Top 40 Sports Animes to Watch in 2022

The popularity of anime in sports is a major part of globalization and pop culture. There is plenty for anime fans who love sports. Check out some of the best sports anime we’ve curated for you. These videos can be found on Crunchyroll and Netflix as well as Amazon Prime Video. This list contains some of the greatest sports anime ever made.

Sports anime is a captivating, engaging, and thrilling form of animation. Everybody is fascinated by athletes and sports. Combine this fantastic entertainment with the stunning visuals of animation, and you’ll be unable to take your eyes off it.

We have compiled a list of the top anime sports to help you hit hard and go fast so that you can beat all your competition.

40. Captain Tsubasa

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  • Director: NA
  • Writer: Yōichi Takahashi
  • Cast: Takuya Sato, Yûko Sanpei
  • IMDb Ratings 8.3
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Nearly all of the time I spend on soccer. Captain TsubasaThis is the story of a passionate elementary school student. Tsubasa Olozera (11 years old) started playing soccer at the age of 11. Although it was a hobby for many of his friends, it soon became an obsession for him.

Tsubasa’s elementary school career aims to play soccer, so he moves with his mother to Nankatsu cityThe area is well-known for its outstanding elementary school soccer teams. Nankatsu was the best in his home town, but now he faces stiffer competition and will need all his skills and talents.

In addition to rivals, Tsubasa makes friends such as Sanae Nakazawa, who shares Tsubasa’s passion and will prove a dear friend who helps him achieve his dreams.

39. Prince Of Stride: Other

  • Director: Atsuko Ishizuka
  • Writer: Taku Kishimoto
  • Cast: Ryohei Kimura, Nobuhikmoto
  • IMDb Ratings 6.6
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

The anime’s main protagonists are Nana and Takeru. Stride, an extreme sport is their favorite. They tried to join the stride clubs but were told they didn’t exist.

Nana and Takeru set up a team. They then prepare for the End Of Summer competition. Riku Yagami (a first-year student who excelled in athleticism) was then recruited.

38. Days

Days
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  • Director: Kōnosuke Uda
  • Writer: Kōnosuke Uda
  • Cast: Takuto Yoshinaga, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
  • IMDb Ratings 7.3
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Despite his clumsiness and shyness, Tsukushi Tsukamoto is the favorite prey of his school’s bullies. Seiseki High School is home to Sayuri, his childhood best friend. He decides to go to Seiseki High School to learn how to avoid these problems and to start over.

But why did his plan fail so badly? Bad people are everywhere, and you can’t run away from them. It is best to remain firm. Someone else did it for Tsukushi since he couldn’t. Jin did it. They began their careers as soccer players.

37. Baby Steps

Baby Steps
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  • Director: Masahiko Murata
  • Writer: Katsuhiko Chiba
  • Cast: Taishi Murata, Minako Kotobuki
  • IMDb Ratings 7.8
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Baby Steps can also be adapted manga-style. Eiichirou, a student and tennis player. His life revolves around academics as well as athletics. Like most people, his academics always come first. He doesn’t love studying, but he believes it is the right thing.

Natsu, a first-year student, dreams of being a professional tennis player. He meets him and he shatters all of his beliefs. He enjoys tennis and is steadily working towards mastering it.

36. Amanchu!

Amanchu!
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  • Director: Junichi Sato
  • Writer: Deko Akao
  • Cast: Eri Suzuki, Ai Kayano
  • IMDb Ratings 6.8
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Futaba was the exact same. She couldn’t turn her gaze from the water and imagined all the possibilities it held. After being spotted diving in her area, she decided to join the group.

Hikari is Hikari’s first partner. With Hikari’s passion for diving, she gets involved with her school’s diving club as well. She is open to all layers and all levels of diving.

35. Ace Of Diamond

 Ace of Diamond
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  •  Director: Mitsuyuki Masuhara
  • Writer: Kenji Konuta
  • Cast: Nobunaga Shimazaki, Natsuki Hanae
  • IMDb Ratings 8.2
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Eijun Sawamura’s final middle school baseball game is lost due to a stray pitch that completely missed the batter. Nevertheless, Eijun’s team vows to make it to the national tournament once he is in high school, humiliated by this defeat.

Then, a scout recognizes the potential in his unusual pitching style and invites him to Tokyo’s highly regarded Seidou High School.

After being supported and encouraged by his teammates, Eijun accepts the offer. Eijun struggles to find a position on the team, with so many skilled players.

