Anime like Battle Athletess Daiundoukai (TV)

Metal Fighter MIKU

Studio: J.C. Staff , Media Blasters , Studio Jack , Nippon Victor , TV Tokyo
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sci-Fi , Sports

In the near future, the sports world is dominated by Neo Wrestling, a new spectacle in which Metal Fighters challenge each other to be named champion. The story follows the girls of the Pretty Four; Miku, Ginko, Sayaka, and Nana, as they face off against the current champions, Team Sapphire. With a burnt out drunk named Eiichi Suo for a coach the girls must not only contend with problems in the arena but also unforseen circumstances that arise in day to day life. Only through protecting their friends, understanding their enemies, and eventually challenging their idol Aquamarine, can Miku and the girls understand Eiichi's purpose and the shady secrets behind Neo Wrestling.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Wrestling , Henshin , Mopeds , Female Protagonist , Martial Arts , Cyberpunk , Urban , Primarily Adult Cast , Idol , Age Gap , Heterosexual

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby

Also known as Umamusume: Pretty Derby.

Studio: P.A. Works , Lantis , Cygames , CygamesPictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

In a world very much like our own, great race horses of the past have a chance to be reborn as "horse girls"—girls with the ears and tails of horses as well as their speed and endurance. The best of these horse girls go to train at Tokyo's Tracen Academy, hopefully moving on to fame and fortune as both racers and idols.

Special Week, a high school horse girl from the countryside, has just transferred to Tracen, and she's determined to fulfill her promise to her mother to become the best horse girl in Japan. On her way to school, she takes a pit stop at the race track and instantly falls in love with Silence Suzuka's style, becoming determined to race on the same team as her.



Tags: Athletics , Kemonomimi , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Time Skip , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Kuudere , Animals , Ensemble Cast , Idol , School , CGI

Top wo Nerae! GunBuster

Also known as Gunbuster.

Studio: Gainax , Studio Fantasia , Bandai Visual , Victor Entertainment , Discotek
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

In the very near future, a race of huge, insect like aliens is discovered traveling the galaxy. These aliens seem dedicated to the eradication of the human species as it takes its first steps away from the solar system, and they are getting closer and closer to Earth. Humanity has responded by developing spacegoing battleships and giant fighting robots. These robots are piloted by the best and brightest of Earth's youth, picked from training schools around the world.

The story begins in the year 2023, not long after the first battles with the aliens, and centers on young Noriko Takaya. Although Noriko's father was a famous Captain in the space fleet who was killed during one of the first battles of the war, her own talents as a pilot are questionable. Nonetheless, she has entered a training school. Through the series Noriko, joined by the beautiful and talented Kazumi Amano, will fight to overcome the trauma of war, the doubts of her peers, and her own lack of confidence.



Tags: Space , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Military , Space Opera , War , Super Robot , Time Manipulation , Primarily Female Cast , Aliens , Time Skip , Cosmic Horror , Tragedy , Kaiju , Tomboy , Nudity , Travel , Bullying , Philosophy , Heterosexual , Age Gap , Astronomy , Achromatic , School , Parody , Henshin , Love Triangle

Kaleido Star

Also known as Kaleido Star.

Studio: GONZO , Production I.G , TV Tokyo , Hal Film Maker , ADV Films , Funimation , G&G Entertainment , Horipro , MediaNet
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports , Supernatural

Sora, a young girl from Japan, comes to America in search of her dream. She wants, with all her heart, to be a member of the Kaleido Stage, a world famous circus, with a combination of musicals, acrobatics and magical effects. With the help of her friends, she struggles to make this dream come true.

Tags: Circus , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Acting , Coming of Age , Acrobatics , Work , Fairy Tale , Ghost , Dancing , Animals , Primarily Teen Cast , Musical Theater , Idol , Police , Cosplay

Gambalist! Shun

Also known as Fly High.

