It’s been an interesting season with several “revivals” of anime that seemed to have disappeared for years to return with an impressive force. ‘The Prince of Tennis’ It has never completely gone away and has left us with several OVAs and specials to continue expanding the franchise, but it has been 10 years since the end of the last anime series and we will finally see the continuation and many more heart-stopping games.
New matches and new opponents
The franchise is in the midst of its 20th anniversary celebrations and several direct-to-video episodes and even a movie have been released in recent years to further expand the franchise, but little by little more details about the return of the anime have been confirmed. .
‘The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup’ will cover the world cup arc of Takeshi Konomi’s manga. During the Jump Festa 2022 event, a new look at the series has been released, including another trailer for the anime. Precisely this new preview focuses on the new players of the international teams that we will see in the new chapters to open our mouths and introduce ourselves to the new characters.
There is no specific date for the launch of the series, but yes, it has been confirmed that it will return in July of this year as part of the summer premieres. The anime will directly pick up the plot where ‘The Prince of Tennis II’ left off ten years ago, following Ryouma in the following world cup tournaments, where he will face opponents from different countries.
The movie ‘Ryouma! Shinsei Gekijôban Tennis no Ôji-sama’ was released in Japan at the end of 2021 and was animated entirely in CGI, but for this new anime series, the classic anime style has been used again of the franchise developed by Studio Kai and MSC Keiichiro Kawaguchi returns as director to resume his work in the previous season of the series. ‘The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup’ also marks the return of Mitsusaka Hirota as a screenwriter and Akiharu Ishii as a character designer.
The anime’s cast features new additions for the new characters, especially for the United States team that Ryoma is up against, though many of the voice actors from the previous series have been retained. Junko Minagawa it will be one more time Ryouma Echizenand we will also have Ryotaro Okiyu as Kunimitsu Tezuka Hiroki Yasumoto as Hoo Byodoin Junichi Suwabe as Keigo Atobe, Sachiko Nagai as Seiichi Yukimura, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Kuranosuke Shiraishi, Tarusuke Shingaki as Eishiro Kite, and Mamoru Miyano as Ryoga Echizen.
‘The Prince of Tennis’ follows Ryouma Echizen, a young man with a lot of talent for tennis who seeks to gain a foothold in the world of sports. Beyond being part of the school team, Ryoma wishes above all else to defeat his father, who is a great tennis legend.