New Tennis Prince anime

Original character design by Konomi Takeshi
Anime character design by Ishii Akiharu

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A sequel to Prince of Tennis set several months after Prince of Tennis ends.

The Prince of Tennis begun as a manga series by Tekshi Konomi with Shueisha publishing its first release, ”The Prince of Tennis” in Weelu Shonen Jump magazine starting July 1999 and ending March 3, 2008. A sequel of the original manga, The Prince After School, features illustrations by Kenichi Sakura and was released in Jump Square magazine by Shueisha starting November 2008 until the present. Another manga, New Prince of Tennis, is still written by Takeshi Konimi and was published in Jump Square magazine by Shueisha starting March 4, 2009 until the present.

An anime adaptation of The Prince of Tennis was directed by Takayuki Hamana under Trans Arts studio and aired on TV Tokyo and Animax starting October 10, 2001 and ended March 30, 2005 and ran for 178 episodes.

An OVA, Sonzoku Yama no Nichi or “A day on Survival Mountain” was made by Production I.G and was released on 2003. An OVA series, Zenkoku Taikai Hen or “The National Tournament”, was directed by Shunsuke Tada under M.S.C studio and ran for 13 episodes with the first one starting March 24, 2006 and ended on March 23, 2007. Another OVA Series, Zenkoku Taikai Hen Semifinal or “The National Yournament Semifinal”, ran for 6 episodes starting June 22, 2007 and ended January 25, 2008. The final OVA series, Zenkoku Taikai Hen Final or “The National Tournament Final”, ran for 7 episodes starting April 25, 2008 and ended January 23, 2009.

A new anime adaptation, New Prince of Tennis, was directed by Hideyo Yamamoto under studios M.S.C and Production I.G and aired on TV Aichi, TV Tokyo ad TV Osaka starting January 4, 2012 and ended March 28, 2012.