Haikyuu!! To the Top

Each anime starts with the MC trying to get better at something they love to do. All of the characters in both the animes are sort of similar in some way, like in competitiveness. Each one deals with a competitive sport/ thing: volleyball and ballroom dancing, and both MCs have someone to look up to, in Haikyuu, it's the Little Giant, and in Ballroom e Youkoso, it's Sengoku. Overall, there're really a lot of similarities, despite the huge difference in the topics of the two anime. 

Both about sports and the rise to be a champion having height as your handicap. It's pretty cool because the basketball team is full of delinquents and you get to see them grow up and mature into a team that can depend on each other. It also discusses giving up and finding your motivation for doing things while being funny and cool at the same time.