It was announced during the 20th anniversary event for The Prince of Tennis anime that the franchise will be getting it's first new anime in 10 years, titled Shin Tennis no Ōji-sama U-17 World Cup (The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup).
A teaser visual has been released with the announcement. The tagline reads, "To a world as yet unseen…."
The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup is set to premiere in 2022.
Returning cast includes:
Junko Minagawa as Ryōma Echizen
Ryotaro Okiayu as Kunimitsu Tezuka
Hiroki Yasumoto as Hōō Byōdōin
Junichi Suwabe as Keigo Atobe
Sachiko Nagai as Seiichi Yukimura
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Kuranosuke Shiraishi
Tarusuke Shingaki as Eishirō Kite
Mamoru Miyano as Ryōga Echizen
Keiichiro Kawaguchi is returning from the last 2D anime, The Prince of Tennis II Hyotei vs Rikkai Game of Future, to direct the new series at Studio KAI and M.S.C, and Mitsutaka Hirota is again superivising the scripts. Akiharu Ishii is back to design the characters and serve as chief animation director.
Additional reeturning staff includes:
Color Key Artist: Yuko Tsumori
Art Director: Sei Ito (Studio ARA)
Backgrounds: Studio ARA
Art Design: Tomoyuki Aoki
Compositing Director of Photography: Yūta Nakamura
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
Sound Director: Yuki Matsuoka
Music: Chihiro Tamaki
Sound Production: Jinnan Studio
Production: NAS
The 2011 TV anime The Prince of Tennis II is described as:
Middle school students fought fiercely against one another in a national tournament. Now, 50 chosen representatives return to fight again as high school students! The stage is the U-17 (Under Seventeen) Japanese Representative Training Camp. Middle school students have been invited for the first time to a camp known to produce the best Japanese tennis players. National champions from Seigaku, Hyotei, Rikkai, Shitenhoji... With all the rivals from the national tournament attending, everyone eagerly awaits their reunion. At first, the middle schoolers do not expect much from their high school opponents. However, the training camp is not so easy! Athletes with skills incomparable to those they previously faced and their mysterious coach appear before them. Faced with numerous demanding challenges, can the middle schoolers survive in this meritocratic training camp? The new chapter of "Prince of Tennis" begins here! The curtain rises on a new stage--
A teaser visual has been released with the announcement. The tagline reads, "To a world as yet unseen…."
The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup is set to premiere in 2022.
Junko Minagawa as Ryōma Echizen
Ryotaro Okiayu as Kunimitsu Tezuka
Hiroki Yasumoto as Hōō Byōdōin
Junichi Suwabe as Keigo Atobe
Sachiko Nagai as Seiichi Yukimura
Yoshimasa Hosoya as Kuranosuke Shiraishi
Tarusuke Shingaki as Eishirō Kite
Mamoru Miyano as Ryōga Echizen
Keiichiro Kawaguchi is returning from the last 2D anime, The Prince of Tennis II Hyotei vs Rikkai Game of Future, to direct the new series at Studio KAI and M.S.C, and Mitsutaka Hirota is again superivising the scripts. Akiharu Ishii is back to design the characters and serve as chief animation director.
Additional reeturning staff includes:
Color Key Artist: Yuko Tsumori
Art Director: Sei Ito (Studio ARA)
Backgrounds: Studio ARA
Art Design: Tomoyuki Aoki
Compositing Director of Photography: Yūta Nakamura
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
Sound Director: Yuki Matsuoka
Music: Chihiro Tamaki
Sound Production: Jinnan Studio
Production: NAS
The 2011 TV anime The Prince of Tennis II is described as:
Middle school students fought fiercely against one another in a national tournament. Now, 50 chosen representatives return to fight again as high school students! The stage is the U-17 (Under Seventeen) Japanese Representative Training Camp. Middle school students have been invited for the first time to a camp known to produce the best Japanese tennis players. National champions from Seigaku, Hyotei, Rikkai, Shitenhoji... With all the rivals from the national tournament attending, everyone eagerly awaits their reunion. At first, the middle schoolers do not expect much from their high school opponents. However, the training camp is not so easy! Athletes with skills incomparable to those they previously faced and their mysterious coach appear before them. Faced with numerous demanding challenges, can the middle schoolers survive in this meritocratic training camp? The new chapter of "Prince of Tennis" begins here! The curtain rises on a new stage--