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Ping Pong (TV)

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Alternative title:
Ping Pong: La serie (Spanish)
ピンポン (Japanese) 
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Childhood friends Makoto "Smile" Tsukimoto (ironically, he seldom smiles) and Yukata "Peco" Hoshino are capable and aspiring table tennis players of Katase High School. Coach Jō "Butterfly" Koizumi has high expectation to both of them, but when Peco gets decisively defeated by a Chinese student he becomes so devastated and stops practicing. Meanwhile, Koizumi discovers Smile's potential and tries to motivate him to overcome his psychological obstacle.
User Ratings: 378 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 80 votes (sub:64, dub:10, raw:3, others:3
3 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 139 votes (sub:119, dub:14, raw:1, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 90 votes (sub:77, dub:8, raw:2, others:3
1 Polish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 30 votes (sub:27, dub:3)
 Decent: 15 votes (sub:12, dub:1, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 10 votes (sub:10)
 Not really good: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:4, raw:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 4 votes (sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 551 users, rank: #1972 (of 9509)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.344 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.6866, rank: #270 (of 9648)
Weighted mean: 8.323 (Very good+), rank: #256 (of 9648) (seen all: 8.43 / seen some: 7.59 / won't finish: 3.17)
Bayesian estimate: 8.293 (Very good+), rank: #150 (of 7274)
Number of episodes: 11
Episode titles: We have 11
Vintage: 2014-04-10
Opening Theme:
"Tada Hitori" (唯一人) by Bakudan Johnny
Ending Theme:
"Bokura ni Tsuite" (僕らについて) by merengue
Insert song:
"Midnight Flight -Hitoribocchi no Christmas Eve-" (Midnight Flight -ひとりぼっちのクリスマスイヴ-; All Alone on Christmas Eve) by Shogo Hamada (ep 6)
Official website:
Links: We have 1
Review:
News: Show:
Day 3 (Apr 25, 2011)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Ping Pong: The Animation [Essentials] (Blu-ray) delayed/cancelled
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Ping Pong the Animation - Complete Series (BD+DVD) 2015-06-23 (from $180.00)
    Ping Pong the Animation - The Complete Series [S.A.V.E.] (BD+DVD) 2017-06-20 (from $107.20)
    Ping Pong the Animation [UK] [Collector's Edition (BD+DVD) 2016-07-11

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Series Composition: Masaaki Yuasa
Script: Masaaki Yuasa (eps 1-11)
Storyboard:
Masaaki Yuasa (eps 1-11)
Shinya Ōhira (OP)
Episode Director:
Eunyoung Choi (ep 10)
Fumihiro Ueno (ep 4)
Hideki Ito (eps 1-2)
Masaaki Yuasa (ep 11)
Masaki Utsunomiya (ep 5)
Masatsugu Arakawa (ep 3)
Pyeon-Gang Ho (ep 8)
Ryota Itoh (eps 7, 9)
Takehiro Kubota (eps 1, 6)
Unit Director: Shinya Ōhira (OP)
Music: kensuke ushio
Original creator: Taiyo Matsumoto
Character Design: Nobutake Ito
Art Director: Kevin Aymeric
Animation Director:
Hideki Ito (ep 2)
Hiroki Abe (ep 4)
Kenichi Ishimaru (eps 5, 8)
Kenji Hattori (ep 4)
Kenji Shibata (eps 7, 9)
Naoyuki Asano (eps 6, 8-11)
Nobutake Ito (5 episodes
eps 1, 3, 6, 10-11
)

Sayaka Toda (eps 3, 6, 8-11)
Shinya Ōhira (OP)
Shouko Nishigaki (eps 7, 9-11)
Yoshiko Okuda (ep 9)
Sound Director: Eriko Kimura
Director of Photography: Shunsuke Nakamura
Producer:
Yōhei Shintaku (Dentsu)
Yuka Okayasu

