Anime: Tennis no Ouji-sama

Prince of Tennis is your typical long-running series with shounen elements that you can find everywhere. The show itself is poor and weak for the greater audience, but those who know and like tennis will find here a very exciting show that have bits of comedy because of the exageration of the powers and games. I usually don't tolerate shows that are longer than 50 episodes, but Prince of Tennis won me over because of its setting and the good "fights" it has. Don't get your expectations high because this is very unlikely to please those who never cared for tennis or that are looking for good production quality or depth.

Art & Animation
As typical from series with more than 100 episodes, art quality is average. The character design falls into the typical guidelines of the shounen genre, the animation is poor and the only thing that is in fact good is the consistency. This, however, is comparing to shows from its age that had 25 episodes, 50 episodes, and so on, but when you put it against other long-running shows like One Piece, Bleach, Detective Conan, and others the quality is at the same level. The matches have a good narrative that somehow manages to show what is needed without using superb animation, but out of the court you'll be stuck with static scenes and talks with only mouths moving and nothing else.

Sound
Prince of Tennis presents a very broad and fitting soundtrack. You won't be surprised by unfit music in any of the dozens of openings and endings, and the background music is good to transmit emotion even while looking very standard for the events. The use of some background music in fact helps a lot in the matches, making you perceive beforehand when a new skill is about to be used, or when the match is going bad, and so on. The exciting moments of a match's conclusion or new skill learned are highly a consequence of a good use of background music. Voice-acting is average, never a issue for the show but with a few bad lipsynch at some random moments.

Story
Prince of Tennis is the tale of Echizen Ryouma, a young prodigy tennis player who went to play abroad for some time and made a return to Japan, where he is enrolled to the Seigaku school. There he finds a very skilled tennis team, with whom he'll learn that he still has quite a deal to incorporate to his game and to understand about team play.

1. Good start
   The start in this show is a bit different from your average shounen. The protagonist doesn't start as a newbie and needs to learn everything or has some amnesia or hidden power. Ryoma, instead, starts as a well developed and skilled player, better than most others from his school and from rival schools as well. But he is not complete, he has things to learn, he'll slowly show his previously learned skills, surprise some guys, and meet a worthy opponent in Tezuka as well. The show makes a good dramatization to make you wonder if Ryoma is better than Tezuka, and this alone makes many episodes very worth watching.
   
   Focus
   Despite the fact that shounen-shows with many episodes lose themselves in hundreds of fillers sagas, filler episodes, bland characters and a fear of causing real problems to the main cast, Prince of Tennis has a good initial idea and pace. All these beforementioned elements are there, however, and you better not expect anything deeper than a character with a history of not using his killing blow because he's hurt. What happens here is that the show has a defined objective right from the start and derails from it very rarely, something that usually don't happen in most lengthy shows. The pace is good considering the genre, with a few filler episodes thrown here and there between tourneys and bits of wannabe emotional episodes that are barely torelable. Prince of Tennis is far from good story-wise, but can make a stand against others from the genre, showing the rise of a genius tennist together with his teammates, not throwing villains out of nowehere only for the style.
   

Character
Prince of Tennis cast is likely draw from a book that defines anime. You have the smart guy with glasses, the skinny and noisy guy, the silent and evil-looking baddass, the stupid strong one, etc. They are very charismatic, are supported by some average background and have well defined personalities. They, however, are never truly developed and you'll see at the end that haven't changed a bit after almost two hundred episodes and so. They acquire some skill, surely, but their personalities remains pretty much the same. The protagonist is a bit different from your average japanese clueless guy that receives super-powers, Ryoma is in a fact a good character, with a stronger personality, already power from start, and more likely to be compared to Lelouch from Code Geass than Goku or Seiya. As with the story, everything that happens with the character is very shallow, but their good charisma and exquisite skills are very entertaining on their own.

