Ping Pong the Animation The Wind Makes It Too Hard to Hear (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV-14
TV Episode | 23 min | Animation, Drama, Sport

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Ping Pong the Animation

The Wind Makes It Too Hard to Hear (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV-14

TV Episode | 23 min | Animation, Drama, Sport

Two old friends go to spy on a new table tennis champ at a rival high school, but meanwhile their own team is falling apart.

Directors

Masaaki Yuasa | Yuta Kubota

Writers

Taiyô Matsumoto (comic) (manga) | Masaaki Yuasa (screenplay) | Jared Hedges (english adaptation)

Producers

Justin Cook (version: english) | Michael Harcourt (version: english) | Carly Hunter (version: english) | Yuka Okayasu | Yôhei Shintaku (as Yohei Shintaku)

Composer

Kensuke Ushio

Cinematographer

Shunsuke Nakamura

Editor

Kashiko Kimura

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 10, 2014

Release date

Apr 10, 2014 (Japan)

Awards

Series awards

2 wins

Contacts

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Cast	+ Add Cast
28 cast members

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