The upcoming final limited edition volume of the anime series Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume (Scorching Ping Pong Girls) was recently revealed to be shipping with an additional bonus to entice...
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Anytime you throw two shows together in a post, you’re limiting your potential audience, but I rather think I’ve outdone myself with this one by comparing the megahit of the season with a sadly [...]
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This show’s English title is accurate. It is certainly scorching. What do I mean? Find out as we take a look at Scorching Ping Pong Girls. Alternate Title: Shakunetsu no Takyu Musume (JP) Genres: [...]
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We have been talking about sports anime a lot on Beneath the Tangles recently, and for good reason. Sports anime, in addition to being lots of fun to watch, provide many moments of wisdom that fit [...]
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Let’s discuss the big showdown between Koyori and Death Goth and the very interesting episode afterward. EPISODE 10 Death Goth dominated 2 of 5 rounds and it looked like Koyori was in deep trouble but [...]
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The joygasm fueled, sweat inducing sport of superpowered lesbian ping pong boxing continues. EPISODE 8 Last episode we left off with “Smokey Rabbit” Hokuto going up against The Pendulum to avenge her [...]
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Halftime Heat continues with the show many Nation members and fans of a certain franchise described as “Ping Pong Saki” or “Saki: Ping Pong Edition”. It’s Scorching Ping Pong Girls. EPISODE 2 In [...]
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Here’s one of several hyped Girls Club shows for the Fall season. Let’s see what we got to work with. We kicked off the episode with the reigning 9-time Ping Pong champions losing their undefeated [...]
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Oh boy! Speedlines! And the occasional looping! Impressions: There's something incredibly screwed up about the introductory bit here. They have everybody acting shocked and devestated by the clearly [...]
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Anime Herald Anime Herald - We'll talk nerdy to you. It’s time to serve up a scorching new sports series! Earlier today, Crunchyroll announced that they will stream Scorching Ping Pong Girls [...]
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Title: Tada Hitori | Artist: Bakudan Johnny | Show: Ping PongRead more...
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Anime Herald Anime Herald - We'll talk nerdy to you. Everyone has certain preferences regarding their taste in anime and fiction, in general. I’m a dark-fantasy-epic-sci-fi-historic-tragedy kind of [...]
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Tag me behind-the-times, but I finally came around to watching Ping Pong at the beginning of this year after several peers’ rave reviews and a lull in my own schedule. A few factors stopped me from [...]
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Anime Herald Anime Herald - We'll talk nerdy to you. Hulu’s getting ready to grow their anime lineups, with the approval of Anya and Josephine. Hulu announced that they will add six anime titles to [...]
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Hey all—sorry for the radio silence over the weekend. I was churning through a pile of reviews that are going to be getting published over on Otaku Review. The first of these is my review of [...]
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Available from Amazon Available from Right Stuf Ping Pong the Animation Released By: Funimation Released: 6/23/15 Reviewed: 7/27/15 Rated: 14+ You wish you were as good at ping pong as Ping Pong is at [...]
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Ping Pong the Animation is very easy to ignore – ping pong isn´t exactly the embodiment of excitement,  and when the boys on the poster aren´t your standard rainbow-haired-coloured pretty boys to [...]
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Aaand we’re back to the full lengths, with a review of one of the best shows of the past few years: Ping Pong the Animation. Ping Pong is a stellar achievement in basically all categories, and will [...]
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I’m a person that likes nostalgia. Now, I’m not sure how fast something can become nostalgic, but I can say for certain that Ping Pong’s ending will get there for me eventually. Read more...
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Anime Herald Anime Herald - We'll talk nerdy to you. When is a game, more than a game? When it’s freaking Ping Pong! Earlier today, FUNimation released a trailer for the dubbed edition of Ping Pong [...]
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