2015 is the year for major musical productions adapted from original manga, which includes Takeshi Konomi’s Prince of Tennis. The musical adaptation, titled Tennimu, enters its third season this year and the musical centers on “Seigaku vs. Fudomine” story arc in the manga with tours of Taiwan and Hong Kong after a series of well received preview shows in Japan.
The Prince of Tennis musicals – also known as “TeniPuri Musical,” “Tenimyu,” or “GekiPuri” (Stage Prince) – are a series of live action stage musicals directed by Yukio Ueshima based on manga series The Prince of Tennis created by Takeshi Konomi and serialized by Shueisha in Weekly Shonen Jump. The musical premièred in 2003 and the first season featured 22 musicals and ran for seven years until May 2010. The second season finished in 2014 and Seigaku vs. Fudomine is the first musical of the third season. There’s a video digest of the first two seasons here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtn8wtiJt9M#t=98
The Prince of Tennis uses the theme of scholastic tennis and centers on talented tennis prodigy Ryoma Echizen as he attends Seishun Academy. Echizen makes friends and rivals, but ultimately contemplates what the sport of tennis really means to him.
The Prince of Tennis 3rd Season Seigaku vs Fudomine
When:
7 March 2015 (Sat) at 1pm & 6pm
8 March 2015 (Sun) at 1pm & 6pm
Where: Jockey Club Auditorium, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Tickets: $500, $400, $200 from HKTicketing