Prince Of Tennis
Overview
Japanese Title: Tennis no Oujisama
English Title: The Prince of Tennis
Initial Japanese Release: October 10, 2001
Intial North American Release: July 14, 2006
Episode Length: 22 Minutes
No. of Episodes: 178
Age Rating: Teen
Genres: Comedy, Shounen, Sports
Japanese Companies
Studio: Trans Arts
Broadcasters: Animax, TV Tokyo
English Companies
Broadcasters: Toonami Jetstream,
Cartoon Network
Opening Themes:
"Future" by Hiro-X (Eps 1-26)
"Driving Myself" by Hiro-X (Eps 27-53)
"Make You Free" by Kimeru (Eps 54-75)
"Long Way" by Ikou (Eps 76-101)
"Fly High" by Toshihiko Matsunaga (eps 102-128)
"Shining" by Yuki Shirai (eps 129-153)
"Paradise" by Yuki Shirai (eps 154-165)
"Dream Believer" by Masaki Osami (eps 166-178)
Ending Themes:
"You got Game" by Kimeru (Eps 1-26)
"Keep your style" by Masataka Fujishige (Eps 27-35,38-39,41-47,49-53)
"Walk On" by Masataka Fujishige (Eps 36-37,40,48)
"White Line" by Aozu (Eps 54-75)
"Kaze no Tabibito" by Fureai (Eps 76-101)
"Sakura" by Yomu Hamaguchi (Eps 102-140)
"Wonderful Days" by Pull Tab to Can (eps 141-165)
"Little Sky" by Kentaro Fukushi (eps 166-178)
Synopsis
This sports manga/anime takes place in Tokyo. Ryoma Echizen, who is a prodigy in tennis, goes to a school called Seishun Academy Middle School (????), or Seigaku (??) in short, a school famous for its strong tennis club and talented players. Because of his cool and apathetic attitude, upperclassmen challenge him to play tennis. However, Ryoma had won the American junior tennis championship tournaments four times in a row, and easily defeated the upperclassmen. Making new friends and learning new tennis tactics, Ryoma and the Seigaku tennis club strive to win the All-Japan junior high tennis team championship tournament.
Additional Information
The television program The Prince of Tennis is slightly different from the manga version. While most of the story and characters such as Ryoma Echizen, Takeshi Momoshiro, Syusuke Fuji, etc. are the same, there are small story-changes in the animated version because because the author, Takeshi Konomi, thought it would be too boring to read what fans have already watched. For example, table tennis scenes exist in the TV version, but not in the manga.
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