Ping Pong the Animation

Synopsis

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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Cast

Koki Uchiyama

Makoto 'Smile' Tsukimoto (voice)

Fukujuro Katayama

Yutaka 'Peco' Hoshino (voice)

Yousei Bun

Wenge 'China' Kong (voice)

Shunsuke Sakuya

Ryuuichi 'Dragon' Kazama (voice)

Subaru Kimura

Manabu 'Demon' Sakuma (voice)

Yusaku Yara

Jou Koizumi (voice)

Masako Nozawa

Obaba Tamura (voice)

Crew

Art

• Aymeric Kevin Art Direction
• Eriko Shibayama Art Designer
• Hisako Saitou Art Designer

Camera

• Shunsuke Nakamura Director of Photography

Directing

• Masaaki Yuasa Series Director
• Choi Eun-young Assistant Director

Editing

• Kashiko Kimura Editor

Production

• Yuka Okayasu Producer
• Yohei Shintaku Producer
• Koji Yamamoto Executive Producer
• Yutaka Ishikawa Executive Producer
• Yuichi Nakao Executive Producer
• Yoko Matsuzaki Executive Producer
• Masuo Ueda Executive Producer
• Tsutomu Fujio Line Producer

Sound

• Eriko Kimura Sound Director
• Kensuke Ushio Original Music Composer
• Katsuhiro Nakano Sound Effects
• Hiroaki Sano Music Producer
• Etsuko Chiba Music Producer
• Kazutoshi Yamamoto Sound Mixer

Visual Effects

• Nobutake Ito Character Designer
• Kunio Tsujita Color Designer
• Tomoyuki Niho Opening/Ending Animation
• Shinji Hashimoto Opening/Ending Animation
• Hakuyu Go Opening/Ending Animation
• Shinya Ohira Opening/Ending Animation
• Choi Eun-young Opening/Ending Animation
• Ryosuke Nishii Opening/Ending Animation
• Yasunori Miyazawa Opening/Ending Animation
• Hokuto Sakiyama Opening/Ending Animation

Writing

• Taiyō Matsumoto Comic Book
• Masaaki Yuasa Series Composition

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