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Release Date:
July 20, 2002
Original Title:
ピンポン
Alternate Titles:
Pin Pon
Ping-Pong
Pinpon
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
Asmik Ace Entertainment
TBS
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG
Runtime: 114
As children, the introverted Smile was being bullied by a gang of kids until the brash Peco comes by and chases all of them them away. Peco then takes Smile under his wings and teaches him how to play the game of ping pong. From there a life long best friend relationship comes into existence between these two polar opposite kids.
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Art Direction:
Hirokazu Kanakatsu
Comic Book:
Taiyō Matsumoto
Director:
Fumihiko Sori
Director of Photography:
Akira Sako
Editor:
Soichi Ueno
Producer:
Shinji Ogawa
Screenplay:
Kankuro Kudo
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