Satoru Furuya, a fellow first-year pitcher, has his breakneck fastballs, which earned him a coveted spot on the starting lineup, so he says that he will be the team’s Ace one day but only if he doesn’t beat him first.

34. Doomben

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  • Director: Nippon Animation
  • Writer: Shinji Mizushima
  • Cast: Hideyuki Tanaka, Tessho Genda
  • IMDb Ratings 6.2
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Doomben, a Japanese film, depicts the struggles of high-school baseball teams. Dokaben, in Japanese, means bento box. Tarou Yamada is Tarou Yamada’s main character and she loves bento box. This is how the series got its name.

33. Kyojin No. Hoshi (Star of the Giants).

Kyojin no Hoshi (Star of the Giants)
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  • Director: Tadao Nagahama
  • Writer: NA
  • Cast: Tōru Furuya, Seizō Katō
  • IMDb Ratings 7
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

This manga is unique among sports manga. Star of the GiantsHe has been adopted to television. Hyuuga, a young pitcher whose dream is to play in the big-leagues like his father is the main character of this anime.

32. Buzzer Beater

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  • Director: Shigeyuki Miya
  • Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
  • Cast: Fujiko Takimoto, Sanae Kobayashi
  • IMDb Ratings 6.5
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

There’s nothing crazier than humans and aliens playing basketball together, so if you thought it couldn’t get any stranger, then you’re wrong. Intergalactic Basketball is a truly unique and extraordinary concept.

31. Dear Boys (Hoop Days).

Dear Boys (Hoop Days)
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  • Director: Susumu Kudo
  • Writer: NA
  • Cast: Kōhei Kiyasu, Masaya Matsukaze
  • IMDb Ratings 6.3
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Dear Boys is another shounen animation which tells the story of a high school basketball team trying to succeed. Aikawa Kazuhiko, a former team captain, now lives in another. city. He is surrounded by disillusioned colleagues. Is it possible for him to motivate his teammates and keep them motivated to practice again?

30. Dash! Kappei

Dash! Kappei
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  • Director: Masayuki Hayashi 
  • Writer: Noboru Tokuda
  • Cast: Mayumi Tanaka, Mizuho Tsushima
  • IMDb Ratings 6.9
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

This anime series is an old ecchi series that follows Kappei, a high school student, as he journeys to become a basketball player. This anime series could appeal to fans of anime from the 80s, with its beautiful art style.

29. Basquash!

Basquash!
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  • Director: Shōji Kawamori
  • Writer: Tatsuo Satō
  • Cast: Hiro Shimono, Yuichi Nakamura
  • IMDb Ratings 7
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Basquash! Basquash! This anime is intended for basketball fans who also enjoy sci-fi and mecha.

28. Ace Wo Nerae (Aim to Ace!)

Ace Wo Nerae! (Aim for the Ace!)
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  • Director: Osamu Dezaki
  • Writer: Sumika Yamamoto
  • Cast: Makoto Kousaka, Kôji Nakata
  • IMDb Ratings 7.1
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

The series’s protagonist is Hiromi Oka, a high-schooler who aspires to become a tennis player as great as the Ace of their school, Reika Ryuuzaki. There are 18 volumes of the manga series. It was also developed into an animated movie and a live action movie. There are also two OAVs.

A large part of the series focuses on the protagonist’s training, relationships, and friendships. Hiromi is faced with many challenges as she goes from being a rookie to becoming an Ace. These include jealousy among her classmates and choosing between career or love.

27. Teekyuu

Teekyuu
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  • Director: Shin Itagaki
  • Writer: Shin Itagaki
  • Cast: Ryō Hirohashi, Megumi Toyoguchi
  • IMDb Ratings 8
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Teekyu, a Japanese tennis anime, is currently airing. It is based on a manga with the same name.. Multiple seasons of this anime have aired since 2012, each lasting 12 episodes, with a running time of 2 minutes per episode.

Softenni’s series is not centered around tennis like Softenni’s above. The club is made up of four girls who have wacky adventures. It’s a comedy rollercoaster that moves fast and non-stop, so if you’re just looking for a quick laugh, you’ll probably find it here.

26. Softengi

Softengi
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  • Director: Ryouki Kamitsubov
  • Writer: Ryouki Kamitsubo
  • Cast: Ryō Hirohashi, Megumi Toyoguchi
  • IMDb Ratings 8
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Softenni originally ran as a manga series from 2008 to 2011. It aired in 2011, and is a brief anime.. This story follows Asuna Harukaze, a middle school student pursuing the National Championship in soft tennis.

