Best sports
Hajime no Ippo
16.8%
55
Ashita no Joe
7.3%
24
Kuroko no Basket
7.0%
23
Slam Dunk
4.0%
13
Chihayafuru
4.3%
14
Haikyuu!!
17.4%
57
Ping Pong The Animation
12.2%
40
Prince of Tennis
1.5%
5
Baby Steps
0.9%
3
Yowamushi Pedal
0.6%
2
Over Drive
0.3%
1
Initial D
1.5%
5
Free!
2.8%
9
Air Gear
0.3%
1
Eyeshield 21
0.9%
3
Inazuma Eleven
1.5%
5
Cross Game
1.5%
5
Major
5.2%
17
One Outs
3.1%
10
Ace of Diamond
1.5%
5
Big Windup!
1.2%
4
Touch
1.2%
4
Other
6.7%
22
327 votes
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| Twitter and it's consequences had been a disaster for the human race |
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| Not gonna be a fair poll considering some of them like Major or Initial D aren't as watched as the others :/ My vote goes to Major for being a great sports anime, but not because it's a good show. If we're talking about the best show, my heart goes to Chihayafuru and Oofuri. |
ViolettSky said: Free!dom. |
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| Hajime no Ippo If only Slam Dunk had a full adaptation with some faster pacing here and there It would be my favorite, (but I still loved the anime regardless) |
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| • Chihayafuru was addicting as fuck but it fell off in the sequel despite getting more screentime for Wataya. It's like the show tried to rival Naruto Shippuden in the number of flashbacks and it wasn't better when they were about some minor characters that only appeared for like an episode or 2. • Haikyuu!! is really good. I got really attached to the characters over the course of the series and it was really fun to watch them play and pull off some crazy tricks. • Ping Pong has the best characters in all of the sports anime I got to watch. In this case it was more than just about the sport since it focused a lot more on the players than in any of the other series. The soundtrack really got me hyped for the games. • Baby Steps was okay. Slow pacing really made this hard to enjoy even though the MC was fast at learning the sport. I'll also never forget that CGI for the mob characters. • Yowamushi was almost as addicting as Chihayafuru but it just got ridiculous in the second season. Really slow and when they started to pull off some pseudo super powers it just got stupid and a hassle to get through. • Free! had some okay characters and drama. The swimming was fun to watch especially with KyoAni's high production value and the special episode in the second season was amazing. • Ace of Diamond has a huge cast and easily one of the most intense sports anime I got to watch. The end of the summer tournament left me breathless and the second season has been getting better and better over the last few episodes because the opponents have gotten more interesting to watch. So if I've hard to order them: • Ping Pong • Ace of Diamond • Haikyuu!! • Chihayafuru • Free! • Yowamushi Pedal • Baby Steps I've watched a bit of Slam Dunk and Initial D on TV but not enough to have an opinion on them. As for what is left on that list, I'm looking forward to watching Ashita no Joe, Hajime no Ippo and Cross Game. |
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| Ashita no Joe, hands down. |
| I'm really getting into sports anime, but chihayafuru was something really special to me personally. I even showed it to my mum and she loved it! it's an amazing anime. |
• Baby Steps was okay. Slow pacing really made this hard to enjoy even though the MC was fast at learning the sport. I'll also never forget that CGI for the mob characters. I started off really loving this show but it got slightly...too technical at one point. I'm struggling to understand the techniques in tennis that Maruo talks about while playing. • Ace of Diamond has a huge cast and easily one of the most intense sports anime I got to watch. The end of the summer tournament left me breathless and the second season has been getting better and better over the last few episodes because the opponents have gotten more interesting to watch. One of the better shows, although it's really slow... as in some matches take up to 10 episodes and it's not very consistent overall. • Yowamushi was almost as addicting as Chihayafuru but it just got ridiculous in the second season. Really slow and when they started to pull off some pseudo super powers it just got stupid and a hassle to get through. Yeah, same. Arakita saved second season from being completely ridiculous. |
| From the ones I've seen I'd say haikyuu was the most enjoyable and with the best characters, with knb and slam dunk in second place. I also absolutely LOVED one outs but I wouldn't really consider it a sports anime as much as it is a psychological mind game anime, so I personally can't compare it to the rest |
