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is one of the most popular manga and anime titles in Japan. It is written by Takeshi Konomi, who has also written a manga called Cool. The manga is published in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump in Japan, and is published in English in North America by VIZ Media. The anime showed its final episode in 2005 on TV Tokyo in Japan. The timeslot has since been replaced by Eyeshield 21.
The series has produced a half-hour weekly radio show, over 100 music CDs, several games, movies, multiple live-action musicals and a large selection of merchandise. On 13 May 2006 the live-action adapation film, The Prince of Tennis, was released in Japan.

The Prince of Tennis anime has been announced to be a part of Cartoon Network's new online broadband service called Toonami Jetstream. It is slated to begin July 27, 2006.

Contents
  • 2 Others
  • 3 Episode list
  • 4 Supporting characters
  • 5 TV Show
  • 6 External links

    • Plot

    The manga is primarily set in Tokyo. Ryoma Echizen, a tennis prodigy, attends Seishun Academy Middle School (青春学園 Seishun Gakuen), or Seigaku (青学) in short, a school famous for its strong tennis club and talented players. Ryoma quickly defeats numerous upperclassmen shortly after entrance to secure himself a spot on the regulars team. In pursuit of their ultimate goal of winning the all-Japan junior high tennis championship, members of the team make new friends while learning and mastering increasingly complex techniques.

    Regulars

    Other players

    Notable rival schools

    Nationals rival schools appearances

    Others

    Episode list

    Supporting characters

    Names are in Japanese order, with the surname before the given name.

    TV Show

    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, Shusuke Fuji, etc. are the same, there are small story-changes in the animated version because the author, Takeshi Konomi, thought it would be too boring to watch what fans have already read.

    External links

    Official Sites

    English

    Japanese

    Unofficial Sites

    English


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    The Prince of Tennis
    Characters
    Tennis team members: Ryoma Echizen | Kunimitsu Tezuka | Shuichiro Oishi | Shusuke Fuji | Eiji Kikumaru | Takashi Kawamura | Sadaharu Inui | Takeshi Momoshiro | Kaoru Kaidoh
    Schools: Seishun Academy Middle School | Fudomine Middle School | Hyotei Gakuen | Midoriyama | Rikkai Daigaku Fuzoku
    Supporting characters: Sumire Ryuzaki | Masashi Arai | Satoshi Horio | Kachiro Kato | Katsuo Mizuno
    Other
    List of Prince of Tennis episodes | The Prince of Tennis (film) | Takeshi Konomi

     

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