The Prince of Tennis (2001)

Tennis no Ouji-sama / テニスの王子様

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  • Anime: The Prince of Tennis
    • Japanese Tennis no Ouji-sama
      Tennis no Ōji-sama
      テニスの王子様
      Type: TV-Series, 178 (~)
      Status: Completed
      Published: 10.10.2001 ‑ 30.03.2005
      Studio: Trans Arts
      Adapted From: Manga
      Staff: Takeshi KONOMI (Original Work), Takayuki HAMANA (Direction), Akiharu ISHII (Character Design), Cheru WATANABE (Music)
    • English The Prince of Tennis
      Status: Completed
      Published: 14.07.2006 ‑ 22.08.2023
    • German The Prince of Tennis
      Status: Completed
      Published: 03.10.2022 ‑ 23.08.2023
      Publisher: Crunchyroll
    • Synonyms: PoT, Tennis no Oujisama

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In “The Prince of Tennis”, Ryouma Echizen has only just started attending middle school, although he is already considered a tennis prodigy at the age of 12 – after all, he has won consecutive tournaments in the USA. Nevertheless, Ryouma will only be satisfied when he has defeated his father, Nanjirou. He was once a world-famous player, but in the meantime, he has ended his career and wants Ryouma to become a professional and, thus, his effective successor. At his father’s behest, Ryouma moves from the USA back to Japan and attends the Seishun Academy because it has a tennis team with an excellent reputation.

No sooner has he joined the team than Ryouma catches the eye of the team’s captain, Kunimitsu Tezuka, who, after a short time, offers him a place in the first team. Such a young player should become a regular? Not surprisingly, his teammates are sceptical, and Ryouma’s arrogant manner doesn’t help him settle in.

In any case, the tennis team wants to win the national tournament, but first, they have to win several regional tournaments. Ryouma is happy to be able to play against so many different opponents, but the road to the championship is long – and the road to his father is probably even longer.
In »The Prince of Tennis« hat Ryouma Echizen gerade mal begonnen, die Mittelschule zu besuchen, doch was Tennis angeht, gilt er mit seinen 12 Jahren jetzt schon als Wunderkind – immerhin hat er in den USA gleich mehrere Turniere hintereinander gewonnen. Dennoch: So richtig zufrieden wird Ryouma erst sein, wenn seinen Vater Nanjirou bezwungen hat. Der war einst selbst ein weltberühmter Spieler, doch mittlerweile hat er seine Karriere beendet und möchte Ryouma zu einem Profi und somit zu seinem effektiven Nachfolger machen. Auf Geheiß seines Vaters zieht Ryouma aus den USA zurück nach Japan und besucht dort die Seishun-Akademie, weil diese ein Tennis-Team mit exzellentem Ruf besitzt.

Kaum ist er dem Team beigetreten, fällt Ryouma auch schon dem Kapitän der Mannschaft, Kunimitsu Tezuka, ins Auge, der ihm nach kurzer Zeit anbietet, sich einen Platz in der Stammmannschaft zu erspielen. Ein so junger Spieler soll ein Stammspieler werden? Es ist nicht überraschend, dass seine Mitspieler skeptisch sind; Ryoumas arrogante Art hilft beim Einleben nicht gerade.

Das Tennis-Team will jedenfalls das Nationalturnier gewinnen, doch dafür müssen aber erst mal mehrere regionale Turniere gewonnen werden. Ryouma ist froh, nun gegen so viele verschiedene Gegner spielen zu können, doch der Weg zur Meisterschaft ist weit – und der zu seinem Vater womöglich noch viel weiter.
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Prince of Tennis cuenta la historia de Ryoma Echizen, un joven prodigio del tenis de 12 años, que entra en el colegio Seigaku al volver a Japón después de vivir varios años en los Estados Unidos, donde se proclamó vencedor de varios torneos juveniles.

Arrogante y presuntuoso, a Ryoma sólo le interesa derrotar a su padre, Nanjiro Echizen, ex jugador profesional, y no siente demasiado interés por el club de tenis del Seigaku. No obstante, poco a poco irá dándose cuenta de que aún tiene cosas que puede aprender como tenista y, aunque no quiera reconocerlo, también como ser humano.

Tras lograr ganarse un puesto en el equipo de titulares, Ryoma acompañará a sus compañeros en los curiosos entrenamientos que realizan para mejorar su forma física y habilidad tenística mientras se preparan para el torneo clasificatorio que les llevará a enfrentarse con otros colegios y a los más variopintos rivales en su intento de llegar a las finales del torneo nacional.
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  • Shuusuke FUJI

    I don’t lose to my opponents twice.

  • Shuusuke FUJI

    You can’t hold a candle against the real Tezuka.

  • Ryouma ECHIZEN

    I don’t like lectures from someone who plays fixed matches.

  • Ryouma ECHIZEN

    Mada, mada dane!!

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