Prince of Tennis 3D CG Film Reveals New Cast Users, Time Travel Tale – News

The official website for the Ryōma! Shinsei Gekijōban Tennis no Ōji-sama (Ryōma! Rebirth Motion picture The Prince of Tennis) 3DCG anime film for The Prince of Tennis franchise disclosed a lot more solid members and the film’s tale on Thursday. The new forged additions all play customers of a “tennis gang.” The characters will rap in the movie, featuring lyrics written by primary manga creator Takeshi Konomi.

The new solid associates incorporate (remaining to right in impression previously mentioned):

Sugita commented on his casting news in English, “How should really it be done? a done detail doesn’t change, but. Is sugita sane? Sane!!”

The film’s tale begins with the principal guide Ryōma arriving in the United States, and finding Sakuno Ryūzaki currently being accosted by gang members. Ryōma swings a ball at them to aid Sakuno, but finishes up hitting a ball tossed by a mysterious wheelchaired male. At that minute, Ryōma and Sakuno somehow journey back again in time to the time when Ryōma’s father Nanjiro was still taking part in in The us as “Samurai Nanjiro.”

The formerly discovered solid customers for the movie consist of:


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 film will open in Japan on September 3.

Initial manga creator Takeshi Konomi is supervising the movie. The anime was beforehand slated to open up in spring 2020, but was delayed to 2021. The movie characteristics a wholly primary tale that takes place in the 3-month time period concerning the gatherings at the finish of the The Prince of Tennis manga and the start off 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 movie. Takehiko Hata (Lupin III: Goodbye Spouse) is writing 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 tunes. Unique manga creator Takeshi Konomi himself is creating all the insert songs for the film.

Takeshi Konomi serialized The Prince of Tennis manga‘s initial operate in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Bounce journal from 1999 to 2008. The manga adopted middle faculty tennis participant Ryōma Echizen as he battles rivals to reach the countrywide event. That first manga impressed a 2001-2005 television anime, two anime aspect films and a theatrical limited, a variety of movie anime assignments, a dwell-motion film, a are living-action tv series in China, and a well known stage musical collection.

Konomi then released The New Prince of Tennis manga series in Shueisha‘s Leap Square journal in 2009. The story picks up immediately after the nationwide match, when Ryōma joins a pick out group of center university players at Japan’s best teaching camp for players under 17. This ongoing sequel manga spawned its have 2012 tv The Prince of Tennis II anime series. The Prince of Tennis II OVA vs. Genius 10 collection then ran for 5 volumes from Oct 2014 to June 2015.

Most not long ago, the franchise has inspired the Tennis no Ōjisama Greatest Game titles!! authentic online video anime (OVA) project. The task retells the tale of the franchise‘s top matches. The to start with OVA started its minimal two-7 days screening in Japan in August 2018, and delivered in Japan on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in October 2018. The next OVA obtained a two-week party screening in Japan commencing in April 2019, and then delivered on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in June 2019. The 3rd OVA screened in theaters in Japan for two months in November 2019, and shipped on dwelling video on January 28.

The New Prince of Tennis: Hyotei vs Rikkai Activity of Upcoming anime will open in two areas. The to start with component opened on February 13, and the second part slated to open up on april 17. The anime will notify an primary tale showcasing “Hyōtei vs. Rikkai.” Konomi is supervising the match-generating for the anime. The anime will mark the very first time that the two educational institutions are struggling with off in opposition to each other.

Viz Media posted the 42nd and last volume of Konomi’s authentic Prince of Tennis manga run in North The us in 2011. Crunchyroll streamed The Prince of Tennis II tv anime into a number of nations as it aired in Japan, and it then streamed the spinoff initial online video anime jobs.

Resources: Ryōma! Shinsei Gekijōban Tennis no Ōji-sama film’s web page, Comic Natalie