Watch Episodes Add to My List Add to Favorites Alternative TitlesSynonyms: PPTA Japanese: ピンポン THE ANIMATION English: Ping Pong the Animation More titles InformationType: TV Episodes: 11 Status: Finished Airing Aired: Apr 11, 2014 to Jun 20, 2014 Premiered: Spring 2014 Broadcast: Fridays at 00:50 (JST) Producers: Aniplex, Dentsu, Fuji TV, Kyoraku Industrial Holdings Licensors: Funimation Studios: Tatsunoko Production Source: Manga Genres: Award Winning, Drama, Sports Demographic: Seinen Duration: 23 min. per ep. Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older StatisticsScore: 8.621 (scored by 190,019 users) 1 indicates a weighted score. Ranked: #882 2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #594 Members: 405,940 Favorites: 16,364 Available AtResourcesStreaming Platforms |
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Jun 19, 2014 Volunteer Recommended Ping Pong The Animation is an exceptional show. This is less of a sports anime and more of a powerful emotions series. It's a beautifully crafted coming of age story and one that certainly doesn't come along often. In a word, it's unconventional. Nothing about Ping Pong feels ordinary so love it or hate it, it's hard to not recognize its artistic merit. The story is a simple one and it chronicles the lives of two boys and their experiences with table tennis. We're introduced to Makoto Tsukimoto, aptly nicknamed "Smile", and his boastful best friend Yutaka Hoshino, or "Peco". These two are polar opposites ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 25, 2014 LeFlower-kun Recommended "Chant these words three times in your mind!" From time to time, a show will be despised by some for the unorthodox and uncommon mediums of presentation and execution. I hold the notion that Ping Pong The Animation truly uses its unorthodox way with great triumph and success. Ping Pong The Animation is set in a local Japanese town and portrays the lives of two young boys in the local table-tennis club. Having an innate talent for the sport, Makoto Tsukimoto, nicknamed Smile, and his close friend Yukata Hoshino, nicknamed Peco, are depicted ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 7, 2014 Satire Recommended It's a rarity nowadays to find many series or studios willing to take risks. Much of the anime industry has taken to fan-service oriented pandering and it's left me craving for something new. Something that can blow me away with it's creativity and unorthodox presentation. Utilizing its unconventional style, fantastic character development, symbolism, and occasional moments of witty dry humor, Ping Pong The Animation is that something. When I first started this series I had low expectations. How could a series about ping pong be any good? It seemed like the flop of the season. Fortunately, I have never been so wrong. Despite its appearances of ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 2, 2015 Rqt Recommended I recently reviewed something and gave it praise for the narrative it was able to achieve in 13 episodes. I can’t help but share that sentiment in regards to what Ping Pong is able to accomplish with its 11 episodes. A transformation story from angsty adolescence to enlightened and matured adults, Ping Pong goes well and truly beyond the generic confines of the sports genre illustrating a beautiful narrative of complex emotional growth and maturation, truly cementing its place as a modern classic. It wouldn’t be a stretch to call Masaaki Yuasa a genius. Those who have been exposed to his past works will understand ... Read more Open Gift Report
Apr 4, 2019 Optigisa Recommended Ping Pong The Animation is my one hundredth completed Anime up until this point in my Anime watching hobby/career, and I would feel bad about myself if I did not review this amazing Anime, and let this opportunity all go to waste. So why did I choose Ping Pong The Animation, in particular, to be my one hundredth Anime to be completed? Why not choose any other Anime out of the thousands of Anime on the site? Why Ping Pong in particular? Well, there are many good reasons for that. First of all, I wanted my one hundredth Anime to be something of great quality, ... Read more Open Gift Report
Feb 17, 2016 Midg3tLuv Not Recommended THIS IS THE GREATEST...................................DISAPPOINTMENT!!!!!! This show is ass and not the good kind. I am going to compare it to Van Gogh's 1888 "The Night Café" throughout this review. When anyone looks at "The Night Café", they see a subpar painting. They are standing there confused as to why everyone is proclaiming this to be a fine piece. You need to know that the light green bar is representative of the green fairy. You need to know that the clock is just past twelve so it isn't tactful to be drinking during either time. You have to know that the warm walls with the white tables will ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 9, 2014 QuietDiscourse Recommended "He's got to have a hole in his defense! He's reading me—he's predicting my moves. Show me your weak point! I just can't afford to end here!" Think these lines are from the latest battle shounen? Wrong: they're from none other than Ping Pong: The Animation! If the theme of table tennis doesn't pique your interest, looking at the show's creators certainly should. Masaaki Yuasa, known for making great creative anime, teams up with Taiyou Matsumoto, a mangaka with similar experimental tendencies: the harmless fun-filled game of table tennis suddenly got a whole lot more interesting. The very first minutes of the show seek to impress: ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 19, 2014 Karhu Recommended Ping Pong won the all exciting adventure this spring season of anime was and became anime of the season. Spring 2014 winner, woohoo. Ping Pong is an anime about life which centers around Ping Pong. The first challenge we viewers face is ironically the faces itself. Everyone looks the same, it is a pain to remember all the characters when they don't have different colored hairs nor any bishonen tropes on their character design. Our main characters are pretty easy. The other one is called smile, he never smiles, but he has glasses (not to be confused with megane). He is the most troubled character ... Read more Open Gift Report
