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.
You can now watch Ping Pong the Animation online on the following streaming providers in the United States.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | The Wind Makes It Too Hard to Hear | 2014-04-11 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Smile's a Robot | 2014-04-18 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Staking Your Life on Table Tennis is Revolting | 2014-04-25 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | The Only Way to Not Lose is to Not Fight | 2014-05-02 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Where Did It All Go Wrong? | 2014-05-09 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | You Love Table Tennis More Than Anyone Else!! | 2014-05-16 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Yes My Coach | 2014-05-23 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Enter the Hero | 2014-05-30 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | A Little Cry | 2014-06-06 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | You're a Hero, for Cryin' Out Loud! | 2014-06-13 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Blood Tastes Like Iron | 2014-06-20 | 25 min |
| Writing | Taiyō Matsumoto | Comic Book |
| Visual Effects | Nobutake Ito | Character Designer |
| Art | Aymeric Kevin | Art Direction |
| Sound | Eriko Kimura | Sound Director |
| Camera | Shunsuke Nakamura | Director of Photography |
| Production | Yohei Shintaku | Producer |
| Production | Yuka Okayasu | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Kunio Tsujita | Color Designer |
| Editing | Kashiko Kimura | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Shinya Ohira | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hakuyu Go | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shinji Hashimoto | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tomoyuki Niho | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Directing | Masaaki Yuasa | Series Director |
| Sound | Kensuke Ushio | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Masaaki Yuasa | Series Composition |
| Production | Koji Yamamoto | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Hiroaki Sano | Music Producer |
| Sound | Etsuko Chiba | Music Producer |
| Production | Tsutomu Fujio | Line Producer |
| Sound | Katsuhiro Nakano | Sound Effects |
| Directing | Eunyoung Choi | Assistant Director |
| Production | Yoko Matsuzaki | Executive Producer |
| Production | Masuo Ueda | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yuichi Nakao | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yutaka Ishikawa | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | Eunyoung Choi | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ryosuke Nishii | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasunori Miyazawa | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hokuto Sakiyama | Opening/Ending Animation |
| Sound | Kazutoshi Yamamoto | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Eriko Shibayama | Art Designer |
| Art | Hisako Saitou | Art Designer |
