| Ping Pong | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Ping_Pong_manga.jpg) First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Makoto Tsukimoto | |
| ピンポン (Pin Pon) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Taiyō Matsumoto |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Big Comic Spirits |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | 1996 – 1997 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Anime television series | |
| Ping Pong the Animation | |
| Directed by | Masaaki Yuasa |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Masaaki Yuasa |
| Music by | Kensuke Ushio |
| Studio | Tatsunoko Production |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | Fuji TV (Noitamina) |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 11, 2014 – June 20, 2014 |
| Episodes | 11 |
| Live-action film | |
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Ping Pong (Japanese: ピンポン, Hepburn: Pin Pon) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto about table tennis. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1996 to 1997 and collected in five tankōbon volumes. The story follows high schoolers and childhood friends Peco and Smile, as they compete in the national table tennis tournament where they face talented players from all over the country.
It was adapted into a 2002 live-action film. An anime television series adaptation produced by Tatsunoko Production and directed by Masaaki Yuasa was aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina block between April and June 2014. In North America, Funimation (later Crunchyroll LLC) licensed the series in 2014. Viz Media released the manga in 2020.
- ^ a b Nicole MacLean. "Ping Pong:The Animation". THEM Anime Reviews. Archived from the original on July 25, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
- ^ "The Official Website for Ping Pong". Viz Media. Archived from the original on May 27, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2020.