Teleas

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