Ping Pong the Animation
8.6
Season 1
25 min
S1 · E1 · Apr 11, 2014
The Wind Makes It Too Hard to Hear Episode 1
25 min
S1 · E2 · Apr 18, 2014
Smile Is a Robot Episode 2
25 min
S1 · E3 · Apr 25, 2014
Staking Your Life on Table Tennis Is Revolting Episode 3
25 min
S1 · E4 · May 2, 2014
The Only Way to Be Sure You Won't Lose Is to Not Fight Episode 4
25 min
S1 · E5 · May 9, 2014
Where Did I Go Wrong? Episode 5
25 min
S1 · E6 · May 16, 2014
You Love This Sport More Than Anyone!! Episode 6
25 min
S1 · E7 · May 23, 2014
Yes, My Coach Episode 7
25 min
S1 · E8 · May 30, 2014
The Hero Appears Episode 8
25 min
S1 · E9 · Jun 6, 2014
Gonna Cry a Bit Episode 9
25 min
S1 · E10 · Jun 13, 2014
I Thought You Were the Hero!! Episode 10
25 min
S1 · E11 · Jun 20, 2014
Blood Tastes Like Iron Episode 11
11 episodes in Season 1
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“Enter the hero! Enter the hero! Enter the hero!”
Makoto 'Smile' Tsukimoto and his friend Yutaka 'Peco' Hoshino have been playing table tennis together since they were kids, but as they enter high school, they find that the game, and how they see it, has changed. Peco, brimming with confidence and energy, wants to be the best in the world, but the reserved Smile has little fighting spirit and doesn't want to sacrifice others' happiness just to win, despite his innate talent. As the two grow, and experience the ups and downs of the sport – and life – they try to figure out exactly who they really are and what drives them to play.
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Cast
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Koki Uchiyama
Makoto 'Smile' Tsukimoto (voice)
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Fukujuro Katayama
Yutaka 'Peco' Hoshino (voice)
Known for
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Yousei Bun
Wenge 'China' Kong (voice)
Known for
Kiki's Delivery Service
Shunsuke Sakuya
Ryuuichi 'Dragon' Kazama (voice)
Known for
Naruto Shippūden
Samurai Champloo
Subaru Kimura
Manabu 'Demon' Sakuma (voice)
Known for
Tokyo Revengers
Assassination Classroom
Yuusaku Yara
Jou Koizumi (voice)
Known for
Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold
Wise Man's Grandchild
Masako Nozawa
Obaba Tamura (voice)
Known for
Dragon Ball Super
Dragon Ball Z
Takanori Hoshino
Oota (voice)
Known for
The King of Fighters: Destiny
Noragami
Mitsuaki Hoshi
Takamura (voice)
Known for
Texhnolyze
Tei Ha
Wenge's Coach (voice)
No other roles listed
Kenji Hamada
Sanada (voice)
Known for
The God of High School
Kuroko's Basketball
Mitsuki Nishida
Yutaka 'Peco' Hoshino as a Child (voice)
Also in
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger
Masaaki Yuasa Director · Ryota Itoh Director Takehiro Kubota Director
Total runtime 4h 13m · Episode length 23 min · Country Japan
Show info
Premiered
April 11, 2014
Final episode
June 20, 2014
Status
Ended
Network
Fuji TV
Country
Japan
Type
Scripted
Episode length
23 min
Total runtime
4h 13m
Original language
Japanese
Production
Tatsunoko Production
Production
Aniplex
Production
Kyoraku Industrial Holdings
Production
dentsu
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
ピンポン THE ANIMATION
Spoken on screen
Chinese · Japanese
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