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Saturday, June 12, 2004

Prince of Tennis Review

Prince of Tennis started out as a manga publish by Shounen Jump/Jump Comics *dont you just love the name?* followed by the anime series that followed the manga closely. Later on Prince of Tennis GAMES were developed and released for the adoring public of POT and gamers to enjoy.

But I am here to write about the series and write about it I shall. Should you need further information on the manga and the games google it up or something. :P

Prince of Tennis or otherwise known as Tennis no Ouji-sama or Teni Puri basically focuses on the story of 12-year old freshman tennis genius Ryoma Echizen and his life as part of the SEIGAKU tennis club and their troublesome journey towards the Nationals.

The anime is very well put together. The drawing styles are consistent throughout the series and does not morph into these ugly bits of colored silhouettes holding tennis rackets at the climax of a tennis match. Speaking of morphing, there's this episode in the series that features all the characters found in POT in SD form! :P I turned to mush at the sight of the Seigaku Tennis Club flooded in SD cuteness... *ahem* Vital scenes like tennis matches, injuries, super tennis moves and the likes are all drawn with utmost style that it makes you really look forward to who's going to win and what that move is called or make you gasp from the injury acquired.

The series also features an insane amount of bishounens that makes it quite hard for one to look away even if it's just the ending song running. Needless to say I've fallen in love with almost all of the characters in POT but my loyalty lies on Ryoma-kun, Tezuka-sama, Momo-chan-senpai, Kikumaru-chan and Fuji-samaaaaaaa! Okay, okay that's practically the whole team but I can't help it! They're all insanely cute and their personalities are just to die for.

PoT can be watched by everyone from tennis enthusiasts to people who have no idea how to hit a tennis ball to the otherside of the net. It is comical, fun and actionpacked. I would recommend this to anyone who would want to watch a decent sport-related anime anytime.

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