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The episodes of anime series created by Takeshi Konomi are directed by Takayuki Hamana, animated by Trans Arts, and co-produced by Nihon Ad Systems, J.C.Staff, and Production I.G. The anime is an adaptation of Konomi's ''Prince of Tennis'' Japanese manga series.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Viz Profiles - Takeshi Konomi )〕 The series revolves around a 12-year-old tennis prodigy named Ryoma Echizen, who moves back to his native Japan in order to attend his father's alma mater, Seishun Academy, a private middle school famous for its strong tennis team. The anime series first aired on the terrestrial Japanese network TV Tokyo from October 10, 2001 to March 30, 2005, airing a total of one-hundred and seventy-eight episodes, which spanned across forty-five DVDs in Japan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= テニスの王子様 Vol.45 )〕 In April 2006, an OVA continuation of the anime began to be released on DVD, totaling thirteen episodes across seven DVDs. A second OVA also began being released on DVD on June 22, 2007. It spanned a total of six episodes that are spread across three DVDs, the last of which being released on January 25, 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= テニスの王子様 Original Video Animation 全国大会篇 semifinal )〕 The third and final installment in the National OVA series contains seven episodes spread across four DVDs released from April 25, 2008 to January 23, 2009. The OVAs are animated by Production I.G and Bandai Visual, with the latter also handling the DVD distribution of the OVAs in Japan along with Amuse Soft Entertainment.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= リンク (Link directory) )〕 Viz Media handles the distribution of the series in North America,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Viz Products - The Prince of Tennis )〕 where the episodes debuted as streaming media on Viz's and Cartoon Network's joint online broadband service called Toonami Jetstream on July 14, 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Cartoon Network, Viz Launch Free Broadband Service )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Toonami Rides Jetstream to Early Arrival )〕 It first began airing on North American television as part of Toonami's Saturday programming block on December 23, 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Prince of Tennis, MÄR Coming to Toonami )〕 However, it was removed from Toonami's schedule on June 9, 2007, and was also removed from Toonami Jetstream after episode fifty's broadcast on December 3, 2007. As of January 15, 2008, a total of four DVD compilations, containing the first fifty episodes, have been released by Viz Media.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The Prince of Tennis, Vol. 4 (DVD Box Set) )〕 All four compilations contain three discs, each containing four episodes, save the final discs of the first two compilations, which contain five episodes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The Prince of Tennis, Vol. 1 (DVD Box Set) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The Prince of Tennis, Vol. 2 (DVD Box Set) )〕 The 1986 J-pop song ''Valentine Kiss'' by Sayuri Kokushō was covered multiple times by multiple characters in the series. From February 2004 through February 2010, a total of nine different versions were released (seven individually, and the final two together). The first one, featuring the character Keigo Atobe (voiced by Junichi Suwabe) reached #14 on the Oricon charts. == Anime series == ;Notes concerning English titles and airdates *The English titles for the first fifty episodes are of the officially released titles by Viz Media. The remaining English titles are unofficial translations of the original Japanese titles.〔 *The English airdates are of the Toonami Jetstream premieres, which came before Toonami's television broadcasts of the episodes.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of The Prince of Tennis episodes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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