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Are there any fans here for the Film Adaption of Ping Pong? I saw this film immediately after the Anime came out and I've loved it ever since. Surprisingly it was really difficult to get a hold of the film for a solid year online after the anime had came out. In some ways I actually think that it translated the manga better than the anime, and you can even see influence on the Anime's part by that of the movie!

The performances were great all around, larger than life without coming off as a cheese fest as I feel most live adaptions do. Another great live adaption of Taiyou Matsumoto's work is Blue Spring. I don't consider this film as polished, but as far as delinquent films go it's pretty damn good.