On Wednesday, August 14, 2024, The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Semifinal anime series’ official website officially announced the confirmed release date of October 2024 through a new PV. The website also premiered the latest promotional video, which introduced the staff and previewed the opening theme.
The promotional video for The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Semifinal anime series revealed a new key visual, along with the announcement of key staff and the main cast. Additionally, the ending theme song for the series was previously announced. This new series will directly follow the events of 2022’s The Prince of Tennis: U-17 World Cup anime.
The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Semifinal anime set to officially release on October 3, 2024
The latest promotional video for The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Semifinal anime has confirmed its premiere date in Japan to be Thursday, October 3, 2024, as mentioned earlier. The show will be broadcasted on TV Tokyo at 12AM, followed by Aichi Television at 1:30AM and TV Osaka at 1:35AM.
The recently revealed team for the series consists of Yoshinobu Tokumoto as the director at M.S.C studios, with Akiharu Ishii as the character designer. Series composition will be handled by Mitsutaka Hirota, and Chihiro Tamaki will be composing the music. Other members of the staff include:
- Color design: Yuko Tsumori
- Art director: Jin’ya Kimura
- Background: Atelier Roku 07
- Art setting: Yukie Inose, Tomoyuki Aoki
- Director of photography: Yūta Nakamura
- Editor: Daisuke Hiraki
- Sound director: Yūki Matsuoka
- Sound production: Jinnan Studio
The opening theme for the anime The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup Semifinal is called “Wake Up” and will feature Kidella as the performer. The ending theme, “GLANZ” , will be performed by the group emBLEm=ADLER, which consists of members from the German team in the anime. These members include Ryotaro Okiayu as Kunimitsu Tezuka, Kentaro Tone as Jürgen Borisovich Volk, and Mitsuki Saiga as Q・P.
For the entire World Cup series, the cast will include returning actors Junko Minagawa as Ryoma Echizen, Ryotaro Okiayu as Kunimitsu Tezuka, Hiroki Yasumoto as Hoo Byodoin, Junichi Suwabe as Keigo Atobe, Sachiko Nagai as Seiichi Yukimura, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Kuranosuke Shiraishi, Tarusuke Shingaki as Eishiro Kite, and Mamoru Miyano as Ryoga Echizen.
Crunchyroll provides the following description for the overarching anime series:
“When tennis phenom Ryoma Echizen is kicked out of Japan’s elite U-17 training camp for breaking the rules, he’s despondent. But a stroke of good luck hits when he’s able to try out for the U.S. team. Proving himself against their hardened veterans isn’t going to be easy, and if he is accepted, he’ll have to play against his former friends. Can he help his new brothers smash their way to victory?”
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