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Ping Pong the Animation (2014-2014)

Premiere:
April 11, 2014

# of Seasons: 1

# of Episodes: 11

Finale:
June 20, 2014

Original Title:
ピンポン THE ANIMATION

Alternate Titles:
Ping Pong
ピンポン
ピンポン THE ANIMATION
乒乓 THE ANIMATION

Genres:
Animation | Drama

Production Companies:
Aniplex
Kyoraku Industrial Holdings
Tatsunoko Production
dentsu

Countries:
JP

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Art Designer:
Hisako Saitou
Eriko Shibayama

Art Direction:
Aymeric Kevin

Assistant Director:
Eunyoung Choi

Character Designer:
Nobutake Ito

Color Designer:
Kunio Tsujita

Comic Book:
Taiyō Matsumoto

Director of Photography:
Shunsuke Nakamura

Editor:
Kashiko Kimura

Executive Producer:
Koji Yamamoto
Masuo Ueda
Yutaka Ishikawa
Yuichi Nakao
Yoko Matsuzaki

Line Producer:
Tsutomu Fujio

Music Producer:
Hiroaki Sano
Etsuko Chiba

Opening/Ending Animation:
Shinji Hashimoto
Tomoyuki Niho
Shinya Ohira
Hakuyu Go
Yasunori Miyazawa
Ryosuke Nishii
Hokuto Sakiyama
Eunyoung Choi

Original Music Composer:
Kensuke Ushio

Producer:
Yohei Shintaku
Yuka Okayasu

Series Composition:
Masaaki Yuasa

Series Director:
Masaaki Yuasa

Sound Director:
Eriko Kimura

Sound Effects:
Katsuhiro Nakano

Sound Mixer:
Kazutoshi Yamamoto

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