Top Acrobatics Anime Recommendations

TRIGUN

Also known as Trigun.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

Vash the Stampede is a wanted man with a habit of turning entire towns into rubble. The price on his head is a fortune, and his path of destruction reaches across the arid wastelands of a desert planet. Unfortunately, most encounters with the spiky-haired gunslinger don't end well for the bounty hunters who catch up with him; someone almost always gets hurt - and it's never Vash.

Oddly enough, for such an infamous fugitive, there's no proof that he's ever taken a life. In fact, he's a pacifist with a doughnut obsession who's more doofus than desperado. There's a whole lot more to him than his reputation lets on - Vash the Stampede definitely ain't your typical outlaw.



Tags: Guns , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Primarily Adult Cast , Cowboys , Tragedy , Post-Apocalyptic , Crime , Desert , Travel , Steampunk , Shounen , Episodic , Twins , Incest , Aliens , Space , Slapstick , Acrobatics , Rural , Religion , Body Horror

Ao no Hako

Also known as Blue Box.

Studio: Telecom Animation Film
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life , Sports

Do these sports-crossed lovers have a chance?

Taiki Inomata loves badminton, but he has a long way to go before he can reach nationals. When Taiki sees upperclassman Chinatsu Kano practicing her heart out on the girls’ basketball team, he falls for her hard. After an unexpected turn of events brings the two closer together, sports might not be the first thing on their minds anymore!



Note: The series streamed a week in advance on Netflix Japan starting with episode 2 released alongside episode 1.

Tags: Heterosexual , Coming of Age , School Club , Athletics , Primarily Teen Cast , Badminton , Male Protagonist , Unrequited Love , School , Love Triangle , Female Protagonist , Cohabitation , Basketball , Shounen , Acrobatics , Chibi

Uramichi Oniisan

Also known as Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan.

Studio: Studio Blanc
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

Being an adult is hard. For 31-year-old Uramichi Omota, that depressing truth weighs on him. While on TV, he’s an upbeat exercise instructor for a children’s show, but sometimes he can’t keep his sardonic comments to himself. Even his coworkers, a pair of mascots and a singing duo, keep revealing the plight of adulthood on air. Regardless, they’re working through it one a day at a time.



Tags: Work , Satire , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Acting , Episodic , Ensemble Cast , Meta , Josei , Musical Theater , Primarily Male Cast , Acrobatics

Sentai Daishikkaku

Also known as Go! Go! Loser Ranger!.

Studio: Yostar Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Sci-Fi

When the Monster Army invaded Earth thirteen years ago, the Divine Dragon Rangers rose up to stop them! With the war raging on, these great heroes are mankind’s last hope!

...or are they?

In truth, the invaders were subjugated within a year, forced to continue to crank out a monster a week for the Rangers to crush in front of their adoring fans! But one monster has had enough. Something has to change! He’ll rebel against the might of the Dragon Rangers and destroy them all...from the inside!



Tags: Monster Boy , Urban Fantasy , Tokusatsu , Anti-Hero , Revenge , Shapeshifting , Espionage , Henshin , Aliens , Survival , Urban , Conspiracy , Fugitive , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Dystopian , Disability , Ensemble Cast , Superhero , CGI , Gore , Battle Royale , Gender Bending , Meta , Acrobatics , Primarily Adult Cast , Orphan

Guimi Zhi Zhu

Also known as Lord of Mysteries.

Studio: B.CMAY PICTURES
Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery , Supernatural , Thriller

In a Victorian world of steam, dreadnoughts, and occult horrors, Zhou Mingrui awakens as Klein Moretti. He walks a razor’s edge between light and darkness, entangled with warring Churches. This is the legend of unlimited potential…and unspeakable danger.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Religion , Cosmic Horror , Cult , Magic , Body Horror , Gods , Steampunk , Primarily Adult Cast , Tragedy , Gore , Astronomy , Acting , Lost Civilization , Alchemy , Isekai , Cultivation , Dissociative Identities , Guns , Angels , Anti-Hero , Acrobatics

Bakuten!!

Also known as Backflip!!.

Studio: ZEXCS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Each laugh takes them higher. Each tear makes them stronger.

The final summer of middle school, Shoutarou Futaba discovers boys gymnastics and is completely enamored by it. Shoutarou ends up going to Soshukan Private High School (Also known as Ao High) and decides to visit the boys gymnastics club. He's greeted by very unique senpais and a star gymnast named Misato Ryouya. Dedicating your life to something you love during your fiery days of youth... Of course, there is frustration, and fights, but see how these boys work together as a team towards a similar goal in this drama about sports and youth. This spring, see passionate boys give their all for their youthful dreams!



Tags: Athletics , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Male Protagonist , Acrobatics , School , CGI , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Shoujo , Musical Theater , Coming of Age

Tokyo Mew Mew

Also known as Tokyo Mew Mew.

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance , Sci-Fi

On her first date with the cutest boy in school, Ichigo is zapped by a mysterious ray that scrambles her DNA with that of the endangered Iriomote wildcat. The next day, Ichigo discovers that she has developed the agility (and occasionally the ears and tail) of a cat, as well as the power to transform into a pink-haired superheroine, Mew Ichigo. She and four other girls, each endowed with the genes of a different "Red Data" animal, have been selected for the top-secret Mew Project, which aims to protect the Earth from an alien menace known as Deep Blue.



Tags: Henshin , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Kemonomimi , Environmental , Aliens , Shoujo , Magic , Animals , Love Triangle , Nekomimi , Maids , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Kuudere , School , Yandere , Tsundere , Restaurant , Archery , Acrobatics

The Fable

Also known as The Fable.

