Dear Boys

In both series, there's a very competitive atmosphere among teams involving basketball. They take place at a school life setting and many of the players in the series makes their own spotlights. Both series features comedy, drama, and some strategies among team mates to achieve success. The teams follow their dreams as well and hope to make them come true. Both series' coaches also have similar personalities of being strict but also caring towards her teammates. 

Both are basketball and it shows win and loss on both team and them trying to improve themself 

Both have basketball, and both teams have to deal with problems dealing with their team being able to play  

While the sports for these two anime are different they show the hardships of working on a team and trying to succeeded in said sport. While one may be more tragic or less hinted than the other there are relationships that develop within these anime. Both also are 20 episodes +. 

similar music and animation and are some interesting stories revolving around sports. 

dear boys: transfer student Aikawa Kazuhiko move to an new town and show his basketball skills from his old school andand inspire all the 5 members to win the tournament Ahiru no Sora:Sora Kurumatani transfer from his old town and inspire all the other 4 membersand they all decided to win the tournament  

While not featuring the same sports, both these series shares that competitive atmosphere among its team members as they strive to climb that ladder of success. The main male protagonist from both series often tries his best to play the sports that they love. They're also friends with another main male protagonist who rivals him in terms of skills. Both series' female characters are also dominant on the field and often tries their best to succeed as well. There is comedy, drama, and a little romance thrown in some episodes for these series. Additionally, both series features past events that sometimes affects the way games go. In essence, they both present a competitive atmosphere where the players tries their best to play the sport that they love. read more 

Both are animes that revolve around Basketball. The protagonists however differ greatly as Kuroko is seen as relatively talentless were it for not his pass abilities where as Aikawa as seen a genius and ace. Both of the schools they attend however have a wavering basketbal club that has little to no reputation. Thus the classic fight of the underdog is a clear theme in both animes. 

dear boys similar to prince of tennis, b/c they are both based on sports, and they have the same competitive work hard spirit. in dear boys the sport is basketball, but like in prince of tennis it has the character building in the premise of the story. if you like prince of tennis you will like dear boys. 

Both about basketball. =D 

Both are about sports and similar animation. They deal with the difficulties they face from trying to achieve their goals. For anyone who enjoys watching basketball, track, or any fast pace competitive sports, or just simply high school life with some romance mixed in, they're both awesome and definitely recommenced. 

Both are animes that revolve around Basketball. The protagonists however differ greatly as Kuroko is seen as relatively talentless were it for not his pass abilities where as Aikawa as seen a genius and ace. Both of the schools they attend however have a wavering basketbal club that has little to no reputation. Thus the classic fight of the underdog is a clear theme in both animes. 

Both involve Sports but Dear Boys is about Basketball and Captain Tsubasa is about Soccer.But they are quite similar in ways