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Sep 27, 2023 7:24 AM
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My Stand Democracy has made just another poll. Which would y'all like to see more in anime?

I've been training and practicing Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling with my wife, his brothers, and my brother-in-law's students. I'm quite sad how Olympic wrestling barely ever appears in anime, nor even in the manga, which is quite funny since Japan's wrestling team is one of the most internationally dominant.

Still, though, there are more striking in anime fight scenes than there is grappling. Hokuto no Ken, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1 & 2, Dragon Ball (Z and Super), Saint Seiya, One Piece, Naruto (Shippuden), Boku no Hero Academia, and One Punch Man have, like, 95-100% striking in their fight scenes. It's also the same in some manga like Baki the ahem Grappler, Holyland, or Crows X Worst where the focus of the manga is mostly fighting. Even pro wrestling anime, like Tiger Mask or Kinnikuman, has more striking in its fight scenes than grappling. I would love to see animated grappling (especially wrestling) fight scene like that one fight in Shingeki no Kyojin.

Heck, All-Rounder Meguru and Teppuu are probably the only manga I know to display some arguably elaborate grappling fight scene. I'm not talking about Pro Wrestling. Pro Wrestlers are some of the toughest dudes on the planet, like Mick Foley, Haku, Triple H, Kenta Kobashi, Keiji Mutoh, or Stan Hansen, but not all of them are actually trained fighters. Paraphrasing Eric Butterbean's quotes: They are tough guys, but they are no trained fighters. They aren't like, say, Iron Sheik, the Steiner brothers, Ken Shamrock, Brock Lesnar, Bobby Lashley, Jack Swagger, Gabe Steveson, or especially, Kurt Angle who are/were actually legit wrestlers.
Gintoki and Joseph ftw!
Also, STR or DEX? Quality build, of course!
Sep 27, 2023 7:25 AM
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Definitely wrestling. We need more wrestling anime.
Sep 27, 2023 7:35 AM
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Definitely sumo. I want to hear my favourite seiyuus say “HAKKIYOI!NOKOTTA!NOKOTTA!NOKOTTA!NOKOTTA!NOKOTTA!” at the top of their lungs every 0.5 seconds
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Sep 27, 2023 10:50 AM
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Rarely do we see capoeiras in anime.
Sep 27, 2023 11:01 AM
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Kendo! I wish there was some well-animated kendo anime
Sep 27, 2023 11:09 AM
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I'd find it really funny to see a sumo focused anime.



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Sep 27, 2023 11:12 AM
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honestly, doesn't really matter. i think animation has waaaay more scope than to be restricted by simple punches and kicks. baki seems the bare minimum of what can be approved for an anime adaptation, any more grounded and it gets . . . boring.
let me explain using a none martial arts sports anime, haikyuu. as a semi-pro volleyball player myself, it exists in that sweet spot in between "yo . . . that was actually kinda real" and "yeah, this is definitely anime". i know how it feels to accidentally move faster than your rhythm and score a massive point, I also know that no crow is flying over me as I spike the ball into the ground.

I'm just saying, I think taking more liberties with the presentation while keeping the original intention is the way to go. as long as they do that, the nitty gritty doesn't really matter.
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Sep 27, 2023 11:26 AM
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I wish there was an anime about female sumo, I would love to see chubby girls getting beat up.

Sep 27, 2023 11:31 AM
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idc which one as long as it is interesting. before watching ippo i never thought a boxing anime could move me so much.

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Sep 27, 2023 12:17 PM

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As a lifelong pro wrestling fan, i'd love to see more wrestling anime. Maybe one where everything is treated as a work and the characters acknowledge kayfabe.

Especially one in the style of "Wanna be the Strongest in the World".
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Sep 27, 2023 12:30 PM
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Wing Chun. Its kind of like Kung Fu, but not
Sep 27, 2023 12:31 PM
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I wish there was an anime about female sumo, I would love to see chubby girls getting beat up.