The anime isn’t a tennis series. It’s a comedy about fan-service that includes nudity along with innuendo and ridden dialogue. So naturally, tennis fans aren’t likely to take it seriously, but if you like that kind of thing, you’ll probably enjoy it.

25. Fighting Spirit (Hajime No Ippo)

Fighting Spirit (Hajime No Ippo)

  • Director: Satoshi Nishimura
  • Writer: Tatsuhiko Urahata
  • Cast: Steve Staley, Richard Epcar, D.C. Douglas
  • IMDb: 8.7
  • Rotten Tomatoes: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Hajime No Ippo’s anime is full of action. High school student Ippo Makunouchi is bullied despite his kindness and quiet. He is determined to make an impression on the world, despite being bullied.

He is bullied, and then rescued from Takamura Mamoru (a fighter boxer), who exposes him to the brutal world of boxing. Ippo has to endure many hardships to achieve his goals and train harder. Amazing fan service.

Jim no Ippo, a great storyteller, has great grit and great action. It will make you shiver and leave an indelible impression.

24. Bamboo Blade 

Bamboo Blade 

  • Director: Shishō Igarashi
  • Writer: Hideyuki Kurata
  • Cast: Ryō Hirohashi, Megumi Toyoguchi
  • IMDb Ratings 7.4
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Kojirou teaches Kendo at Munroe High School. He is broke. However, there is an unexpected opportunity for him: his team must beat his senpai’s team for the prize of free meals for the entire year! Is it simply a matter of finding qualified women who are willing and able to join the kendo group?

23. Air Gear

Air Gear
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  • Director:Hajime Kamegaki
  • Writer: Chiaki J. Konaka
  • Cast: Kenta Kamakari, Mariya Ise
  • IMDb Ratings 7.2
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Itsuki is a typical teenager who fights on the streets. “Ikki”Minami is just like any other. Later, Minami discovers a futuristic, futuristic skateboard, an Air Trek, and a badge belonging to the Sleeping Forest gang. He is thrown into the chaotic but thrilling world of street racing with Air Trek.

22. Ookiku Furikabutte

Ookiku Furikabutte
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  • Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
  • Writer: Yōsuke Kuroda
  • Cast: Yuichi Nakamura, Tsubasa Yonaga
  • IMDb Ratings 7.7
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Big Windup!, often shortened to just Ōfuri, is another Japanese baseball-themed sports anime series. Ren Mihashi is Okiku Furikabutte’s star with his team.. The brilliant but selfish catcher Abe will have to coax Ren from his shell so that he can rise to greatness as a diamond in the rough pitcher.

A high school baseball player’s dream is to stand on the legendary field of Koushien Stadium one day. They want to climb Mount Fuji, but they will have to face bigger teams from more prestigious schools.

21. Cross Game

Cross Game
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  • Director: Osamu Sekita
  • Writer: Michihiro Tsuchiya
  • Cast: Akemi Kanda, Megumi Toyoguchi
  • IMDb Ratings 8.2
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Kou Kitamura, despite public disinterest, still dreams of being the best baseball player.

His hitting skills have been amazing. His neighbor is a natural genius in pitching. He secretly practices pitching in order to be like her. The real question is whether he is brave enough to pursue his dreams.

Cross Game is full of romance, comedy and drama. Cross Game will teach how to appreciate the little things, and help you to love baseball. It is a great experience, which I highly recommend.

20. One out

One Out
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  • Director: Yuzo Sato
  • Writer: Hideo Takaashiki
  • Cast: Tsutomu Isobe, Masato Hagiwara
  • IMDb Ratings 8.3
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Japan is a baseball-mad nation so anime about the sport is not surprising. One Out is one my favorites.

We follow Toa Tokuchi’s dizzying story about his life as an ace pitcher. His personal struggles revolve around betting baseball talent.

One Out isn’t boring. You’ll be begging for more episodes with its gorgeous graphics, psychological elements, and sports activities. Watch this anime, and you won’t regret it.

19. Ping Pong is Animation

Ping Pong the Animation
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  • Director: Masaaki Yuasa
  • Writer: Masaaki Yuasa
  • Cast: Aaron Dismuke, Kōki Uchiyama
  • IMDb Ratings 7.8
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll & Netflix

Another anime series is Ping Pong the Animation. This mantra is used by Makoto Takimoto to keep himself motivated in intense pingpong/table tennis matches, and daily life.