Raz1515 said: From the ones I've seen I'd say haikyuu was the most enjoyable and with the best characters, with knb and slam dunk in second place. I also absolutely LOVED one outs but I wouldn't really consider it a sports anime as much as it is a psychological mind game anime, so I personally can't compare it to the rest One outs is great except the anime is not conclusive at the end and overall, there's not much of a message to it. I agree, Haikyuu!! is one of the most enjoyable with the best cast, including antagonists like Nekoma and Aobajōsai. |
| Teekyuu and Ro Kyu Bu are my favourites (I don't really watch sports anime). |
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mayukachan said: Raz1515 said: From the ones I've seen I'd say haikyuu was the most enjoyable and with the best characters, with knb and slam dunk in second place. I also absolutely LOVED one outs but I wouldn't really consider it a sports anime as much as it is a psychological mind game anime, so I personally can't compare it to the rest One outs is great except the anime is not conclusive at the end and overall, there's not much of a message to it. True but I read the manga after where the anime left off so maybe that's what made me satisfied, but it would've been great if they actually continued the anime as well I agree, Haikyuu!! is one of the most enjoyable with the best cast, including antagonists like Nekoma and Aobajōsai. Exactly, the show made me love the other teams almost as much as the main team as well |
mayukachan said: I started off really loving this show but it got slightly...too technical at one point. I'm struggling to understand the techniques in tennis that Maruo talks about while playing. I agree. It needed less talking and more actions, too much explaining can get annoying. This is something that I liked in Diamond no Ace, it explains some of the terms and plays through showing and for the harder stuff you would have the journalist and his assistant explaining it. mayukachan said: One of the better shows, although it's really slow... as in some matches take up to 10 episodes and it's not very consistent overall. That's the reason I had trouble keeping up in the first season but some of the scenes in a game can sometimes make up for it. |
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| Hajime no Ippo....I mean really, Takamura is one of the best characters out there. |
| Big Order (TV):great anime or greatest anime? |
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Cratusg said: Those who haven't seen Cross game have missed the best sports anime. If you want an anime with feels. Check it out. One of the most underrated animes of all time I don't wanna see some melodramatic shit, I wanna see metrosexuals going at each other with testosterone filled action. |
 All credit goes to Sacred. |
FireEmblemIke24 said: I don't want to see metrosexuals going at each other with testosterone shit. I want to see melodramatic shiteCratusg said: Those who haven't seen Cross game have missed the best sports anime. If you want an anime with feels. Check it out. One of the most underrated animes of all time I don't wanna see some melodramatic shit, I wanna see metrosexuals going at each other with testosterone filled action. |
| Twitter and it's consequences had been a disaster for the human race |
| Major. Made me care for a sport that I don't give a shit before. Goro <3 |
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Remv_quevav said: FireEmblemIke24 said: I don't want to see metrosexuals going at each other with testosterone shit. I want to see melodramatic shiteI don't wanna see some melodramatic shit, I wanna see metrosexuals going at each other with testosterone filled action. The melodrama is there, it's when the MC's team loses in horrific fashion and you see the despair on the kids' faces. You don't need anything else. |
All credit goes to Sacred. |
| I loved all the sports anime i watched, but ippo is the one i think is the best |
| Hajime no Ippo definitely. Most exciting sports anime ever made, with excellent OST that I've listened to repeatedly because they are somewhat addicting. |
 (っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥ |
 BY FAR, Next question |
| It is so dense. Every single image has so many things going on. |
RayAdha said: Yeah man ippo is the shitHajime no Ippo definitely. Most exciting sports anime ever made, with excellent OST that I've listened to repeatedly because they are somewhat addicting. Btw who is that girl in your avatar |
