#Tension for A Fierce Battle Rises in The New Prince of Tennis: Hyotei vs. Rikkai Key Visual

“#Tension for A Fierce Battle Rises in The New Prince of Tennis: Hyotei vs. Rikkai Key Visual”

The official website for The New Prince of Tennis: Hyotei vs. Rikkai Game of Future, the upcoming two-part all-new original anime to be produced as the 20th-annivesary project for The New Prince of Tennis anime franchise, is updated with a key visual featuring the tennis club members of Hyotei Academy and Rikkaidai Junior High School. The tagline attached to the visual foreshadowing a fierce battle is "A dream match that connects their thoughts."

Also, it is confirmed that Junya Enoki (Yuji Itadori in JUJUTSU KAISEN) is cast as Yoshio Tamagawa, the next captain of Rikkaidai Junior High School's tennis club. It will be the character's first appearance in The Prince of Tennis anime series.

Enoki says, "The voice recording session has not yet begun, so there are still a lot of unknowns about what kind of person Yoshio Tamagawa is and how capable he is, but since I'm being allowed to participate in The Prince of Tennis series, I'm going to give it my all to the best of my ability!　I would appreciate your support!"

【情報解禁】
さらに新キャストも同時解禁????
アニメ初登場となるキャラクター・玉川よしおを演じるのは榎木淳弥さんに決定しました????????

早速コメントも到着✨✨

▼詳細はHPをチェックhttps://t.co/yHc1YUy8qP #氷帝vs立海 #テニプリ pic.twitter.com/IRNG4vHITY

— アニメ「新テニスの王子様」公式 (@shintenianime) November 3, 2020

The two-part film tells an original story focusing on the two school's match that has never happened in the manga series. Under the full supervision by The Prince of Tennis manga author Takeshi Konomi, it is directed by Keiichiro Kawaguchi (ISLAND, Frame Arms Girl), alongside scriptwriter Mitsutaka Hirota (Zoids Wild) and anime character designer Akiharu Ishii (Ultramarine Magmell).

The New Prince of Tennis: Hyotei vs. Rikkai Game of Future is set to be released in Japan in the early spring of 2021.

Teaser visual:

Synopsis:

After the U-17 World Cup, the players returned to their respective daily life. At Hyotei Academy, Hiyoshi, who had taken over the role of captain, and the second-year students including Otori and Kabaji are running the club, while the third-year students watch over them.

Meanwhile, the Atobe zaibatsu builds a new tennis court in Shonan, and Atobe nominates the most appropriate school to play against in an exhibition match, Rikkaidai Junior High School. With the hardships that they had at the national tournament in mind and a newfound determination as a challenger, not as a champion, Yukimura and other members accepts Atobe's challenge to share their feelings with the club's next-generation, Kirihara and others.

Hyoutei and Rikkai were unable to face each other in the previous tournament. This will be the last game for the third-year students, and the second-year students have to carry the future on their shoulders. The dream game that their thoughts and feelings intersect begins…!

Source: "The New Prince of Tennis" anime official website / Twitter