Value
Tennis anime is something very different, but Prince of Tennis is also a shounen sports show and there you'll have all the four-decade old cliches and stereotypes of the genre. The series is divided in big chunks, filled with support characters that are nothing more than new designs, the heroes will face stronger and stronger opponents, new skills will be learned to pass through harsh moments, etc. The fact that the protagonist is likely to be uber-powerful from the start and slowly earn more and more skills makes things better, but what boosts Prince of Tennis is the approach it takes on how tennis works and the great matches with added fun of super-skills and unrealistic powers.

Enjoyment
If you like tennis or sports anime and are looking for some fresh experience and laugh at some unbelievable skills that real tennis players lack, Prince of Tennis can be extremely fun. Sadly, those who are looking for anything else won't find much here. Depth is lacking, drama, romance or epic plot as well, making the show untorelable to those who are looking for any of it. Like all 100+ episodes-series, Prince of Tennis is simply shallow.

Comments
I'm a big tennis fan since 1997 and I'm certain to say that Prince of Tennis may perhaps be the only show of its genre that I've managed to endure besides Dragon Ball Z. Why Dragon Ball Z you may wonder... I use him and other super-power shows to compare Prince of Tennis because that's how it is, more about "fights" (the matches) than the usual sports you see in Captain Tsubasa, Bamboo Blade, and others of sports genre. Prince of Tennis is filled with moments where the character learns new "powers", receives insight about how to defeat the enemy, and so on, making it barely a true sports show.

The tennis element, however, is superb, showing with over-the-top enhancement how a match occurs, where strategy is needed, and above all else, how things are outside the court with all the speculations about how someone plays, how one can defeat his next opponent, what tactics he'll use, and stuffs like that.

But no matter how much I like it, Prince of Tennis will never be more than a poor shounen show, with below-average animation, lots of filler episodes (even it has few compared to others of its kind), shallow but charismatic characters that attract more because of their style than story, etc. But give it a chance, at least the first 20 episodes or so and maybe the show will win you over as well.

Note: This review is based on all Prince of Tennis series, starting from this first installment to the last OVA of the nationals. Most of the episodes are based on A-O fansubs, which, unfortunately, are both low quality and translation wise. Though they do translate most of the stuff correctly, there are quite a few translation errors which don't go along with what the character is really saying whatsoever. However, since they are the only ones who managed to sub this long anime, I guess, there is little choice, but to go with them. Beggars can't be choosers after all.



Originally written as manga by Konomi Takeshi and directed by Hamana Takayuki (Sisters of Wellber) Prince of Tennis is an anime about young tennis prodigy Ryoma Echizen. Having a father who is known as legendary tennis player who managed to conquer the world tennis scene, Ryoma's main goal in life is to beat and surpass his father, hence becoming the best tennis player in world's history. So starts this show, as twelve years old Ryoma Echizen, together with his teammates from Seishun academy, embarks on a quest to conquer Japan's middle school tennis scene.

Unfortunately, apart from the author's obvious love to tennis, I couldn't feel anything else from this show. We have tennis matches, we have a zillion of fillers and we have static characters who, at best, can do some stand-up comedy to lighten the mood. However, we have no philosophies, no ideas, even the most basic ones, like hard work and friendship, seemingly managed to avoid this show. Well, yes, there are some characters who work hard, but its always taken as an obvious fact without any real approach to the idea itself, not like I'm not tired from all that hard-work is beautiful stuff. Either way, this is a show about tennis, for people who are interested in tennis, well, and for children who have too much free time, so if you are neither, you might not want to touch Prince of Tennis.

Animation: 4/10

Meh, animation by Trans Arts Co. (Itazurana Kiss) seriously leaves a lot to be desired. Backgrounds are bland and boring, only the most important stuff like houses and streets are painted, so you will never have a chance to indulge in detailed art pleasures. The bright color palette when combined with overall bland backgrounds makes this show look somewhat cartoonish. Either way, during the matches, when characters run a lot, there are many cases when backgrounds disappear completely and you have you characters running on those weird one-color frames.

