Tennis no Ouji-sama (The Prince of Tennis)

At the request of his father, tennis prodigy Ryouma Echizen has returned from America and is ready to take the Japanese tennis scene by storm. Aiming to become the best tennis player in the country, he enrolls in Seishun Academy—home to one of the best middle school tennis teams in Japan.

After Ryouma catches the captain's eye, he finds himself playing for a spot on the starting lineup in the intra-school ranking matches despite only being a freshman. Due to his age, the rest of the Seishun Boys' Tennis Team are initially reluctant to accept him, but his skill and determination convinces them to let him in.

Armed with their new "super rookie," Seishun sets out to claim a spot in the National Tournament, hoping to take the coveted title for themselves. In order to do so, the team must qualify by playing through the Tokyo Prefectural and Kanto Regionals. Yet, the road ahead of them is shared by a plethora of strong schools, each playing tennis in unique ways for their own reasons. Ryouma and his teammates must learn to cooperate if they want to become the champions they aspire to be.

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Background

On April 24, 2007, Viz Media released the first DVD box set in the United States. An additional three box sets have been released since January 15, 2008. However, these four sets only contain 50 of the 178 episodes.

On April 2, 2021, Funimation obtained licensing rights to the series and announced a new dub was in the works.

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Adaptation:	Tennis no Ouji-sama
Side story:	Tennis no Ouji-sama: Atobe kara no Okurimono - Kimi ni Sasageru Tennis Prince Matsuri, Tennis no Ouji-sama Movie 1: Futari no Samurai - The First Game, Tennis no Ouji-sama: Sonzoku Yama no Hi, Tennis no Ouji-sama: Oshougatsu Special, Tennis no Ouji-sama Movie 2: Eikokushiki Teikyuu Shiro Kessen!, Tennis no Ouji-sama: Pair Prince, Tennis no Ouji-sama: Message in a Bottle
Sequel:	Tennis no Ouji-sama: Zenkoku Taikai-hen
Other:	Tennis no Ouji-sama: The Band of Princes Film Kick the Future, Tennis no Ouji-sama: Mini Theater
Alternative version:	Tennis no Ouji-sama: Best Games!!
Character:	Miloha CM: Oresama ni, Amae Chai na

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Characters & Voice Actors

Echizen, Ryouma

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Minagawa, Junko
Japanese

Fuji, Shuusuke

Main

Kaida, Yuki
Japanese

Tezuka, Kunimitsu

Main

Okiayu, Ryoutarou
Japanese

Kikumaru, Eiji

Main

Takahashi, Hiroki
Japanese

Kaidou, Kaoru

Main

Kiyasu, Kohei
Japanese

Momoshiro, Takeshi

Main

Onosaka, Masaya
Japanese

Inui, Sadaharu

Main

Tsuda, Kenjirou
Japanese

Kawamura, Takashi

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Kawamoto, Naru
Japanese

Oishi, Shuichiro

Main

Kondou, Takayuki
Japanese

Atobe, Keigo

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Suwabe, Junichi
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Takahashi, Tomoko

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Hamana, Takayuki

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Hiramitsu, Takuya

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Andou, Masahiro

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Opening Theme

	1: "Future" by Hiro-X (eps 1-26)
	2: "Driving Myself" by Hiro-X (eps 27-53)
	3: "Make You Free" by Kimeru (male version), hisoca (female version) (eps 54-75)
	4: "Long Way" by Ikuo (eps 76-101)
	5: "Fly High" by Toshihiko Matsunaga (eps 102-128)
	6: "Shining" by Yuki Shirai (eps 129-153)
	7: "Paradise" by Yuki Shirai (eps 154-165)
	8: "Dream Believer" by Osami Masaki (eps 166-178)

