Shin Tennis no Oujisama: U-17 World Cup

With the arrival of the U-17 World Cup, youth tennis teams from all around the world gather in Melbourne, Australia to determine which is the best. With nine-time champion Germany vying to defend their title once more, and powerhouse nations—Switzerland, France, and the United States—determined to make things interesting, the road to victory is perilous. Although Japan is sitting at the bottom of the rankings, the addition of the nation's strongest middle school players has reinvigorated their chances at winning.

Captained by the ruthless Houou Byoudouin, Japan is ready to show the world what they are capable of. However, before the real competition starts, the teams will have a chance to prove their strength through exhibition matches. As luck would have it, Japan is slated to face off against defending champion Germany—a match they are likely to lose. To make matters worse, old allies have suddenly reappeared as sworn enemies. Before Team Japan crumbles under the pressure of the international stage, they must rise from the ashes and claim the title for themselves.

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Echizen, Ryouma Main

Minagawa, Junko Japanese

Tezuka, Kunimitsu Main

Okiayu, Ryoutarou Japanese

Fuji, Shuusuke Supporting

Kaida, Yuki Japanese

Atobe, Keigo Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Kikumaru, Eiji Supporting

Takahashi, Hiroki Japanese

Kaidou, Kaoru Supporting

Kiyasu, Kouhei Japanese

Shiraishi, Kuranosuke Supporting

Hosoya, Yoshimasa Japanese

Kirihara, Akaya Supporting

Morikubo, Shoutarou Japanese

Yukimura, Seiichi Supporting

Nagai, Sachiko Japanese

Niou, Masaharu Supporting

Masuda, Yuuki Japanese

Kawaguchi, Keiichirou Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard

Matsuoka, Hiroki Sound Director

Takahashi, Yukio Episode Director, Storyboard

Watanabe, Jun Storyboard

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Sep 30, 2022

terryaki510

Recommended

If Haikyuu is the most grounded sports anime, Prince of Tennis is at the complete opposite end of the spectrum, and I think that it carries its own charm. You have people doing backflips while hitting the ball, people creating gravity wells on the court, people using execution techniques and applying it to their tennis shots, there really is no end to it. Every episode I found myself grinning ear to ear at the sheer ridiculousness of the "tennis" on display. Add to that a lovable cast of characters and you have yourself a winning formula. Even as a longtime tennis ... player, I found myself totally enamored with this show. I recommend it to anyone looking for a fun sports anime that casts aside all pretext of realism and takes it to the extreme.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Oct 10, 2024

CocoaGalaxy

Mixed Feelings

If you've made it this far, its safe to assume you are a prince of tennis fan.

Compared to all the other entries though U17 WC is...really odd one out. Its very hard to say without going into the details.

Continuing from previously team japan is now playing against the other countries.

The best I can say is uh...there is tennis yes.

The main issue is the quality and quantity of the tennis is all over the place, at best is maybe ok and at worst its probably the worst we've ever seen.

Score: 7.75. The episodes are just all over the place, its not completely horrible, some eps are ... really meh and some eps are just barely passable. The season as a whole is a blur

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Oct 7, 2022

phoenicianSailor

Not Recommended

Like a lot of other people watching this, I saw the main series as a kid, and decided to watch this for lulz. This show compared to its predecessors is lacking in every way. The tennis matches all start with one opponent leading 5-0, then a comeback starts etc. Moreover, they really bombard you with too many characters you begin to not really care about anybody. This show stopped having anything to do with tennis a long time ago, but even if you're trying to see that DBZ-styled tennis you're going to be disappointed, the matches were pretty low energy and anti-climactic besides Akutsu's. OST ... is a far cry from what it used to be, character development is non-existent, and all the off-match episodes may as well not even exist. The flashbacks were also boring, even Genius vs Ova 10 had better ones.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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