Character designs, though originally pretty well done, as everyone of the main cast looks distinctive and have a look that answers to their personality, you soon get disappointed by the damn deformations which linger around every corner. In one scene your characters look all cool and stuff, and in the next you see those deformed lumps of flesh which barely resemble them. On the other hand, the original design isn't detailed or overly cool either, but, well, good enough for tennis I guess.

Prince of Tennis can't brag for having vivid fluidity either. Characters look weird when they walk (especially at the beginning of the show), they look weird when they run, and, well, whatever, you can easily notice skipped frames all the time. Only the tennis ball moves pretty well, moving round objects is easier than humans after all. I just wish I understood how was that Eiji's playing style acrobatics, since all I could see were still frames of him hitting the ball in weird stances.

Finally, direction is not special either. You usually have everything show as given, characters are taken close-up when they talk, matches are shown in a realistic way, well, I guess its not easy to find artsy stuff in tennis. Though there are some cool animations of tennis techniques involving pillar of fires and hurricanes in the later episodes of the show and the OVAs.

Sound 4/10

Prince of Tennis falls into the same pit with sound as it does with animation. Sound effects are barely notable, though they do succeed in making tennis matches realistic. However, music by Watanabe Cheru, who is not known for any significant work in anime scene, is, well, unsatisfying. Background music is what makes half of the anime which concentrates on sport cool and Prince of Tennis fails at that half. You'd think there are many different themes in a show 178 episodes long and you'd be wrong. From episode one to the last episode of the nationals OVA you hear same below average tracks over and over. I'm not even talking about the bland music which is played during the fillers, as the music during matches is simplistic and gets extremely boring fast. Though there were a few themes which I found fun to listen to and they did lighten the matches a little when they were first played, I soon started to ignore them after being forced to listen to them for a hundred times in every single episode. Music is partly to blame why those long tennis matches get boring after awhile. Unlike in other sport shows like Hajime no Ippo or Initial D music doesn't make you observe the most boring repetitive scene while burning with passion and zeal. Music and direction made placing little stones on a board exciting in Hikaru no Go, but it failed to make tennis exciting here. Opening and ending songs follow the same path as background music and succeed at being just as boring and bland.

Seiyuu don't shine either. Though the overall cast is pretty good, for some reason, none of the main voice-actors are distinguishable. Minagawa Junko was probably the best with her role as Ryoma Echizen, but I didn't really find her voice too special. Also, most of the nameless characters in audience who work as a "wow this move is cool factor are voiced by the same few voice actors all the time, one of who Masaka Onosaya has one of the main characters roles as well, so I was always feeling weird when those nameless characters would speak using the voice of that main guy. Also, he is much better at doing comedy roles. Anyway, voice acting is average for the most part, little to commend, little to reprove.

Story: 3/10

Finally, the weakest part of Prince of Tennis - the plot. Unlike many sport anime which not only manage to make the sport they are about look awesome, but succeed at making 'training' episodes before the matches interesting, Prince of Tennis is only fun during tennis matches and mostly at the beginning. The problem lies with the tremendous amounts of fillers this show packs, and, believe me, those fillers are damn boring. It took me eighty episodes to finally start skipping those damn things completely as I really couldn't bear with all the pointless crap this show was throwing at me. Anyway, another problem is with the matches, most of them are long, they take three to four episodes, that wouldn't be that bad if those matches were distinctive from one another. After having watched around hundred of episodes I could already guess more than 90% of what is going to happen in the next match without watching. The good guys always win, it's always a comeback and besides a few cool impossible in reality shots all you get is them running hitting the damn ball and then crying in victory. Such slow pace and lack of dramatic moments seriously made this show hard to watch. Out of hundred or so, I've only managed to get emotional in two matches in this show and those were quite early, around episode fifty or something, a rare case when both opponents had a personality and the match wasn't just hitting the ball around. It got slightly better in the Nationals OVAs, when the characters started using all those anime techniques like tornado, hurricanes and big bangs, blowing the stage apart, but it was still boring most of the time.

Well, at least this show has an ending, so it was nice to see a sports anime to go to the very end for a change. However, if you are not a tennis fan I doubt you yourself will manage to go to the very end, as, darn, is it boring at times.

