Sports Anime

TV commercial for Pocari Sweat Hong Kong's 2019 Run Carnival campaign.

Based on the figure skater Mao Asada. On July 10th, Tekken posted the full version of the video on his official YouTube channel. The story took 2,890 hand drawn sheets. Tekken originally made a short version back in 2015 but when Mao Asada announced her retirement on April 10, 2017--he decided to expand upon it by creating 5 minutes worth of additional content.

Web commercial to promote the grand opening of the entertainment and recreational facility "ASOBUILD." The building is made up of six floors, each with their own theme and unique attractions.

A game of baseball featuring animals. One team is made up of gorillas, while the other is mixed animals. The gorilla team easily overpowers the other animals. (Source: AniDB)

The Seibu Lions baseball team makes it to the next round of a baseball tournament thanks to the heroic efforts of its star player, Tabuchi, but the next stage will involve hard work and cooperation. (Source: AniDB)

A traffic safety film starring the cast of Touch.

Series of shorts that describe what often happens in a typical amateur baseball club. (Source: ANN)

A series of shorts by Production I.G and funded by Acer Japan, which focus on five members of the Sunrise Japan group (not to be confused with the animation studio) of prominent female athletes in celebration of the 2012 Olympics: Yamasaki Shizuyo (boxer/comedian), Hamaguchi Kyouko (wrestler), Itou Satsuki (boxer), Urata Satako (beach volleyball player), and Nishibori Takemi (beach volleyball player). (Source: AniDB)

Inaba Junior High School's baseball team has been defeated miserably since the senior members left. Because of their poor results, the players are suspended from games and are almost forced to break up. Ironically, however, this hardship makes them band tighter together and intensifies their desire to play. They practice hard in the hope of regaining the respect of the other students and teachers. Soon, their will-power leads them to unbelievable victories. This story portrays the boys' dreams and friendship through baseball. (Source: Official website)

Baseball coach Hoshiyama offers a chance to turn professional to Katsumi Kunimasa, a star member of the student squad that won the summer tournament. The young girl becomes a star pitcher for the Chunchi Dragons (conveniently, the team her father owns), and, after a year of triumphs, she leads them to victory in the national championships at the legendary Koshien Stadium. Based on the manga by Noriko Umeda, this anime may be compared to the other girl-playing baseball story "Song of the Baseball Enthusiasts". The Dragons team members are all based on the real-life team, though their opponents are fictional. At the time, the real-life Hoshiyama was a commentator, but fact was eventually true to fiction and he became the manager for the real-life Dragons. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

Ganba! Fly High television commercial for Shounen Sunday magazine.

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Follow the adventures of Mao, a Japanese teenager and aspiring runner, as she travels back to ancient Greece to learn about the Olympic Games. (Source: olympics.com)

Based on the popular 80's baseball manga by Koseki Kouji. Tarou Yamashita loves baseball, but he was always the worst player. However, through effort and dedication he begins to shine in the Umisora High team. (Source: AniDB)

Animated film about the life of the 45th Yokozuna, Wakanohana Kanji I. (Source: AniDB)

In the video, the swimmer leaves Tottori to compete, but does a "Tottori U-turn" to return to his home prefecture and find a job. To aid in the process, the ad points viewers towards a job placement agency. (Source: ANN)

Based on the same name manga by Kobayashi Makoto.

Compilation of episodes 1-4 of the OVA.

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In an athletic meet, an awkward boy tries his best to excel in a field he is not good at. He realizes that what is important is not winning or losing. It is refusing to be discouraged or running away from a challenge no matter how many times he fails.

An April Fool's video for the mobile game Fire Emblem Heroes.

A biography of Chiharu Igaya, who won a silver medal in men's slalom in Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympics in 1956, and became the first Japanese Winter Olympics medalist. (Source: AniDB)

Jimmy is having trouble with pitching a baseball; Patty finds a way to encourage Jimmy to do better.

The story will center around a protagonist who goes to Powerful High School to achieve his dreams of being a baseball player. There, he reunites with a childhood friend named Subaru Hoshii, who he promised to play at the Summer Koshien high school championship game with in the past, but who seems to have forgotten their promise. (Source: ANN)

Based on the manga by Takahashi Haruo.

Cats play baseball at night. When their ball goes over the fence a dog is indifferent on giving it back. The cat tries different methods to get revenge.

