Ping Pong the Animation
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Ping Pong the Animation

PPTA

ピンポン THE ANIMATION

Tatsunoko Production

Genres

  • Award Winning
  • Drama
  • Sports

Tags

all 18
  • DramaComing of Age94
  • SportTable Tennis91
  • Main CastPrimarily Male Cast88
  • Main CastMale Protagonist86
  • DemographicSeinen86
  • OtherPhilosophy85
  • SceneSchool Club80
  • Main CastPrimarily Teen Cast76
  • Main CastEnsemble Cast73
  • TechnicalRotoscoping72
  • SceneSchool62
  • TraitsTeacher60
  • OtherLanguage Barrier52
  • TechnicalCGI47
  • DramaBullying46
  • SceneCoastal45
  • TimeTime Skip41
  • TraitsDelinquents37

Genres: Award Winning, Drama, Sports. Tags: Coming of Age, Table Tennis, Primarily Male Cast, Male Protagonist, Seinen, Philosophy, School Club, Primarily Teen Cast, Ensemble Cast, Rotoscoping, School, Teacher.

#95

Ranked

#606

Popularity

17.4K

Favorites

116.5K

Members

#2

This Season

Rated TV

#8

This Season

Popular TV

#52

All Time

Rated TV

#469

All Time

Popular TV

Episode Progress

Complete

11 / 11 episodes aired

All 11 episodes available on Bilibili TV, Crunchyroll

TV11 / 11 epsFinished8.63
Tatsunoko Production·Spring 2014
Premiered
Spring 2014
Aired
Apr 11, 2014 – Jun 20, 2014
Broadcast
Friday · 00:50:00
Duration
23 min
Time to Complete
4h 13m
Rating
PG - Children
Studio
Tatsunoko Production

Alternative Titles

jaピンポン THE ANIMATION

enPPTA
News
All
Ping Pong the Animation Now on Crunchyroll with English Dub
Streaming · 1w ago

Synopsis

Ping Pong The Animation won the Animation of the Year award in the Television category at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival in 2015. The series was released on Blu-ray and DVD by Funimation Entertainment on June 23, 2015.

Where to Watch

Bilibili TV
Crunchyroll
Sub: EN • Dub: JA

Trailer

Trailer

Platform Scores

MAL

8.63

Canonical
Rank #95Votes 203.3K

AniList

86 / 100

Trend 2Popularity 116.5K

Kitsu

82 / 100

Rank #427Users 30.4KRuntime 4h 13m

AniList Trend

128

+1

Episode Guide

Aired so far: 11 / 11

Main Story

11 / 11

100%

Latest Aired

Episode 11

Remaining

Fully available

Aired so far

Theme Songs

Openings

2014
1

Tada Hitori (唯一人)

Bakudan Johnny (爆弾ジョニー)

2014

Endings

2014
1

Ano Hero to' Bokura ni Tsuite (

eps 1-4, 8, 10-112014
2014
2

Ano Yoake Mae no' Bokura ni Tsuite (

eps 5-7,92014

Status Breakdown

116,487users
Completed60,65052.1%
Planning47,65240.9%
Watching3,8033.3%
Paused2,6082.2%
Dropped1,7741.5%

Tags

Shows how closely each tag relates to this anime
Drama2
Coming of Age
94
Bullying
46
Sport1
Table Tennis
91
Main Cast4
Primarily Male Cast
88
Male Protagonist
86
Primarily Teen Cast
76
Ensemble Cast
73
Demographic1
Seinen
86
Other2
Philosophy
85
Language Barrier
52
Scene3
School Club
80
School
62
Coastal
45
Technical2
Rotoscoping
72
CGI
47
Traits2
Teacher
60
Delinquents
37
Time1
Time Skip
41
Show spoiler tags2
Main Cast1
Anti-Hero
36
Drama1
Suicide
32

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