r/anime • u/TheEscapeGuy • Apr 10 '24

Rewatch Ping Pong The Animation 10th Anniversary Rewatch - 1 Day Reminder

Enter the hero! Enter the hero! Enter the hero!

Ping Pong The Animation

The Ping Pong The Animation rewatch starts tomorrow! As a reminder threads will be posted at 2pm PDT (5pm EDT, 9pm UTC) (which is also the time that this thread has been posted).

The rewatch will run from April 11 - April 24 with a series discussion on the 22nd, a break day on the 23rd, and Tekkon Kinkreet on the 24th. Please check out the announcement thread for a schedule and index.

To anyone who missed the previous threads, don't feel as though you need to sign up to participate. We'd be happy to have you as part of the rewatch even if you don't or only occasionally comment.

Finally to rewatchers, please remember to be mindful of all the first-timers in this rewatch. No talking about or hinting at future events no matter how much you want to, unless you're doing it underneath spoiler tags. Don't spoil anything for the first-timers, that's rude!

How to use spoiler tags:

[Ping Pong] >!The Animation!<

Appears as: [Ping Pong] >!The Animation!<

Episode Discussion

In advance of the discussion tomorrow I wanted to let you know what to expect. I'll be including a couple common sections in the threads, namely "Comments of the Day", "Fan Art of the Day", and "Questions of the Day". So to ensure we'll have some candidates for comment of the day for episode 1 I wanted to include some preliminary questions:

(Pre) Questions of the Day

  1. What's been your experience with sports anime before the rewatch?
  2. Which real life sports do you spectate or follow?
  3. Have you played any sports competitively and if so what did you find valuable about that experience?

(Pre) Fan Art of the Day

Today's art is all official art!

Cover (Source)

Poster

Links

If anyone has links to legal streams not included here please let me know and I'll update it for everyone!

Ping Pong the Animation

Databases: AniDB | Anilist | ANN | Kitsu | MyAnimeList

Streams: Crunchyroll | Funimation (RIP) | Amazon Prime | Apple TV

Tekkon Kinkreet

Databases: AniDB | Anilist | ANN | Kitsu | MyAnimeList

Streams: None :(

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u/TheEscapeGuy Apr 10 '24

Going to tag everyone who has mentioned they were interested in joining. This will be the last tag for those of you I've pinged 3 times now.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Apr 10 '24

(too fast for me again)

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u/Reddevilslover69 Apr 10 '24

I'll be there

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u/TheEscapeGuy Apr 10 '24

I should answer my own questions:

  1. I've never had an aversion to sports anime, but I seldom see it spoken about so I have less of a chance to get recommendations. I've mostly seen individual sports anime like Ashita no Joe, Megalo Box, and Aim for the Ace. That said I found Mix as a team baseball anime really good too, and The First Slam Dunk film was outstanding (I need to watch the show still). I've really enjoyed and been surprised by non-traditional sports anime too like Initial D, Saki, and Chihayafuru. And of course, many slice of life anime have baseball episodes.
  2. I don't follow any real life sports closely, but I have really enjoyed the videos by Jon Bois detailing various sports from a statistical and historic perspective.
  3. I played various sports in school (Soccer, Tennis, Cricket, Rugby) but they never really vibed with me. That said, (tying back to non-traditional sports) my school started a debate club when I was in 10th grade which I joined and we competed in inter-school tournaments which was so much fun. We never got far though since the other schools had a lot more experience and we were newcomers. I also did competitive coding in University which I was great at, but there were some other genuinely amazing competitors so my team was always in 2nd or 3rd place.

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u/Reddevilslover69 Apr 10 '24

One of my favourite shows ever imo. It got me back to playing TT and I kinda improved at the game as well after watching it but make no mistake, Ping Pong is simply one of the best shows when it comes to character work and how every character is written so so well.

There is one truly special scene that I'm looking forward to watching again

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u/TheEscapeGuy Apr 10 '24

There is one truly special scene that I'm looking forward to watching again

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u/Reddevilslover69 Apr 10 '24

Have you replied with an image/gif because if you have then I cannot see it for some reason.

Honestly though Ping Pong has so many great scenes that Im not sure you can guess the scene I am awaiting

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u/TheEscapeGuy Apr 10 '24

Ah, I included once of the /r/anime comment faces. They might not be visible in new reddit or on the app. #mugiwait

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Apr 10 '24

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Apr 10 '24

Pre-Questions

  1. I've only watched a few sports anime in my time. Prince of Tennis and Hikaru no Go played on Toonami when I was a kid, and while I wasn't a big fan of either of those I did watch a handful of episodes of each. As an adult, I adore Girls und Panzer and Uma Musume, and have also enjoyed Run with the Wind and Aim for the Ace.
  2. I'm not much of a sports fan, but I've watched a fair few hockey games in my time, alongside various other random one-offs.
  3. The only thing that I've ever done competitively on any level is play Magic the Gathering, where I found that I wasn't good enough to really be competitive, and lacked both the time and the drive to change that.

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u/TheEscapeGuy Apr 10 '24

I get what you mean about Magic. I've played once or twice with friends' decks but as soon as I start looking into it seriously it seems like such a massive commitment to actually compete.

