Ike! Ina-chuu Takkyuu-bu

When the Inaho Junior High Ping-Pong Club grows apathetic about an upcoming tournament, their new manager, Kyoko Iwashita, boosts their morale with something they cannot refuse—a "sex pass," a voucher that grants the best player on the team unadulterated access to her body for a whole month. This is just one of many ways that this peculiar ping-pong club exceeds the realm of normalcy.

Among the Ping-Pong Club's six members, Maeno proves to be the most troublesome, discovering bizarre ways to distract the team each day. With the others contributing to these mischievous acts, Takeda—the captain of the club—tries his hardest to put up with the team's antics. But when popular vice-captain Yuusuke Kinoshita is being swept away by girls, he instead finds himself receiving support from the stern but resilient manager, Kyoko.

With the ever-present risk of their team being dissolved, Takeda and his friends find themselves having to overcome numerous obstacles. While Maeno often appears to put the club in jeopardy, it is usually he who devises schemes that are just so crazy that they have a chance of working. Can Maeno and his ludicrous stunts help his team persevere, or will they continue to just be a nuisance to the Ping-Pong Club?

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Maeno Main

Okano, Kousuke Japanese

Iwashita, Kyoko Main

Uehara, Sakura Japanese

Izawa, Hiromi Main

Yamazaki, Takumi Japanese

Tanaka Main

Takato, Yasuhiro Japanese

Kinoshita, Yuusuke Main

Kaseda, Susumu Japanese

Gorou, Tanabe Main

Shitanda, Michael Japanese

Takeda Main

Takayama, Tsutomu Japanese

Kamiya, Chiyoko Supporting

Kurosaki, Nanami Japanese

Tachibana, Youko Supporting

Nagashima, Yuko Japanese

Kitou Supporting

Kobayashi, Yuko Japanese

Yamakawa, Norio Producer

Hata, Masami Director

Takahashi, Yukio Episode Director, Storyboard

Tanazawa, Takashi Episode Director, Storyboard

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Sep 7, 2007

Polaris

Recommended

Ping Pong Club is the most twisted and perverted comedy ever with the funniest characters and situations ever... and i'm not kidding... it can also be considered as a cornerstone of exagerated/ecchi/comedy/schoolkids animes that would follow, like Green Green and even Great Teacher Onizuka.

Animation:
The animation is not well mannered and without any cute intentions, even crappy... strange, after i called it that i still gave it a high grade, yes i did because that crappy animation gives it that funny feeling.. it just perfectly blends with the mood and the characters... I mean did you see their faces? the guys look like a bunch of ... losers and perverts, and guess what, they really are like that.

Sound:
The voice acting is very good, and the Bg music is well blended with the comedy part... I've also noticed the Op themes which are very very funny, just like Maeno's "Propeller" song

Story:
Well the bulk of the anime lies in the story and characters... well it's not a plot driven anime, not the kind that focuses all it's power on a goal reached at the end, nope it's the kind of story that i like to call "lifestyle story" cos it shows the day to day routine and problems the characters get into...

Character:
..and belive me when you have two perverts with loud mouths and tons of energy who do nothing else but exagerated practical jokes to other people like dressing-up-games, bullying, blackmail, stealing money, farting and all sorts of stupid plans (Maeno and Izawa.. they are one of the most original and best couples out there) ... then you have the sickest most twisted and perverted little quiet type of guy (Tanaka)... a big and really good-inside person that has the worts BO (Tanabe)... a Casanova kinda guy (Kinoshita), two evil teachers with some psycho problems, a secret Loosers Club organization with the sole purpose of making the hole school look bad so all the kids can be as stupid as the members of the secret club... and a love story between a counscios guy and a sadistic girl which has some anger management problem (Takeda and Kyoko)... well what more could you want? some sado-masochism, cross-dressing, nudity and lots more.

Value and Enjoyment:
Well don't worry this isn't a hentai and it could never bee since the show is about everything it can be exept romance... but still i wouldn't recomand it to kids.. this is more of a "toilet comedy" like American Pie... but for a teenager with a sense of humor this is a real goldmine... and can be rewatched over and over again just for the humor.

It's just strange how few people have seen this one, well since the animation isn't good and the girls aren't really cute i guess that the bulk of anime viewers didn't try it, since they were looking for cute panty shots and lots of cute girls falling in love with one spineless normal guy.. people can be soo shallow... lol but then again how can you call a guy that enjoys this???

Good and Bad points:
+funniest show ever (in a carefree but twisted perverse way)
+some of the most original characters ever (like no other you have ever seen)
-bad animation (although i found it apropiate)
-has tons of offensive and grows out material for the sensitive ones (not that i cared)

Well i laughed soo hard at this one that i couldn't keep my ass on the chair and i developed some agonising abdominal pain.. i recommend this to all the insensitive guys out there who wanna just laugh...

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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May 4, 2024

StunGunSudz

Mixed Feelings

I rated this a 6 because the MAL rating system doesn't have any words to describe WTF I just watched.

Main thing you need to go going in, it's called Japanese South Park for a reason. Every episode you're going to see some form of nudity from its cast of 14 year old characters, along with incredibly gross out jokes and played for laughs sexual harassment.

Yet...It intrigued me.

Some of the episodes may be hard to get through but the the romance plotlines were surprisingly really cute, if the whole show revolved around those shenanigans it would be a genuinely 10 out of 10.

I ... hope the later works of the author focused more on character building, because even here, with this butchered anime setup, it shined through.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Apr 17, 2011

Phatkap

Not Recommended

Preliminary (9/26 eps)

I watch the first 4 episodes and thought it was pretty funny. The characters are completely over the top, but I usually don't have any issues with that. The following 5 episodes though were a total chore. The jokes are always the same. Every episodes are build on the same model.
The anime might have been quite a novelty back then, but in 2011 I think you should spare yourself the pain to watch it. There are better things to do with your time.

Sorry for the fans.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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