Prince of Tennis Dream Live Panel
Panelists:Jennifer Gedonius
Jess McDanielChelsey Turinske
Lisa Beistle
What is ‘Prince of Tennis’?
• Created by Takeshi Konomi• Title is often shortened to ‘Tenipuri’
• Manga was first published in July 1999 in Shounen Jump
• Adapted into an anime series by Takayuki Hamana
• OVA began in April 2006• Musicals began April 2003
Story LineThe series is primarily set in Tokyo, and centers around Ryoma Echizen, a tennis prodigy who attends Seishun
Gakuen/Academy or Seigaku for short, a private school famous for its strong tennis club and talented players.
Ryoma quickly defeats numerous upperclassmen shortly after entrance to secure himself a spot as one of the team's regulars. In pursuit of their ultimate goal
of winning the National Middle School Tennis Championship, members of the team make new friends while learning and mastering increasingly
complex techniques. Ryoma also begins to develop his own style of tennis, and eventually realizes what the
sport really means to him.
Main Characters:
Echizen Ryoma (Freshman)
Seishun Gakuen/Seigaku
Tezuka Kunimitsu (Captain)(Senior)Oishi Shuichirou (Vice-Captain)(Senior)Kikumaru Eiji (Senior)Fuji Syuusuke (Senior)Kawamura Takashi (Senior)Inui Sadaharu (Senior)Kaidou Kaoru (Junior)Momoshirou Takeshi (Junior)
Other Schools
Fudoumine
Tachibana Kippei(Captain)
Kamio AkiraIbu Shinji
Ishida TetsuUchimura Kyousuke
Etc…
St. Rudolph
Akazawa Yoshirou(Captain)
Nomura TakuyaMizuki Hajime
Fuji YuutaKaneda Ichirou
Yanagisawa ShinyaKisarazu Atsushi
Yamabuki
Minami Kentarou(Captain)
Higashikata MasamiSengoku Kiyosumi
Akutsu JinKita Ichiuma
Muromachi ToujiNishikiori Tsubasa
Dan Taichi
Hyotei
Atobe Keigo(Captain)
Kabaji MunehiroAkutagawa JirouOshitari YuushiMukahi GakutoShishido Ryou
Ootori ChoutarouHiyoshi Wakashi
Jousei Shounan
Kajimoto Takahisa(Captain)
Wakato HiroshiShinjou Reiji
Tanaka YouheiTanaka Kouhei
Ota Shou
Rokkaku
Aoi KentarouSaeki Kojiro
Amane “David” HikaruKurobane “Bane” Harukaze
Itsuki MarehikoKisarazu RyouShudo Satoshi
Rikkai
Yukimura Seiichi(Captain)
Sanada Genchirou(Vice-Captain)Yanagi Renji
Kirihara AkayaYagyuu HiroshiNiou Masaharu
Marui BuntaKuwahara Jackal
HigaShitenhouji
Shiraishi Kuranosuke(Captain)
Koshikawa KenjirouChitose Senri
Oshitari KenyaZaizen Hikaru
Ishidi GinKonjiki Koharu
Hitouji YuujiToyama Kintarou
Manga vs. Anime• Seigaku goes on field trip to train for the finals in the
anime, but not in the manga• Addition of table tennis and billiards in the anime• Addition of Kevin Smith and U.S. West Coast Team in
the anime• Some events in anime happen at different times in the
manga• Manga attempts to explain some of the impossible
tennis moves, while anime sometimes even exaggerates them to point of being magical
• ETC…
Story Arcs• Main Storyline
– Journey to the Nationals– Nationals– Japan Team vs. U.S. Team
• “Chibi” Episodes– Tenipuri Family
• Go To Hawaii• Children’s Day• Santa
– Baseball– Western– Snow White– Inui’s Glasses
• Random Episodes– Bowling– Billiards– Beach Volleyball (2 total)
Episodes, OVAs, & Movies
• Manga = 379 chapters• NEW Manga = 3+ chapters (up to 3 right now)• Anime = 178 episodes• OVAs = 26 episodes• First Movie = The Prince of Tennis: The Two
Samurai• Second Movie = Atobe’s Gift/A Gift from
Atobe• Live Action Film
Musicals
• Started in 2003• Each year has 2 musicals based on storyline
(summer & winter)• ‘Dream Live’ performance every spring
Inui JuiceVersions:
Special Vegetable JuiceGolden Power Remix
Penal TeaImproved Penal Tea
Revised Golden Power RemixAozuAkazu
Super Royal Inui Juice ZInui Hyper Remix Juice
Marvelous Surprise Inui Juice ExcellentIwashimizu
Music• Where do you get it?– Anime Conventions– Websites (eBay, )
• How much does it cost?• How much music is there?– Openings and Endings– OSTs– Movie Soundtracks– Musical Soundtracks– Character CDs– Group Character CDs
Karaoke Contest
Fanfiction
Non-Yaoi Pairings• Ryoma x Sakuno (Ponta Pair)• Momoshirou x Ann• Kamio x Ann• Anyone? X Ann• Anyone? X Sakuno• ETC….
Yaoi Pairings• Tezuka x Ryoma (Pillar Pair)• Oishi x Kikumaru(Golden Pair)• Ryoma x Fuji (Thrill Pair)• Fuji x Kikumaru(Dream Pair)• Inui x Kaidou (Emerald Pair)• Momoshirou x Ryoma (Ah-Un Pair)• Tezuka x Fuji (Perfect Pair)• Momoshirou x Kaidou• Shishidou x Ootori (Silver Pair)• Inui x Yanagi (Data Pair)• Tezuka x Atobe (Imperial Pair)• Atobe x Ryoma (Royal Pair)• Atobe x Sanada (Tango Pair)• Niou x Yagyuu (Platinum Pair)• Amane x Kurobane (Bronze Pair)• Oshitari x Gakuto (Dirty Pair)• Fuji x Oshitari (Tensai Pair)• Tezuka x Atobe x Sanada x Fuji x Ryoma (OT5 Pair)• Oshitari x Yagyuu (Gentleman Pair)• ETC…..
Common Pairings
Fanfiction (cont.)
• Popular Fanfiction Sites– Fanfiction.net– Adultfanfiction.net– Mediaminer.org– Livejournal
• General Fanfiction Plots• Bothersome Fanfiction Writing– OOC– Typos
Doujinshi
• Self-published Japanese manga or novels• Can find them mostly at conventions,
livejournal and eBay• Cost can range from $5 - ?• Pairings and plotlines similar to fanfiction• Can be Yaoi or Gag
Cosplay
Seigaku Game
Rules:1. Person starting says, “(their cosplay character name), hajimeru.
Seigaku game.” and everyone playing says “Yay” and gives thumbs up.
2. Person to start, points to another person in the circle and calls out a Seigaku character’s family name.
3. Person pointed at by starting person points to another person in the circle and calls out the given name of the character called out
by the starting person.4. The two people standing directly next to the person pointed to by
the 2nd person, calls out the catchphrase of the character and does the appropriate action.
5. If you mess up in any way, you are out!6. Keep playing until 2 people are left.
Seigaku Game (cont.)
Character Catchphrases
Inui Sadaharu “Rikutsu ja nai.”Kaidou Kaoru “Snake shot.”
Kikumaru Eiji “Kikumaru Beam.”Oshi Shuichirou “Kara kara kara.”
Momoshirou Takeshi “Don.” Kawamura Takashi “Burning!”
Fuji Shyuusuke “Tsubame gaeshi.”Echizen Ryoma “Nyarou.”
Tezuka Kunimitsu “Nande ane.”
Thank you!!!