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Ping Pong Club (TV)

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©1995 Minoru Furuya/Kodansha • Kitty Film • Tokyo Broadcasting System


Alternative title:
Go! Ina Junior High Ping Pong Club
Go! Inaho Junior High Ping Pong Club
Ike! Ina-chuu Takkyuubu (Japanese)
行け! 稲中卓球部 (Japanese)
Genres: comedy
Themes: sports
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Inaho Jr. High's Boys Ping Pong Club has only 6 , the club minimum. Takeda is your average nice guy. Kinoshita is good looking and popular with girls. Unfortunately, the rest are branded as losers. Tanabe is too foreign, while Tanaka is petite and perverse. Maena and Izawa are truly deviant, and their crazed antics have earned the team some powerful enemies. In spite of their differences, the team needs to work together to retain their practice room and club status.
Ratings: 222 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 32 votes (sub:25, dub:6, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Excellent: 37 votes (sub:33, dub:4)
 Very good: 53 votes (sub:40, dub:11, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 44 votes (sub:29, dub:12, raw:1, others:2
2 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 14 votes (sub:11, dub:3)
 So-so: 10 votes (sub:7, dub:3)
 Not really good: 8 votes (sub:6, dub:2)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Awful: 10 votes (sub:8, raw:1, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 484 s, rank: #2201 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.162 (Good), std. dev.: 2.446, rank: #3198 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.084 (Good), rank: #3305 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.68 / seen some: 6.06 / won't finish: 2.71)
Bayesian estimate: 7.105 (Good), rank: #3022 (of 7635)
Running time: 12 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 26
Vintage: 1995-04-05 to 1995-09-27
Opening Theme:
#1: "shanimuni SHEIKU! SHEIKU!" by Switch
#2: "man-in densha hitomebore" by Switch
Ending Theme:
#1: "itsu ni natte mo itsu made mo" by The Zip Guns
#2: "booing" by Sakura Uehara
Trivia: We have 1
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DVD (Region 1)
    Anime Test Drive - 12-Pack Brick (DVD) 2003-10-28
    Ping Pong Club - Anime Test Drive (DVD 1) 2003-10-28 (from $4.00)
    Ping Pong Club - Make Way for The Ping Pong Club (DVD 1) 2002-08-13 (from $19.99)
    Ping Pong Club - Love & Comedy (Die! Die! Die!) (DVD 2) 2002-10-22 (from $7.99)
    Ping Pong Club - Goes Too Far (DVD 3) 2002-12-03 (from $5.48)
    Ping Pong Club - Loser's Club (DVD 4) 2001-09-11 (from $29.95)
    Ping Pong Club - Rots In Hell (DVD 5) 2001-11-13 (from $5.99)
    Ping Pong Club - DVD Collection (DVD 1-5) 2002-12-03 (from $99.95)
VHS
    Ping Pong Club - Make Way for the (Dub.VHS 1) 2002-08-13 (from $68.75)
    Ping Pong Club - Love & Comedy Die Die Die! (Dub.VHS 2) 2002-10-22
    Ping Pong Club - Goes Too Far (Dub.VHS 3) 2000-09-26 (from $14.95)
    Ping Pong Club - Loser's Club (Dub.VHS 4) 2001-09-11 (from $10.00)
    Ping Pong Club - Goes For Broke (Dub.VHS 5) 2002-07-23 (from $6.00)
    Ping Pong Club - Assorted Shorts (Dub.VHS 6) 2001-11-13
    Ping Pong Club - Rots in Hell (Dub.VHS 7) 2001-12-11 (from $6.00)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Series Director: Masami Hata
Director: Kenichirō Watanabe (ep 35)
Series Composition: Sukehiro Tomita
Script:
Kenji Terada (4 episodes
eps 5, 10, 23, 25
)

Sukehiro Tomita (10 episodes
eps 1-3, 8, 13-14, 16, 18-19, 26
)

Tsunehisa Itō (6 episodes
eps 6, 9, 12, 17, 21, 24
)

Yoshihiro Sasa (6 episodes
eps 4, 7, 11, 15, 20, 22
)

Storyboard:
Shin Kuromaru (5 episodes
eps 9, 18, 20, 23, 25
)

Takuo Suzuki (5 episodes
eps 5, 13, 19, 22, 26
)

Yukio Takahashi (ep 11)
Episode Director:
Raisen Hanyū (4 episodes
eps 13, 18, 20, 23
)

Takashi Tanazawa (5 episodes
eps 4, 14, 19, 22, 24
)

Toshiaki Kanbara (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 14, 19, 24
)

