Ping Pong the Animation
Ping Pong the Animation Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.2 |
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About
"A sports anime obsessed with why people compete"
Two childhood friends, the cocky Peco and the withdrawn Smile, grow up playing competitive table tennis with wildly different mindsets toward winning and talent. The show follows their high school circuit rivals and mentors as much as it does them, using match after match to ask what drives people to keep playing. It's short, fast, and visually unlike almost anything else in anime, with sketchy, kinetic art and editing that treats sports action like jazz. Contemplative rather than triumphant, it lingers on psychology more than scoreboards.
the hyperkinetic, painterly animation style that makes ping pong look like abstract art in motion.
you expect conventional sports-anime triumph beats or dislike loose, sketchy animation.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | The Wind Makes It Too Hard to Hear | 7.9 | 415 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Smile's a Robot | 8.3 | 378 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Devoting Your Life to Table Tennis is Creepy | 8.3 | 364 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | The Only Way to Be Sure You Won't Lose is to Not Fight | 8.1 | 346 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Where Did I Go Wrong? | 7.9 | 344 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | You Love Table Tennis More Than Anyone Else! | 8.4 | 366 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Yes, My Coach | 7.8 | 334 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | The Hero Appears | 8.6 | 373 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | I'm Gonna Go Cry a Bit | 8.7 | 372 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | You're the Hero, Aren't You? | 9.2 | 507 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | My Blood Tastes Like Iron | 9.2 | 480 | 23 min |