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Thriller

When you're the infamous prodigy hitman known only as “Fable,” many things come easy. Being a normal person, however, isn't one of them. In fact, being told that he can't kill anyone for a while may just be the hardest job Fable’s ever taken...



Tags: Yakuza , Seinen , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , Assassins , Urban , Guns , Surreal Comedy , Crime , Anti-Hero , Martial Arts , Heterosexual , Found Family , Revenge , Acrobatics , Bar , Disability , Nudity , Outdoor Activities

Taisou Zamurai

Also known as The Gymnastics Samurai.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Joutarou Aragaki, former member of the national team, had given his whole life for gymnastics and was fighting against his age and physical strength. However, one day he is told by his coach to start thinking of his next career. Joutarou struggles, but his daughter, Rei, is always there by his side. But with one fateful encounter, the Aragakis’ lives change drastically.



Tags: Family Life , Athletics , Rehabilitation , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Acrobatics , Dancing , Ninja , CGI , Gyaru , Bullying

Kaleido Star

Also known as Kaleido Star.

Studio: GONZO , G&G Entertainment
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 , Ghost , Fairy Tale , Animals , Dancing , Primarily Teen Cast , Musical Theater , Police , Bullying , Idol , Cosplay

Na-Nare Hana-Nare

Also known as Narenare -Cheer for you!-.

Studio: P.A.WORKS
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

Misora Kanata is a first-year student on the Takanosaki High School cheerleading team. She won a national championship in middle school, but can’t jump after a mistake in a competition. She befriends Suzuha, Shion, Anna, Nodoka, and Megumi to form the PoMPoMs. Their new team goes beyond cheerleading to reach the hearts of the people they cheer on. They might just change the world!



Tags: Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Cheerleading , Primarily Teen Cast , Acrobatics , Coming of Age , Rehabilitation , Disability , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Parkour , Iyashikei , CGI , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rural , Baseball

Touch

Studio: Group TAC
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Slice of Life , Sports

The story centers around three characters - Uesugi Kazuya, his twin older brother Tatsuya, and Asakura Minami. Kazuya is the darling of his town as he's talented, hardworking, and the ace pitcher for his middle school baseball team. Tatsuya is a hopeless slacker who's been living the life of giving up the spotlight to Kazuya, despite the fact that he may be more gifted than him. Minami is the beautiful childhood girlfriend and for all intents, sister from next door who treats both of them as equals. Society largely assumes Kazuya and Minami will become the perfect couple, including Tatsuya. Yet as time progresses, Tatsuya grows to realize that he's willing to sacrifice anything for the sake of his brother, except at the expense of giving up Minami to Kazuya. And thus the story is told of Tatsuya trying to prove himself over his established younger brother, how it affects the relationship between the three, and both brothers' attempts to make Minami's lifelong dreams come true.

Tags: Baseball , School , Coming of Age , Twins , Tragedy , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , School Club , Acrobatics , Rural , Boxing

Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

A normal looking high school girl on the outside, Kusakabe Maron is actually the reincarnation of Jeanne d' Arc. With the help of the angel, Fin Fish, Maron works as the thief Jeanne at night to seal the demons that reside in pieces of artwork, preying upon the weak hearts of the owners. She is branded as a thief due to the fact that the artworks disappear after she seals the demons. One day, a new neighbor and classmate appears, as well as a rival in her night job, the thief Sinbad. With her own best friend being the detective's daughter, out to capture her and the appearance of her new rival, Maron's work is anything but easy.

Tags: Henshin , Demons , Magic , Reincarnation , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Detective , Episodic , Angels , Rehabilitation , Philosophy , Gods , Estranged Family , Police , Urban Fantasy , Love Triangle , School , Heterosexual , Body Horror , Denpa , Primarily Teen Cast , Time Manipulation , Athletics , Historical , Acrobatics , Crossdressing , Photography , Hikikomori

Bakuten!! Movie

Also known as Backflip!! The Movie.

Studio: ZEXCS
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Ever since coming across the world of boy’s rhythmic gymnastics during the last summer of junior-high, Shotaro Futaba has become fascinated with the sport. So when he enters Soshokuan Private High School, known as Ao High for short, he heads to the boy’s rhythmic gymnastics club, where he meets unique seniors and the ace of the team, Ryoya Misato. The members of the club each have their own passions, but they’ve put it all on the line with a single goal in mind. Now the next stage in their journey has arrived: the inter-high competition!



Tags: Athletics , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , School , Acrobatics , Coming of Age

Kaleido Star: Arata Naru Tsubasa EXTRA STAGE

Also known as Kaleido Star: New Wings Extra Stage.

Studio: GONZO
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Sports

Sora Naegino has finally consolidated herself as Kaleido Stage's greatest star ever, and a new star starts to shine as Rosetta Passel is selected to participate in the next attraction in a main role. But when things start to go wrong in the rehearsals, Rosetta starts to question her abillity to take the role, as her own capacity to remain in Kaleido Stage. Meanwhile, Fool also struggles with his demons from the past.

Tags: Circus , Acting , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Urban , Acrobatics , Foreign

Itai no Itai no Tondeike

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Music video for the song Itai no Itai no Tondeike by TOOBOE.

Tags: Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Circus , Revenge , Crime , Acrobatics , Gore

Nezha Nao Hai

Also known as Prince Nezha's Triumph Against Dragon King.

Studio: Shanghai Animation Film Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

Prince Nezha's Triumph Against Dragon King is a 1979 Chinese animated film. It was screened out of competition at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.



Tags: Kids , Mythology , Super Power , Anthropomorphism , Acrobatics , Dragons , Male Protagonist

Sakadachi-kun

Status: Finished
Genres:

Series of animations by Tomoyasu Murata.

Tags: Acrobatics