Prince of Tennis 3D CG Film Reveals New Cast Members, Time Travel Story – Information

The official web page for the Ryōma! Shinsei Gekijōban Tennis no Ōji-sama (Ryōma! Rebirth Movie The Prince of Tennis) 3DCG anime film for The Prince of Tennis franchise exposed far more solid associates and the film’s tale on Thursday. The new solid additions all play associates of a “tennis gang.” The characters will rap in the movie, that includes lyrics written by original manga creator Takeshi Konomi.

The new cast members include (remaining to correct in impression above):

Sugita commented on his casting information in English, “How really should it be performed? a done matter will not adjust, but. Is sugita sane? Sane!!”

The film’s tale begins with the major guide Ryōma arriving in the United States, and finding Sakuno Ryūzaki remaining accosted by gang associates. Ryōma swings a ball at them to help Sakuno, but finishes up hitting a ball tossed by a mysterious wheelchaired guy. At that minute, Ryōma and Sakuno by some means travel again in time to the time when Ryōma’s father Nanjiro was nevertheless taking part in in The united states as “Samurai Nanjiro.”

The earlier unveiled cast associates for the film include things like:


Junko Minagawa as Ryōma Echizen

Takashi Matsuyama as Nanjirō Echizen

Ryotaro Okiayu as Kunimitsu Tezuka

Junichi Suwabe as Keigo Atobe

Mikako Takahashi as Sakuno Ryūzaki

The movie will open in Japan on September 3.

Unique manga creator Takeshi Konomi is supervising the movie. The anime was earlier slated to open up in spring 2020, but was delayed to 2021. The film options a completely unique story that will take spot in the three-month time period in between the situations at the conclusion of the The Prince of Tennis manga and the start out of The New Prince of Tennis manga.

Hiroshi Koujina (2011 Hunter × Hunter, Kiba) is directing the anime at The Monk Studios and Keica with cooperation by Studio KAI. GAGA is distributing the film. Takehiko Hata (Lupin III: Goodbye Associate) is creating the script, Patricia Hishikawa is the CG supervisor, Kei Yoshimizu is the animation director, and Momoko Yamada is the CG director. Takeshi Takadera is the audio director, and Kei Tsuda is composing the songs. Unique manga creator Takeshi Konomi himself is crafting all the insert music for the film.

Takeshi Konomi serialized The Prince of Tennis manga‘s primary run in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Bounce journal from 1999 to 2008. The manga adopted center faculty tennis player Ryōma Echizen as he battles rivals to access the national match. That primary manga impressed a 2001-2005 television anime, two anime feature movies and a theatrical quick, various online video anime jobs, a stay-action movie, a are living-action television collection in China, and a preferred stage musical collection.

Konomi then introduced The New Prince of Tennis manga sequence in Shueisha‘s Bounce Square journal in 2009. The story picks up right after the countrywide tournament, when Ryōma joins a find team of middle college gamers at Japan’s top instruction camp for players less than 17. This ongoing sequel manga spawned its individual 2012 tv The Prince of Tennis II anime sequence. The Prince of Tennis II OVA vs. Genius 10 sequence then ran for 5 volumes from Oct 2014 to June 2015.

Most recently, the franchise has inspired the Tennis no Ōjisama Most effective Online games!! initial video anime (OVA) project. The challenge retells the story of the franchise‘s top rated matches. The to start with OVA began its confined two-7 days screening in Japan in August 2018, and shipped in Japan on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in Oct 2018. The next OVA gained a two-week occasion screening in Japan setting up in April 2019, and then delivered on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in June 2019. The third OVA screened in theaters in Japan for two weeks in November 2019, and transported on house movie on January 28.

The New Prince of Tennis: Hyotei vs Rikkai Match of Upcoming anime will open up in two sections. The first part opened on February 13, and the second element slated to open on april 17. The anime will explain to an original tale showcasing “Hyōtei vs. Rikkai.” Konomi is supervising the match-creating for the anime. The anime will mark the initially time that the two universities are struggling with off in opposition to each individual other.

Viz Media released the 42nd and final quantity of Konomi’s unique Prince of Tennis manga operate in North America in 2011. Crunchyroll streamed The Prince of Tennis II television anime into various nations around the world as it aired in Japan, and it then streamed the spinoff first video anime initiatives.

Sources: Ryōma! Shinsei Gekijōban Tennis no Ōji-sama film’s web-site, Comedian Natalie