Anime like Uma Musume: Pretty Derby

Love Live! School idol project

Also known as Love Live! School Idol Project.

Studio: Sunrise , Lantis , NIS America Inc.
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

Otonokizaka High School stands on the border of three cities: Akihabara—a pop culture mecca that's evolving by the minute; Kanda—a conservative, cultured city where history and tradition reign supreme; and Jinbo—a quiet area reserved for a more mature, sophisticated population. Amidst this culture clash, the school now faces closure due to the enrollment of fewer and fewer students.

With the school planning to close within three years, nine female students come together with one thing in mind—form a pop idol group to revive the school's popularity and keep it from shutting down. "In order to protect our beloved school, there's only one thing we can do... become pop stars!"

Their goal is simple: Become an overnight sensation and use their nationwide media exposure to promote their school and bring in a wave of new students to the ailing area. A simple but solid plan, they figure. Naturally, they're nervous and wonder if this plan can really succeed, but for better or worse their new journey has begun...

"All we can ask for is just a tiny bit of support from you. We truly believe that with your help, we can change the world around us. We will make our dreams come true!"



Tags: Idol , Dancing , Primarily Female Cast , School Club , Ensemble Cast , School , Female Protagonist , Yuri , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , CGI , Tsundere , Tomboy , Fashion , Maids , Shrine Maiden , LGBTQ+ Themes

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 3

Also known as Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 3.

Studio: Studio KAI , Cygames , Toho , Bandai Namco Music Live , Kansai TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

The third season of Uma Musume: Pretty Derby.

Tags: Athletics , Kemonomimi , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Animals , Idol

Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru

Also known as Run with the Wind.

Studio: Production I.G , Nippon Television Network
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Former ace runner of Sendai Josei High School, Kakeru Kurahara is chased away from a convenience store for shoplifting. Shaking off his pursuer, he runs into Haiji Kiyose, another student from his university. Haiji is impressed by Kakeru's agility and persuades him to live in Chikusei-sou, the run-down apartment where Haiji resides along with eight other students. Having lost his entire apartment deposit at a mahjong parlor, Kakeru accepts the offer reluctantly. However, Haiji reveals a secret during Kakeru's welcoming party: the apartment is actually the dormitory of the Kansei University Track Club. He unveils his ultimate goal of participating in the Hakone Ekiden—one of the most prominent university marathon relay races in Japan. Unfortunately, all the residents apart from Haiji and Kakeru are complete running novices. Worse still, none of the inhabitants are even remotely interested in being involved with Haiji's ridiculous plan! With only months before the deadline, will the fourth-year student be able to convince them otherwise and realize his elusive dream of running in the Hakone Ekiden?

Tags: Athletics , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , School Club , Primarily Adult Cast , Fitness , Rehabilitation , College , Outdoor Activities , CGI , Twins , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Heterosexual , Tanned Skin , Food , Trains

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

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 , Athletics , Swimming , Tennis , Primarily Female Cast , Fitness , Football

Girls und Panzer

Also known as Girls und Panzer.

Studio: Actas , Lantis , Movic , Sentai Filmworks
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

You may have heard of kung fu, but the girls at Oarai High School practice gun-fu—really, really BIG 75mm gun-fu, in fact. It's called Sensha-do, and it's the martial art of operating armored tanks! They take it seriously too, and since winning the national Sensha-do championship is such a huge deal at Oarai, they sometimes go to extreme ends in order to get the best students from Panzer class to sign up. Which is how Miho Nishizumi, who HATES operating tanks, gets drafted to join doomsday-driven driver Mako, even-triggered gunner Hana, highly receptive radio operator Saori and combustible tank-fangirl and loader Yukari as the incomparable Anko Team. They may not be on the half-track to fame and fortune, and maybe a few of them would rather shop for tank tops than become tops in tanks, but once their focus is locked and loaded, they're absolutely driven.



Tags: Tanks , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Military , School Club , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Ensemble Cast , Historical , Parody , CGI , Ships , Volleyball , Gore

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

BIRDIE WING: Golf Girls' Story

Also known as BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-.

Studio: Bandai Namco Pictures , TV Tokyo , HTC , Bandai , Bandai Namco Music Live , BANDAI SPIRITS , ADK Marketing Solutions , Q-Tec
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

The story centers on two young women golfers named Eve and Aoi Amawashi. The two come from completely different backgrounds, and have the completely opposite play styles, and together they will shake the world of golf.



Tags: Golf , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Gambling , Mafia , School , Gangs , Foreign , Class Struggle , Super Power , Amnesia , Virtual World

Extreme Hearts

Also known as Extreme Hearts.

Studio: Seven Arcs , King Records , TBS
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Sports

The story of Extreme Hearts is set in the near future, when the hobby of "Hyper Sports" (which are enhanced with special gear and power-up items) has become popular among children and adults alike. The story focuses on Hiyori Hayama, a second year high school student who initially has no connection to "Hyper Sports", but after a chance encounter this begins to change as Hiyori and her friends grow closer and pursue their athletic dreams.



Tags: Primarily Female Cast , Idol , Female Protagonist , Athletics , Artificial Intelligence , Baseball , Basketball , Football , Robots , Volleyball , Badminton , Lacrosse , Handball , Rugby , Tennis