Top Table Tennis Anime Recommendations

Ping Pong THE ANIMATION

Also known as Ping Pong the Animation.

Studio: Tatsunoko Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Sports

Tsukimoto Makoto (nicknamed Smile) is a quiet high-schooler who's been friends with the loud and energetic Hoshino Yukata (nicknamed Peko). They're both in the table tennis club and are very good at it, though Smile's personality prevents him from winning against Peko. The club teacher however notices Smile's talent and tries to make him gain some sportive tenacity.



Tags: Coming of Age , Table Tennis , Primarily Male Cast , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , Rotoscoping , School , Teacher , Language Barrier , CGI , Bullying , Anti-Hero , Time Skip , Delinquents , Coastal , Suicide , Incest

Adachi to Shimamura

Also known as Adachi and Shimamura.

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life

Adachi spends her school days skipping class until she meets fellow delinquent Shimamura and the two become fast friends. Cutting class together deepens their friendship but soon unexpected emotions blossom.

As awkwardness and confusion settle in, the two girls travel this sea of emotions without a paddle as they learn about each other’s feelings.



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Yuri , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Unrequited Love , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Delinquents , Aliens , Fishing , Table Tennis

Sasaki to Miyano

Also known as Sasaki and Miyano.

Studio: Studio DEEN
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Miyano spends his days reading Boys’ Love manga and worrying about the soft features of his face. His world of fiction becomes reality when a chance encounter leads him to high school senior Sasaki in the middle of a fight. Now, Sasaki wants to spend every opportunity he can to get to know Miyano. And what was once admiration quickly turns into affection.



Tags: Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Otaku Culture , Meta , Primarily Male Cast , Shoujo , Bisexual , Coming of Age , Iyashikei , Chibi , Table Tennis , Crossdressing , Trains

Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Zoku: Kitto, Onnanoko wa Osatou to Spice to Suteki na Nanika de Dekiteiru

Also known as My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO! OVA.

Studio: feel.
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

An adaptation of a story from volume 10.5 about Iroha Isshiki.

After accepting a weekend invitation, Hachiman Hikigaya accompanies Iroha Isshiki around the Chiba Prefecture to brainstorm ideas suitable for an ideal date with Hayato Hayama. As the duo wanders from place to place without a plan, they seemingly enjoy each other's company. Yet, through these straightforward and sincere interactions, the meaning behind what it means to be genuine continues to intrigue Hachiman and his outlook for the future of the Volunteer Service Club and its members.



Note: Bundled with the limited edition of the Yahari Game demo Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Zoku PlayStation Vita game from 5pb.

Tags: Male Protagonist , School , School Club , Table Tennis , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual

Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara OVA

Also known as Food Wars! The Second Plate OVA.

Studio: J.C. Staff
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi

OVAs bundled with the 24th and 25th manga volumes of the Shokugeki no Souma manga.

Tags: Food , Shounen , Male Protagonist , School , Tanned Skin , Table Tennis , Educational

Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume

Also known as Scorching Ping Pong Girls.

Studio: Kinema Citrus
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Ever since their champion was defeated, the world of girls' junior high ping pong has been in turmoil. Koyori is the new smirking transfer student at her junior high and she's ready to shake up girls' ping pong.



Tags: Table Tennis , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , School Club , Yuri , School , Tsundere , Tomboy , Kuudere , Chuunibyou , Shounen

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei!: Mahou Shoujo in Onsen Ryokou

Also known as Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei! OVA.

Studio: SILVER LINK.
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo

Bundled with the limited edition of the sixth Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 3rei!! magical girl manga volume.



Tags: Nudity , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Child Cast , Magic , Table Tennis , Female Protagonist , Kuudere , Isekai , Primarily Female Cast , Tanned Skin

Summer Pockets

Studio: feel.
Status: Not_Yet_Released
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

To help manage his recently deceased grandmother's effects, the protagonist Takahara Hairi travels to Torishirojima during his summer vacation.

As he gets off the ferry boat, he spots a lone girl standing on the pier.

A girl who simply gazes into the distance as her long hair flutters in the wind.

He looks at the girl in utter bewilderment, but before he realizes it, she can no longer be found anywhere.

Hairi finds himself starting to adjust to life on this island, surrounded by nature far lusher than anything he has ever come across back in the city.

Time seems to flow by casually on this island, and as it does, memories of something nostalgic keep coming back to him...

Memories of something he had long forgotten.



Tags: Tragedy , Time Manipulation , Rural , Urban Fantasy , Alternate Universe , Family Life , Memory Manipulation , Male Protagonist , Age Regression , Coming of Age , Time Loop , Shrine Maiden , Kuudere , Ghost , Tsundere , Table Tennis , Twins , Fishing , Swimming , Food

Ike! Ina-chuu Takkyuubu

Also known as The Ping-Pong Club.

Studio: Studio Hibari
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Sports

Inaho Jr. High's Boys Ping Pong Club has only 6 members, 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.



