'Shin Tennis no Ouji-sama: Hyoutei vs. Rikkai - Game of Future' Reveals Additional Staff, Spring 2021 Premiere

The official Twitter for the Shin Tennis no Ouji-sama: Hyoutei vs Rikkai - Game of Future (The New Prince of Tennis: Hyoutei vs. Rikkai - Game of Future) 20th anniversary project revealed additional staff and a teaser visual (pictured) on Sunday. The new anime, supervised by original creator Takeshi Konomi, will premiere in two parts in early Spring 2021. The cast members are reprising from the previous anime installments.

Staff
Art Director: Akira Itou (Juushinki Pandora)
Art Setting: Tomoyuki Aoki (Dr. Stone)
Color Design: Yuuko Tsumori (A3! Season Spring & Summer)
3D: Yoshifumi Hirakawa (Starmyu 3DCG)
Director of Photography: Yuuta Nakamura (Hinamatsuri)
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki (Yesterday wo Utatte)
Sound Director: Hiroki Matsuoka (Zoids Genesis)
Music: Chihiro Tamaki (Ongaku Shoujo)
Studio: Studio Kai, M.S.C
Production: Nihon Ad Systems

Keiichirou Kawaguchi (Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa) is directing the anime, with Mitsutaka Hirota (Tennis no Ouji-sama: Best Games!!) writing the script. Akiharu Ishii (Gunjou no Magmell) is designing the characters.

The first anime adaptation of the sports manga aired between Fall 2001 and ended in Winter 2005, which was followed by two anime films in 2005 and 2011, along with several original video anime series. The sequel manga also received a television anime in Winter 2012 and a 10-episode original video anime series that ran in 2014–2015. The most recent anime installment, Tennis no Ouji-sama: Best Games!!, began in October 2018, with the third and latest episode released on January 28.

The Ryouma! Shinsei Tennis no Ouji-sama (Ryouma! Rebirth The Prince of Tennis) anime film is set to premiere in 2021, following the delay from its original Spring 2020 date.

Source: Comic Natalie