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The Prince of Tennis

Story

Ryoma Echizen is a 12 year-old tennis genius. He won four consecutive championships in the American Junior Tennis Tournament. He enrolls at Seigaku(a school in Japan popular for its Tennis players and its strict rules regarding first years not being allowed to be regulars before summer camp). Ryoma justs then breaks this rule because of his exceptional talent in tennis but his only goal is to beat his father, who is a former tennis legend. But as he continues to play tennis, he slowly learns his real reason of playing....


Japanese name : Tennis no Oujisama
English name : The Prince of Tennis
Total Episodes : 178
Dates : October 10, 2001 - March 30, 2005
Production Company : NAS
Broadcaster : TV Tokyo
Series Director : Takayuki Hamana
Created by Takeshi Konomi
Music: Cher Watanabe


author's review:

this is one of my most favorite animes since it does not only feature tennis but as well as the lives and activities of junior high school students. the matches are great and you'll definitely be amazed when you get to see their tennis techniques. a genre of action/adventure/comedy and a bit of teenage romance, this anime is going to drive you crazy and once you've started watching it you'll definitely crave for more. It is generally a shounen but i think it is suitable for everybody who likes anime and tennis.

Episodes

Prince of Tennis: Episodes

001. A Prince Appears
002. Samurai Junior
003. Seigaku Regulars Arrive!
004. The Man Called the Viper
005. Snake Shot
006. That man, Echizen Nanjiroh
007. Two Ryoma's
008. Split Step
009. The Hard Day
010. Counter attack! Sasabe once again
011. Echizen VS Momoshiro
012. The Two AH-UN Boys
013. Men Play Doubles
014. Tsubame Gaeshi
015. Their Respective Fights
016. Boomerang Snake
017. The small winning pose
018. Love Letter
020. Time Limit
021. Is the tennis court heating up?
022. The troubles of Kaoru
023. Enter! Inui's Juice Deluxe
024. Ryoma's Holiday
026. The Strongest Man in Seigaku (part I)
026. The Strongest Man in Seigaku (part II)
027. Karupin's Adventures
028. A new Regular Appears!?
029. Momo and Mamushi
030. Mizuki's Scenario
031. Moon Volley
032. Super move! Eiji's "pretend to sleep" attack!
033. Tie Break
034. Twist Spin Shot
035. Drive B
036. Big brother, Fuji Syusuke
037. Tennis ball with Ryoma's face
038. Penal Tea
039. Higuma Otoshi!
040. A Duel In the Rain
041. Trouble
042. Targeting Oishi
043. Lucky Sengoku
044. Jack knife
045. The Devil on the Court
046. Samurai Spirit
047. Will Not Lose
048. Decisive Moment
049. Different Kind of Fight
050. Seigaku's claim to fame
051. Inui's Challenge
052. Seigaku's Biggest Crisis
053. Momo's Return
054. Kaoru's Special Training
055. Hyotei Presses Near
056. Double for 3
057. Scud Serve
058. The Worst Compatibility
059. Hidden Power
060. Power VS Power
061. Duel of Hadoukyu
062. The Disappearing Serve
063. The last Triple Counter
064. Compilation stories "TeniPuri"
065. The pillar of Seigaku
066. The Rondo Towards Destruction
067. End of the ball
068. End of the Tie
069. Who's turn is it to take
070. Tennis VS Ping Pong
071. It's a Date!
072. Tennis vs Ping-Pong
073. Tezuka's decision
074. A message from Echizen
075. Farewell, Tezuka Kunimitsu
076. Seigaku's Taijou formation
077. A fight of calmness and passion
078. Thunderbolt
079. I Formation
080. Pretender's Strategy
081. Mamushi VS Fake Mamushi
082. Temptation of Bloom Village
083. The Masterpiece
084. Deep Impulse
085. The Result of the Deadly Duel
086. High on Rhythm!
087. Tennis Folktale - The Prince of Bowling & Prince Detective (part I)
088. Tennis Folktale - The Prince of Bowling & Prince Detective (part II)
089. Seigaku, DaDa Dan!
090. Cheap Housing Beach Volleyball
091. Rokkaku's Freshman Captain
092. The Boy with the Long Racket
093. Dash Hadoukyu
094. The Secret Plan to Seal Kikumaru
