In the fourth episode, “The Final Illusion,” of the anime “The New Prince of Tennis U-17 WORLD CUP SEMIFINAL,” which began airing on October 23, 2024, the “It’s too big…” scene that became a hot topic in the original work was finally shown in the anime.
This scene is the line uttered by Kintaro Toyama when he saw the size of Dankmar Schneider (Germany’s representative), who uses a technique called “Gigant” that makes him gigantic. In the original work, this was the line uttered by Masaharu Niou, who used an illusion of the Phoenix of Byodo-in Temple, but when it was changed to Kin-chan’s line, the content of the line was also changed to “What!? It’s too big!”
Many people may be wondering, “Is this a technique that makes you gigantic?”, but the only explanation for that is that it ‘s Prince of Tennis .
However, this bizarre scene is not limited to Episode 4 because it is “Prince of Tennis”. We have compiled a list of scenes from the beloved “New Prince of Tennis U-17 WORLD CUP SEMIFINAL”, which will start airing in October 2024 and has only aired four episodes so far, that are full of things to point out.
*Due to the nature of this topic, the following text contains descriptions that may contain spoilers for those who have not yet watched the work. Please be careful when reading on.
When watching the USA vs Switzerland match, Oshitari Kenya exclaimed, “What on earth is that! That’s so high!” and Momoshiro Takeshi exclaimed, “That’s not human ability!” Dudu Obandu was an athlete who jumped so high that he was surprised. He is nicknamed “Birdman” for his superhuman jumping ability, which he achieved by making use of his natural strong springs.
His jumping height is so impressive that Ryoma exclaims, “No one can beat that guy’s jumping ability,” and from what can be seen on the anime screen, he is jumping higher than the spectator seats, which are elevated to give an excellent view of the court.
By the way, the voice actor for Dudu Obandu is Kenjiro Tsuda. The character he was originally playing, Sadaharu Inui, was also watching the game, so Dudu and Inui were both talking… it was like killing two birds with one stone, and keeping your ears busy.
Furthermore, when it comes to Alan Hopkins, also from the United States, Ryoma says, “He plays a dangerous style of tennis that unconsciously exploits the opponent’s old injuries, habits, and weaknesses, depriving them of their freedom and slowly cutting into them.” He has been nicknamed the “tennis doctor,” and Kenya was surprised by this too, saying, “Isn’t that pretty dangerous?” … but it’s hard to tell who is “dangerous” and who is not.
At that time, Atobe Keigo was training with Tezuka Kunimitsu. Kirihara Akaya was following Atobe and saw Tezuka handing the disk to Atobe, and he mistakenly thought, “That’s bad… Could Atobe and the others be spies? Tezuka must have received some important confidential files about the German national team…” “I see, Tezuka pretended to go to Germany to infiltrate as a double spy? He’s risking his life for Japan’s victory… but wouldn’t it be really bad if he was found out!” There’s no way that’s true! But is it even possible in the world of Prince of Tennis…?
Back in the USA vs Switzerland match, Alexander Amadeus of Switzerland activates the “Dark Side.” It’s a cool name, but I have no idea what it does.
According to Inui, “the strength of his mind to expose his opponent’s greatest weakness and attack mercilessly and without mercy.” However, his opponent, Ralph Reinhart of the US team, said, “the ability to correct and overcome one’s weakness. If I make a mistake once, the next time I’m good at it” (Ryoma)… Amadeus is the worst opponent to face!
In the end, it was Ralph who won. He was just too strong.
The second episode finally sees the start of the Japan vs Germany match! Oni Jujiro faces off against Q.P., Germany’s number two player and the pinnacle of the tennis academy. They’re trading blows with some amazing technique, but I won’t go into detail here because they don’t jump, take away people’s five senses, or grow giant.
The biggest criticism was the ending. The first episode featured the Japanese team, and the second episode featured the German team, but the setting for both seemed to be Lockheart Castle… oh, so Japanese!
The battle between Oni and Q.P. continues. Just when you think it’s going to be a normal exchange of blows, Q.P. suddenly stops the blue bird on his fingertip and smiles. (?)