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Satire , School , School Club , Seinen , Table Tennis , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast

ABUNAI SISTERS: KOKO & MIKA

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi

Computer-animated gag shorts about two female agents. Produced by Production I.G and distributed online by Animenewsnetwork.

But wait! What are they really? They are, in fact, secret agents on a mission to discipline the wicked men of the world.

KOKO is a sure-shot markswoman, who's number one with a bullet. MIKA can defeat any evil-doer with her bear-fisted martial arts moves. Today, as usual, the girls are on the set of a TV drama. KOKO is shooting a bathtub scene...MIKA is shooting a bedroom scene...

But their secret, anonymous boss always somehow finds the "perfect " time to call them for another mission!

When duty calls, what's a girl to do?

The pair sets off into action, with an unsuspecting film crew left behind!
That's when they transform into the ABUNAI SISTERS, changing to sexy outfits and ready to go!!

These dynamic debutantes are determined to punish diabolical men with often funny personality and sexy action!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Battle Royale , Episodic , Large Breasts , CGI , Full CGI , Guns , Nudity , Volleyball , Table Tennis

Soreyuke! Uchuu Senkan Yamamoto Yohko

Also known as Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko.

Studio: J.C. Staff , T-UP
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Sci-Fi

Meet Yohko Yamamoto - a cat-eyed, 15-year-old girl in the late 20th century with a love for videogames and Pocky. Because of her exceptional talent with arcade shooters, she's been recruited by Lawson to travel a thousand years into the future to pilot the prototype ship TA-29. Together with Ayano Elizabeth Hakuhoin, Madoka Midoh and Momiji Kagariya, Yohko leads the Terran team against Rouge and Ness' infamous Red Snappers in this epic space adventure.



Tags: Space , Primarily Female Cast , Video Games , Female Protagonist , Time Manipulation , Table Tennis

Dash Kappei

Studio: Tatsunoko Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Sports

Kappei is a dramatically short guy but he is a master in every sport. He lives as a guest in sweet Akane's house, and he's in love with her, but there's a strange rival, her dog Salomone (Italian name) who plans evil traps to encumber Kappei. But the dog has also another function: he explains all sport rules when a new sport is depicted. Kappei is fond of white female underwear, always trying to lift girl's skirts up.



Tags: Anthropomorphism , Basketball , Male Protagonist , Parody , Table Tennis , Sumo , Surreal Comedy , Foreign

ANI x PARA: Anata no Hero wa Dare desu ka

Also known as Animation × Paralympic: Who Is Your Hero?.

Studio: Nippon Animation , DLE , TMS Entertainment , GONZO , Studio Gallop , SynergySP , Bit Grooove Promotion
Status: Releasing
Genres: Sports

“ANIMATION × PARALYMPIC: Who Is Your Hero?” is a special series featuring fictional Paralympic athletes depicted in world-renowned Japanese animation. The project aims to introduce new Paralympic sports heroes through attractive characters and stories that will be created by the collaboration of famous comic creators and animation film directors. The series will increase the number of featured sports by 2020.

An episode animated by Kyoto Animation was scheduled to be broadcast in August 2019, but was later announced to be cancelled after it was determined production could not be completed in time for the 2020 Paralympic Games due to a tragic arson attack on the studio.

Tags: Episodic , Disability , Football , Tennis , Rugby , Athletics , Martial Arts , Cycling , Police , Judo , Badminton , Basketball , Table Tennis , Volleyball , Archery , Snowscape

Natsu ga Hajimaru.

Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Sports

A CalorieMate web movie directed by Takumi Shiga featuring the song "Surges" by Orangestar, with vocals by Kase and Loin. The video carries an eclectic animation style, as the story follows high school students from various clubs pouring their effort into sports in the second year of the coronavirus pandemic.



Note: Initially published on the Otsuka Pharmaceutical Official YouTube channel in July 2021, it was later reuploaded on Orangestar's YouTube channel under the song title "Surges", republished on August 12, 2021.

Tags: Pandemic , Advertisement , Swimming , Basketball , Tennis , Table Tennis , Cheerleading , Martial Arts , Baseball , Football , Volleyball , Archery , School

Baise Shandian

Studio: HuaMei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Tags: Table Tennis , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , School Club , School

Hiroshima e no Tabi

Also known as Journey to Hiroshima.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

To spend the summer vacation, junior high school student Kazuki rides a bullet train to Hiroshima to stay with his aunt. Upon arrival in Hiroshima, his aunt narrates the tragic past of what happened the day the atomic bomb fell. From the aunt, who had to overcome a lot of hardships, Kazuki learns the value of peace and how to have the courage to lose.

Tags: Tragedy , War , Historical , Table Tennis

Baby Felix

Also known as Baby Felix.

Studio: Radix
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

A young Felix the Cat and his baby pals find fun and mischief along their travels.

Tags: Kids , Table Tennis

Jia You

Studio: Nice Boat Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Tags: Table Tennis

Ping Pong Xuanfeng

Studio: CCTV Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Tags: Table Tennis