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capeta

Studio: Studio Comet , Delfi Sound , TV Tokyo , Sotsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Taira Kappeita, or Capeta, was a 4th grader boy. He had lost his mother when he had been very little. Although he pretended to be tough in front of his father, actually he felt lonely. One day, his father brought junk parts home from his workplace and made a racing cart. Soon, they went to a circuit to drive the cart. However, Capeta found that its frame was bent and it could hardly run straight. But, with his technique he managed the cart. Furthermore, he followed soon after the fast cart and he could nearly leave it behind. The driver in the cart was Minamoto Naomoi, the champion of the East Japan Junior Cart. Looking at their chase, Naomi’s mother, Minamoto Nanako, advised Capeta to take part in the official race.



Tags: Cars , Shounen , Coming of Age , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , CGI , Idol

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

Yowamushi Pedal

Studio: Toho , TMS Entertainment , Half H.P Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Otaku Sakamichi Onoda has just entered high school and plans to join the anime club. In middle school, Onoda didn’t have any friends with whom he could talk about anime, games, Akihabara and other otaku things, and he is hoping he can make such friends in the anime club, but he finds out it's been disbanded. In order to reestablish the club he tries to find 4 other people who would like to join.

Since he was a little boy, Onoda has ridden his mamachari—a bulky bicycle with a step-through frame mainly used for short rides, such as for casual fun or to pick up groceries—to go to Akihabara every week to check out or buy otaku things. Fellow freshman Shunsuke Imaizumi and bicyclist, while training, notices a boy (Onoda) riding his mamchari up a steep road.

Freshman and road racing cyclist, Shokichi Naruko visits Akihabara to get some Gundam plastic models for his younger brothers and meets Onoda who catches his attention because of the his cycling skill on the mamachari and later find out they go to the same school. Later on, both Naruko and Imaizumi try to convince him to join the bicycle racing club, but will he?

Tags: Cycling , Shounen , Male Protagonist , School Club , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Male Cast , CGI , Otaku Culture

Battle Athletess Daiundoukai (TV)

Also known as Battle Athletes Victory.

Studio: AIC , Genco , Pioneer LDC , TV Tokyo Music
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi , Sports

Akari Kanzaki has just joined an all-girls academy in hopes of entering the University Satellite, an elite sports training facility. She wants to win the title of Cosmo Beauty - a title held years ago by her mother. It's not an easy task for her as fear, doubt and peer pressure get in her way, but friends, rivals and fans slowly encourage her to overcome her obstacles and become the best of the Battle Athletes.




Tags: School , Space , Aliens , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Athletics , Fitness , Swimming , Tennis , Football

Gekitou! Crush Gear TURBO

Studio: Sunrise , Bandai Visual
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

After losing almost all their members, the Tobita Crush Gear club is facing extinction. Kouya who dreams of being a Crush Gear Fighting Champion doesn't want to see the club become extinct and will do whatever he can to keep the club running and become a Crush Gear Champion.

Tags: Cars , Shounen

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

Over Drive

Studio: Xebec , Pony Canyon
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Tour de France, it is the biggest bicycle race in the world. Now, a new achievement is about to be recorded in the history of Tour de France. The top racer is a Japanese boy named Shinozaki Mikoto.

"Why don't you join our bicycle club?" said Fukazawa, Shinozaki Mikoto's secret love.

Unfortunately, despite being a high school student, he doesn't know how to ride a bike. With no real idea of what the bicycle club is, he earnestly practices. After he overcomes this challenge, while he pedals along, something that was smoldering in his mind for 15 years ignites.

"I want to devote myself to bike riding."

Experiencing failure with his friends and rivals, he pedals towards becoming the top racer.



Tags: Cycling , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Bullying , Primarily Male Cast

Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!!

Studio: Production I.G , Xebec
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Sports

Based on the manga by Tetsuhiro Koshita, Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! has 2 main seasons evolving around the Go brothers and the TRF Victorys. The 3rd season, Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! MAX evolves more around 2 new main characters, but the primary idea is the same...Racing!

Let's & Go!! focused on Retsu and Go Seiba, two young brothers who recieve racing cars called "Mini 4WD" by Dr. Tsuchia. From there on, the series portraits those two boys, training and costumizing parts to later on participate on Japans Cup, where all of Japans racers enter to be the best of the best!

Tags: Cars , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things

Kandagawa JET GIRLS

Also known as Kandagawa Jet Girls.

Studio: TNK , KADOKAWA , Marvelous , Bandai Namco Arts , AT-X , Legs , EGG FIRM
Status: Finished
Genres: Ecchi , Sports

Rin Namiki's greatest ambition is to follow in her late mother's footsteps and compete in Kandagawa Jet Racing, where teams of girls on jet skis race while firing high-powered water guns to slow their competitors' jets (and blow off their clothing!). But since there's no jet racing in Rin's remote fishing village, that means moving, all by herself, to a girls' school in faraway Tokyo!

Meanwhile, Misa Aoi dreamed of becoming a great player, but those ambitions floundered until Rin transferred to her school, displaying astonishing skill for a newcomer. Is it fate? Now they "only" have to resurrect their school's Jet Riding Club, endure brutal training, and face some seriously skilled rivals… but even the toughest tasks are easier when you're doing something you love with someone who's quickly becoming far more than just a friend!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Nudity , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Yuri , Gyaru , CGI , Idol

IGPX Immortal Grand Prix

Also known as IGPX.

Studio: Production I.G , Bandai Entertainment , Bee Train
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mecha , Sci-Fi , Sports

In the year 2048, people are raving about a fighting race called “Immortal Grand Prix”, or IGPX in short, which is faster and more exciting than any of the existing motor sports. The phenomenon is so big that an entire city was built for the racing industry where competitions take place on a huge track. In the “Immortal Grand Prix,” two teams of three IG machines, high-tech humanoid mechs driven by humans, race at speeds greater than 400km/h. The teams make three laps of a 60 km course while intercepting the opponent as they vie for a first place finish. The best machine performance, the best pilots and the best teamwork are the only factors that can make them the winners.



Tags: Cars , Super Robot , Shounen , Robots , Delinquents , Office Lady , Tsundere , Ensemble Cast