Sep 25, 2024
Thanks to the reduced airing schedule, they were able to improve on the animation. And the tennis action once again reached new unbelievable heights. But what’s holding this show back fundamentally is the production decisions behind the show and its writing. Apparently only 16 teams are competing in this national tournament (it’s unclear if Seigaku was seeded) because all of a sudden the first round was the top 16. Then taking one half each of the production (6 episodes each) to do the top 16 and then the quarterfinals split down the middle by AN ACTUAL FILLER EPISODE!!! And the fact that the opening episode essentially makes the final episodes of the TV anime obsolete and unnecessary is just such a stupid production decision. You have to imagine that there’s at least 64 teams in the National tournament; what we want is to see Seigaku fight their way through, not automatically jump to the top 16. It is these decisions that prevent Prince of Tennis from being great as this should’ve been 26 episodes long minimum and yet…
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