Synopsis:
The series is primarily set in Tokyo. Ryoma Echizen, a tennis prodigy, attends Seishun Academy, or Seigaku for short, a private school famous for its strong tennis club and talented players. Ryoma quickly defeats numerous upperclassmen shortly after entrance, to secure himself a spot as one of the team’s regulars. 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.
Im not really sure how to start this review, well irs reasonable cause this is my first time LOL . Anyways im just gonna make a small introduction about Prince of Tennis then i will start the review i just hope it will turn out ok, My apologize if you will encounter rumble thoughts since im gonna make this review in that condition hehehehe.
Prince of Tennis i think is one of my fave Sport Anime, I’ve been following this series since last year, Already finished the Anime, Movies and OVA except the live action since i dont like the actor playing echizen hhehe. Oh well im not gonna review the Anime, i’ll go with the manga since finally its end, ( i thought it will last for 400+ Chapters @_@ ) good thing they ended it before i get tired.. XD
Prince of Tennis is about a first year boy who like tennis ( He’s so cool, and mature despite his age, the reason why he play tennis was to defeat his father even once and his most notable character is so being arrogant and full of self confidence but deep inside he loves tennis and he just realized it in the end )
Its all about The Seigaku Tennis Club doing their best to improve their skills to become strong and be the no. 1 school in Japan in the area of Tennis Sport.. As they work harder to become the no. 1 they develop sense of unity and trust within each other.
Its all bout being sport if you win or loose and dont give up even if you only have 1% of wining, Determination and love as they meet rivals and become friend with them in the end.
Characters
Ryoma Echizen
The protagonist of the series, Ryoma is the son of Nanjiro Echizen, who was formerly known as ‘Samurai Nanjiro’ during his days as a professional tennis player. Ryoma gains the nickname “Samurai Junior” later in the series. He makes his first appearance when he criticizes a high school student about his tennis knowledge in a subway.
Kunimitsu Tezuka
Tezuka is the captain of the tennis club and a third year student at Seishun Academy. He is an incredibly talented player and went to Nationals the year before the series took place. Tezuka is serious about everything he does, and he is very strict – one of his trademark phrases is “Don’t let your guard down.”
Shuichiro Oishi
Oishi is a third year student at Seishun Academy and the vice-captain of the tennis club. Along with Eiji Kikumaru, he is part of Seigaku’s “Golden Pair,” a doubles team that made it to Nationals the year before the series takes place. Oishi is a very responsible character and cares deeply about the team.
Shusuke Fuji
Shusuke Fuji is a third year student at Seishun Academy, and is approaching fifteen years of age at the beginning of the series. He is given the title “tensai”, or genius, due to his tactical skill on the tennis court. Fuji is often seen with a calm and content expression on his face, with his eyes seemingly closed from lightly smiling. However, when he is excited or provoked, or when playing seriously, Fuji reveals his sharp eyes.
Eiji Kikumaru
Eiji Kikumaru is a third year student at Seigaku, and is part of the “Golden Pair,” along with Shuichiro Oishi. Using his acrobatic play, he can return almost any ball, even those that seem out of human reach. Eiji is also known to have the sharpest vision on the team, with an exceptional talent for seeing moving objects.
Takashi Kawamura
Takashi is a soft-spoken person off the court; very gentle and shy, though still outspoken and stubborn when he makes a decision. However, he becomes extremely aggressive and loud once he grabs a racket. This change in his personality is marked by him shouting “Burning!!!”
Sadaharu Inui
Inui is a highly intelligent player. He plays what he calls “Data Tennis,” which involves collecting and analyzing data for a player in order to determine their weaknesses. He is even able to determine the exact probability of certain shots being successful. When he is cut from the regulars after the first Seigaku ranking matches shown in the series, Inui creates the training menus for the team.
Takeshi Momoshiro
Momoshiro is known as Seigaku’s number one rascal. He is an aggressive baseliner. For a short time, he is cut from the regulars after losing to Inui and Tezuka during Seigaku’s second monthly ranking matches. As the player who is the most open and friendly with everyone, Momoshiro is connected to everyone on the team on some level.
Kaoru Kaido
Kaido’s nickname is “Viper,” which fits him well as his signature move is the “Snake Shot,” a curving forehand that keeps his opponents running. He wears a bandana and often exhales, making a sound similar to a snake. Kaido does not like his nickname, and often reacts badly when called that within earshot. He and Momo are rivals, though very competent doubles partners.
Other Characters:
Kanjirou Echizen
The known Legendary Tennis Player, A real awesome tennis player and a certified pervert LOL. Father of echizen, He alsways act like he didnt care a bit on echizen current situation but deep inside he always support him till the end.
Sumire Ryuuzaki
Seigaku Coach, The Old granny know how to handle thing, Despite of his old age, she still the best coach for seigaku ( if you seen her young image ( she’s hot 100% ^_^ )
- Masashi Arai
- Satoshi Horio
- Kachiro Kato
- Katsuo Mizuno
- Masaya Ikeda
- Daisuke Hayashi
- Sakuno Ryuzaki – secretly inlove with Ryoma ^_^
- Tomoka Osakada
Drawings:
They are drawn nice, every character has its own uniqueness although sometime im get confused hehehe well maybe its because due to lots of character some of them are forgotten easily. and didn’t recognize them all heheheh.
The manga is quite different from the anime version. While most of the story and characters are the same, there are small story-changes in the animated version because Konomi thought it would be too boring to watch what fans have already read. POT manga follower understand what i am talking about ^_^
Also, while the manga makes an attempt to try and explain how some of the seemingly impossible moves are performed, such as the Tezuka Zone and Kikumaru’s Seal Steps, the anime does less and sometimes even exaggerate them to a point where it becomes almost magical. This is possibly also due to the fact that the anime uses animation and naturally some effects are enhanced, but at times the anime seems to deliberately exaggerate the effects in order to parody itself.
The Last Chapter didn’t disappointed me, they did won and explain everything that the greatest techniques comes within your true feelings towards something. Its not important if you loose or win what is matter most is you have fun while playing. Prince of Tennis is one of my fave sport 2nd to Slum Dunk, well its good thing that they put a little comedy on it.. I always like how echizen say his signature phrase ( Mada Mada Dane! ) its kinda cute. hehehe and tezuka who doesnt smile and only show one emotion in any situation is really cool
Volumes: 42
Chapters: 379
Status: Finished
Published: Jul 1999 to Feb 2008
Genres: Sports, School, Comedy
Authors: Konomi, Takeshi (Story)
Source:
- wikipedia.org
- myanimelist.net
- onemanga,com
- image comes from different site
