Best Sports Anime
| Sports in anime is not about the sport; it's about the TOURNAMENT ARCS! Who doesn't love tournament arcs? It's the bread and butter of Dragon Ball and many shounen after it. Instead of kids killing each other with superpowers, we get kids killing each other through sports. But which of these got the best tournament arcs? DISCLAIMER: I'm a person of GREAT TASTE. If your pick isn't on here then it just means it's trash. |
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| I have only watched Haikyuu!! and it will be my answer. |
| anime: one outs or diamond no ace manga: real |
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| Anime: Hajime no Ippo Manga: Slam Dunk |
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| 1. Ashita no Joe 2. Initial D 3. Hajime no Ippo 4. Even though I'm still on episode 80, it's definitely going to be slam dunk |
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| where is keijo, smh, that is the true best sports anime |
| Attack no1 clearly is the best, it was so good that it created a volleyball boom in japan and created some of the sports anime tropes. Also, it is based on a true story about a team of girls from a factory who had a crazy demon coach but they won 200 matches in a row and 10 of them girls won the gold at the olympics when japan was weak at volleyball. Its legacy is just too grand. |
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| Ping Pong is some miles better than any other sports anime. |
| If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time. Watch more movies, please. Perhaps, this is hell. |
| Anime: Chihayafuru, but I can accept Ping Pong being the best "objectively" speaking Manga: Hajime no Ippo |
| Not even watched a single one yet. Any opinions regarding where I should start? |
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Dragevard said: Sports in anime is not about the sport; it's about the TOURNAMENT ARCS! Nope, Haikyuu’s not about the tournaments… |
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| Diamond no ace for anime Slam Dunk fro manga. |
| "When they're alive, you can enjoy watching them struggle. When they're dead, you can enjoy tearing out their guts. Tales are things you get to enjoy twice." |
| I have only watched Haikyuu, and I enjoyed it, comedy was top |
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| I’ve only seen Haikyuu and Ping Pong, and they were both great, but I think I’ll go for Ping Pong |
| I've only watched Haikyuu so.... That's my answer |
| I only watched Haikyuu so I guess that my answer. |
There's no answer that could be more right. |
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| Tennis no Ouji-sama is definitely the best sports anime(imo) This poll is useless since most of the sport anime is underrated or unpopular in myanimelist compared to haikyuu. |
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| My favourite sports anime is one outs |
| hinomaru sumo or baby steps are my most favorite sports anime. sports is the only genre where i like most of the anime i have ever watched. it so safe genre |
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|| I know Haikyuu! will get the most votes because of how popular it is, but I implore everyone who hasn't already to go and watch Hajime no Ippo. Best early 2000's sports series and a great series even up to this day with its more recent seasons. I hope MAPPA and Madhouse come back together to do another season of the show (or just give the rights to MAPPA and let them go ham). |
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| I have to go with Kuroko no Basket. It was one of my first sports anime. And I also really liked the characters. I don’t think nothing could beat it for me. |
| Scorching Ping Pong Girls is better than every anime u listed |
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 "Hard work is worthless for those that don’t believe in themselves" - Naruto Uzumaki I rate by enjoyment |
| I have only seen Sk8 and Haikyuu which is on my watching rn, but I’ll say Sk8 |
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| Anime: Major (my vote) Manga: Slam Dunk |
| Haikyuu is really good but I wouldn't say its the best from that list. I voted for Run with the Wind. Not necessarily because I think its best but because I think its massively underrated as a really good sports anime. |
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| 1 - Long Riders! 2 - Uma Musume 3 - Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume 4 - Harukana Receive 5 - Chihayafuru |
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| I've only seen Ping Pong so I'll say that. It's a really good series anyways |
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Haikyuu is my favorite sports anime so far. good to see how it wins this poll^^ |
| Voted Ashita no Joe since it's one of my favorite anime ever. Chihayafuru and Major would be 2nd and 3rd respectively. |
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| no inazuma eleven, so probably kuroko. |
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| haikyuu best sports anime, for now at least |
| Anime: Ping Pong the Animation by a huge margin Manga: 1. Slam Dunk 2. 1/11 3. Ashita no Joe 4. Real 5. Touch |
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| Why does Baby Steps have only two votes smh |
| If purely about the sports itself, haikyuu is pretty good. However, Ping Pong goes above and beyond with its coming-of-age story about why they play the game and the deep dive into the psychological aspect of the players. Its not just the greatest sport anime but also one of the GOATs imo. |
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| Kansai Drifto (Initial D), Haikyuu, and Slamdunk. |
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| Definitely hajime no ippo. All other sports anime like haikyuu and kuroko no basket are just slice of life with a sports theme. |
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