Top Acrobatics Anime Recommendations

Dandadan

Also known as DAN DA DAN.

Studio: Science SARU
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

This is a story about Momo, a high school girl who comes from a family of spirit mediums, and her classmate Okarun, an occult fanatic. After Momo rescues Okarun from being bullied, they begin talking. However, an argument ensues between them since Momo believes in ghosts but denies aliens exist, and Okarun believes in aliens but denies ghosts exist.

To prove to each other what they believe in is real, Momo goes to an abandoned hospital where a UFO has been spotted and Okarun goes to a tunnel rumored to be haunted. To their surprise, they each encounter overwhelming paranormal activities that transcend comprehension. Amid these predicaments, Momo awakens her hidden power and Okarun gains the power of a curse to overcome these new dangers! Their fateful love begins as well!?

The story of the occult battle and adolescence starts!



Notes:
- Worldwide premiere of Episode 1 before the Japanese television premiere occurred at Anime Expo July 6, 2024.
- Episodes 1-3 titled as DAN DA DAN: FIRST ENCOUNTER was pre-screened in advance in theaters on August 31, 2024 in Asia, September 7, 2024 in Europe and September 13, 2024 in North America. The regular TV broadcast began October 4, 2024.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Youkai , Ghost , Aliens , Super Power , Primarily Teen Cast , Surreal Comedy , Henshin , Shounen , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Exorcism , School , Gyaru , Demons , Tragedy , Love Triangle , CGI , Nudity , Tokusatsu , Unrequited Love , Shrine Maiden , Zombie , Achromatic , Acrobatics

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 , Aliens , Space , Slapstick , Religion , Acrobatics , Rural , 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 , Primarily Teen Cast , School Club , Coming of Age , Athletics , Male Protagonist , Badminton , 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 , Delinquents

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: Urban Fantasy , Monster Boy , 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 , Primarily Adult Cast , Meta , Acrobatics , Orphan

Ranma 1/2 (2024)

Also known as Ranma1/2 (2024).

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Romance , Slice of Life

A new anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2.

Ranma Saotome and Akane Tendou of Tendou Dojo are betrothed to each other by their parents. But Ranma faces a unique problem…

Ever since he fell into the cursed springs of Jusenkyo while training in China, his body has acquired the peculiar trait of transforming into a girl when doused with cold water and reverting to a boy with hot water.

Get ready for the slapstick, action-packed rom com featuring Ranma, Akane, and a vibrant cast of unique characters!



Tags: Gender Bending , Arranged Marriage , Martial Arts , Shapeshifting , Tsundere , Episodic , Tomboy , Ensemble Cast , Cohabitation , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Amnesia , School , Love Triangle , Mixed Gender Harem , Female Harem , Animals , Shounen , Male Harem , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity , Crossdressing , Bisexual , Acrobatics , Shogi , Ice Skating , Wrestling

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 , Ensemble Cast , Coming of Age

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

Tekkon Kinkreet

Also known as Tekkonkinkreet.

Studio: Studio 4°C
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Psychological , Supernatural

Black and White are two orphans who roam the streets of Treasure Town, beating down any thug or yakuza who gets in their way. When mysterious foreign entrepreneurs appear with the intention of tearing down Treasure Town and replacing it with an amusement park, Black and White face their greatest adversaries yet. It is up to the destructive Black to save the fate of the city and up to the gentle White to save Black from his own dark nature.

Tags: Found Family , Coming of Age , Gangs , Crime , Orphan , Urban , Primarily Child Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Yakuza , Parkour , Philosophy , Homeless , Fugitive , Acrobatics , Dissociative Identities , Time Skip , Conspiracy , Cars , Guns , Nudity

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 , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Kuudere , School , Yandere , Tsundere , Restaurant , Archery , Acrobatics

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS

Also known as Sailor Moon SuperS.

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

SuperS centers heavily on Chibi-usa and the Sailor Team. A new enemy, the Dead Moon Circus, has now appeared. Their motive is to find the Golden Dream Mirror that would be used to rule the world. To do this, the enemy attacks innocent victims for their Dream Mirrors and test their energy. Chibi-usa also has a new ally on her side, Pegasus. This season also sees the Sailor Senshi obtaining new powers.

Tags: Shoujo , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Magic , Henshin , Revenge , Found Family , Coming of Age , Superhero , Super Power , Slapstick , Tragedy , Circus , Crime , Fairy Tale , Ensemble Cast , Mythology , Philosophy , Urban Fantasy , Heterosexual , Demons , Aliens , Rehabilitation , Femboy , Bar , Space , Crossdressing , Animals , Body Swapping , Age Gap , Primarily Teen Cast , Urban , Tokusatsu , Kuudere , LGBTQ+ Themes , Shrine Maiden , Age Regression , Body Horror , Educational , Episodic , Writing , Acrobatics

Darwin Jihen

Also known as The Darwin Incident.

Studio: BELLNOX FILMS
Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi , Thriller

Created in a biological science lab, Charlie is a half human, half chimpanzee hybrid known as a "Humanzee". Raised by his adoptive human parents, Charlie is now 15 and starting high school. There he meets Lucy, a clever loner who becomes his first-ever friend. But his “normal” life is shattered when the animal rights extremists who freed his mother from the lab fifteen years ago reemerge as terrorists bent on kidnapping Charlie at all costs.



Tags: Terrorism , Criminal Organization , Environmental , Eco-Horror , Anthropomorphism , Coming of Age , Animals , Politics , Adoption , Urban Fantasy , Interspecies , Foreign , Philosophy , Seinen , Guns , School , CGI , Gore , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , Acrobatics

Ao no Hako Season 2

Also known as Blue Box Season 2.

Studio: Electric Circus
Status: Not_Yet_Released
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life , Sports

The second season of Ao no Hako.

Tags: Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Iyashikei , School , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Badminton , Acrobatics , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Basketball

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 , Acrobatics , Tragedy , 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 , Bullying , Animals , Dancing , Primarily Teen Cast , Musical Theater , Police , 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 , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Disability , Parkour , Iyashikei , CGI , School , Rural , Baseball , Yuri

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

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 , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things

I My Me! Strawberry Eggs

Studio: TNK
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Amawa Hibiki is a young man just out of college, with an education to be an athletics teacher. He's been having a hard time finding a job since he graduated, so all his money has gone towards living expenses. When his landlady demands his first payment to live in her living establishment upfront, he heads to the local middle school to get hired as a teacher. However, the principal refuses to hire him without hesitation. She will not hire men as teachers and makes it clear that she hates all men, saying they put no love into their passions and work. Amawa does not give up and with the help of his landlady, he crossdresses as a woman without a second thought, and gets hired, so he can earn money and also prove the principal wrong. Now, he has to keep his real gender a secret, and avoid strange situations, including the affections of his students (from both genders).



Tags: Crossdressing , School , Age Gap , Bisexual , Ensemble Cast , Gender Bending , Teacher , Male Protagonist , Shounen , LGBTQ+ Themes , Femboy , Acrobatics , Primarily Female Cast