Ping Pong The Anime
Characters who come to realize their faults and begin to instigate change to better themselves are a rare occurrence in anime yet ping pong is no stranger to utilizing the unordinary and implementing it with finesse.
Ping pong the anime. It was serialized in shogakukan s seinen manga magazine big comic spirits from 1996 to 1997 and collected in five tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by tatsunoko production and directed by masaaki yuasa was aired on fuji tv s noitamina block between april 11 2014 and june 20 2014. In north america funimation. 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.
Although ping pong the animation may be a more serious somber sports series it s easily a worthwhile watch for any audience. Ping pong the animation despite having drastically different personalities high school boys peco and smile have been friends since childhood. It was adapted into a 2002 live action film. Now they re both talented members of a table tennis club but what happens when these sports lovers have to go up against each other in tournaments.
The ost cds will be included in the bd dvd complete box which will be released on august 27th 2014. Some sound clips are available here. Ping pong is a japanese manga series written and illustrated by taiyō matsumoto about table tennis.