Ping Pong the Animation (2014)


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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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Directed by: Nobutake Ito, Masaaki Yuasa, Eunyoung Choi
Written by: Masaaki Yuasa
Produced by: Yuka Okayasu, Koji Yamamoto, Yoko Matsuzaki
Composed by: Kensuke Ushio
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)

Takanori Hoshino
Oota (voice)

Takayuki Nakatsukasa
Koeda (voice)

Mitsuaki Hoshi
Takamura (voice)
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