Iconic Events, Anime Expo Serving “The Prince of Tennis” for AX Cinema Nights

Iconic Events Releasing, a distribution company specializing in special film engagement events, is playing doubles with Anime Expo to present the first AX Cinema Nights with a new full-length anime adventure film Ryoma! The prince of tennis . Screenings will take place starting May 12 in cinemas across the nation. Sales dates and theaters will be announced shortly.

AX Anime Expo Cinema Nights is an in-person movie event series that celebrates the best of new and classic anime movies by bringing them to theaters across North America. By harnessing the power of the Anime Expo, the largest Japanese cultural event in North America, AX Cinema Nights will bring together passionate fans for immersive and unforgettable community experiences.

"Over the course of Anime Expo's 31-year history, one of the greatest lessons we have learned is that anime has the incredible gift of bringing people together," said Ray Chiang, CEO of Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA ). “That's why we are so excited to partner with Iconic Events and Eleven Arts to kick off AX Anime Expo Cinema Nights with Ryoma! The prince of tennis and creates even more opportunities for anime fans nationwide to grow their communities and share their love of the art form with friends old and new.

"Eleven Arts is very excited to be part of this partnership with Anime Expo's Iconic Events Releasing and AX Cinema Nights to bring forth a new theatrical experience for anime fans, ”said Ko Mori, CEO and President of Eleven Arts. “We are honored to kick off this experience with Ryoma! The prince of tennis , a title in such an iconic franchise.

Ryoma! The Prince of Tennis is a new film about tennis prodigy Ryoma Echizen and is based on the acclaimed manga series, The Prince of Tennis, and its sequel, The New Prince of Tennis, written and drawn by famed manga author Takeshi Konomi. The first CG film in the franchise and features an entirely new story that takes place between the timeline of the original manga series and its sequel. Creator Takeshi Konomi personally supervised the production of the film and wrote the music and lyrics for all the featured songs.

Plot: Inspired by his tennis champion father, Ryoma is determined to take his game to the next level and train in the United States, but in the midst of an intense tennis battle to save his classmate Sakuno from dangerous villains, somewhere. way they find themselves transported to the past, just as Ryoma's father is about to face his last championship game at the US Open, when he was mysteriously forced to retire. Innovative 3D digital animation brings the beautiful and colorful world of The Prince of Tennis to life on the big screen in this gripping film.

Since the series debuted in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine in 1999, over 60 million copies of the manga The Prince of Tennis have been sold. The sequel rekindled the series in 2009 in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine. Over the past 20 years, the hit franchise has spawned a series of hit anime, animated films, live action films, plays, radio shows, musical collaborations, and video games.

“Rioma! The prince of tennis it is a quintessential property and loved by anime and manga fans. We are thrilled to join Anime Expo and Eleven Arts to introduce this exciting film to American audiences as part of AX Cinema Nights and to expand our anime film programming and continue our partnership with Anime Expo, ”said Steve Bunnell, CEO of Iconic Events. Release.