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Aim for the Ace! (Manga)
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Aim for the Ace! (エースをねらえ!, Ēsu o Nerae!) is a classic Shoujo manga created by Sumika Yamamoto, which ran from 1973 to 1980 in Margaret. It was later adapted into an anime in 1973. Highly influential to shoujo, it had several series throughout the 70's and 80's and a live-action movie in 2004. It has been dubbed and distributed in Europe, in French, Italian, German and Spanish.The story focuses on Hiromi Oka, who is an ordinary high school girl whose one wish is to be as good at tennis as the girl who is best in the school, the graceful "Madame Butterfly" Reika Ryuuzaki. Her coach Jin Munakata sees potential in her, and the rest of the series tells of her struggles and victories, on and off the court.There was also a 1979 animated movie, which has higher quality animation, since movies have a higher budget than a TV series.The first TV series note the 1978 remake on the other hand was directed by Minoru Okazaki as Dezaki was busy with Treasure Island , as well as the movie and the OVA's were directed by Osamu Dezaki, who directed many classic anime including Tomorrow's Joe, The Rose of Versailles, and the OVA's for Black Jack.GunBuster starts out as an Affectionate Parody of this series before evolving into its own thing.Discotek Media note who also licensed some of Dezaki's other directorial efforts as well as the aforementioned Gunbuster currently has the North American license for the 1973 series, the movie, and the first OVA series. | |
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Cute Kitten | |
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Cute Kitten: Hiromi's cat Goemon. As well as his white "kittymama" and their babies. | |
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Alpha Bitch | |
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Alpha Bitch: Reika starts out acting like this, being the queen bee and at first angered that a newcomer like Hiromi could possibly have made the top five, but she warms up to her eventually. | |
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Adaptation Expansion: The last OVA series (appropriately subtitled "Final Stage") picks up where the manga ended and wraps up some loose ends, most importantly Hiromi's relationship with Toudou. | |
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Defrosting Ice Queen | |
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Defrosting Ice Queen: Reika. | |
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Parental Abandonment | |
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Parental Abandonment: Munakata's mother was abandoned by her husband when Munakata was a kid, and then she fell victim to Death by Despair. (Meanwhile, Munakata's dad would marry Ranko's mother.) Munakata himself was Raised by Grandparents afterwards. | |
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Pastel-Chalked Freeze Frame | |
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Pastel-Chalked Freeze Frame: Being directed by Osamu Dezaki note barring the 1978 remake series of course , this is expected, especially in the movie and the OVAs. | |
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Love Dodecahedron | |
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Love Dodecahedron: Hiromi and Reika are both in love with Munakata. (And Ranko also is attracted to him, though they're half-siblings. He falls for Hiromi. And then he kicks it. Additionally, Todou never really stops liking Hiromi after they break up due to Munakata's veto. | |
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Onee-sama | |
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Onee-sama: Reika for Hiromi. The two even play together as a doubles couple for a tournament. Notably, this was first written well before everyone had slash goggles built into their eyes. | |
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Doorstopper | |
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Doorstopper: A 3000 page manga! Mostly because of its long running and popularity over many years. | |
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The first two TV series (and to an extent the movie) basically had Sumika Yamamoto's artsyle with Akio Sugino's personal touches; in the OVAs, however, Akio Sugino's art-style is in full effect (so it's also an Art Shift at the same time). | |
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Second Love | |
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Second Love: Played with interestingly. Hiromi's first love was her fellow tennis player Todou, but Coach Munakata vetoed their relationship because he wanted her to focus in her career first and foremost. Then he became this trope to Hiromi... and then he died of his illness. And later, Hiromi and Todou find each other again. | |
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Chick Magnet | |
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Chick Magnet: How many girls in the cast have feelings for Munakata? | |
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Love Bubbles | |
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Love Bubbles: Happens when Reika's around. | |
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Your Days Are Numbered | |
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Your Days Are Numbered: Munakata's backstory. He was a great tennis player but was diagnosed with leukemia when he was atop of his career — and told that he had only three years from then on. He became a coach to find a heir/heiress before he died. | |
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To Be a Master | |
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To Be a Master: Perfectly exemplifies the Japanese attitude of doing your best in everything (ganbarimasu). | |
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Huge Schoolgirl | |
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Huge Schoolgirl: Ranko was this in the past, and her family introduced her to tennis to work through these issues. | |
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Melodrama | |
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Melodrama: There are a ton of dramatic moments that are exaggerated to the point of parody. It's also one of the reasons why so many Japanese people, male and female, love the show so much. | |
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Signature Headgear | |
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Signature Headgear: Reika's big pink bow, the team captain's white barrettes, and Kyoko's orange bow-buns. | |
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Ending Theme | |
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Ending Theme: One of the earliest examples of the "mellower, sad ending tune" formula, "Shiroi Tennis Court". | |
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Precocious Crush | |
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Precocious Crush: Hiromi crushes on her beloves Coach Munakata, big time. He also manages to swoon the other players with ease. | |
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Ojou Ringlets | |
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Ojou Ringlets: Reika's long blonde ringlets allude to her Ojou upbringing. | |
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Reasonable Authority Figure | |
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Reasonable Authority Figure: Reika's father, the president of the Japanese Tennis Federation. | |
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Art Evolution | |
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Art Evolution: The first two TV series (and to an extent the movie) basically had Sumika Yamamoto's artsyle with Akio Sugino's personal touches; in the OVAs, however, Akio Sugino's art-style is in full effect (so it's also an Art Shift at the same time). The manga started as what you'd expect from a shoujo manga of the time to looking more semi-realistic and defined by the end of its run. | |
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Star-Crossed Lovers | |
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Star-Crossed Lovers: Hiromi and Munakata, because he already was dying of leukemia when he met her and they fell in love. | |
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Backstory | |
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Back Story: Jin's expands on why he wants his girls to be strong after training. | |
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Locked Out of the Loop | |
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Locked Out of the Loop: When Munakata dies, Hiromi and the team are in the USA. Todou, Ranko and Oosaki find out but don't tell her so she won't lose her matches. (Todou has already lost his' due to the shock). Neither is happy about it, and specially since Hiromi has an enormous Heroic BSoD when she returns home and finds out... | |
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