The Prince of Tennis & The New Prince of Tennis

The Prince of Tennis

 Synopsis:

Summary

Twelve-year-old Ryoma Echizen joins the Seishun Gakuen Middle School tennis team, known for being one of the most competitive teams in Japan. Freshmen rarely have a chance to actually play during their first year, but Ryoma's cool confidence, combined with a deadly, un-returnable "twist serve," gain him a coveted starting spot. With rigorous and extremely intense practices, the upperclassmen of the team expect the very best from themselves, and expect even more from the new members of the team. He's made the cut but can he survive the intense competition? Join Ryoma and other first year players, as they train hard, make friends, and try to find a place for themselves on the team. Ryoma’s cute but chronically shy classmate, Sakuno Ryuzaki, also has problems of her own as she hopes he will notice her. Ryoma Echizen is The Prince of Tennis. He may be ready for the Seishun Gakuen tennis team, but are they ready for him?

The New Prince of Tennis

Info

Alternative Titles: Shin Tennis no Ouji-sama (新テニスの王子様)
Type: TV
Episodes: Unknown
Status: Airing
Aired: Jan 5, 2012 to ?
Producers: NAS, M.S.C
Genres: Action, Comedy, School, Shounen, Sports
Duration: 23:40
Rating: G - All Ages

The competition is fierce for the middle schoolers in the National Tennis Competition. 50 representatives are chosen from them, and this time they'll challenge high schoolers!!

This time the stage is U-17 (Under 17), a training camp that gathers Japan's middle school representatives together to raise them into top tennis players. Led by the winners of the national competition, Seishun Gakuen, Hyotei, Rikkai, and Shitenhoji, gathered together. With all of their rivals from the national tournament, fighting spirits are high as they set out to face each other again.

At first these middle schoolers show no difficulty in facing the high schoolers. But this training camp won't be that simple.

Before them stood athletes better than any they had ever faced before, together with a mysterious coach. Will the middle schoolers be able to survive as they're driven to the edge by rigorous trials in this training camp where ability means everything?

A new chapter of "Prince of Tennis" starts here! Let the curtain rise on a new stage.

Staff

Original Work
Takeshi Konomi
(Shueisha "Jump SQ" Publishing)
Director
Hideyo Yamamoto
Series Composition
Mitsutaka Hirota
Character Design
Akeharu Ishii
Sound Director
Takuya Hiramitsu
Music
Cher Watanabe
Production
NAS
Animation Production
Production I.G & M.S.C
Production
Prince of Tennis II Project