Episode Guide

This is a list of all episodes and movies of The Prince of Tennis and The New Prince of Tennis organized by arc. Filler arcs and episodes are labeled as such. Quasifillers (marked with ○) denote episodes which replace an arc in the manga, such as the Josei Shonan arc's replacement of the Midoriyama arc.

Season 1

Intraschool Ranking Arc

Ep. #	Airdate	Japanese Title	English TItle	Summary	Filler?
1	Oct 10, 2001	王子様現る	A Prince Appears	Ryuuzaki Sakuno meets Echizen Ryouma, a returnee from the United States, for the first time on the way to a tennis tournament. Ryouma is disqualified due to lateness, but has a match against high schooler Sasabe, whom he beats easily.
2	Oct 17, 2001	サムライ·ジュニア	Samurai Junior	School starts at Seigaku, and Ryouma shows up two second years who are bullying his fellow first years. He then plays a match against second year Momoshiro Takeshi, who withdraws due to injury. Osakada Tomoka meets Ryouma for the first time.
3	Oct 24, 2001	登場!青学レギュラー	The Seigaku Regulars Make Their Debut	The Seigaku regulars are introduced, along with reporters Inoue Mamoru and Shiba Saori. Ryoma beats second year bully Arai Masahi with a broken racket and is entered by Tezuka Kunimitsu for the intraschool tournament, despite his first year status.
4	Oct 31, 2001	マムシと呼ばれる男	The One Named Viper	The intraschool ranking tournament begins. Ryouma beats his initial opponents easily before facing second year regular Kaidou Kaoru. Kaidou uses the Snake Shot, forcing Ryouma to switch to playing with his dominant hand.
5	Nov 7, 2001	スネイク·ショット	Snake Shot	Kaidou uses the Snake in order to wear down Ryouma's stamina. He appears to be succeeding at first, but it turns out that Ryouma is hitting shots in order to force Kaidou to bend his knees closer to the ground. Ryouma ends up winning the match.
6	Nov 14, 2001	その男, 越前南次郎	Echizen Nanjirou	Inoue and Shiba travel to the Echizen household in order to snag an interview with Ryouma's father, Echizen Nanjirou, a famous retired tennis player. Nanjirou quite literally beats Inoue with his eyes closed, but lets slip that he's focusing on training Ryouma.
7	Nov 21, 2001	二人のリョーマ	The Two Ryoumas	Ryouma plays third year regular Inui Sadaharu, a Data Tennis player, for his next ranking match. Using his data on Ryouma, Inui manages to successfully predict where his shots are going and counter him accordingly.
8	Nov 28, 2001	スプリットステップ	The Split Step	Using a the One-footed Split Step, Ryouma successfully manages to increase his speed and agility and, combined with his Twist Serve, surpasses Inui's data. This episode also shows Ryouma's relationship with his father and how easily he's beaten by him.
9	Dec 5, 2001	ザ·ハード·デイ	The Hard Day	Inui is unable to return the Twist Serve and loses. Ryouma wins his subsequent matches, securing his spot as a regular. Kaidou then beats Inui, kicking him out of the regulars. He becomes the team's manager and the infamous Inui Juice is born.
10	Dec 12, 2001	逆襲!佐々部再び	Counterattack! Sasabe Again?	The first years visit the tennis school where Katou Kachirou's father teaches. They run into Sasabe and his father, the Golden Retriever, and Ryouma plays the elder. The match doesn't conclude as Sasabe didn't warm up properly and injures himself.

Tokyo District Preliminary - Fudomine Arc

Ep. #	Airdate	Japanese Title	English TItle	Summary	Filler?
11	Dec 19, 2001	越前VS桃城	Ryouma vs. Momoshiro	Ryouma and Momoshiro decide to play each other for the remaining Singles 3 position. They end up playing doubles at a street court, where they easily defeat their challengers before being bested by the Izumi Tomoya/Fukawa Kimiyoshi pair.
12	Dec 26, 2001	ア·ウンな二人	The Perfect Match	Ryouma and Momoshiro decide to play Doubles 2 against Gyokurin Middle School out of pride. They end up rematching the Izumi/Fukawa pair, although they continue to do poorly due to their lack of coordination borne from their singles player status.
13	Jan 9. 2002	男はダブルス!	Real Men Play Doubles	Their strategies failing, Ryouma and Momoshiro split the court in half, each effectively playing singles in their own half and using the "Ah-Un" strategy to divvy up balls which land on the center line. They prove victorious in the end.
14	Jan 16, 2002	つばめ返し!	The Triple Counter	Fuji Shuusuke and Kawamura Takashi start off Seigaku's next game against relatively unknown public school Fudoumine's Ishida Gin/Sakurai Masaya pair. Feeling cornered, Shuusuke uses's one of his Triple Counters: Tsubame Gaeshi.
15	Jan 23, 2002	それぞれの戦い	To Each His Own Battle	In an attempt to counteract Tsubame Gaeshi, Ishida uses a powerful shot known as the Hadoukyuu. When Shuusuke attempts to return it, Kawamura intercepts it, injuring his wrist in the process. Shuusuke forfeits the game in order to get medical attention.
16	Jan 30, 2002	ブーメラン·スネイク	The Boomerang Snake	The Kikumaru Eiji/Ooishi Shuuichirou pair, also known as the Golden Pair, win their match. The Singles 3 game between Kaidou and Kamio Akira commences after a break due to the rain, and Kaidou hits the Boomerang Snake for the first time.
17	Feb 6, 2002	小さなガッツポーズ	A Little Gesture of Triumph	Kaidou is unable to hit the Boomerang Snake again despite repeated attempts, but the match ends up turning into a stamina battle, so he wins it. Tachibana An reveals her identity as the younger sister of Fudoumine's Tachibana Kippei to Momoshiro.
18	Feb 13, 2002	ラブレター	The Love Letter	Nanjirou reminisces on his time training under Ryuuzaki Sumire at Seigaku. The next match starts, with Ibu Shinji returning Ryouma's Twist Serve with ease and countering it with his own Kick Serve, turning it into a service game.
19	Feb 20, 2002	傷だらけのリョーマ	Battle-Scarred Ryouma	Ibu's Spot, which causes temporary paralysis of the arm, causes Ryouma to lose his grip on his racket, resulting in it hitting his eye. Ryouma's eyelid begins to bleed profusely, endangering his chances at victory.
20	Feb 27, 2001	タイムリミット	Time Limit	Tezuka gives Ryouma ten minutes to win the game or forfeit. Ryouma manages to overcome the Spot by switching which arm he plays with, securing both his victory and the team's. Seigaku celebrates at Kawamura's family sushi restaurant.

Seigaku Training Arc

Ep. #	Airdate	Japanese Title	English TItle	Summary	Filler?
21	Mar 3, 2002	テニスコートは燃えているか?	Is the Tennis Court Burning Up?		✓
22	Mar 13, 2002	薫の災難	Kaoru's Troubles		✓
23	Mar 20. 2002	登場!乾汁デラックス	Here Comes Inui's Deluxe Drink
24	Mar 27, 2002	リョーマの休日	Ryoma's Day Off
25	Apr 10, 2002	青学最強の男〈前編〉	Seigaku's Strongest Man, Part 1
26	Apr 10, 2002	青学最強の男〈後編〉	Seigaku's Strongest Man, Part 2