Characters: 4/10

At first sight characters look cool and with lots of potential and I did believe in them. Did believe in them until around episode sixty when I've finally noticed that none of them develops ever. Okay, sometimes it's cool to have static characters, as long as they kick ass and manage to be interesting without evolving it's good. Unfortunately, the cast of Prince of Tennis is not cool enough to remain interesting without growing a little bit for two hundred episodes. Arrogant Echizen is just as arrogant in the first episode as he is in the last episode of the nationals, same with all the others. Though Tezuka and Fuji did remain interesting for a longer time than other characters, due to their mysterious nature, I soon discarded them as well after realizing they are empty behind that mysteriousness. What's even worse is that all of the characters are completely one dimensional. Three words are more than enough to describe any of their personalities. They have no hidden face, they don't evolve, they are always the same, and even though at first they appear attractive, after dozens of episodes and no changes they become more and more boring, up until you start hating them. It sucks the author didn't put a single drop of effort into constructing his characters.

Side characters side is even worse than the main cast, there are those kids which comment on everything what is going on the match, but for the most part all they succeed at is being annoying. There are some girls, who up until the very end don't fulfill any useful purpose, not a speck of romance here. There are many tennis opponents, most of who are generic, without background. Those get discarded soon after they lose in the match. On the other hand there are some guys who are given a personality and a slightly distinctive character design. Those guys, though rarely invoking emotion, appear in fillers from time to time after losing their matches. Of course, just as the main cast, they never evolve or go behind one dimension personality. Finally, there are some characters, like that girl who lives with Echizen's father, the viewer never learns anything about. Who is she? Why does she live there? What is her purpose in this show? I don't understand why did they even put her into the show if they didn't bother to explain the reason behind her existence.

Myers-Briggs personality type indicator:



Value: 2/10

I was skipping episodes the first time around, I can't imagine a case when I would want to re-watch this anime again. This show doesn't even have cool show offs, even though its the basic of basics in a sports anime. Bleh, sure wasted lots of time on this anime.

1. Conclusion: As long as you are not a Tennis fan, I'd recommend to completely ignore Prince of Tennis' existence, it's simply not good. If you want a cool sports anime, check Hajime no Ippo it might as well be the best sports anime ever. Other plausible sport shows I've watched are Initial D and Slam Dunk so pick those if you want. No matter how much do you like sports inspired anime, you will get bored with Prince of Tennis sooner or later.

In this anime a young boy whos the son of a famous japanese retired tennis pro stands out in tennis since hes dominating all juniour tournaments in his young age.
Now he enters high school and, making new friends and meeting strong enemys and rivals, starts to follows his fathers steps.

The animation is fine. Not good, not bad, something you would expect from any anime that is beeing made in this age.
It focuses on fast movements and realism, fitting a sports anime. There are very few comedy animation style changes.
7

The sound is fine too. Some background sounds, few to none annoying voices, many good sounding ones, but none really cool, good, outstanding etc ones either.
Average, 7

The story is good for a sports anime, but sometimes you cant help to wonder if the development or things happening in the anime is really logical / needed. There are a handfull episodes where they change the animation to a "very cute" like and make some really annoying, senseless parts that should supposed to be funny.
I cant laugh about the jokes in this series anyway, what isn't really bad since there are very few anyway.
Sometimes they put the rival thing into a good light, and sometimes also do the same with the way they are training to get better.
On the other side, there are manny times the flow drops since nothing exciting happens for a while.
Under average, 6

The characters arnt really bad, but not really good either.
You get to know them a bit, u see some scenes from their past, and you get to like some of their habbits and can watch them as they mature / improve and live their life.
But still you sometimes wonder why they dont display more of their personalitys. It just feels a bit too flat in some cases. Also you will probably not find a character you can really love.
A bit under average, 6