The two boys have grown up together playing ping pong nearly every day, and Makoto and Yutaka Hoshino, nicknamed Smile and Peco, don’t fight alone. Peco wants to be the best player at table tennis worldwide, while Smile lacks ambition.

Japan’s high school students take part in the interhigh table tennis tournament. Only the top players can compete for national and international recognition.

This is my favorite anime about sports.

18. Giant Killing

gaint killing

  • Director: Yuu Kou
  • Writer: Toshifumi Kawase
  • Cast: Michiko Neya, Shin-ichiro Miki
  • IMDb Ratings 7.8
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Japan’s top soccer league has been hard on East Tokyo United (ETU) for many years. Their greatest challenge has been relegation. Five consecutive losses have eroded the team spirit. According to local authorities, the municipality will withdraw its support.

Fans too have quit the team. ETU’s decline can be attributed to the firings and poor financial decisions when it comes to hiring players.

In response to Kousei Gotou’s pressure, the board hires Takeshi Tatsumi, a bit eccentric. Tatsumi, a great soccer player who left ETU many years ago, is now a board member. However, since then, he has proven himself successful as the manager of one of England’s lower division amateur teams.

17. Initial D: Extra Stage 2

Initial D Extra Stage 2
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  • Director: Tsuneo Tominaga
  • Writer: Yumi Kakazu
  • Cast: Michiko Neya, Shin-ichiro Miki
  • IMDb Ratings 7.5
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

This anime series is about Japanese street racing. This wasn’t possible in the main series. Mako Sato, Koichiro Itetani, can close their chapter. There is a twist in this installation, which I will share with you now, but the ending isn’t revealed here.

16. Beyblade 

Beyblade
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  • Director: Toshifumi Kase
  • Writer: Kazuhiko Soma
  • Cast: David Reale, Daniel DeSanto
  • IMDb Ratings 6.9
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll & Netflix

The anime series for sports ‘Beyblade’It was one the most loved shows in the world. Everyone enjoyed it. Like “Pokemon”This anime is great for children because it is all about friendship, trust, and respect. The anime’s protagonist is Tyson Granger, a thirteen-year-old boy.

Ray Kon and Kai Hiwatari were his closest friends. Max Tate and his team are the main characters. They strive to be among the best Beyblayders worldwide. This is what children love.

15. Yuri!!! On ICE

Yuri!!! On ICE
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  • Director: Sayo Yamamoto
  • Writer: Sayo Yamamoto
  • Cast: Jerry Jewell, Junichi Suwabe
  • IMDb Ratings 8.3
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

This sports anime series doesn’t stand alongside mainstream sports like baseball or football in the minds of many, but it’s still incredibly physically demanding.

Yuuri Katsuki, once Japan’s most promising figure skater, is taken aback by his humiliating defeat at the Grand Prix Finale and returns home to assess his future options.

Yuuri’s mentor’s sudden appearance at his house was Victor himself. Yuuri, his biggest fan, gladly accepts Victor’s offer, and begins his journey to return to the international music scene. You can watch the entire show again to see the skating scenes.

14. Cheer Boys!!

Cheer Boys!!

  • Director: Ai Yoshimura
  • Writer: Reiko Yoshida
  • Cast: Takeo Ōtsuka, Hideaki Kabumoto
  • IMDb Ratings 6.7
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll & Netflix

Kakeru Kuhara, a former Sendai Josei High School ace-runner, was arrested for shoplifting from a convenience. The university’s judo club was also losing its best friend, Kazuma Hashimoto, at the same time. Kazuma has created a groundbreaking activity with only male cheerleaders.

This plan was even planned by Kazuma, despite Haruki’s protests. Despite Haruki’s resistance, Haruki creates a team for his friend and it succeeds. Despite the gender-specific associations of cheerleading, prejudices, challenges, and self-doubts associated with it, Haruki and Kazuma continue to establish the Breakers, Meishiin University’s first all-male cheerleading team, through sheer determination and support from the new members of the club. This anime is filled full of character development.

13. Run With the Wind

Run With the Wind
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  • Director: Kazuya Nomura
  • Writer: Kohei Kiyasu
  • Cast: Takeo Ōtsuka, Hideaki Kabumoto
  • IMDb Ratings 8.4
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll & Netflix

Kakeru Kurahara was the former ace runner at Sendai Josei High School. He was arrested for shoplifting from a convenience store. He meets Haiji Kiyose, a fellow student, despite being part of a high school team that included novice runners. Kakeru declines the offer after he lost his apartment deposit at a mahjong Parlor.

