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Shin Ace o Nerae! (TV)

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© Sumika Yamamoto • TMS


Alternative title:
New Aim for the Ace!
新・エースをねらえ！ (Japanese)
Genres: drama, tournament
Themes: sports, tennis
Objectionable content: Mild
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 25
Episode titles: We have 25
Vintage: 1978-10-14 to 1979-03-31
Release dates: We have 5
Opening Theme:
"Seishun ni Kakero!" (青春にかけろ！) by VIP
Ending Theme:
#1: "Ashita ni Mukatte" (明日に向って) by VIP (eps 1-24)
#2: "Seishun ni Kakero!" (青春にかけろ！) by VIP (ep 25)
News:
Discotek Reveals Monster, Shin Aim for the Ace, Zegapain, 6 More Licenses (Aug 9, 2025)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Chief Director: Minoru Okazaki
Screenplay:
Keiko Sugie (8 episodes
eps 5, 10-11, 14, 17, 20, 22, 24
)
Keisuke Fujikawa (10 episodes
eps 1-2, 6-7, 12, 15, 18-19, 21, 23
)
Yoshihisa Araki (6 episodes
eps 3-4, 8-9, 13, 16
)
Episode Director:
Akinori Nagaoka (ep 20)
Hideo Nishimaki (eps 4, 19)
Mineo Fuji (ep 5)
Minoru Okazaki (eps 1, 10, 13)
Satoshi Dezaki (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 17, 22
)
Shuji Iuchi (5 episodes
eps 2, 8, 15, 18, 23
)
Yasuo Yamayoshi (5 episodes
eps 6, 11, 16, 21, 24
)
Yoshikata Nitta (eps 9, 14)
Music: Kōji Makaino
Original creator: Sumika Yamamoto
Character Design: Takao Hatana
Art Director: Shichirō Kobayashi
Animation Director:
Hitoshi Oda (eps 20-21)
Shigetaka Kiyoyama (4 episodes
eps 12, 17, 22, 24
)
Sumi Suzuki (eps 19, 23)
Takao Hatana (16 episodes
eps 1-11, 13-16, 18
)
Director of Photography: Hirokata Takahashi
Producer: Hidehiko Takei (Nippon TV)

