Sports is a very energetic niche to build an anime on. The breathing logos of most crucial shots, the tension between players, and the inner voice of a player while delivering their best shot are worth watching. The flashbacks of the back story that motivated them to get into the field and the stories of unmatched inspirations are fascinating. The hustle one goes through before giving its final performance in a field entire of the crowd is what drives fans into watching it. Here, we will recall such popular anime based on Sports.
1. Kuroko’s Basketball
Kuroko’s Basketball is about an unbeatable middle school basketball team that scored nationals consecutively and came to be known as the generation of miracles. It brought fame to its five top players, neglecting a sixth miracle that is slowly unwrapped in the anime. As middle school comes to an end, five of them get to different ways and face the sixth phantom in another prestigious basketball tournament.
2. Tomorrow’s Joe
The anime is about the promise made by Joe in a special jail to a boxing prodigy that they will fight as professional boxers in the future. Joe reached that jail as he was blamed for fraud and got into a fight with a gang leader in the jail. The two of them were transferred to a prison miles away from the center, where Joe encountered that boxer who resisted their escape.
3. Yuuri!!! On Ice
The anime is about the sense of loss that took over the career of a 23-year-old ice skater after consecutive lost tournaments. He put his career on hold and went back to his hometown, where he trends on the internet because of his viral video mimicking his idol. The same video drives his idol to be his coach, which did have roots in the past.
4. One Out
One Out is the high-level gambling king game that a star batter discovers on the island of Okinawa. He got there to look for a good pitcher for his team and would even offer to train him. He finds Toa instead, an excellent pitcher who plays One Out there, and agrees over a strange contract with Lycaons.
5. Run With The Wind
Run with the Wind is about the rekindling of runner spirit within a former elite runner who caught the eyes of a university student while stealing food. He trains him for a prestigious university-level marathon in the town to run along with him by persuading him to stay at an old dormitory.
6. Blue Lock
Blue lock is the training regimen that is specifically designed by the Japan Football Union to build unbeatable strikers. The condition with this regimen was that if someone failed it, they wouldn’t be able to represent Japan ever again. The story circles an energetic high school player who decides to get in despite knowing the prices.
7. Ping Pong: The Animation
It is about the love of Ping Pong that connects with two good friends who face different challenges while playing the game. One is next to the best yet misses his practices, while the other has a problem with playing with full strength.
8. Slam Dunk
Slam Dunk was the thing that a girl asked the main lead to perform, starting his diversion towards the sports. The guy was rejected around 50 times in middle school, and thus, he got into high school with the aim of making a girlfriend. Thus, when a girl finally talked to him, he fell in love, immediately ignoring his hatred towards Basketball.
9. Haikyuu!!
Haikyuu was a different-level description of how amazing volleyball can look. The slo-mo of perfect sots and the insight of their minds is something worth watching. Initially, male football was not taken seriously at Shoyo’s school, and he even practiced with female players to make his game.
10. Bubble
Bubble is not related to any traditional game but a game that evolved through a bubble shower tragedy in Tokyo. The parkour team battles were extremely dangerous, where one had to deal with unusual physics created by bubbles to reach the final flag.
