"Prince of Tennis" animation was adapted from its manga published on Japan Shueisha’s Weekly "Shonen Jump". This animation not only introduced about the rules and techniques of playing tennis, it also let teenagers savvy the spirit in sport. When it was being broadcasted in Japan, it took up the craze of playing tennis and boosted the sales of relative products. The popularity of the brand further led to numerous adaptations like drama, live-action movie and TV drama series, and the release of video games.
Ryoma Echizen was a tennis prodigy whose father had been named Samurai Nanjiro during his days as a professional tennis player. Maybe inheriting from his father, Ryoma’s outstanding performance on playing tennis made him win junior tournaments championship many times before. Ryoma was studying in Seishun Academy, a private school famous for its strong tennis team. Ryoma’s arrogance caused misunderstanding between him and tennis team members at first but the captain of the team recognized Ryoma’s distinguished capability soon. He invited Ryoma to be one of the team’s regulars and the team started pursuing the ultimate goal of winning the National Tournament…
TV Series
Series 1 : 48 epi. X 30’
Series 2 : 49 epi. X 30’
Series 3 : 40 epi. X 30’
Series 4 : 41 epi. X 30’
Movies
Anime Movie : 64’ + 29’
Live Action Movie : 110’
OVA
OVA 1 : 13 epi. X 30’
OVA 2 : 6 epi. X 30’
OVA 3 : 7 epi. X 30'
OVA 4 : 4 epi. X 30'
