(Note: Episodic notes are still mostly to be found on the Episodics Notes’ page, but up to a couple every week will have their write-up appear on the main page, when I think they warrant it. For those [...]
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Selector Infected WIXOSS 8 throws a lovely little twist in at the end (spoilers). The show has done a terrific job at laying out just enough mystery to keep us interested, and deepening it when it’s [...]
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An awful lot of puzzle pieces were slotted into place this week.Among the many things I admire about Ping Pong, foremost is that it's simply a marvel of good writing.  This is an extremely busy [...]
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Now that Peco has had his moment of "enlightenment", he's off the snacks and onto a tough fitness regime at the hands of his makeshift coach from the local table tennis dojo. Irritated though he is [...]
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“Heroes don’t exist. What exists is reality, and the fact that only those who can adapt to reality win.” There’s a kind of fatalism to Ping Pong, something that separates it from a lot anime out [...]
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Ping Pong 6 has all the characters who were in freefall landing, somewhat hard, and dusting themselve off. Oh, and it’s a Christmas episode, too. I absolutely loved the Christmas scene. It’s not the [...]
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Episodes 05 and 06 are dedicated to character-development. It’s here where Ping Pong shows that it also knows its stuff in terms of storytelling; the develoment doesn’t start too early or too late, [...]
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Where are the other two shows? Like I’ve said on Twitter, I broke my glasses, so I have a hard time seeing until I can replace them. Nah, it wasn’t an accident or anything. Those frames were merely [...]
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There's just nothing about Ping Pong that's remotely conventional.Boy, is this show ever ugly.  Stylistic choices aside, this is some of the most bare-bones art and animation I've seen in any [...]
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(Note: Episodic notes are still mostly to be found on the Episodics Notes’ page, but up to a couple every week will have their write-up appear on the main page, when I think they warrant it. For those [...]
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While many are getting excited about the movie adaptation of Attack on Robot (no idea what popular franchise that might be aping...), Ping Pong's very own table tennis robot is continuing down his [...]
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I don’t have particularly long things to say about what’s on this season, but I do have some short things to say, so here goes. Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders This is the hottest thing [...]
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Ping Pong 5 lowers the intensity a little, except for the dispatching of Sakuma, the guy who dispatched Peco in the tournament. The show seems to enjoy presenting players who are really good only to [...]
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Categories: Anime, Editorials, Spring 2014Tags: Ping Pong, Taiyo Matsumoto is p. rad too, Yaoi, Yuasa is p. radA harmonious fusion of two very talented and distinctive artists’ styles, Masaki Yuasa’s [...]
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CHAIKA INTENSIFIES. Hitsugi no Chaika Episode 5 Review Ping Pong Episode 5 Review The post Anime Review Weekly: Hitsugi no Chaika 5, Ping Pong 5 appeared first on Entravity.
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Two weeks ago, I described Ping Pong as a “small symphony,” where all the moving parts just work together and elevate each other. This week, that ephemeral quality was probably best expressed not [...]
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This week, Ping Pong aims for the heartstrings. Ping Pong THE ANIMATION Ep. 5 • After a heaping of humble pie, Kong decides to stay in China to do what he was actually brought over to do in the first [...]
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With every move that Smile makes, he affects all who are around him. “Talented people who know themselves never crave anything. People who don’t know themselves are always the ones who struggle hard [...]
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(Note: Episodic notes are still mostly to be found on the Episodics Notes’ page, but up to a couple every week will have their write-up appear on the main page, when I think they warrant it. For those [...]
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Some series just boil down to that old carnival sign on the wall in The John Laroquette Show: "This is a dark ride".What a fascinating and subtle series Ping Pong is.  There aren't many series [...]
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