2nd Key Animation:
Jiemon Futsuzawa (eps 3, 6)
Kaori Dou (eps 1-3)
Maiko Kobayashi (ep 10)
Animation producer: Tsutomu Fujio
Assistant Director: Eun Young Choi
Background Art:
Hisako Saitō (eps 4, 6)
Matiko Shinohara (ep 5)
Chief Producer: Kōji Yamamoto (Aniplex)
Color Check:
Asami Maruyama (ep 6)
Kumiko Sone (ep 10)
Makiko Yamanaka (ep 8)
Mariko Kawai (eps 9, 11)
Mariko Shinohara (eps 1-3)
Miho Sakurai (ep 4)
Miu Yamamoto (ep 5)
Shiori Shōji (ep 7)
Color Coordination: Kunio Tsujita
Color design:
Asami Maruyama (ep 6)
Kunio Tsujita (eps 3, 9)
Makiko Yamanaka (eps 8, 10)
Mariko Shinohara (eps 1-2, 11)
Miu Yamamoto (ep 5)
Ryoji Nagasawa (ep 4)
Shiori Shōji (ep 7)
Editing: Kashiko Kimura
Ending Animation: Eunyoung Choi
Materials Assistance:
Hiroshi Murayama
Keisuke Kitawaki (Table Tennis)
Yasuki Hori
Music producer:
Etsuko Chiba
Hiroaki Sano
Planning Cooperation:
Junya Okamoto
Masanobu Sawabe
Production Advancement:
Atsuko Tonomizu (ep 5)
Fukutarō Takahashi (eps 3, 6, 11)
Izumi Shibutani (eps 1, 9)
Jun Kurebayashi (ep 4)
Takahisa Ishida (OP; ep 10)
Takazumi Shimizu (eps 7, 9)
Tomoaki Okumura (eps 2, 8)
Yûji Tokuno (ep 6)
Production Advancement Assistant:
Tomoaki Okumura (ep 11)
Yûji Tokuno (ep 11)
Yukiya Sakikawa (ep 5)
Yumeno Miyashiro (ep 5)
Production Desk: Izumi Shibutani
Sound Effects: Katsuhiro Nakano
Sound Production Desk: Takuya Ōno
Theme Song Arrangement:
Badukan Johnny (OP)
Kenji Kubo
Theme Song Composition:
Badukan Johnny (OP)
Kenji Kubo
Theme Song Lyrics:
Badukan Johnny (OP)
Kenji Kubo
Theme Song Performance:
Badukan Johnny (OP)
merengue (ED)
Fukujurō Katayama as Yutaka "Peco" Hoshino
Kōki Uchiyama as Makoto "Smile" Tsukimoto

Masako Nozawa as Obaba
Mitsuaki Hoshi as Takamura
Shouhei Shimada as Yamada
Shunsuke Sakuya as Ryuuichi "Dragon" Kazama
Subaru Kimura as Manabu "Demon" Sakuma
Yosei Bun as Kon "China" Wenga
Yūsaku Yara as Jō Koizumi

Airi Ootsu as Piiko (ep 3)
Akihiko Ishizumi as Taku Kazama (eps 3-5, 7-11)
Akira Fukuzawa as announcer (ep 4)
Ayako Kawasumi as Yurie (eps 5-8, 10)
Erina Kurita as Muuko (ep 9)
Haruka Shiraishi as Woman (ep 5)
Hidetoshi Akutsu as
Child A (ep 6)
Child B (ep 11)
Hiroki Gotō as Akuma's Father (ep 5)
Hiromu Satomura as Makoto "Smile" Tsukimoto (young)
Keiko Domon as Emiko (eps 7, 10)
Kenichi Hoshino as
Head Referee (eps 3-4, 10)
Tournament Staffer A (ep 11)
Kenji Hamada as Sanada (eps 5-11)
Kenjiro Tsuda as Egami (eps 3, 5, 9, 11)
Kenta Ōkuma as Nekota (eps 5-6, 8-11)
Masayuki Haruhara as Child B (ep 6)
Mitsuki Nishida as Yutaka "Peco" Hoshino (young)
Ryu Ken as Kong's Mother (eps 6, 8)
Shiho Kokido as Girl (ep 6)
Shinji Ogawa as Ryuu "President" Kazama (6 episodes
eps 3, 5-7, 10-11
)
Shinya Hamazoe as
Hama-chan (eps 6-8, 11)
player (ep 9)
Shou Koneri as Tsujidou Academy Advisor (eps 1, 7)
Shouhei Shimada as Student A (ep 4)
Sō Nozawa as Kimura
Sōichi Abe as Norio (eps 9-10)
Takahiro Miyamoto as Dotechin (eps 1, 6)
Takahiro Shimada as Michio Tamura (eps 7-11)
Takanori Hoshino as Student B (ep 4)
Takayuki Nakatsukasa as
Kaiou Club Member A (ep 4)
Koeda (eps 6-9)
Reporter (ep 5)
Student (ep 1)
Student C (ep 3)
Tournament Staffer B (ep 11)
Tsujidou Club Member A (ep 2)
Takumi Ikezawa as Manabu "Demon" Sakuma (young; ep 4)
Takuya Masumoto as Kaiou Club Member B (eps 4-5)
Tasuku Hatanaka as
Katase Club Member A (eps 1-2)
Student A (ep 8)
Student B (ep 3)
Tei Ha as Kong's Coach (eps 1-6, 8-11)
Una Sahara as Mrs. Koizumi (ep 3)
Waku Sakaguchi as Ryuuichi "Dragon" Kazama (young)
Yan Liu as Kong's Mother (eps 6, 8)
Yasuyo Tomita as Peco's Little Brother (ep 7)
Yōhei Shintaku as Student E (ep 3)
Yū Seki as Tsujidou Club Member B (ep 2)
Yūma Uchida as
Chief Referee (ep 5)
Katase Club Member B (eps 1-2)
Student A (ep 3)
Student B (ep 8)
Yūsuke Suda as Mori (eps 8-11)
Yuya Tamaki as
Iida (ep 6)
Katase Club Member C (ep 1)
Student D (ep 3)
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Tatsunoko Production
Flash Animation: Science SARU
Key Animation:
AI (ep 9)
Asahi Production (ep 9)
CL Corporation (ep 9)
Triple A (ep 9)
Logo Design: Groovisions
Photography: Tatsunoko Production
Production Cooperation:
AIC PLUS+ (ep 5)
Frontier Engine (ep 4)
Recording Studio: Omnibus Japan
Video Editing: Q-Tec
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Christopher Bevins
Translation: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Supervisor: Gino Palencia
Assistant producer: Zach Bolton
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Language Asset Coordinator: Sarah Alys Lindholm
Language Asset Manager: Susie Nixon
Lead ADR Engineer: Alyssa Galindo
Mix Engineer: Neal Malley
Production Assistant:
Katherine Salavarria
Trenton Jons
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Engineer:
Jacob Martin
Jason Weems
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
Video Post-Production Manager: Matthew O'Hara
Aaron Dismuke as Yutaka "Peco" Hoshino
Micah Solusod as Makoto "Smile" Tsukimoto