Yukio Takahashi (5 episodes
eps 1, 11, 16, 21, 26
)

Music: Katsu Hoshi
Original Manga: Minoru Furuya
Character Design: Minoru Tanaka
Art Director: Tsutomu Nishikura
Chief Animation Director: Minoru Tanaka
Animation Director:
Hideo Maru (5 episodes
eps 6, 11, 16, 21, 26
)

Osamu Nanami (5 episodes
eps 5, 10, 15, 20, 25
)

Toshiaki Kanbara (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 14, 19, 24
)

Sound Director: Katsuyoshi Kobayashi
Director of Photography: Hidetoshi Watanabe
Producer:
Tsunemasa Hatano (Grouper Pro)

Animation producer: Shoji Muronaga (Kitty Films)
Assistant producer: Toru Taga (Kitty Films; eps 3-26)
Background Art:
Yuuko Namatame (Studio Jack; eps 1-13)
Color Check:
Haremi Miyagawa (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 14, 19
)

Taeko Akiyama (10 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9-10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25
)

Color design: Osamu Date (eps 15-26)
Color setting:
Haremi Miyagawa (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 14, 19
)

Masami Nagano (10 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9-10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25
)

Osamu Date (6 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26
)

Editing: Tomoko Kida (Hokuto Eiga)
Finish Animation:
Fumie Kato (Studio Hibari; 5 episodes
eps 3, 5, 10, 13, 15
)

Kazuko Yamashita (Studio Hibari; 10 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9-10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25
)

Kumie Karasawa (Studio Hibari; 9 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9-10, 13, 15, 20, 23, 25
)

Mariko Tanazawa (Tanasawa Firm; 6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 14, 19, 22, 24
)

Nobuyuki Watanabe (Studio Hibari; 8 episodes
eps 9-10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25
)

Reiko Kato (Studio Hibari; 4 episodes
eps 3, 5, 23, 25
)

Yuko Motodera (Studio Hibari; eps 10, 18)
In-Between Animation:
Hiromi Matsuda (Studio Jungle Gym; 9 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9-10, 13B, 15, 18, 23, 25
)

Kazuharu Saito (Studio Jungle Gym; 10 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9-10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25
)

Kazuo Harada (Studio Jungle Gym; 10 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9-10, 13A, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25
)

Keiichi Sasajima (Tanasawa Firm; 3 episodes
eps 14A, 19, 24A
)

Yasunori Yamashiro (Studio Jungle Gym; 10 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9-10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25
)

Yoshiko Kuriihara (Dragon Production; ep 6A)
In-Between Check:
Noriaki Saito (10 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9-10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25
)

Toji Shimizu (eps 8, 14, 19)
Insert Song Arrangement: Takayuki Negishi (Kimi Dake no Michi; eps 1-13)
Insert Song Composition: Katsuki Maeda (Kimi Dake no Michi; eps 1-13)
Insert Song Lyrics: Keiko Kimoto (Kimi Dake no Michi; eps 1-13)
Insert Song Performance: Keiko Yoshinari (Kimi Dake no Michi; eps 1-13)
Key Animation:
Daizō Takeuchi (5 episodes
eps 5B, 9B, 15B, 18B, 25A
)

Emiko Kataoka (6 episodes
eps 5B, 10B, 15A, 20A, 23B, 25B
)

Hideo Maru (4 episodes
eps 1B, 3B, 21B, 26B
)

Hiroaki Hanawa (4 episodes
eps 6B, 16B, 21B, 26B
)

Isamu Utsuki (6 episodes
eps 10A, 15A, 18B, 20B, 23A, 25A
)

Kiyoshi Matsumoto (4 episodes
eps 1B, 6B, 11A, 16B
)

Makoto Akashi (4 episodes
eps 9A, 13A, 18A, 23B
)

Masahiro Naoi (3 episodes
eps 5A, 10A, 15A
)

Masaki Yamada (4 episodes
eps 11B, 16A, 21A, 26A
)

Michio Satō (4 episodes
eps 11B, 16A, 21A, 26A
)

Mitsuru Sōma (4 episodes
eps 10A, 15A, 20A, 25A
)

Motoki Yagi (3 episodes
eps 12B, 17B, 20A
)

Nobuhiro Watanabe (5 episodes
eps 1A, 3A, 13A, 15B, 20B
)

Norifumi Okuyama (7 episodes
eps 1B, 3B, 6B, 11A, 16B, 21B, 26B
)

Susumu Nojima (6 episodes
eps 3B, 9AB, 13B, 20B, 23A, 25B
)

