Ping pong (manga)
| Ping pong | ||||
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| Original title | ピ ン ポ ン | |||
| transcription | Pin pon | |||
| genre | His , sport | |||
| Manga | ||||
| country |
 Japan
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| author | Taiyō Matsumoto | |||
| publishing company | Shogakukan | |||
| magazine | Big comic spirits | |||
| First publication | 1996-1997 | |||
| expenditure | 5 | |||
| Actual filming | ||||
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| Anime television series | ||||
| title | Ping Pong: The Animation | |||
| Original title | ピ ン ポ ン THE ANIMATION | |||
| transcription | Pin Pon: The Animation | |||
| Country of production |
Japan
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| original language | Japanese | |||
| year | 2014 | |||
| Studio | Tatsunoko Production | |||
| length | 25 minutes | |||
| Episodes | 11 | |||
| Director | Masaaki Yuasa | |||
| production | Yōhei Shintaku , Yuka Okayasu | |||
| music | Kensuke Ushio | |||
| First broadcast | April 10, 2014 on Fuji TV | |||
Ping Pong ( Japanese ピ ン ポ ン , Pin Pon ) is one of his - Manga by Taiyō Matsumoto , which tells of the career of a young table tennis player . The series, released in Japan in 1996 and 1997, was adapted as a live action film in 2002 and as an anime television series in 2014 . In 1997 and 1998, Taiyō Matsumoto was nominated for the Osamu Tezuka Culture Prize with ping pong .
action
The high school students Makoto "Smile" Tsukimoto and Yutaka "Peco" Hoshino visit the table tennis club of the Katase high school together. But Peco often skips training, even though he is one of the best players in his age group. He prefers to go to the small table tennis hall in his neighborhood, which is run by an old woman. Since both are close friends, Smile often accompanies him there and they play against each other. Smile is also significantly better than other players, but always takes a back seat. He just wants to play for fun and not to win.
When the former Chinese youth international Kong “China” Wenge came to Japan, he happened to play against Peco while training at another school. Peco loses heavily and is disappointed, because otherwise he always outperforms all of his opponents. China, which was excluded from the national team and was therefore sent to Japan by its coach, is annoyed by the low level of performance of the Japanese players. Smile refuses to play against him.
Ryūichi "Dragon" Kazama from Kaiō High School notices Smile's talent and tries to poach him for his team. Animated by this, Jō Koizumi, the old coach of the Katase high school, encourages Smile and awakens his fighting spirit. At the next tournament, he finally competes against China and can almost defeat them after initial setbacks.
publication
The series was published from 1996 to 1997 in the manga magazine Big Comic Spirits in Japan. The Shogakukan publishing house also brought out the chapters in five edited volumes. Delcourt published a French translation from 2003 to 2005.
Actual filming
In 2002, directed by Fumihiko Sori , a real-life film based on the manga was made. The film was released in Japanese theaters on July 20, 2002. Shidō Nakamura was recognized at the Japanese Academy Award as a newcomer for playing his supporting role.
Anime television series
An anime series on the manga was created in 2014 in the Tatsunoko Production studio . The scripts and storyboards for all episodes as well as the series directing are from Masaaki Yuasa , assisted by Eun-Young Choi as deputy director, and the artistic direction was with Kevin Aymeric . All three had worked together in these positions a year earlier on Yuasa's Kickstarter- financed short film Kick-Heart . The responsible producers were Yōhei Shintaku and Yuka Okayasu and the character design was created by Nobutake Itō .
The eleven episodes of the series were shown on Fuji TV from April 10 to June 20, 2014 in the Noitamina program block . The Crunchyroll platform made the series available via streaming parallel to the Japanese broadcast with Arabic, German, English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and later French subtitles in Europe and the Middle East , AnimeLab streamed the anime in Australia, New Zealand and Wakanim in France and Funimation in North America and the United Kingdom with English subtitles, and later an English dubbed version.
Masaaki Yuasa won the Tokyo Anime Awards Festival Grand Prize for the series .
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
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| Makoto "Smile" Tsukimoto | Kōki Uchiyama |
| Yutaka "Peco" Hoshino | Fukujurō Katayama |
| Obaba | Masako Nozawa |
| Jō Koizumi | Yusaku Yara |
| Kong "China" wenge | Yōsei bun |
| Ryūichi "Dragon" Kazama | Shunsuke Sakuya |
| Manabu "Demon" Sakuma | Subaru Kimura |
music
The music in the series was composed by Kensuke Ushio . The song Tada Hitori ( 唯一 人 ) by Bakudan Johnny was used for the opening credits . The credits were underlaid with Bokura ni Tsuite ( 僕 ら に つ い て ) by merengue.
Web links
- Anime website (Japanese)
- Manga and Anime in Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Masaaki Yuasa Wins TAAF Award For "Ping Pong The Animation". In: Crunchyroll. March 22, 2015, accessed May 23, 2015 .