@Jonas-K that is absolutely terrifying
Sep 27, 2023 12:40 PM

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Easily MMA , I personally find it more entertaining. Something like Baki but more fleshed out.
Sep 27, 2023 1:00 PM

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I think the answer here is Kengan Ashura which literally has all of these.
Sep 27, 2023 1:13 PM

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I want more fights organized in special places but with no rules and no style preferencers. Like in Baki, Kengan Ashura, Shuumatsu no Walkyre.
Sep 27, 2023 11:34 PM
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I think the answer here is Kengan Ashura which literally has all of these.
@Syrian187 Does it have Olympic Wrestling? If it does, does Olympic Wrestling have the respect it deserves?

The last time I see Olympic Wrestling, or Amateur Wrestling in a manga, was in Garoden, and it was far from pretty.
IAmOdieSep 27, 2023 11:48 PM
Gintoki and Joseph ftw!
Also, STR or DEX? Quality build, of course!
Sep 27, 2023 11:35 PM
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I want more fights organized in special places but with no rules and no style preferencers. Like in Baki, Kengan Ashura, Shuumatsu no Walkyre.
@Nemo_Niemand Ever tried reading Holyland?
Gintoki and Joseph ftw!
Also, STR or DEX? Quality build, of course!
Sep 27, 2023 11:47 PM
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As a lifelong pro wrestling fan, i'd love to see more wrestling anime. Maybe one where everything is treated as a work and the characters acknowledge kayfabe.

Especially one in the style of "Wanna be the Strongest in the World".
@TheBlockernator Wrestling has generally and universally been associated with Pro Wrestling. Heck, Pro Wrestling is what comes to people's mind when talking about Wrestling. Most Japanese Mangaka are among these people. You search Wrestling in either anime or manga sites, you will find a bunch of Pro Wrestling anime or manga there, aside of Tiger Mask or Kinnikuman.

MMA fans, casual or hardcore, are some of the people who would think about Olympic Wrestling when talking about Wrestling. Hiroki Endo and Moare Ota (and probably Kouji Mori) are Mangaka who are also MMA fans.

This is why instead of Pro Wrestling, I would love to see Olympic Wrestling anime, or at least anime that has legit wrestling scenes.
Gintoki and Joseph ftw!
Also, STR or DEX? Quality build, of course!
Sep 28, 2023 1:00 AM
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I'm in for anyone of them as long as it's centered around girls...
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Running, I don't recall watching or hearing about such an anime revolving it.
Sep 28, 2023 2:10 AM
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I wish there was an anime about female sumo, I would love to see chubby girls getting beat up.

@Jonas-K there is a manga rikijo about women sumo and a Jdramas, sumo do sumo don't
 

Oct 2, 2023 3:06 PM

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The first option from this list. But... not about actual one on one fights, ironically. Kata performances by women are so beautiful to watch, and as a result when i discovered rare cases of girls / young women met in real life since my teen years that happened to be karate students, i became heavily attracted by them, even if obviously they have always been out of my league like everyone else. So, a full anime series with this exact kind of focus, a female sensei and a ladies-only dojo would make me soooo happy.

Oct 2, 2023 3:07 PM

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i think I wanna see some taekwondo anime
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Oct 2, 2023 5:14 PM
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Judo, maybe...

Well, simply because I like Judo manga.

Nov 10, 2023 11:49 AM
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Isn't mixed martial arts just combition of all of the above? If so, then mixed.
Nov 13, 2023 7:10 AM
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Isn't mixed martial arts just combition of all of the above? If so, then mixed.
@Donkunsan Yes, but unless the martial arts or combat sports are discussed in detail like in Teppuu, I'd rather have it focused.
Gintoki and Joseph ftw!
Also, STR or DEX? Quality build, of course!
Nov 13, 2023 7:13 AM

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Muay Thai. To be honest, I don't have knowledge about any martial art whatsoever, nor do I know about the differences between them. But I have seen some clips and footages of people doing Muay Thai online, and it seems murderous lol. An anime on it would most definitely be interesting!

