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!!!