Forum - View topicNEWS: Funimation Adds The Prince of Tennis Anime Franchise, Including 2021's Game of Future
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NJ_
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There was also the Viz DVD sets which were pretty infamous for having the Japanese openings and endings replaced with the dub version for the episodes despite being dual-audio. |
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matt78
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Does anyone know how Prince of Tennis did in Europe, Australia and New Zealand? I'm wondering if Funimation licensed it not for the US but its potential in the other markets it serves.
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Lord Geo
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I believe people came to the conclusion that the theme song switcheroo happened due to sheer nepotism, as the composer for those dub themes was apparently the son of the producer for the dub. I'm sure FUNi won't be including the old Viz dub whenever physical box sets start coming out, but I do wish them well with this massive endeavor. |
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Southkaio
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I hope Doug Erholtz, Steve Staley, Sam Riegel et alibi return.
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MarshalBanana
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While looking this up I noticed the original TV run had 178 episodes, despite only covering what must have been either 26 or 27 volumes. Does that the show has a lot of filler?
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Lord Geo
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I believe so, with original creator Takeshi Konomi infamously having given the anime staff free reign to do whatever they wanted with any original story they come up with. This would eventually result in what became the "Tezuka Killed the Dinosaurs" meme, as a scene in one of the movies that saw team leader Kunimitsu Tezuka deliver a smash so powerful that the anime staff visually showed it as though it was on the level of the asteroid that resulted in the eventual extinction of the dinosaurs. While Prince of Tennis does go ridiculously over the top as the story went on in the manga, Konomi still never went THAT over the top, and due to that scenes eventual meme status it unfortunately made many think that Prince of Tennis is nothing but that kind of absurdity. |
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Snomaster1
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I'm kinda surprised that Funimation got this. I thought Viz originally had this. So why's Funimation doing this now? As you know,"Prince of Tennis" never really completed it's run on Toonami because it's weekend edition disappeared before the show can go anywhere really. On a similar note,you've got to listen to Viz's theme for this show. It's one of the best English anime intros you'll see. It's very good. Trust me on this,you'll like it a lot.
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NJ_
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It was speculated elsewhere that it might be a package deal with something else which would make the most sense because look at how long it has been. They did nothing when Crunchyroll was streaming II and also when Daisuki was streaming National Tournament.
It's decent but it had no business on those DVDs as part of the actual episodes. |
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Snomaster1
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Well,NJ_. I didn't know that. It's a possibility that Funimation made a deal with Viz to show some of their stuff on their streaming sites,including shows that they had in the past. I don't know if that's the case or not but it's as good a theory as any so far. As for the English intro I mentioned,I recommend you see this on YouTube. You'll like it as much as I do. It's got a really rocking theme and it perfectly fits this show. I guarantee,you'll like it as much as I do.
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