Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm

Watch Episodes

Add to My List

Add to Favorites

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Aokana

Japanese: 蒼の彼方のフォーリズム

More titles

Information

Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 12, 2016 to Mar 29, 2016

Premiered: Winter 2016

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 02:05 (JST)

Producers: TV Tokyo, Pony Canyon, AT-X, DLE, NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, Docomo Anime Store, bilibili, Kanon Sound, Hobibox

Licensors: Funimation, Crunchyroll

Studios: Gonzo

Source: Visual novel

Genres: Sci-Fi, Sports

Theme: School

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 6.65¹ (scored by 66,055 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #6486²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #1542

Members: 149,878

Favorites: 535

Available At

Official Site

Resources

AniDB

ANN

Streaming Platforms

Crunchyroll

Make a recommendation

Recommendations

Air Gear addpermalink

Would Aokana exist if it weren't for Air Gear? One of the first things popping into my head when I came across Aokana was to wonder if Air Gear did in fact play any influence. On top of this, there is the fact there aren't many series where there is an invented sport that attempts to defy gravity quite literally so that the characters can find themselves flying, with Aokana taking a more sci-fi approach than Air Gear ever did. 

report Recommended by Yemi_Hikari

Read recommendations by 2 more users

Walkure Romanze addpermalink

Jousting and Flying Circus: Ao no Kanata and Walkure Romanze are anime based on a visual novel focussing on an unusual sport. Walkure Romanze is about jousting, while Ao no Kanata is about a made-up sport called flying circus.
Furhtermore, both anime have a very similar premise: a pink haired girl with no experience or whatsoever in the sport are challenged for a match with an experienced oujou-sama girl; however the newcomer seems to be very talented and beats the oujou-sama.

Walkure Romanze is more ecchi, Ao no Kanata looks more promosing so far. 

report Recommended by Khalan

Read recommendations by 2 more users

Girls & Panzer addpermalink

Both:
Sport show with no romance and very little yuri context.
Fictional sports established on sci-fi elements.
Hype and GARR at the climax of the sports.

Difference:
GuP plays a team game while AoKana is about solo. 

report Recommended by TYxTxYT

Read recommendations by 1 more user

Prince of Stride: Alternative addpermalink

Both are about reviving dead school sports club. Both have strong matched. You will just feel the general idea is similar, plus they are both funny 

report Recommended by Niveen_Sleem

Nagi no Asu kara addpermalink

Both titles take place in a coastal landscape with tree covered hills, a blue see and blue skys. Respectively, there is a fantastic technology or mystic power, that allows the protagonists to float in the air, or under water.
Before these promising backgrounds, sensitive teenagers are entangled in romance or sports competitions, like seen in countless other titles.

If you want to see beautiful backgrounds with potential for more used on commonplace characters and stories, both titles may be for you. 

report Recommended by Estefan

Keijo!!!!!!!! addpermalink

-Both talks about newbies that joins a new sport
-Both have school tournament
-'Strange sports'
-Similar antagonists
-Newbies that can remake that sport's history 

report Recommended by shiotasaika

Saki addpermalink

Similar girls sports anime with usual team / club recruitment, training, and big tournament at the end.
And both is about "unusual sports" so it feel refreshing and something new.

Tons of variety girls personality, with a lot of focus on their mentality and relationship.
Male character are usually just a side character.
Character design and the world look interesting.
Both use 3D animation to enhance the impact of their battles. 

report Recommended by iwansquall

Kaleido Star addpermalink

The main female character from both anime are thrown into the world of acrobatics. In Kaleido Star, the main character dreams of performing in a Circus act. While in AoKana she realizes her true calling and delves into Flying Circus. Both of them are beginners but soon soar through the sky and captivates those around them. They have a very similar energetic personality.  

report Recommended by AnimeFan500

Kandagawa Jet Girls addpermalink

Both are female-only, fictional sports anime where girls shoot each other using guns above the water in tights suits. Kandagawa Girls is ecchi and shows nipples, though Ao no Kanata is based on a hentai game the anime is all ages. Ao no Kanata feels more sci-fi and has cuter girls. 

report Recommended by Khalan

Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer addpermalink

I think they have a similiar feeling to them. They're both lighthearted animes about young girls competing in sports. The main characters are similiar as well :) 

report Recommended by Aurakin