Anime like BUZZER BEATER (2007)

Kuroko no Basket

Also known as Kuroko's Basketball.

Studio: Production I.G , Bandai Visual , Lantis , NAS , Mainichi Broadcasting System
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Sports

Teikou Junior High School's basketball team is crowned champion three years in a row thanks to five outstanding players who, with their breathtaking and unique skills, leave opponents in despair and fans in admiration. However, after graduating, these teammates, known as "The Generation of Miracles", go their separate ways and now consider each other as rivals.

At Seirin High School, two newly recruited freshmen prove that they are not ordinary basketball players: Taiga Kagami, a promising player returning from the US, and Tetsuya Kuroko, a seemingly ordinary student whose lack of presence allows him to move around unnoticed. Although Kuroko is neither athletic nor able to score any points, he was a member of Teikou's basketball team, where he played as the "Phantom Sixth Man," who easily passed the ball and assisted his teammates.

Kuroko no Basket follows the journey of Seirin's players as they attempt to become the best Japanese high school team by winning the Interhigh Championship. To reach their goal, they have to cross pathways with several powerful teams, some of which have one of the five players with godlike abilities, whom Kuroko and Taiga make a pact to defeat.



Tags: Basketball , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , Ensemble Cast , School , Super Power , Tomboy , Tanned Skin

Ahiru no Sora

Also known as Ahiru no Sora.

Studio: diomedéa , Sentai Filmworks , King Records , TV Tokyo , Kodansha , AT-X , DMM pictures , NAMU Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

He may be short in stature, but Sora Kurumatani can soar and score on the basketball court! With a passion for the sport he inherited from his mother, Sora vows to her that he’ll take top prize at a high school basketball tournament… but there’s one problem. His new school’s basketball club has turned into a hangout for delinquents! Will Sora’s sheer tenacity and amazing three-point shooting change their minds and get the club up and running again?



Tags: Basketball , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , School , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Delinquents , Bullying , Twins

Dear Boys

Also known as Hoop Days.

Studio: OB Planning , Bandai Entertainment , Avex Entertainment , A.C.G.T.
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Dear Boys is a story about determination to excel in a sport in which you love and also have fun at the same time. The tension as underdogs in the whole prefecture with only 5 players. How this team struggle to win, setbacks, teamwork, a purpose in life. This story relates to our lives as we strive to do our best, not just in sports, school but also relationships between friends and ones we love.



Tags: Basketball , School Club , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , School , Male Protagonist

SLAM DUNK

Also known as Slam Dunk.

Studio: Toei Animation , TV Asahi , Funimation , Animax
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

Hanamichi Sakuragi, an entering Shohoku high school freshman holds a record for being rejected by 50 girls during middle school. His nearly 2 meters height and bright red hair causes most students to write him off as a delinquent.

One day, a girl named Haruko Akagi approaches Hanamichi without any fear. When she asks Hanamichi: "do you like basketball?" Hanamichi falls head over heels for the girl of his dreams. Without missing a beat, Hanamichi tells her he loves basketball, and the two head to the gymnasium where Hanamichi learns about the slam dunk. He also learns of Rukawa, one of the country’s top basketball prospects, also a freshman at Shohoku.



Tags: Basketball , Shounen , School , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Delinquents , Educational

Blue Lock VS. U-20 JAPAN

Also known as BLUE LOCK Season 2.

Studio: 8-bit , Bandai Namco Filmworks , Kodansha , TV Asahi , Bandai Namco Music Live , BANDAI SPIRITS , 8-bit , Crunchyroll , Toy's Factory
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

The second season of Blue Lock.

The hottest soccer matches start again as the U-20 Japan National Team makes their debut!



Tags: Football , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Shounen , Primarily Teen Cast , Battle Royale , CGI , Revenge , Estranged Family , Surreal Comedy , Torture , Tanned Skin , Super Power , Snowscape

Breakers

Studio: ALBACROW , NHK , NHK Enterprises , Blaze Studio , studio CANDY BOX , l-a-unch・BOX
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

The anime centers on para-athletes who all meet an outcast sports scientist named Ren Narita. The anime has four stories about four different sports: wheelchair basketball, track and high jump, goalball, and paralympic swimming.



Tags: Disability , Athletics , Real Robot , Educational , Basketball , Time Skip , Outdoor Activities , Swimming , Episodic , School Club , CGI , Handball

Futsal Boys!!!!!

Also known as Futsal Boys!!!!!.

Studio: diomedéa , Bandai Namco Arts , Bandai Namco Entertainment , Live Viewing Japan , Good Smile Company
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

For the past 10-odd years, futsal has been booming across the world. After watching Tokinari Tennoji represent Japan in the U-18 World Cup, Haru Yamato aspires to be a player like him. He joins the Koyo Gakuen Futsal Club where he meets teammates Seiichiro Sakaki, a loner who refuses to pass the ball to anyone, and Toi Tsukioka, who is burdened by a past that nearly made him quit futsal for good.


Tags: Football , School Club , Primarily Male Cast , Super Power , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Delinquents , Boys' Love

I'll/CKBC

Also known as I'll/CKBC.

Studio: Aniplex , Media Blasters , M.S.C
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Two boys, Tachibana and Hiiragi were once brutal rivals in the game of basketball. Hiiragi soon transfers into Tachibana's school and basketball team. They begin as team-mates, but with Hiiragi's family pushing him to play on a better team. Tachibana and Hiiragi must now play against each other.



Tags: Basketball , School , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , School Club