Nov 14, 2023 4:57 AM
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@Donkunsan Yes, but unless the martial arts or combat sports are discussed in detail like in Teppuu, I'd rather have it focused.
@IAmOdie True, but how come in mixed martial arts they mostly do kick boxing or is that something else?
Nov 14, 2023 5:29 AM

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Really want to see more Judo in anime. Even in baki there is not a judo user, which is kind of a shame.
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I want more MMA all those self defence techniques are fine and all but I feel that MMA is the most laxed.
Nov 17, 2023 8:42 AM
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@IAmOdie True, but how come in mixed martial arts they mostly do kick boxing or is that something else?
@Donkunsan Probably because striking is easier to draw than grappling.
Gintoki and Joseph ftw!
Also, STR or DEX? Quality build, of course!
Nov 17, 2023 2:48 PM

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I'm in for anyone of them as long as it's centered around girls...
Nobody wanna see men in anime..
@ryo-san ma man!

I literally have watched girls do sports crap that I never cared for. hell id even watch a soccer girls anime. pro lesring needs more
Nov 17, 2023 3:19 PM

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The correct answer is boob and butt sumo.






Nov 17, 2023 3:32 PM
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More sumo please. You'd think Japan of all places would have tons of sumo animes but instead you see a lot of baseball and soccer instead. I get it's mostly an older demographic who watches sumo but maybe anime can help bridge that gap to the younger generation.
Nov 17, 2023 4:12 PM

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Kendo. I fell in love with this sport thanks to Bamboo Blade ❤

Nov 17, 2023 5:17 PM

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Kendo. I fell in love with this sport thanks to Bamboo Blade ❤
@KitsuFrost

I enjoyed the anime. I don't remember if I finished it. I hope I did. Maybe I should rewatch some time. Maybe I also read some of the manga.

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I would say more kendo. Or fencing.
Nov 17, 2023 5:38 PM

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@KitsuFrost

I enjoyed the anime. I don't remember if I finished it. I hope I did. Maybe I should rewatch some time. Maybe I also read some of the manga.

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I would say more kendo. Or fencing.
@UnseenDude I am rewatching it slowly, and it's a watch experience I'm glad I had. The characters are really charismatic.

I wanna read it since the anime didn't adapt everything apparently.

A fencing anime would be the first one I guess. I don't think this sport was ever chosen before.

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@UnseenDude I am rewatching it slowly, and it's a watch experience I'm glad I had. The characters are really charismatic.

I wanna read it since the anime didn't adapt everything apparently.

A fencing anime would be the first one I guess. I don't think this sport was ever chosen before.
@KitsuFrost

Yeah. I think that's the reason why I was interested in the manga. The anime wasn't bad but it also wasn't super faithful to the manga and had a different feel.

And the characters are quite likeable, yeah.
Apr 3, 2024 1:29 AM
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More sumo please. You'd think Japan of all places would have tons of sumo animes but instead you see a lot of baseball and soccer instead. I get it's mostly an older demographic who watches sumo but maybe anime can help bridge that gap to the younger generation.
@Shrimp_Tail Hinomaru Zumou is the one manga you should read if you enjoy Sumo.
Gintoki and Joseph ftw!
Also, STR or DEX? Quality build, of course!
Apr 3, 2024 1:35 AM

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Yawara still left me wanting more women's judo anime, so obviously I need more of that. Mou Ippon kinda disappointed me, but I feel like there's gotta be something else that'll scratch that itch.
Apr 3, 2024 1:35 AM
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Running, I don't recall watching or hearing about such an anime revolving it.
@TheBerserker Lmao. Perhaps a mangaka or two should make a manga about Olympic sports. Japan, after all, is one of the most accomplished countries when it comes to Olympic.
Gintoki and Joseph ftw!
Also, STR or DEX? Quality build, of course!
Apr 3, 2024 1:38 AM

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Wretsling as long as it's only star females.

Apr 3, 2024 2:21 AM
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Wretsling as long as it's only star females.

@Spunkert I say no to Professional Wrestling as we have, like, 10 of them already, but Olympic Wrestling with female protagonist would probably be a good idea. Saori Yoshida and Yui Susaki are two of the most dominant female wrestlers in the world, and perhaps it would be nice if there is a mangaka or two who makes a manga based on either of them, or even both of them.
Gintoki and Joseph ftw!
Also, STR or DEX? Quality build, of course!

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