Assistant Art Director: Kazutoshi Shimizu
Background Art:
Hiroshi Ōno (eps 2-24)
Jinzaburo Kaiho (eps 2-24)
Miyuki Kudo (eps 2-24)
Tsutomu Ishigaki (eps 2-24)
Color design: Toshiko Endo
Editing:
Kazuko Takahashi
Masatoshi Tsurubuchi
In-Between Animation:
Chigusa Terada (eps 4, 19)
Kazuhiro Toyama (4 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 17
)
Kazuya Hayashi (4 episodes
eps 12, 17, 22, 24
)
Keiko Matsumura (eps 1, 6, 11)
Mamoru Hamatsu (eps 16, 21)
Minoru Yamazawa (ep 13)
Momoko Ueno (6 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 24
)
Ryōkichi Yoshizawa (ep 2)
Ryōko Katō (6 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 24
)
Shuichi Nakatake (ep 20)
Shunji Kodama (ep 20)
Takao Ozone (eps 16, 21)
Takenori Mihara (6 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 24
)
Tomiko Yamamoto (eps 4, 19)
Yayoi Suzuki (ep 20)
Yōko Saitō (ep 20)
Yoshiaki Hatone (ep 13)
Yūji Moriyama (eps 16, 21)
Key Animation:
Eikichi Takahashi (6 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 24
)
Fumio Sakai (eps 9, 14, 18)
Hideo Amemiya (ep 23)
Hideo Kawaguchi (eps 1, 6, 11)
Hiroyuki Uchida (ep 4)
Kazuhiro Toyama (eps 22, 24)
Kazuo Inoue (5 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 17, 20
)
Keizō Shimizu (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 17, 22, 24
)
Masae Ōtake (ep 19)
Miyuki Umetsu (ep 2)
Nobumichi Kawamura (6 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 24
)
Nobuyoshi Hoshikawa (ep 13)
Setsuko Shibuichi (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 17, 22, 24
)
Shigetaka Kiyoyama (6 episodes
eps 3, 7, 12, 17, 22, 24
)
Takao Suzuki (4 episodes
eps 9, 14, 18, 23
)
Takashi Nakamura (ep 13)
Takaya Ono (ep 4)
Takeru Yamazaki (ep 4)
Yoshio Kabashima (ep 19)
Yumiko Takahashi (ep 13)
Yutaka Kawasuji (ep 2)
Literature Manager: Hiroyuki Onoda
Music Director: Seiji Suzuki
Photography:
Akinori Yabe (7 episodes
eps 4, 11-14, 16-17
)
Hiroaki Yamada (7 episodes
eps 4, 11-14, 16-17
)
Hisao Shirai (13 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-10, 15, 18-20
)
Masayoshi Miyakojima (eps 21-24)
Seiichi Morishita (13 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-10, 15, 18-20
)
Shōichi Hara (7 episodes
eps 4, 11-14, 16-17
)
Yoshihiro Kessoku (eps 21-24)
Planning: Akira Yoshikawa (Nippon TV)
Production Advancement:
Kazuhiko Yagiuchi (5 episodes
eps 2, 6, 10, 18, 22
)
Kenji Mizunuma (7 episodes
eps 3, 7, 11, 14-15, 19, 23
)
Kiyoshi Ieno (6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24
)
Yasumichi Ozaki (6 episodes
eps 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21
)
Production manager: Toshitsugu Mukaitsubo
Recording Director: Kanji Nakano
Recording engineer: Hitonobu Maeda
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
Theme Song Arrangement: Kōji Makaino
Theme Song Composition: Kōji Makaino
Theme Song Lyrics: Machiko Ryū
Titles: Takayasu Fujii
Makoto Kōsaka as Hiromi Oka
Masako Ikeda as Reika "Ochōfujin" Ryūzaki

Katsuji Mori as Takayuki Tōdō
Masako Sugaya as Maki Aikawa
Nachi Nozawa as Jin Munakata
Yoku Shioya as Shigeru Kōzuki

Gara Takashima as Michiru Taki
Gorō Naya as Sōichirō Ryūzaki
Kazue Komiya as
Jackie Vint
Kyōko Otowa
Kazuko Yanaga as Ranko Midorikawa
Kazuyuki Sogabe as Takashi Chiba
Keiko Han as Angie Reynolds
Masayuki Ibu as Coach Ōta
Miyoko Asō as Grandmother Munakata
Natsuyo Ishii as Rei Hanabusa
Osamu Saka as Grandfather Munakata
Rihoko Yoshida as Saeko Hōriki
Shinji Toyota as Yū Ozaki
Yoshito Yasuhara as Eddie Reynolds

Isamu Sugaya
Japanese companies
Backgrounds: Kobayashi Production (ep 1)
Broadcaster:
CS Fuji TV NEXT
Nippon Television Network
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Internet Streaming: Videx
Photography:
Ogata Productions (eps 21-24)
Studio Cosmos (13 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-10, 15, 18-20
)
Production: Tokyo Movie Shinsha
Recording Studio: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
English staff
English companies
(none)
Licensed by: Discotek Media
English cast
(none)
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
(none)
Marta Sáinz as Marta Nolan (Spain dub)

Blanca Rada as María (Spain dub)
Sara Vivas as Sara (Spain dub)
Teresa Acaso as Teresa (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Telecinco (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
(none)
Angelo Maggi as Jeremy 
Antonella Rendina as Evelyn 
Laura Lenghi as Madame Butterfly 
Luca Del Fabbro as Billy 
Stella Musy as Mary 
Susanna Fassetta as Jenny 
Italian companies
(none)

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