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Ending Theme

	1: "You Got Game" by Kimeru (eps 1-26)
	2: "Keep Your Style" by Masataka Fujishige (eps 27-35,38-39,41-47,49-53)
	3: "Walk On" by Masataka Fujishige (eps 36-37,40,48)
	4: "White Line" by Aozu (eps 54-75)
	5: "Kaze no Tabibito" by Fureai (eps 76-101)
	6: "Sakura" by Yomu Hamaguchi (eps 102-140)
	7: "Wonderful Days" by Pull Tab to Can (eps 141-165)
	8: "Little Sky" by Kentaro Fukushi (eps 166-178)

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Sep 8, 2007

VK11

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The Prince of Tennis - a sports-driven anime that debuted back in 2001, depicts the story of Echizen Ryoma and his experiences in the world of tennis. Along with Hajime no Ippo, the Prince of Tennis helped start the rave with sports-driven anime craze, and its not really a wonder why a lot of those anime use many of the elements from the Prince of Tennis - its so good that its still being animated (in OVA form) this very day.

Normally, with sports anime, you see the rise of a certain young star from not being a very good player to being the ace ... of their sport. The Prince of Tennis pulled something out of the ordinary and made Echizen an amazing tennis player right from the start. Now you're probably thinking, "Well, where's the fun in that?" Well, Echizen is always going up against top-notch opponents and throughout the show, you'll witness him going from a cocky, immature kid to one who actually respects his opponents (well, sort of anyway) and development of new, exciting skills. Echizen join the Seigaku high school tennis team and participates in tournaments with them. And of course, the overall theme is to aim for the top of the tennis world.

The art is pretty good. It starts off so-so, but before you know it, it gets to that level where you're impressed by it. As for the animation, you'll see a lot of repeated frames throughout the show (as usual with sports anime), but the way they animate all of the new skills and tennis matches is just so amazing, that after some of the matches, you just stare in awe at its magnificence.

The sound, I would say, is probably the weakest point of the show. Although the music presented in the Prince of Tennis does suit the mood and is pretty upbeat at times, there really isn't a score that will stand out to you, where you'll be saying, "Ah!! I need that on my computer/ipod." Nevertheless, its relatively enjoyable

Since the stories are pretty much the same throughout all sport anime (overall), in order for an anime to be amazing - especially the case with sport ones - characters and unique personalities need to be there. And Prince of Tennis does not disappoint in that category. This show unveils so many different memorable characters, that you'll undoubtedly have trouble picking your all-time favorite one from the lot because they are so unique. And the best part about it is that the creators were able to somehow give each character a unique way of playing tennis. With the amount of characters and opponents they present, you'd think that they would have to repeat somewhere. But that's definitely not the case.

With amazing tennis matches, a plethora of unique and lovable characters, and a cocky main protagonist that will get on your nerves at times but you'll respect out of necessity because of his skills, the Prince of Tennis is an amazing sport anime. The best part of this anime is that you will have a hard time knowing who will win matches. Surprisingly enough, all the main characters experience losses matches at times, which makes it interesting to see how each one responds to the agony of defeat.

If you are looking for a sport-driven anime and are in for the long haul - meaning 170+ episodes, the Prince of Tennis is exactly what you're looking for.

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May 31, 2008

KimimaroKenshin

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Story - 10
The story is very original, where the protagonist comes from America to Japan as a well-developed tennis player. His father has him enroll in Seigaku Tennis Club, where he plays opponents who can challenge his skill, while the team seeks to reach the National Tournament. Although the story sounds simple, there are many episodes that get more in depth by revealing more of the characters and the storyline, which I would rather not spoil.

Art - 9
The art in this anime is spectacular! However, it is a long series, so some frames are repeated throughout games, yet it is still well done to the ...

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Apr 12, 2013

Masserati_

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"Mada Mada Dane"

Once upon a time in Japan, a manga artist by the name of Takeshi Konomi came up with a manga by the name of Prince of Tennis, and it quickly became one of - if not the - most popular sports manga of all time, doing for tennis what Slam Dunk did for basketball, it caused a massive boost in popularity for the sport in its native country. To this day, it's hard to really say that Japan ever got past Prince of Tennis fever, one look at the various pieces of Prince of Tennis merchandise like the musicals or even the live-action ...

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