Haai Step Jun

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Synonyms: Hai Step Jun, Yes Step Jun, Haai Step Kun

Japanese: はーいステップジュン

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Type: TV

Episodes: 45

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Mar 10, 1985 to Jan 12, 1986

Premiered: Spring 1985

Broadcast: Sundays at 08:30 (JST)

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Toei Animation

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Romance, School, Sci-Fi

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 6.35¹ (scored by 220 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #6644²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #10875

Members: 842

Favorites: 2

6.35

Ranked #6644Popularity #10875Members 842

Spring 1985TVToei Animation

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Synopsis

Jun is a very intelligent little girl who spends her time arranging all kinds of inventions. It goes until creating two small robots, Kichinosuke and Yukinojo, who become her best friends. Because of her intelligence, Jun gets into college at a young age and she meets and falls in love with a boy from her class who's called Zero. Zero is interested in motorbikes and not in school and is accustomed to not attending the courses. He got delayed in his schooling and thus is found much older than the other students and is there for humiliated for it. On the other hand Jun is way too young and little to be in college and is made fun of. Thanks to their common passion for mechanics, Zero will sympathize with Jun and will agree to dine with her in Harbor, the restaurant where Jun's parents live. This is long series of fun adventures and arguments that little Jun will make to allure her charming prince, who's twice older than her.

(Source: ANN)

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Characters & Voice Actors

Nonomiya, Jun

Main

Yamamoto, Yuriko
Japanese

Kichinosuke

Main

Tsukase, Noriko
Japanese

Zero

Main

Nanba, Keiichi
Japanese

Tanaka, Masako

Supporting

Watanabe, Naoko
Japanese

Satou, Yoshiko

Supporting

Tonguu, Kyouko
Japanese

Nonomiya, Toshie

Supporting

Uemura, Noriko
Japanese

Nonomiya, Keiichirou

Supporting

Hase, Sanji
Japanese

Hanyuu, Hitoshi

Supporting

Tanaka, Ryouichi
Japanese

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Staff

Satou, Junichi

Co-Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Assistant Director

Kaizawa, Yukio

Episode Director

Kasai, Osamu

Episode Director

Serizawa, Hiroaki

Theme Song Composition

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Opening Theme

"Binkan! Mechanic (びん感!メカニック)" by Akiko & Naoko Kobayashi

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Ending Theme

"Rival 360 Do: Ren'ai Hatten Kanou Sei 0 (ライバル360度～恋愛発展可能性0～)" by Akiko & Naoko Kobayashi

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Jan 30, 2021

45 of 45 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 6

HeavensBlade13 (All reviews)

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Jun is a fun episodic comedy with fairly interesting main characters that, unlike many shows in the genre of this time, manages to fit in some satisfying overarching character development. Nothing stands out as super excellent, but it was a solid comedy.

The story actually takes place in middle school, not college. The premise as written seems like it could be creepy, but I think the show handles the dynamic between Jun and Zero well since the pining is basically just from Jun's side. The series is episodic, but there are a few overarching stories, and over time Zero and Jun grow to understand each other and grow up as people. Also, some plot occurrences change the status quo, which was great because the early-middle section of the show was getting stale since characters can't go anywhere romantically. The ending was not as conclusive as I might have wanted, but it was not sudden and coincides with the end of some decent character arcs. Most of the episodes are funny, but many were uncreative and used scenarios I had seen before several times.

Jun was fun to watch and had a cute design. I think the show plays her mismatch of intelligence and naivety pretty well. Kichinosuke is often hilarious, and he was my favorite character (although I'm not a fan of his design). Kichinosuke's societal misunderstandings, teasing Jun, doing whatever he pleases, and his struggles to do the right thing are funny and turn into great character development. Zero is also a fun character, and seeing him gradually get more serious was nice. (His grandma can be funny too.) None of the side characters were annoying or bad, but most were not unique. The "santaro" kids were probably the best side characters, and their gradual friendship with Kichinosuke was satisfying.

I thought the animation was decent. Some scenes seemed to over-rely on motion lines. I enjoyed the backgrounds and color scheme, which gave a unique sense of place with the dock/harbor themes (and I think a lot of anime lacks this sense of place). Character designs for the main characters were good, but side characters seemed pretty generic. Personally, I thought the robot designs were mediocre. In terms of audio, I liked the OP and ED, which were catchy and matched Jun's character well. The OST fit the scenes/story even if it was quite plain. But sometimes Jun's voice was way too shrill and loud when she was screaming or crying.

Overall I'd recommend this show if you're looking for a fairly lengthy episodic show with a few good main characters and decent comedy. As long as you can overlook some of the episode plots being generic and the side cast being forgettable, it's a solid show.

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