Takahiro Miura (8 episodes
eps 1A, 3A, 9AB, 13A, 15B, 18A, 20B, 23B
)
Takayuki Kanouchi (4 episodes
eps 6B, 11A, 14B, 16B
)

Tamotsu Tomaru (5 episodes
eps 4B, 8A, 14A, 19A, 22B
)

Tetsuya Tsukamoto (3 episodes
eps 18B, 23A, 25B
)

Toshiaki Kanbara (4 episodes
eps 4B, 14A, 19B, 24B
)

Yasuyuki Tanaka (4 episodes
eps 11B, 16A, 21A, 26A
)

Yuji Hamano (4 episodes
eps 13B, 15B, 20A, 25B
)

Yusuke Kamata (3 episodes
eps 9A, 18A, 23B
)

Yūzō Satō (ep 26A)
Literature Manager: Hiroshi Iwata
Music producer: Tetsuya Tsujihata
Photography:
Eiichi Okita (Sangosho; 5 episodes
eps 15, 19-25 odd
)

Isao Takahashi (T Nishimura; 20 episodes
eps 1-14, 16-26 even
)

Jun Kikuchi (T Nishimura; 20 episodes
eps 1-14, 16-26 even
)

Mayumi Morisato (Sangosho; 5 episodes
eps 15, 19-25 odd
)

Minoru Akitsu (Sangosho; 5 episodes
eps 15, 19-25 odd
)

Takamitsu Sera (T Nishimura; 20 episodes
eps 1-14, 16-26 even
)

Yuichi Katsumata (T Nishimura; 20 episodes
eps 1-14, 16-26 even
)

Yuko Matsunaga (Sangosho; 5 episodes
eps 15, 19-25 odd
)

Planning: Hiroshi Tabata (Kitty Films)
Production Advancement:
Fumio Yamashita (10 episodes
eps 3, 5, 9-10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25
)

Kōichi Nakamura (4 episodes
eps 4, 8, 14, 24
)

Makoto Hashizume (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21
)

Taro Yuki (eps 3, 5, 9-10)
Production manager:
Kiyoshi Yahashi (5 episodes
eps 4, 8, 14, 19, 24
)

Seiji Mitsunobu (9 episodes
eps 5, 9-10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25
)

Yuji Katsumata (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21
)

Program Manager: Shinji Suzuki (TBS; eps 3-26)
Sound Effects: Masakazu Yokoyama
Sound Mixing:
Yōichi Ōtani (eps 1-2)
Special Effects:
Kumiko Taniguchi (6 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26
)

Tomomi Oda (8 episodes
eps 3, 5, 10, 13, 15, 18, 23, 25
)

Toshio Hasegawa (Marix; ep 17)
Theme Song Arrangement:
THE ZIP GUNS (ED1)
Theme Song Composition:
Yosui Inoue (ED2 for 14-17)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Yosui Inoue (ED2 for 14-17)
Theme Song Performance:
THE ZIP GUNS (ED1)
Kōsuke Okano as Maeno
Masato Amada as
Gorō Mitchell Tanabe
Tanabe 
Susumu Kaseda as
Kinoshita 
Yūsuke Kinoshita
Takumi Yamazaki as
Hiromi Izawa
Izawa 
Tsutomu Takayama as Takeda
Yasuhiro Takato as Tanaka

Nanami Kurosaki as
Chiyoko Kamiya
Kamiya 
Sakura Uehara as
Kyoko 
Kyōko Iwashita

Asako Dodo as Yuki Tanabe
Chafūrin as
Kaoru Suematsu
Principal
Suzuki
Ginzō Matsuo as Uehara
Hidetoshi Nakamura as Morio Tachikawa
Ikuya Sawaki as Principal Hoshino
Kaoru Morota as Takaido
Kaoru Shimamura as
Hanadai
Kinoshita's Mother
Kōta Takenaka
Rie Hōjō
Rika Abe
Sachiko Inoue
Sayuri Ichijō
Mari Maruta as Ryūko Inugami
Masami Kikuchi as Toshihiko Tahara
Naoki Makishima as
Kōjirō
Sasaki
Rin Mizuhara as Arisa Kishimoto
Shihori Niwa as
Ghost
Noriko Kinoshita
Suda
Tamako Ichijō
Takumi Yamazaki as Ryūko's Husband
Teppei Fujiwara as Chiaki's Brother
Toshiya Mori as
Hide-chan
Ishii
Wataru Takagi as Junichi Shibuya
Yasuhiro Takato as
Minamida
Sanche
Sawada
Tanaka's Father
Yōsuke Akimoto as Yūdai Ichijō
Yūichi Nagashima as
Hoshino
Kitazato
Okada
Shibazaki
Yukana Nogami as Noriko Sōma
Yukiko Iwai as Junko Hoshino
Yūko Kobayashi as Kitō
Yūko Nagashima as Yōko Tachibana
Yuri Tanbo as Chiaki
Japanese companies
Animation Cooperation:
Studio Hibari (11 episodes
eps 1, 3, 5, 9-10, 13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25
)