095. Tsubame Gaeshi, Countered
096. Heat up Ryoma!
097. Finishing Smash
098. The Prince of Billiards
099. The Cursed Racket
100. Captain Oishi
101. Eat Rikkaidai
102. Mizuki's Whispers
103. Tossing and Turning
104. Ryoma vs Sanada
105. Ryoma's Fiasco
106. Let's Go Camping!
107. The Chairman Shows Up!
108. Surprise at Camp
109. Tennis Biathlon
110. Jump, Kabaji!
111. Original Prodigy: Fuji Syusuke
112. Hadoukyu vs. Scud Serve
113. Atobe the Beautiful
114. Ryoma is Going!
115. Baseball is a Game for Men
116. Seigaku vs. Champion Rikkaidai! I'll be the One who'll Win! (part I)
117. Seigaku vs. Champion Rikkaidai! I'll be the One who'll Win! (part II)
118. Battle Ceremony
119. Tightrope Walking Doubles
120. Kikumaru Was Read By Niou
121. Yagyuu's Decision
122. Inui Hollers
123. Conclusion Of The Remembered Game
124. Kirihara's Red Trap
125. Angry Fuji
126. Clash! Ryoma vs Sanada
127. Invisible Serve
128. Conclusion ~ Which One will Win?
129. The Samurai's Ballad
130. We Miss Tezuka
131. Never Give Up
132. The Zany Tenipuri Family
133. The Best Sushi Chef in Japan
134. My Prince
135. Kikumaru's Summer Vacation
136. Junior Selection Camp
137. The Member Who was not Trusted
138. Ryoma vs Kirihara! Beyond Battle Rage
140. Welcome Back, Tezuka Kunimitsu
141. Atobe vs. Sanada: The Ultimate Showdown
142. The Boy who Came from America
143. Tezuka's Choice
144. Formation! A Dream Team
145. Ryoma vs Kevin
146. The US Team's Ambition
147. The Most Powerful! Atobe and Sanada
148. Baker's Scenario
149. The Tango Toward Destruction
150. Energetic boys Duo
151. Sorrowful Marionettes
152. Bobby Max The Beast
153. Defying the Limits
154. Genius Vs Tennis Machine
155. 1mm Battle
156. Who Will Play?"
157. Delusive Phantom Ball"
158. The Long Awaited Game - Ryoma Vs Kevin
159. Illusion
160. Game and Match
161. Run, Momo!
162. The Golden Pair Memories
163. Kaidoh's Unknown World
164. Seigaku's Shocking Secret Plans
165. The Tenipuri Family Goes to Hawaii?! - Christmas at the Tenipuri Family
166. Seigaku's Specialty, again
167. Eternal Rivals, Momoshiro Vs Kaidoh
168. Ryoma's decision
169. Swaying Feelings
170. Burn, Echizen!
171. Deep affection for a friend
172. Goodbye Seigaku
173. Samurai New York
174. Tezuka Kunimitsu VS Fuji Syusuke
175. Seriousness of a third Year
176. Climax
177. An Unforgettable Promise
178. Good Bye, Prince

001. A Prince Appears

001. A Prince Appears

In the train, 12-yrs-old Sakuno Riyuzaki, is almost being hitted by a swaying tennis racket as its holder, the 16-yrs-old Sasabe, tries to brag to his friends about the correct gripping styles. He is then corrected by a boy of Sakuno's age who is sitting in front of them and told him the difference of an Eastern grip from a Western grip. While Sakuno was waiting on the train station for her grandmother(they are going to see a tennis match), the same boy approaches her for directions to the tennis club tournament and mistakenly gave him the wrong directions.
As Sakuno arrives to the tennis club, she quickly looks for the boy and found him sleeping on the grasses with a cap covering his face. She apologizes but the boy's match was already forfeited because he was 5min late. She asks him for a drink but it turns out that she did not carry any coins with her. So the boy treats her a can Ponta instead. They also met Sasabe again who then challenges the boy for a tennis match. But Ryoma seems to outplay him. Ryuzaki's grandmother then introduces him as Ryoma Echizen, a 12-year-old tennis genius who won four consecutive titles in the American Junior Tennis Tournament. But Sasabe was pissed off since he cannot accept that only a boy can beat him, he throws his racket to Ryoma and it hits its head.Sakuno tries to interfere in the game upon seeing Ryoma's bleeding head but he refuses. They continue the game as Ryoma tries to reveal that he's really left handed making Sasabe to run away.

