Tennis no Oujisama Movie 1: Futari no Samurai - The First Game

Ryouma Echizen and the Seishun Academy Boys' Tennis Team are invited to participate in an exhibition game aboard a luxury cruise ship by its owner, Hikomaro Sakurafubuki. When they arrive, the boys are shocked to discover that Ryouma's adopted older brother, Ryouga, is the captain of the opposing team. During their first games, Seishun easily crushes their opponents, garnering excitement from the cruise spectators. However, many strange things about the cruise begin to surface—from the restaurant's cheap sushi to a bathroom covered in marble wallpaper.

Suspecting something is amiss, the team quickly finds out that Sakurafubuki is running an illegal gambling plot and that they must lose their next set of matches in order for him to win a large sum of money. Back on the first day, their opponents were told to purposefully lose in order to make the spectators bet heavily on Seishun's victory. If the middle schoolers do not comply, they risk losing their lives, as all of the employees on the ship are armed and working with Sakurafubuki, including Ryouga.

Relying only on themselves, the team must put their skills and intellect together to outsmart the threat around them. As Seishun decides to fight for their lives, the two sons of Samurai Nanjiro go head-to-head to determine who is the superior player.

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Echizen, Ryouma Main

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, Kouhei Japanese

Momoshiro, Takeshi Main

Onosaka, Masaya Japanese

Echizen, Ryouga Main

Yamazaki, Yuuta Japanese

Inui, Sadaharu Main

Tsuda, Kenjirou Japanese

Kawamura, Takashi Main

Kawamoto, Naru Japanese

Oishi, Shuichiro Main

Kondou, Takayuki Japanese

Takahashi, Tomoko Producer

Kawaguchi, Tooru Producer

Hamana, Takayuki Director, Storyboard

Hiramitsu, Takuya Sound Director

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Dec 31, 2009

gmgkng

Recommended

This movie is totally awesome. With fighting included in tennis, this just excites me more while I was watching the movie. However, there's 2 flaws & disappointments in this movie. 1, the art is bad. Not that bad, but bad. Just by looking at the characters in the anime, example - Inui, you'll know that the author just rushed through some parts of the anime. Second bad thing of the anime (movie): PREDICTIONS. In my opinion, I already know what'll happen, it's so obvious. But every main character nearly always wins. But why is this obvious ....? Judging by Echizen Ryoma and Echizen Ryoga's looks, ... I already know they will continue the fight after hitting the villian (forgot the name) with the tennis ball. And it's so obvious that Ryoma will win. So I hope the next movie of PoT will not have the same flaw and problem.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Nov 12, 2008

xenoglossy

Mixed Feelings

This movie is not, technically, a very good movie. The art's pretty decent -- one can tell they had a higher budget for this movie than for the TV series -- the soundtrack's fine but not outstanding, the characterization is about what you'd expect for a Prince of Tennis movie (i.e. minimal), and the plot is frankly ridiculous.

In fact, this movie is ridiculous and over-the-top in a number of ways, and that's exactly what's so great about it. It takes the "junior high school tennis is serious and manly!" theme of the TV series and turns it up to eleven in ways that deny logic, ... physics, and the very nature of reality. Underwater tennis on the deck of a sinking ship! Energy-beam tennis that blows people's clothes off! Tennis killing the dinosaurs! Heck, the "play this fixed tennis match... OR DIE!!!" premise alone is pretty amusing.

So if you're looking for a serious and realistic sports anime... well, I don't know why you'd be looking at anything Prince of Tennis-related in the first place, but you certainly won't find it here. But if you have a sense of humor and a fondness for shounen absurdity, this movie is a lot of fun.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Apr 17, 2008

Titan-Kikumaru

Mixed Feelings

I'm a big fan of the series, but a bit disappointed with this movie...
I think the people who made this movie is a bit too hurried to decide on the characters.
They made this filler character, Ryoga Echizen, Ryoma's older adopted brother. In the movie he entered ryoma's house when he was a kid. Then Ryoga went missing through the entire series... come back for a brief moment on the movie, then went missing again...

It's just too weird...

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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