Ping Pong

Title:Ping Pong
ピンポン
Overall:Rent
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Notables: R1 License - FUNimation
Childhood friends Makoto "Smile" Tsukimoto (ironically, he seldom smiles) and Yukata "Peco" Hoshino are capable and aspiring table tennis players of Katase High School. Coach Jō "Butterfly" Koizumi has high expectation to both of them, but when Peco gets decisively defeated by a Chinese student he becomes so devastated and stops practicing. Meanwhile, Koizumi discovers Smile's potential and tries to motivate him to overcome his psychological obstacle.
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11-episode TV anime series that premiered on April 10, 2014.
Animated by Tatsunoko Production.
OverallArtAnimationCharacter Design MusicSeries StoryEpisode StoryReviewer
Rent 7 7 7 5 8 8 Ggultra2764 [series:3126#1552]
This oddly animated series is a character focus on several high school students with different personalities and how they are each affected from taking part in playing ping pong. While the characters of our leads seem simple on the surface, Ping Pong devotes a good deal of focus on exploring the developments of each characters and exploring the issues that each of them face throughout the year in which all four compete in ping pong, from Smile's lack of serious interest in the sport to Demon striving through hard work and perseverance in the sport while lacking any natural talent. The focus on a sport and its bizarre visual style (character designs have realistic details, though the show loves to get abstract at points with symbolically portraying the problems with our leads) will make this a series not for everyone. But if you are looking for an anime that is out of the ordinary with what it offers and focuses on a sport. Ping Pong: The Animation is a series I would recommend you check out.

Last updated Wednesday, December 09 2015. Created Wednesday, December 09 2015.

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