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Genre
| Coming-of-age
,
[1]
sports
[2]
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Written by
| Takeshi Konomi
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Published by
| Shueisha
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English publisher
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Demographic
| Sh?nen
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Magazine
| Weekly Sh?nen Jump
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Original run
| July 19, 1999
?
March 3, 2008
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Volumes
| 42
(
List of volumes
)
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Directed by
| Takayuki Hamana
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Written by
| Atsushi Maekawa
(#1-97)
Masashi Sogo
(#97-178)
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Music by
| Cher Watanabe
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Studio
| Trans Arts,
Production I.G.
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Licensed by
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Original network
| TV Tokyo
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English network
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Original run
| October 10, 2001
?
March 30, 2005
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Episodes
| 178
(
List of episodes
)
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Directed by
| Takayuki Hamana
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Produced by
| Atsuo Sugiyama
Tomoko Takahashi
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Written by
| Masashi Sogo
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Music by
| Cheru Watanabe
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Studio
| Production I.G
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Released
| 2003
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Runtime
| 35 minutes
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Directed by
| Shunsuke Tada
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Written by
| Atsuhiro Tomioka
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Music by
| Cher Watanabe
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Studio
| M.S.C
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Released
| March 24, 2006
?
January 23, 2009
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Runtime
| 23 minutes
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Episodes
| 26
(
List of episodes
)
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Written by
| Takeshi Konomi
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Illustrated by
| Kenichi Sakura
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Published by
| Shueisha
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Demographic
| Sh?nen
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Magazine
| Jump Square
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Original run
| November 2008
? present
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Volumes
| 5
(
List of volumes
)
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Written by
| Takeshi Konomi
|
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Published by
| Shueisha
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Demographic
| Sh?nen
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Magazine
| Jump Square
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Original run
| March 4, 2009
? present
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Volumes
| 41
(
List of volumes
)
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Directed by
| Hideyo Yamamoto
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Music by
| Cher Watanabe
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Studio
| M.S.C,
Production I.G
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Original network
| TV Aichi
,
TV Tokyo
,
TV Osaka
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Original run
| January 4, 2012
?
March 28, 2012
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Episodes
| 13
(
List of episodes
)
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The Prince of Tennis
(
Japanese
:
テニスの王子?
,
Hepburn
:
Tenisu no ?jisama
)
is a Japanese
manga
series created by
Takeshi Konomi
. The manga was first published in
Japan
in
Shueisha
's
Weekly Sh?nen Jump
in July 1999. The publication ended on March 3, 2008. A total of 379 chapters were published into 42 volumes. As of volume 40, the manga has sold over 40 million copies in Japan.
[3]
The new manga series, called
New Prince of Tennis
, began publication in the
Jump Square
magazine on March 4, 2009. The story in the new manga series takes place some months after the end of the original manga.
[4]
Viz Media
got the license to distribute the series in English in North America.
There is an
anime
series based on this manga. It was directed by
Takayuki Hamana
and animated by Trans Arts. It was co-produced by
Nihon Ad Systems
&
TV Tokyo
. The anime aired across Japan on
Animax
and
TV Tokyo
network from October 10, 2001 to March 30, 2005. It had a total of 178 episodes, as well as a movie. In April 2006, an
original video animation
(OVA) began to be released on
DVD
. The beginning of the second OVA series was released on June 22, 2007. It was released almost 3 months after the end of the first. The second OVA ended on January 25, 2008. The third and final OVA started on April 25, 2008.
The Prince of Tennis
anime came in twenty-seventh place in a
survey
done by
TV Asahi
.
[5]
They also conducted an
online web poll
, in which
The Prince of Tennis
placed eighteenth.
[6]
Almost a year later, in another online poll conducted by TV Asahi the anime came in eighth place.
[7]
- ↑
"Cartoon Network and VIZ Media Announce Broadband Joint Venture, Toonami Jetstream"
.
Anime News Network
. April 26, 2006
. Retrieved
July 28,
2018
.
- ↑
"The Official Website for The Prince of Tennis"
. Viz Media
. Retrieved
December 11,
2017
.
- ↑
"Sh?nen Jump Japan Ends Prince of Tennis and Muhyo and Roji"
. March 3, 2008
. Retrieved
March 3,
2008
.
- ↑
"American Artist Assists on
New Prince of Tennis
Manga"
.
Anime News Network
. March 6, 2009
. Retrieved
March 7,
2009
.
- ↑
"TV Asahi Top 100 Anime Part 2"
.
Anime News Network
. September 23, 2005
. Retrieved
February 13,
2008
.
- ↑
"TV Asahi Top 100 Anime"
.
Anime News Network
. September 23, 2005
. Retrieved
February 13,
2008
.
- ↑
"Japan's Favorite TV Anime"
.
Anime News Network
. October 13, 2006
. Retrieved
February 13,
2008
.