Studio Kuma (4 episodes
eps 11, 16, 21, 26
)

Tanasawa Firm (6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 14, 19, 22, 24
)

Trans Arts Co. (ep 17)
Backgrounds: Studio Jack (eps 1-26)
Backgrounds Cooperation: E-cho
Cooperation: HoriPro (eps 3-13)
Development: Imagica
Editing Studio: Hokuto Eiga
Finish Animation:
Daeil Animation (6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 14, 19, 22, 24
)

K-Production (5 episodes
eps 1, 6, 11, 16, 21
)

Tasco Shanghai (ep 26)
In-Between Animation:
Daeil Animation (6 episodes
eps 4B, 8, 14, 19, 22, 24
)

K-Production (6 episodes
eps 1, 6B, 11, 16, 21, 26A
)

Studio Argo (4 episodes
eps 14B, 16, 21-22
)

Tasco Shanghai (ep 26A)
Insert Song Label: Polydor (Kimi Dake no Michi; eps 1-13)
Key Animation:
Ai Works (3 episodes
eps 8A, 14B, 19B
)

Studio Argo (ep 14B)
Photography:
Sangoshō (5 episodes
eps 15, 19-25 odd
)

T. Nishimura (20 episodes
eps 1-14, 16-26 even
)

Trans Arts Co. (ep 17)
Production:
Trans Arts Co.
Recording Studio:
APU Studio
Sound Production: Audio Planning U
special effects: Visual Workshop (6 episodes
eps 4, 8, 14, 19, 22, 24
)

Theme Song Label:
Polydor (ED2)
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Anthony Salerno
Translation:
Kevin McKeown
Executive producer: John O'Donnell
ADR Formatting Supervisor: J.B. Baxter
ADR Supervisor:
Jenaro Figueroa
Associate producer:
Tom Wayland
Dubbing Supervision: Tom Wayland
DVD Coordination: Michael Palan
In-House Production: Justin Sevakis
In-House Production Manager: Tim Werenko
Mix Engineer: Dan Rich
Quality Control: Brian Mah
Script Adaptation:
Dan Rich
Special Features:
Tom Wayland
Special Thanks To: Ringo Farkas
Buddy Woodward as Izawa
Gil Goujons as Tanaka
Hans Brikfeice as Kinoshita
Jack Bean as Tanabe
Jimmy Zoppi as Maeno
Mark Percy as Takeda

Agent Zero as
Narrator
Shibazaki
Cookie D'Goodie as Kyoko
Dominic Moore as Tachikawa
Paula Brown as Kamiya

Agent Zero as
Akiko
Minamida
Referee B
Buddy Woodward as Old Man
Cooper McQueen as
Hojo
Nursery Teacher
Sachiko
Dan Green as Tanabe (Credited as Jack Bean)
Dominic Moore as
Hide
Junpei's Father
Kitazato
Mr. Kida
Ed Paul as
Clerk
Ishii
Kobayashi
Kojiuro
Kota
Mr. Uehara
Principal
Sawada
Student
Frank Frankson as
Brother
Junpei
Frankie Frame as
Ms. Kito
Ryoko
Gil Goujons as
Kishomoto
Kogure
Hans Brikfeice as
Capone
Coach Hoshino
Hashimoto
Jack Beam as
Bogey
Mr. Hojo
Jimmy Zoppi as
Blue Angel
Tough Cherub
Mandy Bonhomme as Tachibana
Mayblissa Cummings as
Soma
Tachibana
Paula Brown as Softball Player
Scottie Ray as
Hoshino
Toshinoko
Summer Pepper as
Junko
Sister
Sugawara
Yuki
Tara Jayne as
Miss Ishizika
Sayuri Ichijo
Takaido
Veronica Taylor as Rika Abe

English companies
Audio Post Production: Taj Studios Inc.
Distributor: Software Sculptors
DVD Menu Design:
Resolution
DVD Premastering:
Resolution
Licensed by: Central Park Media
Recording Studio: Sonomat, Inc.
Subtitles: Captions, Inc.

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