Then, after watching Q.P.’s fight, Jurgen Barisavich Bork suddenly says, “I see,” and begins uttering something like a poem, reminiscent of the mysterious Shinohara Ryoko’s famous song “Koishisa to Setsunasa to Kokorozukashi to.” He says, “Q.P. has grown by fighting strong opponents up until now. Fierce opponents with Stolzstrhal have already faced off against the radiance of love and the radiance of sadness. But there has never been an opponent in Europe who possesses the radiance of reassurance.”
This triggers a sudden turn of events in the match, which seemed to favor Oni. “I’m going to become the god of tennis,” says Q.P., glowing golden, and with one blow, Oni breaks his wrist.
However, Oni does not give up, because “I know a man who continued to challenge even after both his wrists were broken” (Momoshiro)… When Byodoin asks Oni, “Are you going to die, Oni?”, Oni smiles and steps forward onto the court, or rather, to “hell”.
Then I remembered that tennis is a life-risking sport.
And so we moved on to the much talked about fourth episode
, in which it was announced that Miki Shinichiro would be playing Antonio da Medanore, the enigmatic captain of the Spanish national team. “I never thought I’d be able to take part in this series with such a long history, so when I got the call from my agency I was very surprised but also very happy. However, I’ll put that happiness aside and stand in front of the microphone with pride as a member of the Spanish national team. I look forward to working with you all,” he said enthusiastically.
It’s so exhausting to watch this anime alone every time! I want to watch it with someone and make comments together! It’s definitely going to be fun!
In the fifth episode that will be broadcast next week, the match between Tezuka, representing Germany, and Seiichi Yukimura, representing Japan, will finally unfold. As a writer who has been following “Prince of Tennis” for a long time, I can’t help but look forward to it, thinking, “I wanted to see this fight!”
According to the released synopsis, D2 (Doubles Two) is finally reaching its climax. Nioh throws away the illusion and challenges as the original “Nioh Masaharu”. Schneider and Berti are at the mercy of Nioh’s play, who is the only one with zero data up to now, but gradually they push through. What will be the outcome of this fierce battle? And then there is the third match, S2 (Singles Two). Representing Germany is Tezuka Kunimitsu. Standing opposite him is Yukimura Seiichi representing Japan. The curtains rise on a battle where “not even a moment’s blink is permitted.”
Of course, I’ve read the original work and know how it all unfolds, but…I can’t help but find myself commenting and crying.
The New Prince of Tennis U-17 WORLD CUP SEMIFINAL
Broadcasting station/Broadcast date and time: Every Wednesday from Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Chubu
TV Tokyo: Midnight 24:00~ / TV Osaka: Midnight 25:35~ / TV Aichi: Midnight 25:30~
■ Every Wednesday from midnight 24:30 on
d Anime Store, U-NEXT, Lemino, Anime Times
■ Every Friday from midnight 24:00 onwards
Animehodai, Hulu, DMM TV, FOD, Prime Video, TELASA, J:COM STREAM, milplus, ABEMA, Niconico Channel/Niconico Live Broadcast, TVer, Net TV Tokyo, Rakuten TV, APTY! Video, YouTube (rental), Bandai Channel
Original work: Takeshi Konomi (Serialized in Shueisha’s “Jump SQ.”)
STAFFSupervisor
: Yoshinobu Tokumoto / Character design and general animation supervisor: Meiji Ishii / Series composition: Mitsuki Hirota /
Color design: Hiroko Tsumori / Art director: Hitoshi Kimura / Background: Atelier Roku 07 /
Art setting: Yukie Inose / Tomoyuki Aoki / Director of photography: Yuta Nakamura / Editing: Daisuke Hiraki /
Sound director: Yuki Matsuoka / Music: Chihiro Tamaki / Sound production: Kannan StudioOpening
theme: “Wake up” KidellaEnding
theme: “GLANZ” emBLEm=ADLERAnimation
production: MSC / Production: NAS / Production New Prince of Tennis Project
CAST
Ryoma Echizen Junko Minagawa / Kunimitsu Tezuka Ryotaro Okiayu Byodoin
Houou Hiroki Yasumoto / Jurgen Barisavich Bork Kentaro Tone
(C) Takeshi Konomi / Shueisha, NAS, New Prince of Tennis Project
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