Tenipuri Festival 2013

The Prince of Tennis Festival 2013 is a festival in honor of the New Prince of Tennis anime, and manga.

Information[]

There will be two festivals. The first one will be held on September 15, 2013 at the Shiga and Shiga Prefectural Art Theater Biwako Hall. It will start at 11:00 and end at 16:30 (5:30 PM). The second festival is held on September 21, 2013 in Kitanomarukoen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. The performance begins at 12:00 and goes all the way until 17:30 (6:30 PM).

Admission[]

To attend you have to register at http://ePlus.jp/festa2013/. After registering, you will go through a lottery system. If you get picked in the lottery, you can buy a ticket (which costs 6,800 yen) and then attend.

It is noted on the Prince of Tennis Festival 2013 site that whoever is the seventh winner of the lottery will get the first award, The New Prince of Tennis and its specials on DVD and Blu-ray.

Event[]

Nippon Budokan Festival Night Show[]

The event started off with the performance of the song Tenipuri Fever with the voice actors of the five main schools, Seigaku, Higa, Hyotei Academy, Rikkai and Shitenhōji together with Konomi Takeshi. They were shortly joined by the voice actors of some high school members of the U-17 Camp in a small talk corner. The high school members then proceed to perform each of their character songs.

Following the U-17 Camp high school members' song numbers, the five main school performed new school songs. Prior to this event, the only team that has a song where all members are singing is Seigaku with Departures.

Konomi Takeshi also took the stage and sang one song before joining Teja Ore 300 to sing Brave Heart for the first time since the group's conception back in Tenipuri Festival 2011. The newly formed group MEGANE☆SEVEN also debuted their song Megane☆Seven during the event. On the other hand, Tenifesta veteran group Cap to Bin performed their song Tonde Mawatte Mata Raishuu in style similar to performances in The Prince of Tennis musical series, Tenimyu.

One highlight of the event was when all of the present voice actors performed a medley of character songs. They were joined by Norimasa Fujisawa who sang the opening theme of the New Prince of Tennis anime, Mirai no Bokura E.

The cast gathered again for the performance of the song Teniputte Yukou and the ending song of the New Prince of Tennis anime, Enjoy!. During the talk corner between the two songs, Konomi surprised everyone when he announced that the New Prince of Tennis will get OVA. The OVA will have the continuation of the New Prince of Tennis anime that first aired in 2012.

For the encore, the voice actors, now including the high school members, performed the song Tenipuri Fever again. Capping off the event, each team captain was asked to give messages while Ono Daisuke, Tokugawa's voice actor, represented the high school members.