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Anime to depict battle to decide who will play for Japan in finals against Spain




On Sunday, it was announced on the official site of II series that a new anime based on Shin Tennis no Ōji-sama U-17 World Cup Semifinal ( II: U-17 World Cup Semifinal) has been approved and is titled Shin Tennis no Ōji-sama U-17 World Cup Kesshō Member Ketteisen ( II: U-17 World Cup Finals Members Decisive Match).

The anime will portray the struggle for determining which Japanese competitor would compete against Spain in the final match.

II: U-17 World Cup Semifinal is connected to the anime series " II: U-17 World Cup" through being its sequel.

In July 2022, TV Tokyo broadcasted the premiere of II: U-17 World Cup. Crunchyroll simultaneously streamed the anime in Japan as well as provided an English dub version for viewers outside Japan. This marked the first new television anime in the franchise in over ten years.

Crunchyroll describes the series:

When tennis phenom Ryoma Echizen is kicked out of Japan's elite U-17 training camp for breaking the rules, he's despondent. But a stroke of good luck hits when he's able to try out for the U.S. team. Proving himself against their hardened veterans isn't going to be easy, and if he is accepted, he'll have to play against his former friends. Can he help his new brothers smash their way to victory?

Keiichirō Kawaguchi, who previously directed " II Hyotei vs Rikkai Game of Future" anime series, has been appointed as the director of the upcoming series at Studio KAI and M.S.C. Mitsutaka Hirota, who has previously supervised scripts for "Anime-Gataris" and "Nanbaka," will again be responsible for script supervision. Akiharu Ishii, who has previously worked on "Blood+" and "Ultramarine Magmell," will return as character designer and chief animation director for this new series.

In October 2024, the anime series " II: U-17 World Cup Semifinal" was released. It focuses on the match between Japan and Germany in the semifinals of the tournament.

The anime " II" was directed by Yoshinobu Tokumoto at M.S.C., while the characters were designed by Akiharu Ishii. Mitsutaka Hirota was in charge of series composition for " II: U-17 World Cup". Chihiro Tamaki composed the music for " II Hyotei vs Rikkai Game of Future".


Sources: II franchise's website , Comic Natalie ( link )