The value is... well. It was my first tennis anime, and it wasnt bad. It showed some interesting techniques and although im not really interested in tennis I got the urge to play it from watching which is a good sign.
But the story is rather dull sometimes, the characters arnt as interesting as they could be and the animation and sound arnt outstanding either. There are many animes I would watch first and prefer keeping instead of this one.
But its still my first (so best) tennis anime I watched yet and there were no parts that really annoyed me (except the episodes with the cute animation and senseless story).
But the flow was still kinda bad sometimes -> it got boring from times to times.
Under average, 6

The enjoyment... well, that tennis moves were really cool and the animation displayed the fast movements and skilled techniques rather nicely although I would say it's still improveable ("mada mada dane" ;) ).
As mentioned yet, the flow dropped from time to time, there were those silly episodes and in some matches they didnt show the ball, they showed a dragonball z like fight with energys and stuff which wasnt really fitting in my opinion.
There are some kitschy scenes either.
A bit under average, I had to force myself a bit to end watching it (ah almost forgot... it has no satisfieng end either although there are still the ovas)
6

One of the most consistent long runs ever...

Many a time will people of the anime community obsess about sports animes. For some reason, it's probably the deep involvement with the sports elements and the "super technique" elements that are applied in these animes that make them so addicing. Prince of Tennis is really no exception to this, and regardless I find it to be one of the most exciting long runs I've ever come across.

Ryoma Echizen, a pro in the making.

Among the best tennis schools in Japan, the Seishun Gakuen is soon to be graced upon by Ryoma Echizen, son of a World-Class professional tennis player that won 4 championships before suddenly disappearing. What goals will Seishun Gakuen be able to reach with the addition of this skillful freshman?

After the first episode, I couldn't really find too much exciting about this series, but I watched it anyways. Soon I was eagerly awaiting episode 11, then episode 21, and so on. Before the 30th episode, I had an epiphany about the addiction that comes from this series. Prince of Tennis maintains a series of cliffhangers and plot twists that approach perfectly through the sequence of time in the series. At first there are the preliminaries; then a tournament; then a short, comedic filler; then another much more indepth tournament with new barriers to break; and endless excitement with the development of the characters. Most of the interesting aspects of this anime involve the randomness of winning and losing - sometimes all of the players sport incredible techniques, and figuring out who will win is extremely difficult. Another great feat is watching the training and development of each player's skills. Last of all, the episodes of fillers usually help develop the comedic elements of the story, and the tournament arcs keep a steady supply of cliffhangers to altogether keep the series intoxicating. In terms of sequence and plot, this anime is perfect...

...until 50 episodes in a row of filler. Yuck. I don't know if I'm the only one who believes this, but I honestly feel everything that follows episode 128 can't even compare in excitement to the rest of the series. Basically, the last 50 episodes sort of "develop" the humungous cast, and leave the watcher yawning at each predictable element repeated over and over again. Eventually, around episode 160 or so, the series gets so boring that there really is no interest left at all. I am convinced that the last 50 episodes can be ignored without fear of missing out on anything important at all about Prince of Tennis. Thus, I deduct two points and smack Takayuki Hamana (director) for the bad move.

You learn literally EVERYTHING about the characters.

Seriously, it should be obvious that you learn a lot about the characters considering the length of this anime, but that's an understatement. With the addition of filler episodes here or there, the various flashbacks and backstories of almost every tennis player in the anime, and the intensity of each match and how it affects each person this series literally OOZES development. Even two months after finishing this series I can remember vividly each player's passion and feel for the game. I think anyone can.

I am even thankful to say that despite my lack of feel for him at the first impression, Echizen gradually becomes more and more the center of the series. At first, as the main character he feels like the benchwarmer in terms of development. However, as the story unfolds, his talents and capabilities make him much more interesting, and not only to the watcher, but even other players in the story can recognize his growth and development as an athelete. Other animes have attempted this tactic, but Prince of Tennis' notorious length, once again, proves to be a factor to make this feat successful.

Despite my praise for Echizen, my favorite player is Sanada. There is something about his boldness and fearless personality that makes him a fantastic character, and also a great addition to the multitude wacky-zany, weird, creepy, stupid, and even pathetic characters packed into this series.