Kakeru’s welcoming party is interrupted by Haiji’s revelation of the apartment’s true identity: it’s the dormitory of the Kansei University Track Club. In the Hakone Ekiden, he reveals his ultimate goal in one of Japan’s most prestigious relay races.

12. Major

Major

  • Director: Ken’ichi Kasai
  • Writer: Takuya Mitsuda
  • Cast: Showtaro Morikubo, Kentarō Itō
  • IMDb Ratings 8.2
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll & Netflix

Gorou Honda, a young fanatic of baseball, has always admired Shigeharu. As a son of a professional baseball player, Gorou aspires to follow in his father’s footsteps.

After an elbow injury, Shigeharu is forced from the team. He is then overcome with despair. Shigeharu then regrets his decision and decides to give up his position as a pitcher to take up the bat.

Gorou is now more motivated than ever to make his mark in the Japanese Little League.

11. Yowamushi Pedal

Yowamushi Pedal
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  • Director: Osamu Nabeshima
  • Writer: Reiko Yoshida
  • Cast: Showtaro Morikubo, Kentarō Itō
  • IMDb Ratings 6.8
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll & Netflix

Nakamichi Onoda is an enthusiastic otaku looking forward to joining his new school’s anime club and meeting new classmates. He decides to join the bicycle racing club, after his old school was disbanded.

Shunsuke is a determined cyclist trying to climb the steep hill at school. Onoda meets him. The anime club’s president, Imaizumi, is surprised by Onoda’s ability to race his bicycle up the hill and proposes that he join the club if he wins.

10. Free!

Free!
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  • Director: Hiroko Utsumi
  • Writer: Masahiro Yokotani
  • Cast: Kenshô Ono, Yoshimasa Hosoya
  • IMDb Ratings 7.4
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll & Netflix

Iwatobi Swim Club Free! is a well-known anime in the sports anime community. Swimming is Haruka Nanase’s passion, and she loves the water. He competed in a relay race with three of his classmates from elementary school: Rin Nagisa Haiki, Iwatobi Swim Club and him. He won Makoto Takibana.

The tournament was won by the four friends. They reunited as high school students years later, but Rin didn’t want to go back to the way it was.

After their bitter reunion Haruka Nagisa, Makoto and Makoto decided to form the Iwatobi Swim Club. One more person will be required to compete in this tournament. In the days leading up to the competition, the four bond while training intensely to win the match and end Haruka and Rin’s animosity.

9. Kuroko’s Basketball

Kuroko's Basketball
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  • Director: Shunsuke Tda
  • Writer: Noburo Takagi
  • Cast: Kenshô Ono, Yoshimasa Hosoya
  • IMDb Ratings 8.3
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll & Netflix

Another great anime about sports! There are 75 episodes of Kuroko no Basuke so that you can binge to your heart’s content. Every year, a high-school basketball team attempts to qualify for the Interhigh Championship.

Two freshmen are recruited by Seirin High School’s basketball team. They are Tetsuya Kagami and Taiga Kagami. Kagami, who recently returned to Japan from the U.S. has a natural talent and a passion for basketball. Kuroko, however, is not athletically gifted.

8. Hane Bado!

Hane Bado!
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  • Director: Shinpei Ezaki
  • Writer: Taku Kishimoto
  • Cast: Hitomi Ōwada, Miyuri Shimabukuro
  • IMDb Ratings 6.3
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Nagisa Aragaki’s love for her sport begins to fade as she suffers a crushing defeat at the National Junior Badminton Tournament. Her fear of losing leads to her high school badminton team becoming terrified.

Because of her exhausting drills, some members left the club. Badminton’s future looks very grim as many members leave the game and new members refuse membership due to their fear.

Kentarou Takibana is the new head coaching. He has yet to be named. Ayano Haisaki, his secret weapon, defeated Nagisa seven year ago. Nagisa, however, doesn’t remember her rival as she did. She recalls instead a girl who was conflicted by badminton, but wanted to be far away.

To save Kitakomachi High School’s badminton team, Nagisa must face her fears of inadequacy, heal the wounded heart of a rival, and find a way to overcome her insecurities.

7. Try Knights

Try Knights
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  • Director: Tadayoshi Sasaki
  • Writer: Makoto Takada
  • Cast: Shogo Sakamoto, Seiji Maeda
  • IMDb Ratings 6
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

This anime is about Riku, a Rugby player. The teenager is completely aimless when he enters highschool. He didn’t have a goal to achieve, nor did he have any plans for his life.

