The Prince of tennis : Box set volume 1 [DVD] / TV Tokyo ; NAS ; animation production, Transarts, Production IG ; producers, Tomoko Gushima, Atsuo Sugiyama ; animation producer, Toshiaki Morita ; planning, Keisuke Iwata, Yoko Matsushita ; series coordination, Masashi Sogo ; director, Takayuki Hamana ; English production by Viz Media, LLC ; English adaptation, Elizabeth Hinson, Jeremy Cushner.
Not Rated. Original author, Takeshi Konomi. Contains the first 13 episodes of the television series. Animation series originally aired in 2001. Special features: Character sketches; Original Japanese opening and ending.
Contents:
disc 3. Real men play doubles. Samurai Jr. ; Seigaku Regulars make their debut ; One named Viper -- disc 2. Snake shot ; Nanjiro Echizen ; Two Ryomas ; Split step -- disc 3. Hard day ; Counterattack! Sasabe again? ; Ryoma vs. Momoshiro ; Perfect match ; Real men play doubles.
Summary:
Ryoma Echizen is the 12-year-old son of a famous tennis player and a tennis genius in his own right. With talent in his blood and fire in his eyes, he backs up his confidence on the court with amazing skills. Now he has to overcome the older players on his high school team who are dead set against letting him surpass them. To defeat the slippery 'Viper' Kaido, the calculating Sadahara Inui, and a host of other opponents, Ryoma will need everything he's gotten from his father, and more!
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