Ryoma Echizen, the "Prince of Tennis," has just enrolled at Seishun Academy after spending several years in America winning four consecutive US Junior Tournaments. Although the rules don't allow 7th graders to play in tournaments, the Seishun tennis team captain has arranged for Ryoma to join the squad. Surrounded by incredibly talented and athletic teammates, and playing under the shadow of his famous father, Ryoma has a lot to live up to -fortunately, he's cocky enough to believe he can do it!

The Prince of Tennis was created by Takeshi Konomi, and initially joined the Toonami ranks as one of the launch titles for Tooanmi's online broadcast block - Toonami Jetstream. The series joined the On-Air block on December 23rd, 2006 at 10pm. Prince of Tennis' addition to the block marked an experimentation of sorts for the powers that be behind the block. Sports anime, especially centering around a sport such as Tennis, had never been tested in mainstream American TV before - making Prince of Tennis amongst the first of it's kind.

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.:Episode Guide

The Prince Appears 1: Samurai Junior 2: The Seigaku Regulars Make Their Debut! 3: The One Named Viper 4: Snake Shot 5: Nanjiro Echizen 6: The Two Ryomas 7: The Split Step 8: The Hard Day 9: Counterattack! Sasabe Again? 10: Ryoma Vs. Momoshiro! 11: The Perfect Match 12: Real Men Play Doubles 13: The Triple Counter 14: To Each His Own Batle 15: The Boomerang Snake 16: A Little Gesture of Triumph 17: The Love Letter 18: Battle-Scarred Ryoma 19: Time Limit 20: Is the Tennis Court Burning Up? 21: Kaoru's Troubles 22: Here Comes Inui's Deluxe Drink!

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.:Misc.

• A member of the tennis club in junior and senior high school, Takeshi Konomi submitted his work to Weekly Shonen Jump after graduation from university and debuted in a special edition of the magazine in 1993 with Tetsujin Sekai Ichi Katai Otoko.



• In 1997, his Cool ~ Rental Bodyguard manga was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump, followed by The Prince of Tennis in 1999.



• Because of The Prince of Tennis, the number of children in Japan who have taken up tennis as a sport has increased exponentially, and the tennis club has become one of the more popular school clubs in junior high today, creating a huge boom for the game.



• Prince of Tennis was part of the original launch title list for Toonami Jetstream. The other titles that launched with it were MAR, Naruto, Hikaru no Go!, and Samurai Jack!

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