I actually reviewed the first season of Tsurune a little over 4 years ago when it aired. I was, and am, a big fan of Sports anime and one about archery seemed particularly attractive to me in concept. I ended up liking the show quite a bit. I had forgotten just how beautiful it can…
Titles: Shakunetsu Kabaddi Genre: Sports!, school, comedy Episodes: 12 Studio: TMS Entertainment Yoigoshi Tatsuya is a prodigy. A genius athlete. And unstoppable force! Well, at least he is in soccer that is. But he quit that sport so now he’s just a dude. The thing is, guys like Yoigoshi want to win and sooner or…
Titles: BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story- Genre: Sports!, drama, crime, kinda yuri but not really Episodes: 13 Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures The Birdie Wing narrative is unnecessarily complicated if you ask me. Eve is this golf prodigy in some European country who was taught by a mysterious mentor. She now does golf scams and plays…
Titles: Dance Dance Danseur Genre: Sports!, dama, romance Episodes: 11 Studio: MAPPA Junpei is a manly boy. He does his best to take care of his mom and sister. At 14, he’s already well on his way to becoming a Jet Kune Do master under his uncle’s tutelage, and he’s surrounded by friends at school…
Titles: Ryman’s Club, Salaryman’s Club Genre: Sports!, workplace, Drama Episodes: 12 Studio: LIDENFILMS Mikoto is good a badmington. Not professional athlete good but still very good. Well, he can’t jump or play doubles but you know, he can smash pretty well and he’s impressively accurate when it comes to reading his opponent’s movements. Unfortunately, that…
Titles: Bakuten!!, Backflip!! Genre: Sports!, school, comedy, drama Episodes: 12 Studio: ZEXCS Shoutarou Futaba has never been great at sports. He was always good enough to make it on the team but once there, he generally just sits on the bench. He’s tried a few of them but nothing has ever quite been his spark….
Lately, I found myself really enjoying a number of manga that are not exactly well rated in aggregators. Hence the underrated statement in my title. I actually talked about Mama Akuma in a separate list post (I’m not sure if it will be published before this but if it is, I’ll try to remember to…
Titles: Sayonara Watashi no Cramer Genre: Sports!, school Episodes: 13 Studio: LIDENFILMS Things aren’t looking all that good for the Warabis. Their team has never really won anything and now they don’t even have any 3rd years. All the school’s funding and ressources are going to the boys’ team instead. Sure they’re champions but still….
Titles: Skate-Leading☆Stars Genre: Drama, Sports!, comedy Episodes: 12 Studio: J.C. Staff Maeshima is good at skating. He’s great in fact. But he swore he would never do it again because he never manage to beat his arch-rival Shinozaki. Actually, beat would be amazing. At this point, Maeshima would be happy just to have Shinozaki acknowledge…
Titles: RE-MAIN Genre: Comedu, drama, school, Sports! Episodes: 12 Studio: MAPPA Minato was set for greatness. At the end of his middle school career, he managed to become the best water polo player in all Japan, assuring him not just a cushy spot in an elite high school on a sports recommendation, but also a…
Titles: 2.43: Seiin Koukou Danshi Volley-bu Genre: Sports!, school, drama Episodes: 12 Studio: David Production As a small child Kimichika Haijima had to leave everything he knew behind when he moved to Tokyo. Including his best friend Yuni. But the two swore never to forget each other. It’s been over a decade now so will…
Titles: KazeTsuyo, Run with the Wind Genre: Sports!, comedy, drama, slice of life Episodes: 23 Studio: Production I.G Running is hard. It’s so hard! It’s one of the toughest physical activities you can do for any sustained amount of time. And it hurts like your whole body. The risk of injury is high and the…
This is going to be a bit of an odd post even by my standards. I really like the Haru meme. Do you guys know it. It’s basically this fairly innocent otaku meme that compares characters with similar archetypes to Haru from Free! Wait, this is going to explain it much better: I’m not sure…
Titles: Sangatsu no Lion 2, 3-gatsu no Lion 2, March comes in like a lion Season 2 Genre: Drama, Sports(?), Slice of Life Episodes: 22 Studio: Shaft Rei is still moving forward, trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life. But things are looking up. Not so long ago, Shogi was…
Titles: Grand Blue Genre: Comedy, Slice of Life, Sports(?) Episodes: 12 Studio: Zero-G Iori hasn’t seen his cousins in years. After all, they live by the ocean and helo their dada run a diving rental. It’s not easy to just hop in after school. But now that Iori is finally in college and manage to…