Friday, March 7, 2014

VIDEO: Latest "Ping Pong" Anime Promo Introduces Rival

This spring, alt-audience anime programming block Noitamina will be presenting a Tatsunoko produced adaptation of Taiyo Matsumoto's Ping Pong. The production will feature newcomer Fukujūrō Katayama, cast by audition to join Kouki Uchiyama as the leads in the series.


 


A new promo introduces Yosei Bun as Kong Wenge aka "China." 


 



 


Acclaimed animator/director Masaaki Yuasa (Kick-Heart, Tatami Galaxy) will be returning to TV for this adaptation of Taiyo Matsumoto's (TekkonKinkreet) Ping Pong. The 1996, five-volume Big Comic Spirits manga follows long time friends and ping pong players, cold Smile and flamboyant Peko. 


 


 


Principal cast includes...

Yutaka Hoshino (Peco) - Fukujūrō Katayama 



Makoto Tsukimoto (Smile) - Kouki Uchiyama





Ryūichi Kazama (Dragon) - Shunsuke Sakuya



Manabu Sakuma (Akuma) - Subaru Kimura



Kong Wenge (China) - Yousei Bun




Obaba - Masako Nozawa 
Jō Koizumi - Yūsaku Yara




Staff:

Original: Taiyo Matsumoto (originally published in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits)
Director: Masaaki Yuasa
Character Designer: Nobutake Ito
Music: Kensuke Ushio
Color Design: Kunio Tsujida
Art Director: Kevin Aymeric
Director of Photography: Shunsuke Nakamura
Editing: Kashiko Kimura
Sound Director: Eriko Kimura
Production: Tatsunoko


 



 


 





  


Ping Pong was previously adapted into 2002 live-action movie by Fumihiko Sori (Vexille, To, Dragon Age). The film, nominated for eight Japanese Academy Awards, was released in North America by Viz.



  


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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at@aicnanime.

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