Ping Pong the Animation
2014 · Miniseries · TV-14 · 25 min · ★ 8.1
Two high school friends who grew up playing table tennis start to see the sport very differently as competition gets tougher. As they face rivals, pressure, and personal doubts, the story explores talent, ambition, friendship, and the search for purpose far beyond the game itself.
Based on Ping Pong
Also known as Ping Pong
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Streaming on Crunchyroll.
4 hours to watch · 11 episodes.
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Details
- Original title
- ピンポン THE ANIMATION
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-04-11
- Network
- Fuji TV
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 25 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 8.1/10 (134 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a sports anime that’s more about growing up, identity, and ambition than nonstop wins and losses, especially if you liked Chihayafuru or Tsurune; Not for you if you want a conventional, high-energy crowd-pleaser.
Pros: deeply human characters; thoughtful coming-of-age themes; striking visual style | Cons: unusual look may divide; slow for some viewers; less straightforward sports hype
Themes
- ping pong
- sports
- high school
- coming of age
- spirituality
- bromance
- based on manga
- seinen
- anime
- self reflection
- prodigy
- table tennis
Cast & crew
Koki Uchiyama
as Makoto 'Smile' Tsukimoto (voice)
Fukujuro Katayama
as Yutaka 'Peco' Hoshino (voice)
- KT
Kenjiro Tsuda
as Egami (voice)
- KH
Kenichi Hoshino
as Tournament Staffer A (voice)
- YS
Yu Seki
as Tsujidou Club Member B (voice)
- AO
Airi Ootsu
as Piiko (voice)
- TH
Tasuku Hatanaka
as Student A (voice)
Yousei Bun
as Wenge 'China' Kong (voice)
Shunsuke Sakuya
as Ryuuichi 'Dragon' Kazama (voice)
Subaru Kimura
as Manabu 'Demon' Sakuma (voice)
Directed by Ryota Itoh, Fumihiro Ueno, Masaaki Yuasa +5 more
Episodes1 season · 11 episodes
Season 111 episodes
- S1E1The Wind Makes It Too Hard to Hear23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E2Smile Is a Robot23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E3Staking Your Life on Table Tennis Is Revolting23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E4The Only Way to Be Sure You Won't Lose Is to Not Fight23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E5Where Did I Go Wrong?23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E6You Love This Sport More Than Anyone!!23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E7Yes, My Coach23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E8The Hero Appears23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E9Gonna Cry a Bit23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E10I Thought You Were the Hero!!23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video
- S1E11Blood Tastes Like Iron23mCrunchyrollAmazon Prime Video