The “final” show, after which the series will be taken in a new direction, is being staged next month and promises to be a treat for anyone who likes sports, hot boys, Japanese comedy, the absurd, or just lively music and energetic crowds. Seven years later, after 23 runs and more than 100 cast members, the lights-and-music spectacular that is 'Musical Tennis no Oujisama,' or 'Tenimyu,' is finally reaching the end. It had a five-day run at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space in Ikebukuro. The musical adaptation was simple at first, with stage time divided between mimed tennis matches, dance numbers and rousing fight songs. The story concerns a 12-year-old prodigy’s struggle to enter his new junior high’s sports club. The story begins in Golden Week 2003, when a musical based on one of the most popular sports manga of the day, 'Tennis no Oujisama' (“The Prince of Tennis”), made its debut. Although you may never have heard of them, the pretty boys that speak that line are-with their cool dance moves and immaculately groomed hair-making thousands of girls swoon all across Japan.
'In order to grasp victory, we will become strong.”Īnd become strong they have.
