The Prince of Tennis

Name: The Prince of Tennis
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Released: 2001-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 8.3

About The Prince of Tennis

Tennis prodigiy Ryoma Echizen enters the tennis powerhouse Seishun Academy. Once he fights his way onto the team, the game will never be the same.

The Prince of Tennis is an animation and comedy series that ran on TV Tokyo and TV Aichi. Its themes are bukatsu, tennis, based on manga, and sports.

Its 7 seasons and 178 episodes aired between October 2001 and March 2005. Seasons run to about 25 episodes.

Mikako Takahashi stars as Sakuno Ryūzaki (voice), Junko Minagawa as Ryōma Echizen (voice), Hiroki Takahashi as Eiji Kikumaru (voice), and Naru Kawamoto as Takashi Kawamura (voice). The story is adapted from a manga. Production companies include J.C.STAFF and Shueisha.

American members can watch it on Crunchyroll Amazon Channel. Haikyu!!, Slam Dunk, and Kuroko's Basketball make useful companions to The Prince of Tennis. TMDB voters put it at 8.3 out of 10 across 150 votes and it carries a TV-PG rating.