To celebrate the 20 anniversary of the TV anime “Prince of Tennis,” the two-part theatrical 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) starts streaming the full promotional video that previews the anime’s theme song “Toward a 1/2 Future” (1/2 の未来へ) by Rei Todoroki.
The first part of the anime will stream on the U-NEXT streaming service starting , in addition to the anime opening in Japan’s theaters on the same day.
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 second part of the anime is slated to premiere in either February or March.
▍Staff and Production
Original Work: Takeshi Konomi (許斐剛) [Serializing in Shueisha’s Jump Square]
Director: Keiichiro Kawaguchi (川口 敬一郎)
Series Composition & Script: Mitsutaka Hirota (広田光毅)
Character Design: Akiharu Ishii (石井明治)
Art Director: Sei Ito (伊藤聖) from Stadio ARA
Art Setting: Tomoyuki Aoki (青木智由紀)
Color Design: Yuko Tumori (津守裕子)
3D Work: Yoshifumi Hirakawa (平川典史)
Photography Director: Yuuta Nakamura (中村雄太)
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki (平木大輔)
Sound Director: Yuki Matsuoka (松岡裕紀)
Music: Chihiro Tamaki (玉木千尋)
Animation Production: Studio KAI M.S.C.
Production: NAS
▍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)
■ Yoshio Tamagawa (玉川よしお) – CV: Junya Enoki (榎木淳弥)
