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Ping Pong the Animation

Original title: ピンポン THE ANIMATION

Enter the hero! Enter the hero! Enter the hero!

  • TV series
  • 2014
  • TV-14
  • 1 season
  • 11 episodes
8.2

TMDB audience rating
8.2 out of 10 from 142 votes

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Overview

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.

Roughly 4h 13m to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 11 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 23 minutes.

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Series cast and crew

  • Koki Uchiyama

    Koki UchiyamaMakoto 'Smile' Tsukimoto (voice)
    11 episodes

  • Fukujuro Katayama

    Fukujuro KatayamaYutaka 'Peco' Hoshino (voice)
    11 episodes

  • Yousei Bun

    Yousei BunWenge 'China' Kong (voice)
    11 episodes

  • Shunsuke Sakuya

    Shunsuke SakuyaRyuuichi 'Dragon' Kazama (voice)
    11 episodes

  • Subaru Kimura

    Subaru KimuraManabu 'Demon' Sakuma (voice)
    11 episodes

  • Yusaku Yara

    Yusaku YaraJou Koizumi (voice)
    11 episodes

  • Masako Nozawa

    Masako NozawaObaba Tamura (voice)
    11 episodes

  • Takanori Hoshino

    Takanori HoshinoOota (voice)
    11 episodes

  • Takayuki Nakatsukasa

    Takayuki NakatsukasaReporter (voice)
    10 episodes

  • Mitsuaki Hoshi

    Mitsuaki HoshiTakamura (voice)
    9 episodes

  • Tei Ha

    Tei HaWenge's Coach (voice)
    8 episodes

  • Kenji Hamada

    Kenji HamadaSanada (voice)
    8 episodes

  • Mitsuki Nishida

    Mitsuki NishidaYutaka 'Peco' Hoshino as a Child (voice)
    8 episodes

  • Akihiko Ishizumi

    Akihiko IshizumiTaku Kazama (voice)
    7 episodes

  • Shohei Shimada

    Shohei ShimadaYamada (voice)
    6 episodes

  • Shinji Ogawa

    Shinji OgawaRyuu 'President' Kazama (voice)
    6 episodes

  • Kenta Ohkuma

    Kenta OhkumaNekota (voice)
    6 episodes

  • Takahiro Shimada

    Takahiro ShimadaMichio Tamura (voice)
    5 episodes

Network
Fuji TV

Seasons and episodes