The animation is nothing particular special, but the music has some new elements.

Often times I found the animation to be funny, since the court of tennis would instantly transform into a battlefield. Rackets would bend and fly. Tennis balls would turn into deadly projectiles, either being returned with great force or scurried away from. Players would bend into interesting positions (e.x. Kaidoh's snake) and set off techniques that were fun to watch over and over again. All this employed by Prince of Tennis is what makes the show worth the rating I've given it so far.

And in contrast, there were a few weaknesses that proved the animation to be average. As the story went on, the quality of the key animating gradually became less accurate to appearance. A good example of this is Echizen - most of the time he looked like a normal human kid, but sometimes his eyes and body proportions were a little off, illustrating him more like some sort of bug-eyed freak. It's such a minor distortion that most people probably wouldn't notice it, but I tend to have an exaggerated photographic memory, so...

Also, a few transitions in the series were really bad. There is an annoying tennis court "effect" that is used right before any big match. From what I remember, there is a picture of the tennis court with the players on it that has been cut into thirds, looking ugly and disheveled. For about 5 seconds, a little ominous music is played as the pieces all come together and connect to show the same picture every single time. It's recycled frames, and it's really annoying. Definitely another minus to the animation.

The OPs/EDs aren't all that bad. I don't have any of them on my playlist, so that's evidence that none of them really gathered my attention that much.

What I do like, though, is the music. Much of the music used in this anime fits the mood of the situation really well. For instance, in the midst of a match, whenever a technique is working effectively, there is one really fast-paced song that is catchy played constantly through the series. Most of the background music is recycled, but even after watching the entire series I still love to hear it. I believe the background music leaves an image of the greatest scenes from this anime in the watcher's mind, which is why I couldn't get bored of it.

Another great addition is a decent cast of seiyuu. Usually a series with such a humungous cast like Prince of Tennis, most of the minor characters are embodied by the most annoying, unappreciable voice acting I've heard. However, in this cast surprisingly I don't think there is a person that has an innaccurate voice in accordance to their character. I'm very impressed, to say in the least.

Tennis isn't weak. It's a sport for men.

Most of the time, the excuse I hear for not watching this series is because it is rooted in tennis. Apparently according to morons in the anime community, tennis is a "gay sport," and couldn't possibly have any feats that are comparable to "real men's sports," such as football, basketball, hockey, etc. Based on having watched all 178 episodes of this series in 5 days, exploring each and every detail of tennis, it rapidly changed my opinion, if it was anything like what I aforementioned.

Just give it a try. I don't think I could ever rewatch this again due to the insane length, but I could say that this would be a great title for anyone to add to their anime repertoire.

It's certainly a good anime in some's point of view but the whole story...I mean the way the character played the tennis, IS ABSURD(no offence included). Imagine if someone can plays tennis in such ludicrous skill at school's standard, that person is surely the son of HEAVEN(may the GOD bless 0^0)!

Putting aside the unbelievably stupid skill and tennis match, the whole story, without doubt has a good storyline. The only weak point is that it's tediously long that at some point, even I began to feel bored watching it. Why can they shorten the UNimportant(REPETITIVE) scene and focus mainly on the tennis match. The tennis match is also quite boring. You can easily predict what was going on after some time because the match result is always the same!<<REPEATED>>! .Its not bad at the beginning but really worsen as I continue watching. What's more there are some annoying episode like the chibbi special episode. Bloddy hell!!!

The character's development,however are done cleverly. Each character has their own personalities as well as their perspective. Their way of seeing the tennis match. Each fighting for their own reason and fights with their own way. That is the only thing worth seeing in the whole story.

The animation...mostly repetitive... repeat ...repeat ...repeat........(-_-)
boring is all I can say! Nothing special. It doesn't even worth wathching again, except for some scene. The sound is decent....nothing special.

The enjoyment...it depends...for me, it's kinda fun watching them play such absurd tennis match. There all sorts of NONEsense technique like the 'Invisible Swing','Hakugei','Cyclone Smash','Swallow Return','Drive B' and....... which I think gain the tittle 'COMPLETE NONSENSE',though I have to admit that I do enjoy it.

