The New Prince of Tennis is set shortly after the end of the original manga. Ryoma Echizen returns to Japan after his trip to America as a candidate for the Japanese U-17 (under 17) High School Representatives Selection Camp, along with 50 other middle school tennis players.
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Manga[edit]
The New Prince of Tennis, written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi, was announced by Shueisha's Jump Square on November 4, 2008. The series began serialization in the magazine on March 4, 2009. Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on August 4, 2009. As of October 4, 2023, forty volumes have been released.
Anime[edit]
A 13-episode anime television series adaptation by Production I.G and M.S.C ran from January 5 to March 29, 2012. The episodes were collected in seven DVDs, released from April 20, 2012, to April 24, 2013. Each DVD included a special original video animation (OVA) episode. Crunchyroll streamed the series.
A ten-episode OVA, titled The Prince of Tennis II OVA vs. Genius 10, was released on five DVDs from October 29, 2014, to June 26, 2015. The OVA has been streamed by Crunchyroll.
A two-part original net animation (ONA) by Studio Kai and M.S.C, titled The Prince of Tennis II: Hyotei vs. Rikkai Game of Future, was released on February 13 and April 17, 2021, respectively.
In April 2021, Funimation announced that they licensed the entire The Prince of Tennis anime franchise. and The Prince of Tennis II was added to their platform on August 17 of the same year.
During the 20th anniversary event of The Prince of Tennis on October 10, 2021, it was announced that a new anime television series titled The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup was being produced. The staff of the Hyotei vs. Rikkai Game of Future ONA series, as well as the main cast members, reprised their roles. It aired from July 7 to September 29, 2022, on TV Tokyo. The opening theme song is "I can fly" by Yoshiki Ezaki and Bleecker Chrome, while the ending theme song is "Dear Friends" by TeniPri Artistars. Crunchyroll has licensed the series, streaming it along with an English dub.
In June 2023, a sequel to the series, subtitled U-17 World Cup Semifinal, was announced. It is set to premiere in October 2024.
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- TV Tokyo listed the air dates for the series on Wednesday at 25:50, which is effectively Thursday at 1:50 a.m. JST. TV Tokyo lists the series premiere at 24:00 JST on July 6, 2022, which is effectively July 7 at midnight.
The chapters of The Prince of Tennis manga series are written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi, and were serialized in Japan's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from July 1999 to March 2008. A sequel to the series entitled The Prince of Tennis II began serialization in Japan in the monthly magazine Jump Square on March 4, 2009. The story centers around a cocky tennis prodigy named Ryoma Echizen, who, upon his father's urging, enrolls in a private middle school called Seishun Academy ("Seigaku" for short), which, besides being famous for its strong tennis team, is his father's . The storyline of the first manga series revolves around Seigaku striving to become the National middle school tennis champions, while the sequel takes place several months after their National victory.
The Prince of Tennis manga spans a total of 379 chapters (380 if chapter "0" is included), which have been collected into 42 tankōbon volumes. Shueisha distributed these volumes in Japan, with the first volume being released on January 7, 2000, and the last on June 4, 2008. Each of the chapters are referred to as a "Genius", with the exception of chapters 245 to 247 which are primarily referred to as the "Wild" chapters since they are told from a different character's point of view. The sequel's chapters are each referred to as a "Golden Age". Three official fan books were also released by Shueisha, as well as one illustration book. Kenichi Sakura created a short tribute manga entitled The Prince of Afterschool, which began serialization in Jump Square in November 2008.
The series has been adapted into several forms of other media including a 178 episode anime series directed by Takayuki Hamana that aired from October 2001 to March 2005, and a series of subsequent OVAs released onto several DVDs. The anime, combined with the OVAs, roughly covers the storyline of the first manga series. It also spawned an ongoing series of musicals, as well as two featured films: one original animated film and the other being a live-action which loosely follows the events of the first eighteen volumes.
Viz Media licensed the series and distributes an English version of the manga in North America under the Shonen Jump imprint. The first English language volume was released on May 19, 2004, and the last one was released on July 5, 2011. The English anime adaptation debuted in North America as streaming media on Toonami Jetstream on July 14, 2006.