The thing with tenipuri is that the manga and the anime/OVAs should be treated as 2 different entities. The two media are just too different, even if the manga was the original. Many scenes from the manga were totally removed/replaced in the anime and a ton of fillers and plot points were added instead. it is heartbreaking lol
There should not have been a problem with this. However, the Nationals arc (finale of prince of tennis) was made to be somewhat faithful to both the anime and the manga. This causes a bit of confusion to those who watched the anime only, esp new fans.
Actually you can always Watch/read prince of tennis in any way you want. The best way is to just read the manga from beginning to end. Or watch the anime from beginning to end.
However it has come to my attention that a lot of new fans give up watching tenipuri because of the pesky fillers and the overall confusing plot brought upon by the anime, the movies and the OVAs. sad 2000′s animation too
So on a whim.. i made a guide which can probably help new viewers who prefer watching the anime understand the story more.
START
1. read prince of tennis manga ch 000 “Legend of the Samurai”
2. watch from episode 1 to ep 28
3. read pot manga ch 50
so that you can see tezuka play for the first time they just mentioned this match in the anime
4. watch ep 29 to ep 72
note: tezuka goes to germany eps 73-75
in manga he goes to kyushu, not germany
5. Optional: Watch josei shonan arc (anime only) ep 76-85
6. Watch PoT 1st movie Tale of Two Samurai
7. Watch ep 86 to 90 (fun filler arc)
8 Optional: Read PoT ch. 162-165 for manga-only seigaku vs saitama-midoriyama jr high
9. Watch eps 90-101 (rokkaku arc)
10. Read PoT manga starting from ch 184-237 (rikkaidai arc)
chapter 184 ties nicely with ep 101
we want you to see the correct and proper version of the rikkaidai arc
11. Optional: Watch the anime version or the rikkaidai arc (ep 102-128)
compare it with the manga
seigaku training camp in the mountain
practice matches vs hyotei
12. Optional: Watch fillers
recreation arc 129-135
Junior Invitational Training Camp Arc 136-146
USA vs Japan 147-160
special episode: Day of Survival Mountain
13. Watch the OVA called Atobe’s gift
14. In preparation for Nationals arc, choose between these two:
Choice 1: Continue reading the manga from chapter 238-253
we recommend this
ch 238-239 is Nationals OVA 7
ch 240 is Nationals OVA 5
ch 242 is where Nationals OVA 8 was based from (not really similar)
ch 245-247 is scattered among the OVAs
ch 253 is Nationals OVA 1
Choice 2: Watch the anime from ep 161-176 and Nationals OVA
161-176 is ryoma drama and the last series o seigaku ranking matches
Nationals OVA 1 kinda reconciles the differences between the anime and manga
15. watch all the Nationals OVA 2 – 26
16. Watch all Prince of Tennis Another Story OVAs I & II
17. Watch PoT movie 2: Battle of the English Castle
18. Recently announced prince of tennis movie will be somewhere here 😀
19: Watch all of the pairpuris, the fandiscs, message in a bottle picture drama and other special episodes
**chibi tenipuri episodes are 87, 88, 115, 132, 165**
Mamoru Hosoda’s The Boy and the Beast is heading to theaters across the nation on March 4! This critically acclaimed new animated film from the director of Summer Wars and Wolf Children is packed with martial arts action and full of heart—a great movie to share the art of animation with your family.
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Hey so even tho OPM is ending (hopefully just for season 1 and will continue eventually… have hope) I wanna let you all know that there WILL BE OVA episodes/shorts. Kinda like the one about Saitima getting his outfit. Here is a list of them so far
“A Shadow That Snuck Up Too Close” – December 24, 2015
“The Pupil Who Is an Extremely Poor Talker” – January 29, 2016
“The Ninja Who is Too Complicated” – TBA
“Bang, Who is Too Overbearing” – TBA
“The Sisters Who Have Too Many Things Happening” – TBA
“The Murder Case that is Too Impossible” – TBA
No info regarding the episode info is available yet, however if you have it please feel free to add it or message me to add it later!
Please also note that these six OVA’s are specifically written by ONE himself! Which is just wonderful, because ONE is a great person and deserves to be noted as writing the OVA’s himself.
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