Sumika Yamamoto - 1 Animation cel - Ace wo Nerae! - Original Animation Cel

Ace wo Nerae! (Jenny the Tennis Player) – Hiromi Oka – Original animation cel with A2 + background copy

Very rare animation cel from Ace wo Nerae! (エースをねらえ！), the famous series known in English as Jenny the Tennis Player, based on the manga by Sumika Yamamoto. The protagonist is originally named Hiromi Oka (岡ひろみ).

The cel depicts Hiromi Oka during a tennis match, with racquet in hand and the classic white uniform. The character is created with the traditional animation on acetate technique used for anime production of that era.

At the top of the cel the registration holes and the original production annotations, including “A2,” are still clearly visible.

Together with the cel, a colored background showing a tennis court and audience is also provided, as visible in the photos. The background is a copy/print and is NOT an original production background; it has been paired with the cel solely for display purposes, to enhance the character and recreate the setting of a match.

An interesting collectible dedicated to one of the great classics of Japanese sports animation and to its protagonist Hiromi Oka, known to Italian audiences as Jenny. The original series Ace wo Nerae! debuted in Japan in 1973.