The Prince of Tennis

is a Japanese manga series created by Takeshi Konomi. The manga was first published in Japan in Shueisha's _Weekly Shōnen Jump_ in July 1999. The publication ended on March 3, 2008. A total of 379 chapters were published into 42 volumes. As of volume 40, the manga has sold over 40 million copies in Japan. The new manga series, called _New Prince of Tennis_, began publication in the _Jump Square_ magazine on March 4, 2009. The story in the new manga series takes place some months after the end of the original manga. Viz Media got the license to distribute the series in English in North America.

There is an anime series based on this manga. It was directed by Takayuki Hamana and animated by Trans Arts. It was co-produced by Nihon Ad Systems & TV Tokyo. The anime aired across Japan on Animax and TV Tokyo network from October 10, 2001 to March 30, 2005. It had a total of 178 episodes, as well as a movie. In April 2006, an original video animation (OVA) began to be released on DVD. The beginning of the second OVA series was released on June 22, 2007. It was released almost 3 months after the end of the first. The second OVA ended on January 25, 2008. The third and final OVA started on April 25, 2008.

_The Prince of Tennis_ anime came in twenty-seventh place in a survey done by TV Asahi.  They also conducted an online web poll, in which _The Prince of Tennis_ placed eighteenth. Almost a year later, in another online poll conducted by TV Asahi the anime came in eighth place.

## Infobox (animanga/header)

- **ja kanji**: テニスの王子様
- **ja romaji**: Tenisu no Ōjisama
- **genre**: Coming-of-age story, Coming-of-age, sports


## Infobox (animanga/print)

- **type**: manga
- **author**: Takeshi Konomi
- **publisher**: Shueisha
- **demographic**: _Shōnen manga, Shōnen_
- **magazine**: Weekly Shōnen Jump
- **first**: July 19, 1999
- **last**: March 3, 2008
- **volumes**: 42
- **volume list**: List of The Prince of Tennis chapters#The Prince of Tennis


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: tv series
- **director**: Takayuki Hamana
- **writer**: Atsushi Maekawa <small>(#1-97)</small>
Masashi Sogo <small>(#97-178)</small>
- **music**: Cher Watanabe
- **studio**: Trans Arts, Production I.G.
- **network**: TV Tokyo
- **first**: October 10, 2001
- **last**: March 30, 2005
- **episodes**: 178
- **episode list**: List of The Prince of Tennis episodes#Anime series


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: ova
- **title**: A Day on Survival Mountain
- **director**: Takayuki Hamana
- **producer**: Atsuo Sugiyama
Tomoko Takahashi
- **writer**: Masashi Sogo
- **music**: Cheru Watanabe
- **studio**: Production I.G
- **released**: 2003
- **runtime**: 35 minutes
- **episode list**: List of The Prince of Tennis episodes#A Day on Survival Mountain


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: ova
- **title**: The National Tournament
- **director**: Shunsuke Tada
- **writer**: Atsuhiro Tomioka
- **music**: Cher Watanabe
- **studio**: M.S.C
- **first**: March 24, 2006
- **last**: January 23, 2009
- **runtime**: 23 minutes
- **episodes**: 26
- **episode list**: List of The Prince of Tennis episodes#National Tournament


## Infobox (animanga/print)

- **type**: manga
- **title**: The Prince of After School
- **author**: Takeshi Konomi
- **illustrator**: Kenichi Sakura
- **publisher**: Shueisha
- **demographic**: _Shōnen manga, Shōnen_
- **magazine**: Jump Square
- **first**: November 2008
- **volumes**: 8
- **volume list**: List of The Prince of Tennis chapters#The Prince After of The School


## Infobox (animanga/print)

- **type**: manga
- **title**: New Prince of Tennis
- **author**: Takeshi Konomi
- **publisher**: Shueisha
- **demographic**: _Shōnen manga, Shōnen_
- **magazine**: Jump Square
- **first**: March 4, 2009
- **volumes**: 46
- **volume list**: List of The Prince of Tennis chapters#New Prince of Tennis


## Infobox (animanga/video)

- **type**: tv series
- **title**: The New Prince of Tennis
- **director**: Hideyo Yamamoto
- **music**: Cher Watanabe
- **studio**: M.S.C, Production I.G
- **network**: TV Aichi, TV Tokyo, TV Osaka
- **first**: January 4, 2012
- **last**: March 28, 2012
- **episodes**: 13
- **episode list**: List of The Prince of Tennis episodes#The New Prince of Tennis


## Infobox (animanga/other)

- **title**: Related works
- **content**: * Tenimyu (_The Prince of Tennis_ musicals)
* _Tennis no Oujisama: Atobe Kara no Okurimono_  (2005 animated short film)
* _Tennis no Ōjisama – Futari no Samurai_ (2005 animated film)
* The Prince of Tennis (film), _The Prince of Tennis_ 2006 live action movie
* List of The Prince of Tennis video games, _The Prince of Tennis_ video games


## Infobox (animanga/footer)