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The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Semifinal Anime Gets Sequel
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The official website for The Prince of Tennis II franchise revealed on Sunday that a sequel to the The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Semifinal (Shin Tennis no Ōji-sama U-17 World Cup Semifinal) anime has been greenlit and is titled Shin Tennis no Ōji-sama U-17 World Cup Kesshō Member Ketteisen (The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Finals Members Decisive Match).
The anime will depict the battle to decide who will represent Japan in the finals match against Spain.
The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Semifinal is itself a sequel to the The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup anime series
The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup premiered on TV Tokyo in July 2022. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan, and also streamed an English dub. The anime was the first new television anime in the franchise in about a decade.
Crunchyroll describes the series:
When tennis phenom Ryoma Echizen is kicked out of Japan's elite U-17 training camp for breaking the rules, he's despondent. But a stroke of good luck hits when he's able to try out for the U.S. team. Proving himself against their hardened veterans isn't going to be easy, and if he is accepted, he'll have to play against his former friends. Can he help his new brothers smash their way to victory?
Keiichirō Kawaguchi (ISLAND) returned from the The Prince of Tennis II Hyotei vs Rikkai Game of Future anime to direct the new series at Studio KAI and M.S.C, and Mitsutaka Hirota (Anime-Gataris, Nanbaka) again supervised the scripts. Akiharu Ishii (Blood+, Ultramarine Magmell) returned to design the characters and served as chief animation director.
The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Semifinal debuted in October 2024. The anime centers on the Japan vs. Germany semifinal.
Yoshinobu Tokumoto (The Prince of Tennis II OVA vs. Genius 10 episode director) directed the anime at M.S.C. Akiharu Ishii (The Prince of Tennis) designed the characters. Mitsutaka Hirota (The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup) handled series composition. Chihiro Tamaki (The Prince of Tennis II Hyotei vs Rikkai Game of Future) composed the music.
Sources: The Prince of Tennis II franchise's website, Comic Natalie
