The first anime television series based on Aim for the Ace! was produced by Tokyo Movie, which used Madhouse studio to create the animation.[13] It was originally broadcast between October 5, 1973, and March 29, 1974, by Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS).[14] Osamu Dezaki served as the general director of all 26 episodes.[14] It was dubbed into French, Spanish and Italian.[15] Due to its initial poor ratings in Japan, the series was cancelled with half the original intended number of episodes.[16] However, a few years later with high ratings in reruns of the series, a remake was announced.[16] The second anime series was also produced by Tokyo Movie and was directed by Minoru Okazaki.