Prince of Tennis

The Prince of Tennis
Cover of the Viz English version of The Prince of Tennis volume 1
テニスの王子様 (Tenisu no Ōjisama)
Genre	Sports
Manga
Written by	Takeshi Konomi
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA / UK Viz Media
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Original run	July 19, 1999 – March 3, 2008
Volumes	42 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Directed by	Takayuki Hamana
Written by	Atsushi Maekawa (#1-97) Masashi Sogo (#97-178)
Music by	Cher Watanabe
Studio	Trans Arts
Licensed by	Viz Media
Original network	Animax, TV Tokyo
English network	SEA Animax Asia US Toonami Jetstream, Cartoon Network
Original run	October 10, 2001 – March 30, 2005
Episodes	178 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
A Day on Survival Mountain
Directed by	Takayuki Hamana
Produced by	Atsuo Sugiyama Tomoko Takahashi
Written by	Masashi Sogo
Music by	Cheru Watanabe
Studio	Production I.G
Released	2003
Runtime	35 minutes
Original video animation
The National Tournament
Directed by	Shunsuke Tada
Written by	Atsuhiro Tomioka
Music by	Cher Watanabe
Studio	M.S.C
Released	March 24, 2006 – January 23, 2009
Runtime	23 minutes
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)
Manga
The Prince of After School
Written by	Takeshi Konomi
Illustrated by	Kenichi Sakura
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Jump Square
Original run	November 2008 – present
Volumes	3
Manga
New Prince of Tennis
Written by	Takeshi Konomi
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Jump Square
Original run	March 4, 2009 – present
Volumes	19 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
The New Prince of Tennis
Directed by	Hideyo Yamamoto
Music by	Cher Watanabe
Studio	M.S.C, Production I.G
Original network	TV Aichi, TV Tokyo, TV Osaka
Original run	January 4, 2012 – March 28, 2012
Episodes	13 (List of episodes)
Related works
Tenimyu (The Prince of Tennis musicals) Tennis no Oujisama: Atobe Kara no Okurimono (2005 animated short film) Tennis no Ōjisama – Futari no Samurai (2005 animated film) The Prince of Tennis 2006 live action movie The Prince of Tennis video games

The Prince Of Tennis (Japanese: テニスの王子様, Hepburn: Tenisu no Ōjisama^?) is a Japanese manga series about a tennis prodigy written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The title is often shortened to Tenni-Pri (テニプリ^?), a portmanteau of the words "Tennis Prince". The manga was first published in Japan in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump in July 1999, and ended publication on March 3, 2008. A total of 379 chapters were serialized, spanning 42 volumes. As of volume 40, the manga has sold over 40 million copies in Japan. News that a sequel to the manga series was going to be developed was announced in the December issue of the Japanese manga magazine Jump Square. The new manga series, entitled New Prince of Tennis, began serialization in the Jump Square magazine on March 4, 2009, with the story taking place several months after the end of the original manga.Viz Media acquired the license to distribute the series in English in North America.

The manga was adapted into an anime series directed by Takayuki Hamana, animated by Trans Arts and co-produced by Nihon Ad Systems & TV Tokyo. The anime aired across Japan on the anime satellite television network Animax and the terrestrial TV Tokyo network from October 10, 2001 to March 30, 2005, spanning a total of 178 episodes, as well as a theatrical movie. In April 2006, an original video animation (OVA) continuation of the anime began to be released on DVD. The beginning of the second OVA series was released on June 22, 2007, roughly 3 months after the end of the first. The second OVA ended on January 25, 2008, and the third and final OVA started on April 25, 2008.