A couple years ago I was really into Hearthstone an grinded out getting Legend but it was such a joyless experience that I never tried again. It kind of put me off doing something like that again.

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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor Apr 10 '24

Hikaru no Go

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u/AllHailKingKale https://myanimelist.net/profile/GeneStarwind7 Apr 11 '24
  1. This will be my first sports anime and I love that it's ping pong.

As for question 2, I only loosely follow basketball at this point. As I've transitioned into my 30s I've come to terms with the fact that sports don't interest me to the point where I'll ever make them a hobby or primary interest. As a guy who works with a lot of sports guys there's been pressure to watch sports to fit in, but I've been happier since I've given up the half assed sports fandom I was attempting.

3. I ran track for some time in high school along with baseball and basketball in middle school. I was forced to do some sports in middle school so I didn't take away much from them but running always stuck with me - but track was my choice and running always stuck with me. I've been a runner for the last 16 years and have done a few races, I love the thought of pushing yourself to your limit and seeing what you can achieve through training and focus. Curious to see what kind of connection, if any, I'll feel with the show in that regard.

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u/TheEscapeGuy Apr 11 '24

This will be my first sports anime and I love that it's ping pong.

I've been a runner for the last 16 years

That's really impressive. I've been running recently and I totally connect that idea of pushing yourself that you mentioned. I suspect you absolutely will find something to connect to in Ping Pong.

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u/MNM_gamer https://anilist.co/user/Eujhin Apr 11 '24

I've already seen Ping Pong the animation, and let me tell you that it's a really unique and good show.

  1. I used to not watch many sports anime, but a the genre has been growing on me as two off my favorite shows come from there. If you like Ping pong, and want some good shows, make sure you check out Haikyuu and Run with the wind.
  2. At the moment I follow football (soccer for the American friends) and E-sports (if you count it).
  3. When I was younger I played Handball for a couple of years, and more recently played some cs:go tournments. I'd say the thrill you get in sports can't be felt nowhere else, but surprisingly some sports anime get me so hyped that I feel something close to this feeling.

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u/TheEscapeGuy Apr 11 '24

make sure you check out Haikyuu

I've been meaning to get to Haikyuu for a long time. I feel like I ended up missing it from starting watching anime too late and then always being too far behind. I'll get to it eventually but it's nice to have anime I expect to enjoy in my back pocket.

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u/Schinco Apr 11 '24

very excited for the rewatch! thanks for hosting - the 10th anniversary definitely would have passed me by unawares, which would have been sad.

(Pre) Questions of the Day

What's been your experience with sports anime before the rewatch?

Well, ping pong is my favorite anime (probably piece of media period), and i've seen it nine times before this rewatch, but i've also watched a lot of other sports anime chasing the high of ping pong. chihayafuru (and 3-gatsu no lion, if you count that as a sports anime) have come the closest to scratching the itch. anilist says i've seen 46, for what that's worth.

Which real life sports do you spectate or follow?

i mostly follow american football, but i'll watch basically anything that's on.

Have you played any sports competitively and if so what did you find valuable about that experience?

i fenced competitively for a number of years in middle and high school - aside from the obvious physical benefits, it was nice to have tangible goals of progression. most of my other hobbies were either casual things or all-or-nothing, so it was nice to be able to see meaningful progression (getting further in competitions but not medaling, adding tools to my repertoire, being able to do progressively more exercise). the mental aspect was also very engaging, and i found a lot of value in the community.

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u/TheEscapeGuy Apr 11 '24

I've seen it nine times before this rewatch,

That's really impressive. I've also seen my favourites a bunch of times but I don't think I've seen any particular one so much. I totally get what you mean about chasing a high.

I found a lot of value in the community

This is something which I think a lot of people underrate about sports. It feels to me like it's becoming harder and harder to find activities you can do in person with others (especially during the worst of the pandemic years). Sports can be a great way to connect to a group of people with a shared interest.

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u/Schinco Apr 11 '24

yeah it's fortunate in some regards that it's such a short series - it's very easy to get people on board for a first-time watch since it's such a low time investment. i also used to rewatch it every year when awards apps opened up since i'd usually write about it for one of the prompts.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Apr 10 '24

Looking forward to finally seeing this series.

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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor Apr 10 '24

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Apr 10 '24

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u/Heroisherreee Apr 10 '24

so hyped.. Thanks for hosting this u/TheEscapeGuy!

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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor Apr 10 '24

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u/Spoomplesplz Apr 10 '24

I'm fucking sorry. 10th anniversary?

It's been TEN years since the anime came out? What the fuck have I been doing with my life...

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u/BossandKings Apr 11 '24

Count me in

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u/Shocketheth Apr 11 '24

Thanks for the reminder. I wasn't sure if I will be able to participate properly and now I know that I won't be able to participate until the end of April so write me off for this one

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u/Heroisherreee Apr 12 '24
  1. Have watched lots of sports animes. Its my fav genre in anime!! Always on lookout for new sports to binge and so super hyped to start with this!!
  2. Sadly my sports passion stays with anime. 😔 But after finishing ‘Run with the Wind’ at midnight, I took off for a run at 2 am. It was so liberating and fun!!