He was passionate about rugby, but he suppressed it. Akira Kariya was playing Rugby at the time he met him on campus.

6. Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl

Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl
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  • Director: Hiroko Tokita
  • Writer: Toshiki Inoue
  • Cast: Yûko Minaguchi, Ichirô Nagai
  • IMDb Ratings 7.5
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

The female protagonist of this sports anime series’s main character is Yawara Inokuma. Yowara’s grandfather knows just how talented she is at Judo. It would be an amazing feat to win the 1992 Judo World Title in Japan and the Olympics at Barcelona.

Yawara develops a dislike towards the game as a result of being constantly under pressure from her grandfather and being ruled over by him. As the series progresses, we learn more about her grandfather’s perspective and why he loved the game so much!

5. Slam Dunk

Slam Dunk
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  • Director: Nobutaka Nashawa
  • Writer: Nobuaki Kishima
  • Cast: Hisao Egawa, Eriko Hara
  • IMDb Ratings 8.7
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

Hanamichi Skuragi, the main male protagonist in Slam Dunk, is Hanamichi. Hannamichi, a strong, fit man, scares away girls because of his strength. Hannamichi is also known to be fiery.

Haruko Akagi and Hinamichi meet at Shohoku high school. She shared her strength with her basketball coach, which scared off other people. The story began.

This anime features a popular adaptation of a manga. A few years later, we see how Shohoku High School’s basketball team becomes one of Japan’s most famous teams.

4. Circlet Princess

Circlet Princess
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  • Director: Hideki Takibana
  • Writer: Nachi Kio
  • Cast: Juri Nagatsuma, Saki Nakajima
  • IMDb Ratings 6.6
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

This is an adaptation of the game series. The story focuses on Japan’s transformation by technological advancements. Technology is used to fulfill real-world needs such as managing, protecting, and fulfilling.

This period also marks Circlet Bout’s birth, a popular school snack.

In this section, players’ academic reports are stored. Then, based on the player’s educational records, weapons are developed. Yuka Sakai is the anime’s central character.

3. The Prince of Tennis

The Prince Of Tennis
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  • Director: Takayuki hamana
  • Writer: Takeshi Konomi
  • Cast: Jun’ichi Suwabe, Erik Davies
  • IMDb Ratings 7.5
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

An anime adaptation of the Japanese manga series of the same name, Tennis No Ouji Sam’s, is The Prince of Tennis. The story is about Ryoma Echizen who becomes a prodigy in tennis. Filming took place in Tokyo. He attends Sheisun Academy which is well-known for its tennis program.

The series shows him evolving as a player and his style. This series is filled of inspiration. Ryoma, along with his team, are working hard in order to win the National Middle School Tennis Championship.

They are teaming up to win the National Middle School Tennis Championship.

2. Whistle

Whistle
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  • Director: Hiroshi Fukutomi
  • Writer: Shun’ichi Yukimuro
  • Cast: Minako Komukai, Kohei Kiyasu
  • IMDb Ratings 7.1
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

There will not be cringe-worthy scenes or innuendos in Haikyuu, and the story won’t kill off characters in cruel aspersions either.

There are 39 episodes. The manga was illustrated by DaisukeHiguchi and is available in volumes. Sho Kazamatsuru, a middle school boy, hoping to make the soccer team, is the anime’s protagonist. His small stature is often a reason he is discriminated against at his school. His small stature ended his soccer career.

Sho isn’t a very good soccer player because he was never allowed. Sho switched schools to play soccer and was offered a place on the soccer team at his new school. Although he is small in stature and his talent and hardwork can compensate.

1. Haikyuu!!

Haikyuu!!
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  • Director: Susumu Mitsunaka
  • Writer: Taku Kishimoto
  • Cast: Ayumu Murase, Kaito Ishikawa
  • IMDb Ratings 8.7
  • Rotten Tomatoes Score: NA
  • Streaming Platform Crunchyroll

With Haikyuu, you will find scenes that won’t make you cringe or innuendos and won’t kill characters off in cruel aspersions. It’s a story about young boys playing sports. Haikyuu, which is translated from Japanese to refers to volleyball.

A crucial part of the plot and characters is the sport itself, the game’s nature, and how they learn and grow.

Source: Top 40 Sports Animes You Should Watch in 2022

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