Anime like Karate Baka Ichidai

Kurenai Sanshirou

Also known as Judo Boy.

Studio: Tatsunoko Production , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

Young Sanshiro Kurenai is the proud heir of a judo dojo. One day, he finds his beloved father dead and a glass eye not too far from the corpse. Ready to avenge his father and take his honour back, Sanshiro and his friend Ken start searching for the mysterious one-eyed murderer ...



Tags: Martial Arts , Episodic , Revenge , Male Protagonist , Judo , Shounen

Ashita no Joe

Also known as Tomorrow's Joe.

Studio: Mushi Production , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

Joe, a teenage orphan in the slums of the Doya streets, meets Danpei, a homeless, alcoholic ex-boxing coach. Danpei, seeing Joe's boxing talent, decides to train him. When Joe is sent to a terrible juvenile home for petty crimes, he meets Rikiishi who becomes his boxing rival. Danpei arrives at the home to help Joe to train in order to defeat Rikiishi. When Joe decides to seriously pursue boxing, Danpei cannot get a coaching license because of his reputation as a drunk.



Tags: Anti-Hero , Boxing , Delinquents , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Class Struggle , Primarily Male Cast , Rehabilitation , Ojou-sama , Orphan , Prison , Yakuza , Homeless , Police , Crime , Time Skip , Educational , Gangs , Achromatic , Primarily Teen Cast , Bullying

Osu!! Karate Bu

Studio: J.C. Staff
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy

Osu!! Karate Bu takes place at Kansai Fifth Technical High School, a school known for its delinquents, even for Osaka. Its karate club is known widely as the toughest thugs of all. First-year Matsushita Tadashi joins the karate club to stop people from picking on him, but ends up with more than he bargained for. The series soon focuses on the captain, Takagi Yoshiyuki, the strongest gangster in Osaka, and his struggle to protect the karate club and protect the city of Osaka.

Tags: Shounen , School , Primarily Male Cast , Martial Arts , School Club , Delinquents

Grappler Baki (TV)

Also known as Baki the Grappler.

Studio: Group TAC , Funimation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

Baki Hanma is a young fighter who yearns to follow in the footsteps of his father, Yujiro, and become the strongest fighter in the world. Through that he trains tirelessly and fights constantly to hone his skills and develop his body to achieve these goals. Many intense battles lay ahead of Baki as he goes about his quest to be the best and ultimately take the title of "King" from his father.

Tags: Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Cultivation , Shounen , Coming of Age , Primarily Adult Cast , Time Skip , Dissociative Identities , Foreign

Baki

Also known as BAKI.

Studio: TMS Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

The protagonist, Baki Hanma, trains with an intense focus to become strong enough to surpass his father, Yujiro Hanma, the strongest fighter in the world. Five of the world's most violent and brutal death row inmates are gathering to face Baki. Their objective is to taste defeat -- their unmatched strength and skill have led them to grow bored of life itself, and they now seek out Baki in the hopes that he can overwhelm and utterly crush them. In this crisis, other underground martial art warriors gather to fight by Baki's side: Kaoru Hanayama, Gouki Shibukawa, Retsu Kaioh, and Doppo Orochi. An epic showdown between violent death row inmates and Baki and his friends begins!



Tags: Martial Arts , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Shounen , Gore , Delinquents , Revenge , Crime , Judo , CGI , Surreal Comedy , Prison , Boxing , Nudity , Foreign , Guns , Super Power , Crossdressing , Circus

Kick no Oni

Also known as Demon of the Kick.

Studio: Toei Animation , TBS
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

An arrogant karate master named Tadashi Sawamura enters the kickboxing ring to prove his superiority, only to be beaten into a coma by a practictioner of the new art. After recovering, his trainer Endo convinced Sawamura to study kickboxing in order to regain his honor. The series is loosely based on the real-life exploits of champion kickboxer Tadashi Sawamura.



Tags: Shounen , Martial Arts

Shin Karate Jigokuhen

Status: Finished
Genres: Action

A returning veteran and karateka from WW2 starts working for the yakuza, looking for a man strong enough to kill him. After becoming karate champion, he joins an Italian woman who is looking for revenge against the nazis who killed her family.

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