| I voted KnB because I'm pretty much obligated to at this point, but I'd like to make a case for Free! just because. To me Free! doesn't get enough respect as a sport anime. Beyond the fanservice.... which is really just guys in performance swimwear and that's something people will watch for hours on end every 4 years..... Free! is a phenomenal story. The uncertainty of the future lurks in the back of many a high schooler's mind is an extremely relatable theme and is something most sport anime never get near. So many people have looked at others finding their way or at the very least finding a means while they get left behind as the end of the protected high school life draws near. It's a theme that lets the tone shift from very happy to extremely dark whenever that reality attempts to set in and you can believe that Haru would get that sinking feeling in his gut when he's reminded of it. Sport is always used in real life as means of educating life lessons, an escape from the rest of reality, and something to pass the time. In most entertainment media sport is often used to communicate those same life lessons and to inspire with an underdog story. But Free! uses sport differently, it's characters are people you can find participating in any sport club or team, it uses a traditionally solo sport to bring all of those people together and shows them growing as people with the help from everyone around them. Free! realistically could have replaced swimming with just about anything else, but the amount of time spent during the meets gives just enough action, suspense, while giving certain characters the "drive" or means for their development. Everything about it just worked amazingly well. |
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| Major, because Major is the best sports anime there is. I think baseball is the most boring ass sport to watch ever, but Major's take on it was amazing. It actually made me appreciate a sport that I never would've enjoyed. Then I would say Hajime no Ippo, the first season was the better of the 3 seasons. Although takamura's fights were so amazing. Then Eyeshield 21 because it was such a fun watch.(Although the show's pattern was really annoying, and the author just kept creating bullshit scenarios and ass pulls for other characters.) I'm mehhh on prince of tennis. And slam dunk... I kind of gave up on it 81 eps in. Slow pacing is slow. The red haired main character never really gets good... :/? Also I heard the ending to be inconclusive. I loved the comedy tho. |
| No Captain Tsubasa = Fail poll. |
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| I feel like prince of tennis doesn't get enough respect |
VivaLaGin said: Kruzy said: • Ping Pong has the best characters in all of the sports anime I got to watch while the main guy is special, every other character in ping pong can be found in many other sports animez. (they just look different) true. NeoAnkara said: No Captain Tsubasa = Fail poll. ^ |
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| The lack of Hikaru no Go is offensive, but I gotta give you some credits for including Oofuri, Baby Steps, Air Gear, Over Drive, and many other older series. Based off your list, I would rank them as such : 1. Ookiku Furikabutte 2. Baby Steps 3. Eyeshield 21 4. Air Gear 5. Ping Pong the Animation 6. Cross Game 7. Major 8. Chihayafuru 9. Overdrive 10. Initial D 11. Touch 12. Prince of Tennis 13. Free 14. Kuroko no Basket 15. Yowamushi Pedal 16. Ace of Diamond 17. Haikyuu Series I kind of dropped/indefinitely on-hold: Hajime no Ippo Slam Dunk Inazuma Eleven One Outs Haven't watch: Ashita no Joe |
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| Haikyuu!! is my favorite, free! and Kuroko no Basket come right after it. |
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| Also, ES21 is great. Not the anime, but the manga has one of the best art I've ever seen in ANY manga. It's dynamic, rich, detailed and crisp - just the way any sports manga should be. Cratusg said: Those who haven't seen Cross game have missed the best sports anime. If you want an anime with feels. Check it out. One of the most underrated animes of all time I love Cross Game, but it's weak in the sports aspect. It's literally one kid with a super fast fastball beating all the other teams. Waifusexual said: I feel like prince of tennis doesn't get enough respect It's unrealistic and lengthy. I dunno. People on this site don't give credit to the unrealistic shows like KnB and PoT ibear said: I voted KnB because I'm pretty much obligated to at this point, but I'd like to make a case for Free! just because. To me Free! doesn't get enough respect as a sport anime. Beyond the fanservice.... which is really just guys in performance swimwear and that's something people will watch for hours on end every 4 years..... Free! is a phenomenal story. The uncertainty of the future lurks in the back of many a high schooler's mind is an extremely relatable theme and is something most sport anime never get near. So many people have looked at others finding their way or at the very least finding a means while they get left behind as the end of the protected high school life draws near. It's a theme that