Tennis no Oujisama: Best Games!!

Tezuka vs. Atobe
In the first round of the Kanto Regionals, the Singles 1 matchup between Hyoutei Academy and Seishun Academy pits team captains Keigo Atobe and Kunimitsu Tezuka against each other. After an intense back and forth from both sides, the fate of Seishun's advancement in the competition rests on the shoulders of their team captain. Refusing to let Hyoutei be defeated this early in the tournament, Atobe is determined to defeat Tezuka by exposing and exploiting his weakness.

Inui-Kaidou vs. Shishido-Ootori / Oishi-Kikumaru vs. Niou-Yagyuu
Emboldened by their invigorated efforts, Sadaharu Inui and Kaoru Kaidou compete with Hyoutei's Ryou Shishido and Choutarou Ootori as Seishun's newly formed doubles pair. Prior to the match, Inui proposes to Kaidou that they team up in order to elevate their playstyle and go beyond what they are currently capable of. Meanwhile, Shishido, who had just managed to get back onto the regular team, is resolved to prove that he deserves his position and must win no matter the cost.

Known as Seishun's "Golden Pair," Eiji Kikumaru and Shuichiro Oishi face off against Rikkai University-Affiliated Middle School's Masaharu Niou and Hiroshi Yagyuu at the Kanto Regional Finals. While the game starts off smoothly for Seishun, Niou and Yagyuu begin to employ various strategies that make the game progressively harder to win. As the Golden Pair struggle against their opponents, the history behind the duo begins to unfold.

Fuji vs. Kirihara
In the Singles 2 event at the Kanto Regional finals, Seishun's "Genius" Shuusuke Fuji contends with Rikkai's second-year ace Akaya Kirihara. Kirihara boldly declares he will win the match within 13 minutes, a statement which Fuji cannot help but scoff at. As the match begins to draw out longer than anticipated, Kirihara resorts to a more violent playstyle. Backed into a corner, Fuji must quickly adapt if he wants to claim victory over Kirihara.

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Echizen, Ryouma Main

Minagawa, Junko Japanese

Fuji, Shuusuke Main

Kaida, Yuki Japanese

Tezuka, Kunimitsu Main

Okiayu, Ryoutarou Japanese

Atobe, Keigo Main

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Kikumaru, Eiji Main

Takahashi, Hiroki Japanese

Kaidou, Kaoru Main

Kiyasu, Kouhei Japanese

Kirihara, Akaya Main

Morikubo, Shoutarou Japanese

Niou, Masaharu Main

Masuda, Yuuki Japanese

Inui, Sadaharu Main

Tsuda, Kenjirou Japanese

Shishido, Ryou Main

Kusuda, Toshiyuki Japanese

Kawaguchi, Keiichirou Director

Konomi, Takeshi Original Creator

Hirota, Mitsutaka Series Composition, Screenplay

Ishii, Akiharu Animation Director, Character Design, Chief Animation Director, Key Animation

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Mar 13, 2021

Sakoori

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (4/4 eps)

After searching the internet for a while, I was finally able to find the 4 OVAs and watched all of them. I honestly wasn't expecting anything when I found them and I'm not even sure if I'm disappointed either.

The Best Games OVAs are just digital remasters of the "best" 4 games in the anime. Whether or not the Tezuka/Atobe, Fuji/Kirihara, Oishi/Kikumaru/Niou/Yagyuu and Inui/Kaido/Shishido/Ootori matches are considered the best is subjective, but they were some of the more interesting games that didn't involve Ryoma. I enjoyed the fact that they stuck true to the original source materials and it was a pretty big wave of nostalgia ... to watch these old matches be remastered.

In terms of story, you'd need to either read the source material or watch the original anime to understand what's going on. It doesn't make much sense if you watch it without at least knowing the source. It kind of falls flat on that regard, but most people who will end up watching these OVAs are people who have seen the original. The animation and art are a lot better than the original anime but it's pretty average for the standards when these OVAs were released (2018). They reimagined how to portray these matches and I liked that it was a bit different, now that the technological limitations of the early 2000s aren't really there anymore. I felt a similar level of excitement watching these OVAs that reminded me of my initial reactions when I watched the anime more than a decade ago. There were some awkward CGI moments, but I found you can ignore them if you don't look for them. The new character songs used in the OVAs aren't bad, but they're not that memorable either.

Overall, it was fine. Can't say I'm disappointed, but I'm also not impressed either. If you need something to satisfy the TeniPuri nostalgia, these OVAs would be the perfect thing.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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