This anime tv series greatly justifies two things awesomely ->
1> Heroes do exist.
2> Yes People can FLY...
this series isnt like a common sports anime where you have overpowered characters or weak at begining and become strong and win at end, this sports anime greatly deals with human emotions and way of overcoming them in a heart touching manner...yes this anime will surely give you awesome feels ..this series may have weird art style and old class animation technique and look but it hits straight to heart with its valuable life hacks and strong story line which is very rare in anime industry now a days...
This anime series revolves around many sports personalities emotions and the struggle they face in their sporting career.. but it revolves mostly around two friends who always stand with each other no matter what ever happens... it revolves around the carefee peco and a guy whois like a robot but a ping pong ace tsukimoto.. tsukimoto is always bullied in the school and gets called by names like SMILE as he doesnt smile and ROBOT as he has no emotions, but then arrives peco who helps him and fights against the bullies to save tsukimoto...peco is a very good player and later he teaches tsukimoto ping pong and makes him smile by making him believe heroes will come to tsukimoto when he is in the pinch... tsukimoto then rises to name in ping pong circle for his masterpiece strokes and way he plays..
then arrives kong wenge a player from china who came to japan to regain his lost form..but he starts witha bang and fanboyism and then he faces defeats and then rises to glory later on...
Another gr8 player is kazama who devotes his whole life to ping pong and wants to prove him to his father , who won the ping pong championship and achieve so much in his life and later became a businessman and sports head at kaio academy where kazama use to practice...
Coaches like tamura san and koizumi san who also play awesome roles and help in building up two star buds peco and tsukimoto...
Story~ the story line is deep with emotions more deeply imbibed which makes it a powerful anime touching heart and giving u goosembumps when it comes to smashes and chops when matches are their....
9/10 for me in the story line
Art~ as i said its a weird anime with deep human emotion and great stroy line, the art isnt good and way way old school..
3/10 for me in this section...real weird designs
Sound~ with smooth and beautiful paced tracks this anime makes you feel so much awesome and lively...
8/10 for me in this section
Character~ character design and story backdrops of them are great and well described and explained..
8/10 for me in this section
Enjoyment and Overall~ i rally enjoyed it and it gave me a lot of feels and i really got attached to it emotionally and sportively...and hell yeahh super sugoyee smash and chops
ENDING TRACK YOU WILL SURELY LOVE ~ Bokura Ni Tsuite.. THIS track is a gem and it has the trance feels tooo... listen to it and you will surely download it i know :D
PEOPLE WHO DONT NEED OR SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM THIS ~ TWO TYPES ->>
1> PEOPLE WHO LOVE ANIMATION AND NOT STORY LINE
2> PEOPLE WHO FANBOY SHOUNEN AND STUPID FLYING ACTION SEQUENCES WHICH ARE COMMON EVERYWHERE NOW A DAYS
PEOPLE WITH BETTER TASTE FOR STORY LINE AND FEELS WILL SURELY LOVE IT A LOT LIKE I DID ...
HAPPY WATCHING!!!!
