Tennis no oujisama (2006)

Director:

Yûichi Abe

Writers:

Daisuke Habara (scenario)
Takeshi Konomi (creator)

Genre:

Action

Plot:

Twelve year old tennis prodigy, Ryoma Echizen attends the distinguished school of Seishun Academy Middle School with his eyes set on being on the regulars team of the tennis club, which the school is famous for.

Cast

Kanata Hongô	...	Ryoma Echizen
Yuu Shirota	...	Kunimitsu Tezuka
Hiroki Aiba	...	Syuusuke Fuji
Hiroki Suzuki	...	Syuuichiro Oishi
Osamu Adachi	...	Eiji Kikumaru
Hirofumi Araki	...	Sadaharu Inui
Yoshikazu Kotani	...	Takashi Kawamura
Masaki Kaji	...	Takeshi Momoshiro
Kousuke Kujirai	...	Kaoru Kaidoh
Ryuuji Sainei	...	Keigo Atobe
Rikiya	...	Egate Mcleod Higaki
Gorô Kishitani	...	Nanjiroh Echizen
Hitomi Shimatani	...	Sumire Ryuuzaki
Sayuri Iwata	...	Shion Higaki
Kouji Date	...	Choutarou Ohtori

Also Known As:

The Prince of Tennis (International: English title)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Shueisha

Trivia:

In the movie, the character of Wakashi Hiyoshi from the Hyotei school was replaced by Egate Mcleod Higaki, whereas in the manga/anime, there was no Egate Mcleod Higaki, he was created as an original character for the movie. Similarly, Egate Mcleod Higaki's sister, Shioin Higaki, is also an original character that was not in the manga/anime series. Her purpose in the movie is to pretty much serve as a double role of representing the anime/manga character of Sakuno Ryuzaki and Egate's sister.

Movie Connections:

Remake of "Tenisu no ôjisama" (2001)

The prince of tennis (DVD)

I know this is a popular anime or comic in Japan or maybe other places too but when watching the anime, I felt it was quite slow, with slow moving hits. I never read the comic too. So when watching this live-action movie, I had no idea what I am for. I enjoyed the movie, I like the effects the movie used when hitting the tennis ball. I had fun! I had no idea that this would be interesting, now I know why it is popular in Japan. I heard some people say that the live-action movie did not follow the anime or the comic, hard to say but you try watching some live-action movies adapted from the comic or either the anime, they cannot follow exactly the story or the looks of the characters. I always watch live-action movies adapted, it is great fun. After watching this, I am hoping for a part two, I never read the comic but I know that the director still have a lot of things to film. Maybe they are working on it or the ratings were low so they decided not to make another one.

Either you are a fan of prince of tennis or a newcomer, you should watch it and from the effects, it totally blast me off by the way they are playing. Now the Japanese are making almost all their comic into live-action. Some live-action movies are coming and they look great. Should they make a part two? Depending on the appeal of fans. I had great time watching this so it may suit up to your taste. You can catch the DVD in Singapore.