| My favorite sports anime are: Keijo!!!!!!!! Harukana Receive Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai! Kandagawa Jet Girls Dumbbell Nan-Kilo Moteru? Iwa Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls Battle Athletes Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Kenkou Zenrakei Suieibu Umishou What are yours ?  |
| Female cast: Long Riders! ViVid Strike! Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Minami Kamakura Koukou Joshi Jitensha-bu Kandagawa Jet Girls Harukana Receive Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume Circlet Princess Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine Male cast: Haikyuu!! Kuroko no Basket Free!  |
SerafosMay 25, 11:49 PM
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| I'm with you on this for I too love keijo and harukana |
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3x3? Ain't got the energy to put one together visually, but...
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Daviljoe193May 25, 11:49 PM
Opinions are opinions, and differing opinions can co-exist. π But I don't do debate, life's too short to spend time debating people.  |
| Redline (sci-fi racing) Death Parade (bar/party games) Initial D (Street racing) Vivid Strike (martial arts and magical girls) Quanzhi Gaoshou (King's Avatar) (Pro gaming) |
KruszerMay 25, 11:58 PM
| "The name's Gambit. Remember it." -Gambit "X-Men '97"  |
| Specifically for the sports genre, I prefer the ones that are purely sports rather than moe with sports appendages, such as Major, Haikyuu!!!, Ao Ashi, Ace of the Diamond, etc. Besides that, I also like sports anime mixed with romance/drama, such as Chihayafuru, Baby Steps, Cross Game, etc. |
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| Number 1 is Hajime no ippo, just an all around incredible long running sports show. Number 2 is One outs, its technically a sports anime but in reality its more of a psychological gambling anime, and a really good one at that. For third place I will put Ike! Ina-chuu Takkyuu-bu, an incredibly perverted ecchi sports anime. I am actually watching it right now so it may go higher or lower depending. I think you would also enjoy it if you haven't seen it :) |
| Just https://myanimelist.net/anime/22135/Ping_Pong_the_Animation |
This dance is the pinnacle of human achievement. |
| My favorite sports anime are: Anima Yell, Long Riders and Harukana Receive. |
| Bluelock because soccer is my fave sport |
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| Ashita no Joe stands out as the greatest sports anime ever made. The cultural impact of Ashita no Joe is off the charts, this anime didn’t just stay confined to TV screens, it broke out and influenced the real world in a big way. Many anime creators have drawn inspiration from it when developing their own stories. You can see its influence in the way characters are developed, the intensity of rivalries, and the depth of personal struggles portrayed in other series. It even helped boost boxing’s popularity in Japan, making more people fans of the sport. This anime scenes are not just memorable, they're iconic, representing the culmination of Joe Yabuki's journey and the emotional impact of his story. You feel the tension, the drama, the raw emotion pouring out of every frame. And when it's all said and done, you're left with a sense of wonder, knowing you just witnessed something truly special. That's the magic of Ashita no Joe. |
| Favorite? That's quite easy to answer as there's one anime which I consider to be the top among sports anime and that is Ace of Diamond: |
| Ashita No Joe/Tomorrow's Joe Also, I would like to watch an anime about chess because I play chess in real life lmao |
| Ao Ashi Diamond no ace Haikyuu!! Run with the wind One Outs Kuroko no basket |
| I have three "favorite sports anime". First one is Captain Tsubasa (classic series about football aka soccer), the second one is Yuri!!! on Ice (it's about ice skating), and the second one is Chihayafuru (it's focused on karuta). |
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| My 9s: Major One Outs Slam Dunk (manga) My 8s: Ao Ashi Hajime no Ippo Ookiku Furikabutte Ping Pong Attacker You! Captain Tsubasa Ashita no Joe 2 Rookies (manga) Deep3 (manga) My 7s: Kuroko no Basket Haikyuu!! Gurazeni Yowamushi Pedal Ashita no Joe Slam Dunk (anime) My 6s: Blue Lock Diamond no Ace Shakunetsu Kabbadi Giant Killing Ring ni Kakero Megalo Box Baby Steps |
IKKIsamaMay 26, 12:43 PM
| Chihayafuru Keijo!!!!!!!! One Outs Major The First Slam Dunk Attacker You! + only the manga of Eyeshield 21 and Hajime no Ippo |
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| I haven't seen that many, but I will have to say it is Harukana Receive. |
| I forgot to add Long Riders! so here it is. |
| One Outs, Haikyuu, Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru, Ookiku Furikabutte, Free, Cross Game, Diamond no Ace, Megalo Box, Ao Ashi |
| My 3x3 Hikaru no Go, Ookiku Furikabutte, Air Gear Cross Game, Eyeshield 21, Major Baby Steps, Prince of Tennis, Initial D          |
| Honobono Log - best slice of life short -------------------------------------------- most kawaii loli overlord ---------------------------- Donquixote Doflamingo AMV - Control |
| I'm a sports junkie. Ashita no Joe Ping Pong the Animation Hajime no Ippo Haikyuu One Outs Initial D Run with the wind Lower tier but still good Ao Ashi Kuroko no Basket Slam Dunk Cross Game Touch Megalo Box Free Baby Steps |
| Cross Game, Major in particular given they are complete adaptations. Baby Steps isn't but that is also right up there, even if it doesn't look the best or as hype visually as the likes of Haikyuu for example. Those three are heads and shoulders above the rest. Hajime no Ippo is nearly up there too but the seasons after the original 75 episodes did take it down a notch for me, still a great sports anime. Only wish the manga didn't fall off and become a boring shell of itself. If Chihayafuru counts as a sports anime due to being competitive karuta, then that's great too although I prefer the first three a bit more. Ao Ashi's probably the one sports anime in recent times that I have enjoyed and think is very good. Ashita no Joe's very good but can be too slow for me, don't think I'd be able to rewatch it with ease nowadays. Giant Killing isn't my favorite sports anime but it definitely is my favorite sports manga with the amount of content present there and how good it really is. |