All in all, it's just depends on the point of view. I'm not you and surely, you're not me. For me, this anime is just slightly above average.

My Prince of Tennis-

Don't try and steal this, cause whoever owns the rights to Prince Of Tennis will sue you.


PRINCE OF TENNIS:
Wrath of Kahn III
Revenge of the Tennis

By

Killuahxh



EXT. TENNIS PLACE - NIGHT

A modern tennis place, with tennis stuff.
Echizen lay post-coital in a small futon
in the middle of the tennis court with
Sakuno, they obviously have just finished
with the sex act. Sakuno slightly swayed
off the bed, right leg touching the soft
grass. Echizen relaxed, staring into the
women (girl?) next to him.

Sakuno smiles. Beat. Echizen turns to the
woods nearby.
He hears something.

BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM Shots go off.

Plasma fire is now everywhere. Echizen is up
and already comforting Sakuno. Jar-Jar Binks
is holding off thousands of forces to the
north. Jay Leno is entertaining the troops
who should be helping Jar-Jar, to the east.



Bombs explode everywhere.
Several different species are being killed
in this huge war.
Echizen pulls Sakuno to a sakura tree and
points for her to stay.
Echizen runs off, grabbing the plasma cannon
from a dead Predators shoulder.

RYOMA ECHIZEN
Asta Lavista Motherfuckers!

Mr. Sandman, by The Chordettes plays

Echizen begins a mass slaughter of the enemy
forces to the north. Following up beside Jar- Jar helping him gratefully out.

BOOOSH BOOOSH BOOSH BAM BAM BAM BOOSH BAM

Sakuno is shaking stiff, scared of the war
around her.

BOOOSH BOOSH BAM BAM BOOSH BAM BOOSH

The enemy starts throwing grenades.

Echizen is quick for action, he drops his
plasma rifle and becomes 'the killer' whip-
ping out two tennis rackets.

BOOOOOM BOOOOM BOOOOM

Echizen swings in great choregraphy knocking
the bombs back over to the enemy, killing
thousands of the enemy aliens.

A spear-carrying-alien jumps toward Echizen,
Echizen performs a flip combo and twists his
neck, throwing both of his rackets too Jar-
Jar.

Echizen picks up the spear, hes ready for the
pain.

Echizen leads into a dark caved tunnel.

He finds himself in the most dangerous place
in the world. The tennis court of death.

INT. THE TENNIS COURT OF DEATH - DAY

Hes trapped steel gates drop down. Mrs.
Darth Williams approaches from the shadows.

DARTH WILLIAMS
May the force be with you!

Darth Williams throws herself into the court,
racket in hand. The evil Darth pulls Echizen
into the court with "The Force". But Echizen
has no racket.

JAR-JAR BINKS
Here Echizen!

Jar-Jar tosses Echizen his rackets.

DARTH WILLIAMS
Echizen, I am your mother!
The Yo basket ball player is
your father... I know I know
its strange.

They engage in a strange atomic force
tennis battle.

Darth Williams smacks the ball towards
Echizen, Echizen flips smacking it with a
curve with his left racket. Darth Williams
smacks the ball back this time with more
strength, Echizen may be out matched.

ZWOOOOM! Darth Venus, Darth Williams good
twin appears behind Echizen, she smacks the
ball with her golden racket of heaven.

AHHHH! The ball flys through Darth Williams
chest, brutally putting a hole in it so that
you can see through it. Darth Venus smiles
and hugs Echizen, Echizen walks away.

EXT. TENNIS PLACE - DAY

The evil troops have fallen, Echizen breeches
to his lovely Sakuno, he kisses her.

BAM! Robert Redford grabs Sakuno and jumps
aboard his hover craft.... TO BE CONTINUED
IN

PRINCE OF TENNIS:
THE FOURTH STING
PRINCE FICTION

Coming Soon!


Really just comment and I'll write it. I know this is pathetic and no I'm not eleven.