Alan Chow as Kong "China" Wenge
Anthony Bowling as Manabu "Demon" Sakuma
Christopher Bevins as Takamura
Josh Grelle as Yamada
Marcus D. Stimac as Ryuichi "Dragon" Kazama
Mark Stoddard as Jo "Butterfly Joe" Koizumi
Pam Dougherty as Obaba

Alison Viktorin as Manabu "Demon" Sakuma (Young)
Apphia Yu as Makoto "Smile" Tsukimoto (Young)
Austin Tindle as Kimura
Ben Phillips as Kokubu
Bill Jenkins as Taku Kazama
Chris Cason as Koeda
Clifford Chapin as Shuji Nekota
Cynthia Cranz as Emiko
Dallas Reid as Spiral
Eric Cherry as Hama-Chon
Eric Vale as Egami
Ian Sinclair as Masayuki Sanada
Jad Saxton as Muuko
Jeff Yale as Okano
Jeremy Inman as Michio Tamura
Jerry Jewell as Po
Juli Erickson as Mrs. Koizumi
Justin Duncan as Iida
Kara Edwards as Piiko
Lindsay Seidel as Yurie
Maxey Whitehead as Yutaka "Peco" Hoshino (Young)
Robert McCollum as Norio
Sean O'Connor as Miyasaka
Terri Doty as Ryuichi "Dragon" Kazama (Young)
Tze Yep as Kong's Coach

English companies
Broadcaster:
Aniplus Asia
MHTV (Marshall Islands)
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia and New Zealand)
Internet Streaming:
AnimeLab (Australia & New Zealand)
Crunchyroll (2016)
FUNimation Entertainment
Licensed by:
Anime Limited (UK & Ireland) 
FUNimation Entertainment
French staff
French cast
Translation: Xavier Fleury (Wakanim)
(none)
French companies
Internet Streaming: Wakanim
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
ADR Director: Fernando Savignano
ADR Studio: Estudio Mandinga
Broadcaster:
Canal UCR (Costa Rica)
ETC...TV (Chile)
RTVNL (Mexico)
XEIMT Canal 22 (Mexico; subtitled)
XHCDM-TDT (Mexico City, Mexico; subtitled)
XHST-TDT (Mexico)
Distributor: The Japan Foundation (Latin America)
Licensed by: The Japan Foundation (Latin America)
Spanish cast
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Distributor: Dynit
Internet Streaming: VVVVID
Italian cast
(none)
Portuguese companies
Portuguese staff
(none)
Broadcaster:
TPA (Angola)
TVM (Mozambique)
Licensed by:
The Japan Foundation (Brazil; PALOP)
Portuguese cast
(none)

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