Aim for the Ace!: Another Match
- OVA
- Summer 1988
- 13 episodes
- 24 min
- Tokyo Movie Shinsha
- Manga
- PG-13
- Drama
- Sports
- Shoujo
Contents
Opening | ||
| Japanese | エースをねらえ！２ | |
|---|---|---|
| Romanized | Ace wo Nerae! 2 | |
| Also known as | Ace wo Nerae! OVA 1 Aim for the Ace! 2 | |
| Genre | Drama, Sports, Shoujo | |
| Type | OVA | |
| Based on | Manga — Sumika Yamamoto | |
| Directed by | Osamu Dezaki, Noboru Furuse | |
| Character design | Akio Sugino | |
| Music by | Hiroaki Serizawa | |
| Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha | |
| Original run | July 25, 1988 – October 25, 1988 | |
| Episodes | 13 | |
| Episode length | 24 min | |
| Total running time | 5 hr 12 min | |
| Status | Finished airing | |
| Season | Summer 1988 | |
| Age rating | PG-13 – Teens 13 and older | |
| Score | ★ 7.33 | |
| On users' lists | 804 Kitsu, Shikimori | |
| Manga · Ace wo Nerae | ||
| Written by | Sumika Yamamoto | |
| Published in | Margaret | |
| Demographic | Shoujo | |
| Original run | 1973 – 1980 | |
| Volumes | 18 | |
Aim for the Ace!: Another Match (Japanese: エースをねらえ！２, Hepburn: Ace wo Nerae! 2) is a 1988 Japanese anime original video animation based on the manga series by Sumika Yamamoto. It is animated by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and directed by Osamu Dezaki and Noboru Furuse. It aired from July 25, 1988 to October 25, 1988, with 13 episodes.
Characters
Main characters
Supporting characters
Takayuki Toudou · Daigo Katsura · Referee
Voice cast by language
Voice actors in each language, as listed by Kitsu. A language appears only where a dub of this title is listed.
| Character | Japanese | Italian |
|---|---|---|
| Hiromi OkaMain | Yuuko Mizutani | Susanna Fassetta |
| Reika RyuuzakiMain | Yoshiko Sakakibara | Laura Lenghi |
| Maki AikawaSupporting | Masako Sugaya | – |
| Chairman RyuuzakiSupporting | Yuzuru Fujimoto | – |
| Takashi ChibaSupporting | Kenyuu Horiuchi | – |
| Ranko MidorikawaSupporting | Eiko Yamada | – |
| Jin MunakataSupporting | Nachi Nozawa | Angelo Maggi |
| Yuu OzakiSupporting | Hideyuki Umezu | – |
| Takayuki ToudouSupporting | Kazuhiko Inoue | – |
| Daigo KatsuraSupporting | Tessyo Genda | – |
| RefereeSupporting | Shinya Ootaki | – |
Production
Key staff
Sumika YamamotoOriginal Creator
Osamu DezakiDirector
Akio SuginoCharacter Design
Hiroaki SerizawaMusicKazuhiro AraiArt DirectorStaff
| Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
|---|---|
| Original Creator | Sumika Yamamoto |
| Director | Osamu Dezaki, Noboru Furuse |
| Script | Yoshio Takeuchi |
| Character Design | Akio Sugino |
| Music | Hiroaki Serizawa |
| Art Director | Kazuhiro Arai, Yoshinori Hirose, Tsutomu Ishigaki, Kunio Kaneshima |
| Director of Photography | Hirokata Takahashi |
| Editing | Yoshihisa Tsurubuchi |
| Theme Song Performance | Cristina D'Avena, Hiroko Moriguchi |
| Producer | Shin Unozawa |
Music
| Composer | Hiroaki Serizawa |
|---|
Episodes
| No. | Title | Original air date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | — | Aired | |
| 2 | — | Aired | |
| 3 | — | Aired | |
| 4 | — | Aired | |
| 5 | — | Aired | |
| 6 | — | Aired | |
| 7 | — | Aired | |
| 8 | — | Aired | |
| 9 | — | Aired | |
| 10 | — | Aired | |
| 11 | — | Aired | |
| 12 | — | Aired | |
| 13 | — | Aired |
Videos and pictures
Trailers and music
Gallery
Ratings and statistics
Score distribution
On users' lists
- Plan to watch212
- Watching8
- Completed137
- On hold17
- Dropped68
Ratings and list counts come from Shikimori, whose scores mirror MyAnimeList.
Audience
How many people follow this anime on the largest anime databases. The numbers are refreshed every few days; one person may use several sites.
Related works
| Original work | Ace wo Nerae (Manga) |
|---|---|
| Prequel | Shin Aim for the Ace! (TV series, 1978) |
| Sequel | Aim for the Ace!: Final Stage (OVA, 1989) |
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- “Ace wo Nerae! 2”. Shikimori. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
- “Ace wo Nerae! 2”. MyAnimeList. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
- “Aim for the Ace!: Another Match”. Kitsu. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
- “Q135215822”. Wikidata. Retrieved November 11, 2026.
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