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 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	Ryoma vs. Momoshiro
12	Dec 26, 2001	ア·ウンな二人	The Perfect Match
13	Jan 9. 2002	男はダブルス!	Real Men Play Doubles
14	Jan 16, 2002	つばめ返し!	The Triple Counter
15	Jan 23, 2002	それぞれの戦い	To Each His Own Battle
16	Jan 30, 2002	ブーメラン·スネイク	The Boomerang Snake
17	Feb 6, 2002	小さなガッツポーズ	A Little Gesture of Triumph
18	Feb 13, 2002	ラブレター	The Love Letter
19	Feb 20, 2002	傷だらけのリョーマ	Battle-Scarred Ryoma
20	Feb 27, 2001	タイムリミット	Time Limit

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