You know, whenever I talk to people about Ping Pong The Animation, I always start off by explaining that it's not your typical sports anime.
And although that's true, I failed to realize just how true it really is until I rewatched it recently.
It was even better than I remember.
Perhaps because I'm older now, I've learned more about myself, experienced more things. Regardless of the reasons, Ping Pong The Animation really struck home this time around.
It really is a work of art.
It's so much more about other things rather than who's going to win. It focuses so much more on story-telling, character-development/character-arcs than it does on flashes action scenes.
The anime tackles so many deep topics in beautiful ways.
The topic of why we do the things we do. The topic of the pressure of always being on the top. The topic of Talent vs Hard Work. The topic of priorities -- work vs relationships, work vs fun. The topic of finding happiness.
The topic of being a good friend. Of being a hero.
And it does all of this in 11 episodes.
It astounds me.
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