To celebrate the 20 anniversary of the TV anime “Prince of Tennis,” a 2-part anime “New Prince of Tennis: Hyōtei vs. Rikkai Game of Future” (新テニスの王子様 氷帝vs立海 Game of Future) is confirmed to open in Japan’s theatres in early spring 2021.
The anime project is created based on a completely original story featuring the battles between Hyōtei Academy and Rikkaidai Junior High School and is supervised by the manga author Takeshi Konomi.
The anime is directed by Keiichiro Kawaguchi (川口 敬一郎), director of “Hayate the Combat Butler,” and animated by Studio KAI M.S.C. Mitsutaka Hirota (広田光毅) is supervising the script and Akiharu Ishii (石井明治) is designing the characters.
▍Cast
■ Keigo Atobe (跡部景吾) – CV: Junichi Suwabe (諏訪部順一)
■ Yushi Oshitari (忍足侑士) – CV: Hidenobu Kiuchi (木內秀信)
■ Ryoh Shishido (宍戶 亮) – CV: Toshiyuki Kusuda (楠田敏之)
■ Gakuto Mukahi (向日岳人) – CV: Sōichirō Hoshi (保志總一朗)
■ Jirou Akutakawa (芥川慈郎) – CV: Yuji Ueda (うえだ ゆうじ)
■ Munehiro Kabaji(樺地崇弘) – CV: Satoshi Tsuruoka (鶴岡聡)
■ Chotaro Ohtori (鳳 ⻑太郎) – CV: Daisuke Namikawa (浪川大輔)
■ Wakashi Hiyoshi (日吉 若) – CV: Masami Iwasaki (岩崎 征実)
■ Seiichi Yukimura (幸村 精市) – CV: Sachiko Nagai (永井幸子)
■ Genichiro Sanada (真田 弦一郎) – CV: Taiten Kusunoki (楠大典)
■ Renji Yanagi (柳 蓮二) – CV: Eiji Takemoto (竹本英史)
■ Masaharu Nio (仁王 雅治) – CV: Yūki Masuda (増田 裕生)
■ Hiroshi Yagyu (柳生 比呂士) – CV: Eisuke Tsuda (津田英佑)
■ Bunta Marui (丸井 ブン太) – CV: Naozumi Takahashi (高橋直純)
■ Jackal Kuwahara (ジャッカル 桑原) – CV: Nobuyuki Hiyama (檜山修之)
■ Akaya Kirihara (切原 赤也) – CV: Showtaro Morikubo (森久保祥太郎)
