If you liked
Ping Pong the Animation
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...then you might like
Mob Psycho 100
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- Similar fluid and exaggerated art-style - Energtic OST - Bowl-cut protagonist
Ping Pong is similar to Mob Psycho because of the fact their artstyles are normally crude and perhaps, ugly, but their respective productions draw out the best of them and as a total work, they are gorgeous and with fluid animation. Apart from these, both works are unique coming-of-age stories (Mob Psycho though shines more in this department at its 2nd season).
If you like quiet but thoughtful protagonists, an interesting and complex cast of characters, and beautiful fluid animation, these shows are top tier. The subject matter is very different but I think they're surprisingly similar.
If you've watched Ping Pong and liked it. You'll love Mob psycho 100. Just make sure to give it at least 5 episodes before dropping it because the first 3 episodes are gonna be a bit boring. Mob Psycho also has that unique and experimental art-style like Ping Pong, and it has many more bla bla similarities to Ping Pong. And I promise it won't feel like a ditto. I had it as my No. 1 favorite for like a whole year and thought that nothing can come close to how much I like this but Ping Pong gave me the same feeling of when read more
- Topics of developing abilities (both physical and superhuman) are raised; - Training element is not central here, but it has no less impact on the characters' personal growth; - The characters have childhood traumas that made them who they are, and they learn to cope with them (each in their own way); - also experimental style of drawing and good adaptation; - Characters help resolve sensei's conflicts;