An omnibus film depicting 15 fictional sports events created by different directors. Onlypic stands for only + pictures (video).

A young boy tries to become as strong of a sumo wrestler as his father.

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A commercial for the Japan Racing Association (JRA), featuring Aimer's song Crossovers.

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A music video for the song Shooting Hero by Duke Aces. Aired as part of NHK's Minna no Uta program from April to May 1986.

Major television commercial for the Shounen Sunday magazine.

Based on the two books of career reminiscences by real-life Hanshin Tigers baseball star Takenori Emoto. Mix of live action and animation to tell humorous anecdotes from professional baseball (nine short tales in nine "innings"). (Source: AniDB)

In a city of the future, many kids can play with Finger Skateboards--skateboards that can move a simulated character in a battle at will of the player. Our main character enters shop and joins the game along with his 3 friends. They kids go on many adventures and compete against Alexander, the son of a rival company competing against the original shop.

The second season of the 1985 anime Pro Golfer Saru.

Based on the children's book by Sunada Hiroshi. Musuke "Shorty" Sato is a shortstop for the local junior baseball team, the Eggs, who is asked by his mother to look after some money for her. He foolishly lends it to Tower and Dump, the school bad-boys, and must enlist the help of the pitcher's pretty little sister. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

Animation based around the real-life Japanese wrestler Giant Baba (Baba Shouhei, January 23, 1938 - January 31, 1999). (Source: AniDB)

A TV Special of Dash! Yonkurou that aired 4 months after the TV anime ended. Because the Dash Warriors won against Oomiya's senior citizen team the Silver Warriors, they travel to the Amazon in Brazil to try out his natural tracks that he built. When the arrive they find the natural track has been destroyed by a storm when they are suddenly attacked by the Amazon Warriors. One of the boys has Horizon, an original Mini 4WD created by Yonkurou's father who disappeared.

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In honor of Matoba Fumio's achievements from being a jocky for horse racing, Tekken created a biographical short of his life and career. Fumio as of 2018 is 62 years old and has 7,152 wins under his belt.

This is a story of a 13 year old girl whose only dream is to participate in the Olympic Games: Her Struggles, her victories, her failures and her willpower fascinate all who help her to become a outstanding athlete.

Dok Go-tak, a member of the baseball team at a local superior high school, goes to his uncle's house in Seoul for the holidays. However, he is hit by a hit-and-run along the way and suffers from amnesia. With the help of President Kim, who accidentally discovers Dokgo Tak without knowing who he is, he is treated and hired as an employee of the Cultural Center, a restaurant, but Dok Go Tak, who does not know anything, is called an idiot and is detained by Kim Joon. Kim Joon, who is also a famous hitter at the First High School, becomes afraid of Dok Go Tak, a faceless pitcher who has been told about by his uncle. Then, the memory comes back when Kim Joon, the son of President Kim, hits a baseball that he hits (Source: KMDb)

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Kim Youngwoong is a highschool basketball player. He participates in the junior Asian Cup competition help in Hong King, and plays the final match against the Chinese team. His last dramatic shot brings victory for the Korean team. Chae Yo omi, the Korean consul's daughter can't forget his last impressive shot. Back home, Youngwoong is sought after by every university which has a basketball team. However, Youngwoong decides to join the least famous team because his very first coach, Kim In, advises him to. (Source: KoreaFilm)

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A televised commercial for Boat Race Marugame starring Mimika. The singer-songwriter transforms into an animated character and takes a speed boat out for a fantastical run. Mimika was both the director and the song writer for the commercial. Boat Race Marugame is an arena for people to purchase tickets (must be at least 20 years of age) to watch speed boat racing, visitors can gamble on the races just like with horse races. Mimika also performed a live concert at the arena on February 8th, 2018 for the G1 Shikoku District Championship race.

First TV adaptation of manga "Pro Golfer Saru" by Motoo Abiko, serialised in Shonen Sunday and CoroCoro Comic.

A commercial for the Japan Racing Association (JRA), as a followup to the original. Features the Aimer song Crossovers.

In honor of the 2018 World Cup, this season of GG Bond focuses on sports team competition, team spirit, and personal growth as they compete in the Meteor League.