Studio: Sunrise , Yomiuri TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sports

First-year high school student Fujimaki Shun has a dream of becoming an olympic gold medalist as a gymnist. Having no previous training, Shun trusts his passion, boldly joins the gymnastics club, and sets out to pursue his goal.

Along the way, he meets his share of entertaining and supportative upper classmen, develops a romantic interest in his classmate, and learns about the happiness involved in devoting yourself to a sport.

Tags: Shounen , Athletics , Male Protagonist , Fitness , School

Keijo!!!!!!!!

Also known as Keijo!!!!!!!!.

Studio: Xebec , Crunchyroll , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Sports

"Keijo" is a popular gambling sport where contestants stand on platforms floating on the water and must use their butts and chests to fight against each other to push each other off the platform. Nozomi Kaminashi, a high school student, aims to join the sport after she graduates. Nozomi was raised in a poor family and hopes to make lots of money by playing Keijo. She grew up training in gymnastics, and she has good balance and flexibility.

After high school, Nozomi joins a training boarding school and enters the world of Keijo.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Parody , Female Protagonist , Shounen , Fitness , Super Power , Nudity , School , Yuri , Tomboy , Primarily Teen Cast , Delinquents , Martial Arts , Dissociative Identities

YAWARA! a fashionable judo girl!

Studio: MADHOUSE , Kitty Film , AnimEigo
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sports

Yawara! is a sports anime laced with comedic and romance elements. It starts off with Yawara Inokuma, a high school girl who is most interested in doing the things that your average Japanese high school girl does. However, she has been trained in Judo for years by her grandfather, Jigorou (A former Japan Judo Champion), who has much grander plans in store for her as a Judo superstar. He manipulates matters so that Yawara ends up having to perform in matches and tournaments. His final plan is for Yawara to "Win the Gold Medal in the Olympics and be awarded the Nation Medal of Honor".



Tags: Coming of Age , Athletics , Female Protagonist , Martial Arts , Judo , Seinen , Love Triangle , Primarily Adult Cast , Parody , Ojou-sama , College

Taishou Yakyuu Musume.

Also known as Taisho Baseball Girls.

Studio: J.C. Staff , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life , Sports

In 1925 (year 14 of the Taisho era) baseball is still quite unknown in Japan and there are only a few male teams. After being told by a baseball player that women should become housewives instead of going to school, 14-year-old Akiko invites her friend Koume to start a baseball team in order to prove him wrong. During this time, when even running was considered too vulgar for women, baseball is known as "what the boys do" and they face many difficulties when having to find enough members, to get permission from their parents and also when learning about the sport itself, which they soon discover to be more difficult than expected.

Tags: Historical , Female Protagonist , Baseball , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Primarily Female Cast , Ensemble Cast , School Club , Age Gap , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Ojou-sama , Arranged Marriage

Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume

Also known as Scorching Ping Pong Girls.

Studio: Kinema Citrus
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Ever since their champion was defeated, the world of girls' junior high ping pong has been in turmoil. Koyori is the new smirking transfer student at her junior high and she's ready to shake up girls' ping pong.



Tags: Table Tennis , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Female Protagonist , School Club , Yuri , School , Tsundere , Tomboy , Kuudere , Chuunibyou , Shounen

Ro-Kyu-Bu!

Also known as Ro-Kyu-Bu ~ Fast Break!.

Studio: Barnum Studio , Magic Capsule , project No.9 , Studio Blanc , ASCII Media Works
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Sports

Talk about games being called unexpectedly! Hasegawa Subaru joined the basketball club at Nanashiba High, only to have his hopes dashed when the teams' play is suspended after the captain is suspected of having inappropriate feelings for the coach's underage daughter. Blindsided and blocked by bad luck, Subaru expectedly finds an opening for his talent with the hoops when his aunt asks him to take on the task of coaching a young girls' basketball club - a Ro-Kyu-Bu!. But can a superstar wannabe find true satisfaction while playing sixth man to a team of five girls?



Tags: Basketball , Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , School , Male Protagonist , Age Gap , Heterosexual