Anime like HIGHSPEED Étoile

RideBack

Also known as RideBack.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi

After ex-dancer Rin trades her stage career for college life, she forms an unusual connection with a robotic RideBack motorcycle—Fuego. As a tyrannical new government oppresses the population and crushes civil liberties, Rin may have no choice but to gun Fuego’s engines and speed directly into the heart of the fight for freedom.



Tags: Seinen , Cyberpunk , Female Protagonist , Dystopian , Terrorism , Robots , School Club , Fugitive , Dancing , School , Motorcycles , CGI

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby

Also known as Umamusume: Pretty Derby.

Studio: P.A.WORKS , Lantis , Cygames , CygamesPictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Music , 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 Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Rehabilitation , Boarding School , Gambling , Ensemble Cast , Time Skip , Kuudere , Idol , School , Animals , Food , Body Image , Rural , CGI , Language Barrier

Shin Seiki GPX Cyber Formula

Also known as Future GPX Cyber Formula.

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Entertainment , Nippon Television Network , NAS , ASATSU , VAP
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi , Sports

14-year-old Kazami Hayato is the youngest driver of Cyber Formula, a Grand Prix in which each vehicle is equipped with computers to aid in racing. With the help of Asurada, the most advanced cybernavigation system, and team Sugo, Hayato races to become the winner of the 10th Cyber Formula Grand Prix. Along the way, Hayato will have to learn what it truly means to be a racer and that victory cannot be achieved simply by driving the best machine. In addition, Kazami will have to gain the respect of the veteran racers, thwart those who attempt to steal Asurada, and participate in races outside of Cyber Formula.



Tags: Cars , Artificial Intelligence , Male Protagonist , Henshin , Foreign , Motorcycles , Tragedy , Software Development

Two Car

Also known as TWOCAR.

Studio: SILVER LINK. , Lantis
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Today's the opening day for the high school division of the racing kneeler exhibition! Ladies gather from across the nation, determined to win in the "kneeler race." Today's race is to introduce this season's contestants. No one will be pushing themselves to the limit just yet, but you can expect that at the competition. So begins the female racers' fight for first place!



Note: Original anime by Silver Link commemorating their 10th anniversary.

Tags: Motorcycles , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Coastal , Twins , Cars , Achronological Order , Love Triangle

Mach GoGoGo (1997)

Also known as Speed Racer X.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Tatsunoko Production , Yomiuri Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi , Sports

The Mach is a racing car loaded with a new engine "X" specially developed and built by a man named Kenich Hibiki who was a racing driver as well as a motor engineer. However, in a test driving made prior to its completion, he was involved in an accident and judged as dead. Meanwhile his father Daisuke who was watching the test driving all the way recovered the wrecked car as his sons memento. A few years later the damaged car rebuilt by him revives as the new Mach which comes to participate in Grand Prix. This time, however, for the purpose to protect the driver from a possible accident, the new car is equipped with a safety system called "Safety Seven" with seven guarding devices. Also, it is loaded with the engine "X" that miraculously survived the tragic accident. Now its driver is Go, younger brother of Kenichi, who is determined to succeed to his brothers will. In fact, he successfully participates in Grand Prix and keeps growing up to be a top racer of the world.



Tags: Cars , Time Manipulation

Puraore!: PRIDE OF ORANGE

Also known as PuraOre! ~Pride of Orange~.

Studio: CAAnimation , C2C , DMM Games
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Slice of Life , Sports

Manaka’s competitive spirit ignites when she discovers ice hockey! Even though she’s a rookie, she’s got her sights set on Nikko City’s hockey team, where girls aim for the top as they compete in this full-contact sport. After finally convincing her childhood friends and her sister to play, they join a team of girls ready to go for the goal!



Tags: Ice Sports , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Athletics , Idol , Primarily Teen Cast , CGI , Time Skip , Dancing , Volleyball

Overtake!

Also known as OVERTAKE!.

Studio: TROYCA , KADOKAWA , Tencent Games , Bandai Namco Music Live , AT-X , BS11 , Good Smile Company , TV Aichi
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Haruka Asahina is a 16 year old high school boy racing F4 cars while staying at Komaki Motors, an auto-body shop in Shizuoka prefecture. Komaki Motors is a family-run shop that regularly competes in F4 with the team comprised of: owner Futoshi Komaki who is also a mechanic, his son Kotarou Komaki, and now Haruka Asahina. Because this is a family-run business, they receive no support usually from any major manufacturers. Haruka Asahina boldly confronts the top teams head-on to get the attention of these revered companies in hopes of making it to the podium himself.



Tags: Cars , Male Protagonist , Photography , Tragedy , Rehabilitation , Kuudere , Primarily Male Cast , Found Family , Work , Natural Disaster , Coming of Age , Rural , CGI , Adoption , Achronological Order