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As the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games approached, various official animated promotional videos were created for the big event. The styles ranged from traditional animation, to stop motion, to hybrid live-action.

The movie is about the soccer team Pegasus created from the visually impaired children studying in the Chiba Prefectural School for the Blind. (Source: allcinema)

Sequel of The Racing Baseball.

Music video for the song Generic Riot!! by IN-HI 16.

Isami and Higashiba both play baseball in college. But what kind of thing did the two promise each other 7 years ago become?

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Eddie is a frog who loves basketball. He tries to teach fellow kids how to play and tries to use his court skills off the court and gets mixed results.

Two stories that mix animation with naniwabushi (storytelling accompanied by shamisen playing). One is a tale of General Nogi, the famous suicide, visiting the shrines at lse on his way to Nagoya, while his wife is mistaken for a commoner as she books into a hotel. The second story is of a sumo wrestling trainee, ridiculed by his fellows, who trains hard and avenges himself-the standard cliches of a sports anime, just with plink-plonky music on top of it. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

A fairytale and folklore parody anime focused on race horses. They take classic stories (like Momotarou or Cinderella) and put them in race horse situations with the narrator voicing the action in typical fast-paced sports commentary. The anime is funded and promoted by the Japan Racing Association (JRA).

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Kkachi is a young boy who lost his mother at the age of 6 and lives with his father who has the habit of crossing Korea with his caravan but they suddenly move to Seoul where he joins baseball team at his college and his father marries a new wife. His father wants to force him to forget about losing his mother and has to learn to live with her father's new wife and daughter of hers, Annie, a young handicapped girl who moves in a wheelchair. It took him a while to finally accept his stepmother and his new sister. During this period, he is fully participating in baseball quickly becoming the star player on his team and got to know Julie, with whom he gets along... (Source: AniDB)

Shown as a double feature with Dohyou no Oni-tachi. (Source: AniDB)

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The story takes place in a common Beijing household. Before the opening of the 29th Olympic Games in 2008, the 8-year-old boy Da You, received a birthday gift from his parents, the five Olympic mascots "Fuwa." Skillfully combined with humorous tales between Da You and the five mascots, the cartoon series introduces the history and trivia of the Olympics, as well as Chinese culture, and the preparation for the Beijing Olympics. (Source: english.cri.cn)

A hedgehog for the first time in history is a professional baseball player! Or is it?

Second season of Mukashi Keibanashi.

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Movie of Yuuto-kun ga Iku.

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Higashiba's point of view in the story. It runs parallel to the original which is mostly from Isami's point of view.

Hun-yi and Nan-yi are siblings who grow up as best friends. Hun-yi is a naturally talented pitcher and joins a baseball club. Under the guidance of a professional baseball player, the children learn to play baseball, but they don't want to do any of the hard training required. After a twist, Hun-yi's team makes the finals of the Little Baseball Championship. (Source: IMDb)

Animated shorts revolving around the titular character Tabuchi-kun.

A comedic short film by Yoji Kuri about runners.

Primary school student G.G. Bond is eager for the 2008 Beijing Olympics when he is dragged back in time to the competitive islander of Olympus. His only hope to return is to recover the "Keyinuoer” diamond from the dragon who guards it at the peak of Bright Mountain. He can only do this if he wins the island's athletic competitions. He has the power of a super lollipop which enhances his athletic abilities for only a few minutes, but must face up against sports genius Super Qiang if he hopes to ever go home. (Source: Wikipedia)

This time, G.G. Bond is sent to 2080 to find a world divided, where the poor live on a lower, polluted level. He finds that his primary school, Parents' Hope School, is about to be taken over by a competitor, Super Technology School. To defend against this, he must win sports competitions to raise funds. (Source: Wikipedia)

Doumu befriends a boy named Kenji, which leads to him improving his pitch.

H2 television commercial for the Shounen Sunday magazine.

A direct sequel to Tteodori Kkachi.

The main character of "Ares' Balance", will introduce the practice method that is usually practiced in Raimon for those who are starting soccer, or who have never played soccer. Lectures will be given from a realistic soccer perspective, such as tips for kicking shots and points when shooting from dribbling. And finally, how to put out a special move...!? (Source: LEVEL5ch)

Prologue episode for Fei Ba! Lanqiu.

The story of an orphaned boy who practices baseball to deal with his loneliness.