Manga Written and illustrated by
Takeshi Konomi,
The Prince of Tennis was serialized in
Shueisha's
manga magazine
Weekly Shōnen Jump from July 6, 1999, to March 3, 2008.
Shueisha collected its 379 individual chapters into forty-two volumes published from January 7, 2000, to June 4, 2008. In North America,
Viz Media announced the acquisition of the series in February 2004. The 42 volumes were released from April 21, 2004. to July 5, 2011. A
4-panel manga parody by Ken-ichi Sakura, titled , began in
Jump Square on November 4, 2008. The first collected volume was released on June 4, 2010. As of September 4, 2025, nine volumes have been released. A sequel to the manga series, titled , was announced in the December issue of
Jump Square, published on November 4, 2008. The series began serialization in
Jump Square on March 4, 2009. The story is set several months after the end of the first manga, and features Ryoma returning to Japan after his stay in America.
Anime An
anime television series adaptation animated by Trans Arts, co-produced by
Nihon Ad Systems and directed by Takayuki Hamana, was broadcast on
TV Tokyo from October 10, 2001, to March 30, 2005, spanning a total of 178 episodes. The episodes were collected in forty-five DVD sets, released from January 25, 2002, to October 28, 2005. In North America, the anime series was licensed by
Viz Media. On April 24, 2007, Viz Media released the first
The Prince of Tennis box set in the United States. Viz Media has also opted to not include the Japanese opening and ending themes, instead using electric guitar music. However, the original music themes can be found in the DVD extras of disc 3. As of January 15, 2008, four box sets have been released by Viz. The four box sets contain the first 50 episodes of the series. On April 2, 2021,
Crunchyroll (then known as Funimation) announced it had licensed the series, and it would stream it on their website with a new English
dub. After Funimation was unified under the Crunchyroll brand in 2022, the series joined its
namesake streaming service.
Original video animations The anime television series was followed by a three
original video animation (OVA) series which adapted the "National Tournament" arc. The first 13-episode OVA was launched on seven DVDs from March 24, 2006, to March 23, 2007; The second 6-episode OVA was launched on three DVDs from June 22, 2007, to January 25, 2008; The third 7-episode OVA was launched on four DVDs (including the first numbered 0) from April 25, 2008; to January 23, 2009. A 4-episode OVA, subtitled "Another Story", was released on two DVDs on May 26 and September 25, 2009. A 4-episode sequel to "Another Story" was released on two DVDs on August 26 and October 26, 2011.
Musicals Beginning in 2003, a series of
Prince of Tennis musicals began. Each year sees two musicals based on the storyline come out in the summer and winter, with a 'Dream Live' performance each Spring, featuring numerous actors and past songs. Each storyline musical adapts a single arc of the manga, typically one specific match against a team. Due to the aging of the actors, all the main characters have been recast several times.
Films is the first animated film of the series. It was released on January 29, 2005, and co-aired with a short film, . On May 13, 2006, a live-action film adaptation premiered in Japan. is the second film directed by Shunsuke Tada. It was released on August 14, 2011. At the
Jump Festa '19 event, a new film titled was announced. The film features an original story set between the end of
The Prince of Tennis manga and the start of
The New Prince of Tennis manga. The film is in 3DCG, and is directed by
Hiroshi Kōjina and animated by The Monk Studios and Keica with cooperation by
Studio Kai. Takehito Hata is writing scripts, Kei Tsuda is composing the music, and Konomi himself is supervising the film and writing all insert songs. It was initially scheduled to be released in early 2020, but it was delayed to September 3, 2021.
Eleven Arts licensed the film for international release.
Video games The Prince of Tennis franchise has spawned many different video games. The vast majority of these are either tennis games or
dating sims, and they are spread across several different
video game consoles. The first of these games was released for the
PlayStation console on February 20, 2002, and is the only game which holds the simple
Prince of Tennis title – all of the following game titles are preceded by the "
Prince of Tennis" title. This was followed by
Genius Boys Academy, which was released for the
Game Boy Advance on April 25, 2002. Since then, several other video games have been released for different gaming consoles, including one more PlayStation game, three Game Boy Advance games, five
Nintendo DS games, thirteen
PlayStation 2 games, and one mobile game. The latest game to be released was
New Prince of Tennis: Rising Beat in 2017, a rhythm-based mobile game developed by
Bushiroad. This game is the first game to be released outside of Japan. Additionally, characters from
The Prince of Tennis appeared in the
Shōnen Jump based video games
Jump Super Stars and
Jump Ultimate Stars.
Dramas Two Chinese television adaptations of The Prince of Tennis have been produced. The first,
Wǎngqiú Wángzǐ (), and its sequel,
Jiāyóu! Wǎngqiú Wángzǐ (), adapt the original story with localized names and cultural elements. A separate 2019 Netflix production,
Fèndòu ba, Shàonián! (), is also based on the story.
Other media The series has produced a half-hour weekly radio show, over 300 music CDs and a large selection of merchandise. Including a trading card game and figures. Three live events, "TeniPuri Perfect Live" in 2003, "The 100 song marathon" in 2008 and "Tenipuri Festa" in 2009, were held by the
TeniPuri voice actors and
Konomi Takeshi himself. The 1986
J-pop song "
Valentine Kiss" by
Sayuri Kokushō was
covered multiple times by multiple characters in the series. From February 2004 through February 2010, a total of nine different versions of the song were released (seven individually, and the final two together). The first one, featuring the character
Keigo Atobe (voiced by
Junichi Suwabe) reached No. 14 on the
Oricon charts. ==Reception==