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Synonyms: SK Eight, Skate

Japanese: SK∞ エスケーエイト

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 10, 2021 to Apr 4, 2021

Premiered: Winter 2021

Broadcast: Sundays at 02:00 (JST)

Producers: Aniplex, Movic, ABC Animation

Licensors: Aniplex of America

Studios: Bones

Source: Original

Genre: Sports

Theme: Racing

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 8.02¹ (scored by 282,866 users)

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Ranked: #605²

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Popularity: #392

Members: 557,126

Favorites: 13,086

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High school student Reki Kyan is passionate about one thing: skateboarding. When night falls, he heads to "S," an illegal underground race inside a mine where skaters compete in highly dangerous situations. After a loss that results in his skateboard being destroyed and his arm being broken, Reki is now incapable of practicing at all.

While working, Reki runs into his new classmate, Langa Hasegawa, a half-Canadian and half-Japanese boy with no skateboarding experience whatsoever. Langa is in desperate need of money. After they both visit "S" when tasked by Reki's boss, they get into trouble and are forced into a bet that requires Langa to skate in a race. However, the mysterious transfer student holds a trump card that Reki is unaware of, one which might help him win the race in the most unexpected way.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Kyan, Reki

Main

Hatanaka, Tasuku
Japanese

Hasegawa, Langa

Main

Kobayashi, Chiaki
Japanese

Chinen, Miya

Supporting

Nagatsuka, Takuma
Japanese

Sakurayashiki, Kaoru

Supporting

Midorikawa, Hikaru
Japanese

Nanjou, Kojirou

Supporting

Matsumoto, Yasunori
Japanese

Shindou, Ainosuke

Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito
Japanese

Kikuchi, Tadashi

Supporting

Ono, Kensho
Japanese

Shadow

Supporting

Miyake, Kenta
Japanese

Carla

Supporting

Motoyoshi, Yukiko
Japanese

Hasegawa, Nanako

Supporting

Sonozaki, Mie
Japanese

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Suzuki, Mari

Producer

Sotokawa, Akihiro

Producer

Uryuu, Kyouko

Producer

Oonuki, Kenichi

Assistant Producer, Assistant Animation Director, 2nd Key Animation

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Opening Theme

"Paradise" by Rude-α

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"Infinity (インフィニティ)" by Yuuri (優里)

Reviews

Jan 24, 2024

vanelya10

Recommended

I didnt know what to expect once I started watching it but I am sure glad I got to start and finish it.
The animation was on a good high quality level that transports you into a good binge watching. The characters were not bad at all, their plots and backstories really hold up for 12 episodes without letting you get bored or annoyed at their character development or interaction. I dont usually watch sports anime cuz they only lead to the loop story based on/off situations and arcs, but for this one, as a 12 episode anime, it was compact and very thrilling to watch.
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Jan 25, 2023

helcchi

Mixed Feelings

The anime comes off as both knowledgable and uninitiated in the sport it's trying to portray. It’s both futuristic and backwards at the same time. Some parts of the show are astoundingly realistic, while other times throws logic out the door completely. One of the main characters (Langa) has been a snowboarder since he was 2 years old, yet he’s never been exposed to skateboarding before. And when he tried for the first time, he lost his balance just standing on the board.
I’m sorry, but I haven’t met a snowboarder that couldn’t skate, let alone a snowboarder that’s been doing it for 15 years.
He said ... he couldn’t even do one push, but snowboarders push all the time when they’re on flat snow. This should just come naturally to him.

And they keep saying how it’s unprecedented if he could switch to being a pro skater as if this hasn’t happened in real life.
Like currently two of the best snowboarders in the world are also pro skaters. Ayumu Hirano - olympic snowboarder and skateboarder - was literally their consultant on this anime, how could they not even acknowledge this fact despite his involvement.

Don’t even get me started on the shoes. I don’t care if this was set in the future or alternate timeline, you can’t wear geta on a skateboard. Do they want to die? Even the guy on Tiktok who wears hanfu on his longboard wears skate shoes when he’s riding. I can’t believe such an important aspect of skateboarding is ignored like that. Shoes are as integral to the culture and the sport as the skateboards are themselves.

I also hate how they just combined all the disciplines as if they’re all the same thing. Freestyle skateboarding (Miya) is not the same as downhill (everyone else in that dumb street race), and neither are park or street (Reki). Racing and tricks are two distinct philosophies in this sport. The ollie that the main character Reki was so proud of (to the point he made a whole monologue about how you could skate your entire life without ever learning to ollie, but when you do, your whole life changes), aren’t even a part of racing, yet that’s the event he partakes in every night.

The lack of understanding of each others’ sports as the source of Reki's feeling of inadequacy is so juvenile. Langa progressed so far in such a short amount of time because he’s been snowboarding for 15 years, and Reki knows that. He hadn't been left in the dust because of Langa's raw talent. Langa was NOT a beginner. He already had years of experience. The skills carry over. How can someone, fictional or not, be so dense about that fact? And how can Langa catch so much air you ask? Because it’s fucking standard in snowboarding. Just replay Ayumu’s Tokyo olympics run, the commentator literally said “He’s riding this thing like a (snowboard) halfpipe.”

How many times did they forget and remember about having fun? Did all those crashes give them brain damage? There’s so much unnecessary angst that’s not conducive to character development at all.

In a sport that has hundreds of amazing tricks, this anime just had to invent ones that don’t exist or are impossible to do. And they haven’t even included one skateboarder that looks like a skateboarder. A topless bodybuilder? A businessman in a suit??? A ninja cosplayer in a kimono????

And then in the very last episode, they introduced this fictional supernatural state called the Zone, which is completely taken from Kuroko’s basketball. BUT there is a real life phenomena common in action sports called flow state that illustrates what the zone basically is, why couldn’t they just call it what it really is?

It’s supposed to be a kids' show, but why do they have to make it about illegal racing, and make it more illegal by adding combative elements to the races and have people get away with assault? Skateboarding is rebellious enough as it is. The part where they got busted for trespassing in the parking lot was one of the most relatable and realistic parts about skateboarding in this anime, and I wish they included more of that instead.

But I’m glad they didn’t downplay the kinds of injuries you get from this sport. I’m glad that action sports is getting representation in anime, the art is great, even though the story is a letdown. I don’t have high hopes for season 2.

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Apr 3, 2023

JupiterGhost

Not Recommended

It started off so well!!! I’m not too sure what the creators were thinking towards the end. I think for any show, it’s easy to suspend your disbelief (no matter how unbelievable the fable), if the rules within the universe are well defined and adhered to throughout the entirety of the story. In the case of this anime, it was easy to suspend your disbelief initially. Some questionable aspects of skating on rocks down a mountain, but generally it was easy to get into. Then the primary antagonist up’d the ante by turning the competition into some sexualized fight club and the show went downhill ...

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