| Haven't watched much but I could name: - Haikyuu!! - Baby Steps - Run with the Wind - Ballroom e Youkoso - Bakuten!! - Hinomaruzumou |
tchitchouan said: Favorite Sports Anime ? Ironically Most of my favorite sports Anime are not even tagged as sports on MAL, regardless they are mostly completely fictional sports. So I will just name a few.... To start, you got "Ben-To". An Anime that takes dinner seriously to a whole new type of level where you got gang type rivalries that literally violently fight over unsold bento boxes simply to get them for half price before the local supermarkets close. They abide by actual rules and there are clear winners and losers. An extremely violent sport where the prize is to simply fill their stomachs for dinner, fighting over a limited supply of leftover bento. Kind of odd not seeing a sports tag slapped to it on MAL. "Girls und Panzer" is literally an anime about a fictional tank battling sport called "Sensha-dΕ" AKA "Tankery". Where a bunch of cute Schoolgirls around the globe go to school and live on giant Aircraft carriers where the surface of these ships are converted into massive city like structures, battle other cute Schoolgirls around the globe that go to school and live on other giant Aircraft carriers where the surface of these ships are converted into massive city like structures to do tank battles in a sport that seems to be exclusively just for cute schoolgirls. This extremely dangerous sport utilizes various historical War tanks that were either used or constructed during the 1st World War to the Korean conflict in the 1950s, where they actually use live ammo too. Oddly just like "Ben-To", there is no sports tag slapped to it either. "Food Wars!" is another Anime that revolves around food and school just like "Ben-To". The difference here is "Food Wars!" turns the educational system on its head, where students go to a prestigious culinary arts school that commonly holds formal cooking battles between other students. Where the victors takes all and the losers can even face expulsion. Given the Anime is setup more like an extremely awkward and very unconventional battle Shounen with a mild hint of an annoying type of DBZ effect, this is the only reason why I would think this Anime franchise would not get a sports tag slapped to it on MAL. Given how unique this Anime is from any other type of battle Shounen where there is literally no actual violent combat, I find this one of the top sports Anime I have ever experienced watching in my life, regardless how crappy the final season was. After almost two decades, I finally got my hands recently on a decent enough copy of the original 'Initial D First Stage" from 1998 on an Officially released DVD set, where when I originally watched this Anime back in the early 2000s I simply wasn't lucky enough to complete all 26 episodes of the 1st season at the time (it was so long ago I don't even remember which episodes I missed watching). Again another Anime that does not have a sports tag slapped to it where this Anime literally is about street racing as a sport in Japan. This is probably my new #1 favorite Sports Anime of all time where I even dub the 1st season a Masterpiece in my own opinion. It helped to actually experience this Anime in the best quality I could get my hands on to really appreciate it's full value. No doubt, if one would try to consume this Anime as digitally converted shit streaming on any platform legal or otherwise, the experience would likely be beyond subpar at best. |
ColourWheelJun 1, 12:11 AM
| Captain Tsubasa, of course. I didn't watch many either. |
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| top 2 sports anime are Hajime no Ippo and Haikyuu. Imo everything else is wrong, but stuff like Eyeshield 21 or Prince of Tennis can be a spot of fun :) |
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| Chihayafuru, by a mile. Unless you count Eupho or 3-Gatsu no Lion.. |
| Kuroko no Basket, probably because it is my first sports anime I ever watched |
| The only sports anime I've seen in full, Yuri on Ice!!! |
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| mine would probably have to be how heavy are the dumbbells you lift and kuroko no basket |
| When I think about what one I would like to come back in fresh it will probably be Run with the Wind. It had refreshing characters you could relate to that aren't just more school children. A respect for the sport and the plot development felt very well paced. And looking at the rest of the sports anime on my list the ones I would like to revisit most are: Kuroko no Basket Inazuma Eleven Ahiru no Sora Blue Lock |
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| Not a big fan of this genre but if I had to pick one either Yuri on Ice or Sk8 the Infinity. The genre can get really repetitive for me. I much prefer the harem genre which is basically the same thing |
| "Bro, if you set your mind to it. You can jack off to anything." βββββ |
| Hanebado! Because badminton is the only sport I love and have a personal connection with. And I also love Ayano Hanesaki and impassioned volatile girls cut from her cloth, as well as extreme unapologetic melodramas, even ones bordering on satire or parodies, especially of the coming-of-age variety. |
I haven't seen that many sports anime, but from the ones I have seen, my answer is EASILY and BY FAR, The First Slam Dunk: |
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| Slam Dunk Ao ashi Medalist One outs Hajime no ippo Ace of diamond Eyeshield 21 Haikyuu Megalo box |
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| Not really a fan of this genre, but I really liked Chihayafuru, Kuroko no Basket and Yuri on Ice! |
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| Chihayafuru by a long long shot. Girls und Panzer Tsurune Mo Ippon |
| Slam Dunk (Not just my favorite of sports genre, my favorite in general) Haikyuu! Ahiru no Sora Ao Ashi A special mention for Days, I know it's not the best work based around football, but I liked it a lot and it brings me back good memories. |
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