Mar 31, 2021 pickyviewer Not Recommended Funny I want to like this show more than I actually do. First off, it’s racist (I’ll explain in the Writing section). I would have dropped the show by the end of episode 5 if it weren’t for Kong, my favorite character. Seeing him reappear in episode 8 encouraged me to hang on. Episode 10, the second to last episode, was the first ostensible feeling of fun I had watching the show. Episode 11 then wrapped up the series in a satisfying manner. - Story. This show is 40% sports 60% character arcs. There were a couple revelations about character backgrounds and relationships that pleasantly surprised ... Read more Open Gift Report
Nov 1, 2014 eyerok Recommended To dismiss, or to even think of Ping Pong: The Animation as another sports anime would be a gross error of judgement. Ping Pong: The Animation is not about sports. It is not about Ping Pong. Not really. It is a profoundly human story; a look at the lives, passions, and motivations of characters that sound and act so real that you can’t help think of them as real flesh and blood, people with feelings, emotions and souls of their own. No. Ping Pong is not about sports, or THE sport, or the ‘athletes’. It is not about winning or losing. It is against the very ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 19, 2014 Momoirooooo Recommended Ping Pong The Animation, originally created by Matsumoto Taiyou, is more than what one would call unique, even more so if you just look at sports Anime. The story of Ping Pong The Animation is unexpectedly complex while simple at the same time. It's not a light-hearted watch but nor is it deep enough to drown. The story follows multiple characters, highlighting Peco and Smile, while developing them all in amazing ways. There is always something to look forward to, whether there's a cliffhanger or not. Ping Pong The Animation feels like such a smooth watch; there are no bumps along the way. Doubts were had ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jul 23, 2014 Play2X Not Recommended Oh yeah, Ping Pong: The Animation. Story: 4/10 Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 19, 2014 Nachteule Recommended An anime about sports? An anime about ping pong? I would have never thought to ever give a show like this a try, while I do like the occasional play of table tennis in my freetime and during sports at school the idea of watching others playing it in the animated form was somewhat dull but interesting. Having heard from other sources that it is actually quite good and among the best series of this season I decided to check Ping Pong: The Animation out. Today it has ended and now I'm sitting here at midnight writing this review because continuing Ping Pong after a long ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 19, 2014 CD2411 Recommended The anime industry is plagued with generic harems and bad writing. But occasionally a series will appear that stands out. A diamond in the rough. Ping Pong is one of these series. The story of Ping Pong is, on the surface, about ping pong. However, dig a little deeper and you will find a fantastic series about growing up. The series focuses on themes such as insecurity, anxiety and most notably, courage. These themes are explored to the fullest with seemingly insignificant scenes such as those featuring The Hero becoming increasingly relevant as the series progresses. This is not to say ping pong isn't relevant ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 28, 2014 sjwho2 Mixed Feelings Ping Pong the Animation. It's one of those series that is either going to get over-the-top praise or disdain from it's watchers, for me it was simple disappointment. Story: 5 Read more Open Gift Report
Jan 19, 2016 Hornpub Recommended - NOT A SPOILER FREE REVIEW - This review was made to make people fully understand this show, which often makes people confused, not because it is hard to understand, but because the show tries to push in 11 episodes as much motives as it takes and the full meaning is not as visible as it is needed to understand it while watching it for the first time. Ping Pong the Animation is an exceptional show, unorthodox in every aspect, at first glance ... Read more Open Gift Report
Jun 19, 2014 zerojustice315 Recommended Note: This is my first really serious review, so any feedback is appreciated! Where do I even begin. I've asked myself that question about that show time and time again. I guess the best place to start, as always, is the beginning. Be warned, there are slight spoilers although I try not to. It's hard gushing about a show I love so much now without talking about ALL of it. I saw this show on the Spring anime list. I thought, "I like ping pong, that's pretty funny, I wonder what the show will be about." I had not read the manga, I did not know any ... Read more Open Gift Report
Apr 27, 2020 Linsf Not Recommended Funny Once finished ping pong the animation the first thing i had to do is write this review to help any person who has the slight thought of watching this anime not to do it. It's awful and THE ONLY REASON someone should see this anime is to fill his own anime list, that's the only thing this anime is worth for. - Story (3/10): Is not that different from others sports anime, both main protagonists smile and peko are pretty good on ping pong, they sign up to the spring tournament in which they both fail, so, they train for several months until ... Read more Open Gift Report
Aug 12, 2014 Stark700 Recommended Ping Pong, a sport that is played on a table. Who knew it could be so compelling when transformed into anime form? At first glance, this show seems like an unattractive piece of work with its oddly drawn looking characters. But that’s only the surface as the complexity of Ping Pong the Animation is more about the animation style. It’s about craftsmanship of a game that revolutionized with in an avant-garde way that is captivating, thought provoking, and mutation from unique to convincing work of art. The show makes its entrance fairly straight forward with the competitive sport of ping pong. I am not an active ... Read more Open Gift Report
Oct 18, 2015 TheBrainintheJar Recommended By the sixth time the characters talked about how talented and brilliant Tsukimoto is, I had to make sure I wasn’t watching a battle shounen series. At least the observers in Medabots looked anxious and worried. Ikki fought against tough enemies and had to find chinks in their armor. Here, Tsukimoto hits the ball a few times, push up his glasses and walks away. Not smiling did not add depth to the character. There’s a brilliant story here somewhere. The story follows a cast that each has a different approach to the sport. This is an archetype that gives you so much do it never gets ... Read more Open Gift Report More Reviews |
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