lets the tone shift from very happy to extremely dark whenever that reality attempts to set in and you can believe that Haru would get that sinking feeling in his gut when he's reminded of it. Sport is always used in real life as means of educating life lessons, an escape from the rest of reality, and something to pass the time. In most entertainment media sport is often used to communicate those same life lessons and to inspire with an underdog story. But Free! uses sport differently, it's characters are people you can find participating in any sport club or team, it uses a traditionally solo sport to bring all of those people together and shows them growing as people with the help from everyone around them. Free! realistically could have replaced swimming with just about anything else, but the amount of time spent during the meets gives just enough action, suspense, while giving certain characters the "drive" or means for their development. Everything about it just worked amazingly well. I fully agree with you. |
MayukaSep 25, 2015 5:03 PM
| I like Ping Pong and all, but my vote(and heart) goes to Ashita no Joe! |
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| Hajime no Ippo Haikyuu!! Air Gear |
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mayukachan said: The special moves in the beginning of PoT were nice and cool like the twist serve, but hundred episodes later they started to throw tornadoes at each other which I found extremely ridiculous and the matches weren't enjoyable at all.It's unrealistic and lengthy. I dunno. People on this site don't give credit to the unrealistic shows like KnB and PoT |
jayss said: mayukachan said: The special moves in the beginning of PoT were nice and cool like the twist serve, but hundred episodes later they started to throw tornadoes at each other which I found extremely ridiculous and the matches weren't enjoyable at all.It's unrealistic and lengthy. I dunno. People on this site don't give credit to the unrealistic shows like KnB and PoT Good for comedy, at least~ I found the unrealistic matches enjoyable sometimes. It's just lazy writing though. |
| Can't pick, tied between a lot of anime: Major Slam Dunk Eyshield 21 Haikyuu |
jayss said: mayukachan said: The special moves in the beginning of PoT were nice and cool like the twist serve, but hundred episodes later they started to throw tornadoes at each other which I found extremely ridiculous and the matches weren't enjoyable at all.It's unrealistic and lengthy. I dunno. People on this site don't give credit to the unrealistic shows like KnB and PoT Actually, it's much worse than that, we got players that can take away your senses. In the "New Prince of Tennis" anime, there is a player who's ability is the ability to kill his opponent through tennis. Also, Ryouma's Drive B is a an ass-scratching move. Oh good old PoT At least it didn't feel like the authors were serious about it, they were probably laughing with us. |
| 1. Haikyuu!! - my favorite sports anime. It's just great though I'm not really into volleyball. Great cast, intense matches, Hinata-Kageyama duo, just love it. 2. Kuroko no Basket. Amazing anime, great characters and story. And also masterpiece animation and openings. Hating it at beggining but at the end of 1st season began to love it. Matches were wonderful, never got bored watching them. 3. Ping Pong, great and very diffrent from other sports anime. Good psychological content and story. 4. Slam Dunk. Currently I'm at 80 ep. Really liked it, it'd like it more if pacing would be better, damn, one match takes 7 episodes, it's boring. I love everything about this anime expect matches. Story is damn good, characters lovely. This anime made me laugh so hard at times, especially at the beginning. Pity pacing is so slow. |
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| Prince of Tennis is supposed to be crazy and above all else fun. |
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mayukachan said: It's unrealistic and lengthy. I dunno. People on this site don't give credit to the unrealistic shows like KnB and PoT In a way, an unrealistic sports anime is just a lack of connection between the authors and the sport they are writing about. With enough passion and knowledge for a sport, there are many interesting aspects about the sport you can write about that is in the realistic realm or at least close to it (e.g. Major's gyroball). PoT started off with the likes of twist serve, which is why it was quite good in the beginning but it just sortof become a joke later on. KnB was quite consistently unrealistic, albeit not as much as PoT (in its latter half). It all comes down to the fact that these are real sports, and being a story that could relate to the real actual sport is definitely a plus. |
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