The official website and Twitter account for Ryōma! Shinsei Gekijōban Tennis no Ōji-sama (Ryōma! Rebirth The Prince of Tennis: The Movie), the 3DCG anime film adaptation for the The Prince of Tennis franchise has announced the cast for three original characters and the plot details for the film.
The original characters will rap to lyrics written by original manga creator Takeshi Konomi.
"How should it be done? a done thing doesn't change, but. Is sugita sane? Sane!!"
The cast from the TV anime is returning for the film.
Shunsuke Takeuchi as Boo
Ryōma! Rebirth The Prince of Tennis: The Movie will premiere in Japan on September 3, 2021.
NEW ORIGINAL CAST:
Tomokazu Sugita as Wolf
Ryota Takeuchi as Foo
Tomokazu Sugita has left a comment on his casting in English:
The film's story takes place in the past in America. Three days after the finals of the National Tournament, the protagonist Ryōma Echizen goes on a tennis training trip to America by himself. When he arrives there, he encounters his classmate Sakuno Ryuzaki, who is also visiting the country on a family trip, is being tangled up with gang members. When the ball Ryōma throws to save her collides with another ball thrown by a mysterious person in a wheelchair, time and space get distorted, and the two are traveled back to the time when Ryōma's father was known as Samurai Nanjiro in America.
Original manga creator Takeshi Konomi is supervising the film and writing all the insert songs for the film. Hiroshi Koujina is directing the anime at The Monk Studios and Keica with cooperation by Studio KAI. GaGa is distributing the film. Takehiko Hata is writing the scripts, Patricia Hishikawa is the CG supervisor, Kei Yoshimizu is the animation director, and Momoko Yamada is the CG director. Takeshi Takadera is the sound director, and Kei Tsuda is composing the music.
CAST AND CHARACTER VISUALS:
Junko Minagawa as Ryoma Echizen
Takashi Matsuyama as Nanjirō Echizen
Ryotaro Okiayu as Kunimitsu Tezuka
Junichi Suwabe as Keigo Atobe
Mikako Takahashi as Sakuno Ryūzaki
TEASER TRAILER:
KEY VISUAL:
The film features an original story set in the three-month period between Takeshi Konomi's The Prince of Tennis and The New Prince of Tennis manga series'.