his new-found position of power proves to be impossible. Media Manga Written and illustrated by Minoru Furuya, The Ping Pong Club was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from 1993 to 1996. Kodansha collected its chapters in thirteen tankōbon volumes, released from November 6, 1993, to February 6, 1997. Volume list Anime A 26-episode (consisting of two segments each) anime television series adaptation, animated by Grouper Productions, was broadcast in Japan on TBS from April 6 to September 28, 1995. In North America, the series was licensed by Central Park Media and released under their Software Sculptors label. The series had first a sub only release on VHS starting in 1999. It was later released with an English dub on five DVDs, starting from the fourth volume, released on October 9, 2001; the fifth volume was released on December 11, 2001, and the first to third DVDs were released from August 13 to December 3, 2002. A DVD box collection was released on December 3, 2002. Episode list Reception As of September 2010, the manga had over 25 million copies in circulation. In 1996, the manga won the 20th Kodansha Manga Award for general manga. References External links 1993 manga 1995 anime television series debuts Central Park Media Comedy anime and manga Kodansha manga School life in anime and manga Seinen manga Table tennis in anime and manga TBS Television (Japan) original programming Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (General) Wonderful (TV programming block)