Prince of Tennis OVA: National Championship Chapter

I don't know how the TV series ended, but I'm pretty sure this is good news... I assume that this is a sequel continuing the story where the TV left off...


"Bandai Visual (Japan) has announced that it will release The Prince of Tennis: The National Tournament starting on March 24, 2006. The 7-volume series will be animated by M.S.C., in collaboration with Production I.G. Shunsuke Tada will direct. Thanks to Vitruvius for this item."

http://animenewsnetwork.com/en...edia/anime.php?id=6249
http://animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8342
http://animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?discuss=8342

Edit: Just saw this on tokyotosho, I assume it's the OVA.

Released by Ani-Jiyuu

http://tracker.anime-jiyuu.org:6969/...70f0bc.torrent

Here's the release by Saizen:

mp4:
http://a.scarywater.net/saizen/%5BSa...5D.mp4.torrent

avi:
http://a.scarywater.net/saizen/%5BSa...5D.avi.torrent

Just based on the first ep, the animation is a definite improvement from the crappy stills with a single pinwheeling racket that was so popular in the TV series =P It's the National Tournament so the setup is already pretty exciting... for some reason in this ep they're not so subtle with the Tezuka worship. The shot with Oishi blushing at Tezuka's entrance was kinda funny :p

Awesome Bud, thanks for the link. Downloading now. Super thanks!

First episode was pretty good, I wonder how good Echizen is going to be on this tournament considering he was pretty much kicking Lleyton Hewitt's ass in the US Open.

Also, the next two episodes (2 and 3) should come out on DVD in two months or so, with every DVD coming out every two months until episode 13, each DVD containing two episodes.

I wondered about that too, but it's PoT where anything improbable can become a sincere possibility :p But man, a 2-month gap between a couple of eps is gonna be frustrating...

So these are DVD rips and not actual recordings from Japan?

Yes since the Episodes are released on DVD's. They are not on Japaneese TV. Hence OVA Original Video Animation (i think)

Any update on this? The raws came out a month ago, did they not?


Raws 4 and 5 are out too now.

Episode 2 was released a couple of days ago:

http://a.scarywater.net/saizen/%5BSa...5D.mp4.torrent

It's nice to see Echizen messing around. I don't know who else is going to win other than Tezuka, but I can't wait to see Fuji's 4th counter. Of course, it would be nice if other grps subbed it (I wish AO was doing it, but they stopped), since 5 raws are out.

Episode 3:
http://a.scarywater.net/saizen/%5BSa...5D.mp4.torrent

Thanks a lot Bud!

By the way, I haven't seen the 3rd ep yet but in the 2nd, isn't Ootori's match still going on even after Echizen's...yet he didn't even break a sweat or anything? They showed him before, and after that match. :p

Don't know what match you mean, didn't pay much attention.

Here's episode 5:
http://a.scarywater.net/saizen/%5BSa...5D.mp4.torrent

I thought episode 4 was very boring, the Kikumaru singles game. This episode was much better, and next one should be great with Tezuka finally playing.

^ i was a little eerie in watching ep 5 cause i don't want something super good to happen and then i have to wait for the next episode. But kikumaru's match was very entertaining ^_^

Episode 5 sucked, Inui did shit, Kaidou didn't even use boomerang, the only good part was at the end where Momoshirou figured out Kaidou was using a powerband the whole match.

Momo: That guy's a monster...

Saizen just released :

Episode 6 - Saizen

I thought this was a good episode, we finally saw Tezuka at "full" strength... Last comment by Ryoma was good.

While it was good and interesting, I think PoT has completely given up making their specials logical and realistic. I mean the whole "2 Kikamaru" thing along with the new two forms of aura...

Also, why didn't Sanada us Muga no Kyouichi when he was playing Ryoma?

Episode 7 from a while ago
just a bonus episode, nothing to do with story.
it left some disturbing images in my head though. my stomach is still a bit queasy right now

God defintally doesn't have any mercy on us... it must be a punishment for our earlier sins!
I have nothing against bonus episodes, even while they happen at the most inappropiate times (as said by inui) and don't serve a real purpose, but really, was that part neccesery?
I know I could have slept better without those images lurking inside.

Episode 8 - Saizen

It was an OK episode, but next ones should be good. Hyotei vs Seigaku

New Prince of Tennis Anime in the Works
The Prince of Tennis - National Championship Semifinal, a new OAV series, will debut June 22 in Japan. Source: Anime Nation

it's like god hates us all, can't they just finish the stupid tournament already?
I could stand the annoyingly long matches, since that's basically the gist of the series, but when they put in empty filler episodes in a episode-limited OVA format... that's just mean.
honestly, it's not as we watched the anime for the charecters or something, just let the shit end already.

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Originally Posted by Death BOO Z

it's like god hates us all, can't they just finish the stupid tournament already?
I could stand the annoyingly long matches, since that's basically the gist of the series, but when they put in empty filler episodes in a episode-limited OVA format... that's just mean.
honestly, it's not as we watched the anime for the charecters or something, just let the shit end already.

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Are you talking about that beach episode? Sadly... that isn't filler. That was in manga.

really? they actually had a chapter like that in the middle of the matches?
that's really stupid.

I have nothing against the regular 'out of plot' episodes, i really liked the chibi ones, and the not-tennis centered ones were also nice (though i would have liked them better if they would lead anywhere), but it's a diffrent thing to see it in the middle of the tournament...

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Originally Posted by Death BOO Z

really? they actually had a chapter like that in the middle of the matches?
that's really stupid.

I have nothing against the regular 'out of plot' episodes, i really liked the chibi ones, and the not-tennis centered ones were also nice (though i would have liked them better if they would lead anywhere), but it's a diffrent thing to see it in the middle of the tournament...

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Well the volleyball episode was suppose to be before the National Tournament. But since Echizen 'supposedly' went to the US open, they couldn't do the filler episode so I guess they thought it would be best to waste our time and interrupt the goodness which is the National Tournament.

9 and 10 released by Saizen

Ep 9
Ep 10

11 released by Your-Mom

Ep 11

I'm so confused with what's going on with this. Saizen released 13 episodes, but there hasn't been any others after that. Shinsen just released episode 1. How many episodes is this supposed to be, and why aren't they subbing more of this? Surely there are more than 13 episodes out.

edit: Man oh man this is confusing....mostly due to the releases made so far. Lets see. The National Championship OVAs are 1-13 if I'm correct, with episode 13 being the one where Ryoma beats Atobe.

The National Semifinal OVAs are 14 onwards. I think I have that right. But I wish subbers would release these OVAs in order. Some subbers have done some episodes, and others skip around...

That's what you get when a piece of shit fansubbing group called Your-Mom joins the scene.

the next ones are out but no one had subbed it yet -_-'

well, I don't even care anymore... I started dropping series, and PoT was one of the first to go. It doesn't go anywhere, and I hardly enjoy it at all.