Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
ピンポン THE ANIMATION (original title)
Enter the hero! Enter the hero! Enter the hero!
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.
Cast: Koki Uchiyama, Fukujuro Katayama, Yousei Bun, Shunsuke Sakuya, Subaru Kimura, Yusaku Yara, Masako Nozawa, Takanori Hoshino, Takayuki Nakatsukasa, Mitsuaki Hoshi, Tei Ha, Kenji Hamada, Mitsuki Nishida, Akihiko Ishizumi, Shohei Shimada, Shinji Ogawa, Kenta Ohkuma, Takahiro Shimada, Yuma Uchida, Tasuku Hatanaka
Writer: Masaaki Yuasa (Writer)
Cinematographer: Shunsuke Nakamura
Production Designer: Aymeric Kevin
Editor: Kashiko Kimura
Sound Designer: Kazutoshi Yamamoto
Composer: Kensuke Ushio
Producers: Tsutomu Fujio, Yuichi Nakao, Yutaka Ishikawa
Production: Tatsunoko Production, Aniplex, Kyoraku Industrial Holdings, dentsu
Network: Fuji TV
