Review of Ping Pong the Animation

Often times I give out scores of 10 to shows i just really enjoy, they have some flaws, but i overlook them because of the sheer joy they bring me. This is not one of those flippant scores. Why should you watch this? Ping Pong is short series that has so much depth you can drown in it, and yet is so engaging that you can wallow in the shallow enjoyment. What you take out of this is up to you. The animation at first glance looks pretty terrible. And then somewhere along in the first episode you realize that it's absolutely brilliant.The flow of the lines, the emotions that are drawn and emphasized with those squiggly black lines convey more meaning than words often can. Looking at this was simply enjoyable, outside of the content. The art is a paradox; on one hand its chaos, the other its ordered better than clean lines because of the superior perspective it gives.

I could go on...for a long time about the grandiosity of the art.

The story is really the bread and butter, so i'm not going to belabor this review with an in depth synopsis. I will say that for every person that sees this, i believe there will be a different idea born about what exactly this show is about. Sure it's a show about ping pong. It's also a "coming-of-age" show about boys on the fringe of society. It is about the connection of friendship, hardship and leadership and a willingness to achieve things through hard work and the points at which talent supersedes all desire. More importantly, this is a about what you take from it. I do believe it will affect you emotionally and even spiritually. There are many parallels I drew from this personally, so I identified with it more so than many of my favorite shows.

I hope I got you mildly interested and made a case for my rating; its not an objective view of the content of this media, but a personal expression of my appreciation and enjoyment of it.