The Prince Of Tennis Live Action

Last week, my sister and I watched The Prince Of Tennis Live Action. I'm an Otaku. I have read the manga and I really want to know how they visualize the manga. So, despite my huge pile of works, I decided to watch it no matter what happen.

Synopsis

Ryoma Echizen, a tennis prodigy, attends Seishun Academy (also known as Seishun Gakuen or Seigaku, for short), a school famous for its strong tennis club and talented players. Ryoma quickly defeats numerous upperclassmen shortly after entrance to secure himself a spot on the regulars team.

Characters

Echizen Ryoma (Hongo Kanata)

Ryoma is portrayed as a twelve-year-old tennis prodigy who won four consecutive Junior Tennis Tournaments in America. His father is Nanjiro Echizen, a former tennis pro nicknamed "Samurai Nanjiro". At his father's request, Ryoma returns to Japan in order to attend Seishun Academy ("Seigaku"), a private middle school famous for its tennis team. Due to his cocky attitude, he constantly butts heads with some of his upperclassmen as well as anger most of his opponents in tennis matches. Still, he, along with his team, evolve as tennis players in order to win the National Tennis Tournament. Throughout the story, Ryoma continues to find his own style of tennis by creating original techniques instead of merely being a copy of his father.

My comments:  Hongo Kanata did a good job acting as Ryoma. He is expressionless. He also super cute.

Kunimitsu Tezuka (Yuu Shirota)

In the story, he is introduced as the strict and serious captain of Seishun Academy's ("Seigaku" for short) tennis team who enforces order within his team, often making its members run laps. With his all-around tennis style and advanced techniques, Tezuka is considered to be a National-level tennis player by many of the other characters. He encourages the series' protagonist, Ryoma Echizen, to develop his own style of tennis, leading the latter to consider him to be both a mentor and a rival. Throughout the series, Tezuka continues to constantly struggle with the pain in his left arm that was caused by an injury inflicted upon him by an upperclassman two years prior to the main storyline. However, he is often willing to sacrifice the use of his arm in order to defeat his opponent and lead his team to the National Tennis Tournament. In addition to appearing in the series' other media, including musicals, movies, and soundtracks, different types of merchandise have been released in his likeness, including figurines and jewelry.

My comments: Yuu Shirota's face is so perfect that it looked inhuman. At first, I don't like him. I kept saying "This guy is weird and ugly". After some time, I started to like him.

Overall, I LOVE Prince Of Tennis Live Action. I don't care if it look absurd. ROFL...