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2014-04-10T00:00:00Z
Ping Pong the Animation

Ping Pong the Animation

2014 - 2014  •  Fuji TV  •  4 hours  •  11 episodes
8.3/10
530 votes
 
100
8.6/10
183260 votes
Ranked #81
 
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6.3%
Action, Drama, Psychological, Romance, Seinen, Sports
 
Two long-time friends Smile and Peco are both members of the ping pong club at their high school and are both very talented at the sport. However, Smile`s quiet personality keeps him from being able to win against Peco. The club`s teacher takes notice of Smile`s talent and works to change his attitude ... More
  Previously Aired Episode
Blood Tastes Like Iron Aired on 06/19/2014
Blood Tastes Like Iron
Episode 11
  New Episode Air Date
Series ended
11 episodes total
Ping Pong the Animation | Ping Pong The Animation PV (Subtitled Japanese version)
Other Titles: ピンポン THE ANIMATION
Sub Genres: Plot Continuity, Time Skip, Seinen, Sports, Following One`s Dream, Rivalry, Redemption, Bullying, Training, The Power Of Love, School Life, Friendship, Coming Of Age, Time, Place, Angst, Romance, Tropes, Action, Competition, Present, Earth, Asia, Japan... more
Studios: Tatsunoko Production
Producers: Aniplex, Dentsu, Fuji TV, Kyoraku Industrial Holdings, Science SARU
Licensors: Funimation
Air Date: 04/10/2014 - 06/19/2014
Country: Japan (JP)
Language: Japanese (JA)
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Type: TV
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Watching
143 (6.6%)
Plan to Watch
983 (45.1%)
Completed
928 (42.6%)
On Hold
50 (2.3%)
Dropped
75 (3.4%)
Total
2,179
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Last Ep. aired on Thursday 06/19/2014
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68 Memos
 
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Memos with 6-10 stars ratings
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Easy Watch,Good OST
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It's original,I'll give it that. And I would watch grandmas playing bingo if it were animated this well. I have no idea where the characters
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Award Winning,Drama,Sports,Seinen,Fav
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hero appears
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makes me want to play table tennis
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I am not a huge fan of the animation style even if it is unique. Coming of age story about how people affect your life. It wasn't bad.
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[Completed: Jun 20, 2014] Great symbolism, themes, and conclusion.
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Reviewed
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Crunchyroll,VVVVID
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Watched subbed, not dubbed
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#Best OST and characeter developments
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Ping Pong goes hard. Animation took a little while to get used to but I really like it the more episodes I watch as it reminds me a lot of M
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É estranho, é muito estranho, mas é legal, mas é estranho
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Extremely unique anime, which actually felt like a moving manga at times, but it hit perfectly. Overall great cast and great ending. Peco an
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!!!,(deep sports anime)
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started on 8 may
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que su diseo no te tire para atras es de lo mejor en deportes.
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Story 8.5 Characters 8.5 Visuals 9 Audio 9.5 Enjoyment 8.5 #sound design #fast-paced and action-packed
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A sports drama that uses the dilemma of talent vs hard work to tell a coming of age story. + Great direction and use of animation + Art is
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Sport,Bad Art
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Sports, Drama, Psychological, Ping Pong, Time, Shounen
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Pong Ping lul
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Drama,Psychological,Seinen,Sports
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I believe this was an incredible anime in terms of storytelling and character development. Definitely recommended.
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Dubbed,9anime,watched at school
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Just watch it, do it now
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Art: 4/5 Sound: 4/5 Character: 4/5 Story: 4/5 Sub Gets way better after the first couple episodes.
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2014,Tatsunoko
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7.5/10,Tatsunoko Production,2010s
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Great Art
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(Fansub Group:Commie)
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Amazing soundtrack and unique animation style. The story has many reoccurring motifs that makes the story feel very deliberate. No time is w
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Flows like a pro ping pong player's paddle, with dialogue and characters as dynamic and focused as its beholder. Rough and wild-looking. An
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Watched 2020
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HOOOO YEEAAAHH
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=== MAL Tags === Instead of stressing ourselves to achieve something, we should strive to enjoy the sports careers or hobbies we do that de
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Sports, Psychological, Drama, Seinen, manga, art style, AWC2018
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Every other sport anime should be ashamed to exist alongside this. It deconstructs traditional heroic tale in such setting and explores them
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deep, aesthetic, dat ost, feels
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Some of the best character expression animation in the medium with great sound design. Story is great albeit predictable.
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Psychological, Seinen, Sports
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Peco is Ozu's twin! A nice character study under the guise of playing with balls. The uncanny valley effect is strong with this one. Often c
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TV , Psychological, Seinen, Sports , (7-13) , 2010s , 2014 , M , ?, ?‍?‍?‍?, ?, ✌,,crunchyroll
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Sports, Seinen
Memos with 0-5 stars ratings
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#I'm just no fan of Masaaki Yuasa's style. To me #the idiosyncratic but sloppy art style obstructed and worked against what was otherwise a
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++++++++
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such a beautiful and life affirming show. every character is human and there are no real villains. it somehow accomplishes in 11 episodes wh
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#Top100May2022
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It’s just perfection. I didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I did. I mean I love all of yuasa works I’ve seen but I thought ppta will
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[Setting: 4] [Characters: 7] [Music: 8] [Humour: 7]
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trash dude it shows nothing new, i have already experienced everything on this show and the thing which makes me hate this show that much is
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Downloaded Episodes: 1(Fansub Group:HorribleSubs)
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Meh...
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good*,Psychological,Sports,Table Tennis,good ending,good soundtrack
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Simul w/ Bunny
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#iconic #kind of, funimation
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TV,Drama,Psychological,Seinen,Sports,Tatsunoko Production,Funimation,Spring 2014
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#anYme
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Drama, Psychological, Seinen, Sports
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sports, ping pong, perhaps the most unique sports show I've ever seen, it really focuses more on the friendship and purpose behind the pp th
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#100, masaaki yuasa
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Ping Pong goes hard. Animation took a little while to get used to but I really like it the more episodes I watch as it reminds me a lot of M
Vako Chitishvili Vako Chitishvili 10
Every other sport anime should be ashamed to exist alongside this. It deconstructs traditional heroic tale in such setting and explores them
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A sports drama that uses the dilemma of talent vs hard work to tell a coming of age story. + Great direction and use of animation + Art is

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