notes: this is an original summary version not copied.

002. Samurai Junior

002. Samurai Junior

Ryoma now enrolls at Seigaku Junior High School. He is going to enroll himself to the school's official tennis club. He meets Horio, who is also going to enroll at the said club and kepts on bragging to Ryoma about his two years of Tennis experience. They then meet two other first years, Kajiro and Katsuo, who infromed them that there will be no registration for new tennis club members for that day since the the tennis team is playing for a match. Just then they meet other 2nd year members, one is called Arai, who offers them a game of deal. The game is they have to knock down an empty can(somewhat PONTA) and they'll get to win 10,000 yen. But there is a deal, they will have to pay first 5,000 yen so that they can play. So Horio, Kajiro, and Katsuo tried but they cannot knock the can down. So Arai and his pal obliges the three to pay instead. But that wasn't in the deal. Arai offers Ryoma the deal but instead he reveals why the can is hard to knock down. He serves the ball and hits it on the top of the can and it knocks down revealing the stones inside. He continues to hit the can in every serve and says to the senpais that if he hits the can 100 times in a row they'll have to pay him 10 million yen! Arai was mad at Ryoma but the commotion was interrupted as another 2nd year enters the court and orders the two to leave. Meanwhile, Sakuno also enters the tennis team and her friend, Tomoka, asked her why she got interested in Tennis all of a sudden. Their conversation was cut off by a female reporter, Shiba, who was asking the girls for the direction of the tennis court. The two girls guided her and shortly they were joined by another Tennis magazine reporter, Inoue. At the courts, Sakuno easily notices Ryoma who was then playing against Momoshiro Takeshi(the guy who interrupted their commotion with Arai). Momoshiro is a second year regular who heards about Ryoma from their coach, Sensei Riyuzaki, and how he can do the famous TWIST SERVE. They played tennis and Horio volunteered to be the umpire. Tomoka was amazed by Ryoma's moves and instantly became a Ryoma fan. At first, Ryoma serves using slices but Momoshiro urges him to do his Twist serve. So Ryoma finally reveals his famous serve. Momo and the others were stunned by the serve and could not believe that only a 12-yrs-old boy can do it. Inoue recognizes Ryoma's name and has this thought that he might be the son of the Echizen Nanjiro, a former tennis pro who garnered the name "Samurai" of the tennis courts. After a few more serves, Momoshiro slowly got the timing to counter the shots but only to reveal that Ryoma decides to use his left saying that it was only a warm-up. But Momoshiro quits and tells that he doesn't want to play anymore. Sensei Riyuzaki then tells him that if he hadn't have a foot injury, he might have won the game but Momo only replied "I don't think so". The others who witnessed the match was really amazed by Ryoma's move and Inoue tells them that Ryoma can be called Samurai Junior..making others confused. Sakuno and Tomoka congratulates Ryoma and the latter introduces herself as well as Sakuno. But to Sakuno's dismay, Ryoma has already forgotten who she is and only to remember her again when he's already on his way home.


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POT Series Themes

Opening Themes
01 - Future
02 - Driving Myself
03 - Make You Free
04 - Fly High
05 - Long Way
06 - Shining
07 - Dream Believer

Ending Themes
01 - You Got Game?
02 - Keep Your Style
03 - Walk On
04 - White Line
05 - Kaze no Tabibito
06 - Sakura
07 - Wonderful Days
08 - Little Sky