The Prince of Tennis is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The manga was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Sh?nen Jump from July 1999 to March 2008. The series centers around Ryoma Echizen, a tennis prodigy who attends Seishun Academy ( ???) or Seigaku Gakuen) A sequel of three original video animation series, totaling 26 episodes, were released from March 2006 to January 2009. In North America, the anime series was first licensed by Viz Media and later by Crunchyroll LLC.