Top Acrobatics Manga Recommendations

Shingeki no Kyojin

Also known as Attack on Titan.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Fantasy , Mystery

In this post-apocalyptic sci-fi story, humanity has been devastated by the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming mankind. Seemingly unintelligent, they have roamed the world for years, killing everyone they see. For the past century, what's left of man has hidden in a giant, three-walled city. People believe their 50-meter-high walls will protect them from the Titans, but the sudden appearance of an immense Titan is about to change everything.



Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.

Tags: Dystopian , Anti-Hero , War , Tragedy , Military , Conspiracy , Survival , Philosophy , Kaiju , Shapeshifting , Memory Manipulation , Politics , Revenge , Henshin , Male Protagonist , Monster Boy , Terrorism , Post-Apocalyptic , Super Power , Gore , Time Manipulation , Body Horror , Ensemble Cast , Cosmic Horror , Time Skip , Cannibalism , Coming of Age , Slavery , Swordplay , Torture , Alternate Universe , Shounen , Espionage , Mythology , Tsundere , Amnesia , Kuudere , Class Struggle , Disability , Historical , Baseball , Dissociative Identities , Drugs , Achronological Order , Heterosexual , Reincarnation , LGBTQ+ Themes , Suicide , Primarily Adult Cast , Religion , Acrobatics , Cult , Transgender

Dandadan

Also known as Dandadan.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Momo Ayase strikes up an unusual friendship with her school’s UFO fanatic, whom she nicknames “Okarun” because he has a name that is not to be said aloud. While Momo believes in spirits, she thinks aliens are nothing but nonsense. Her new friend, meanwhile, thinks the exact opposite. To settle matters, the two set out to prove each other wrong—Momo to a UFO hotspot and Okarun to a haunted tunnel! What unfolds next is a beautiful story of young love…and oddly horny aliens and spirits?



Notes:
- Includes 1 extra chapter.
- Nominated for the 15th Manga Taisho Award in 2022.

Tags: Youkai , Urban Fantasy , Ghost , Aliens , Super Power , Shounen , Female Protagonist , Henshin , Male Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Ensemble Cast , Tokusatsu , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , School , Shapeshifting , Love Triangle , Body Horror , Conspiracy , Kaiju , Terrorism , Gore , Super Robot , Tragedy , Chuunibyou , Cannibalism , Gods , Tsundere , Bullying , Dissociative Identities , Nudity , Suicide , Circus , Acrobatics

Akebi-chan no Sailor Fuku

Status: Releasing
Genres: Slice of Life

Komichi Akebi lives out in the countryside with her family. She's won entrance to the prestigious Roubai Academy middle-school for girls and now she wants only two things -- to wear the school's sailor uniform and to make a hundred friends!

Tags: Female Protagonist , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , School , Primarily Female Cast , Coming of Age , LGBTQ+ Themes , Yuri , Seinen , Dancing , Acrobatics , Athletics , Orphan , Tragedy , Acting

Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne

Also known as Phantom Thief Jeanne.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Mahou Shoujo , Romance

High school student Maron Kusakabe has a secret: she’s Phantom Thief Jeanne. She sneaks into private art collections to steal paintings in which demons reside. Jeanne’s task is to seal the demons before they can devour human hearts. So far she’s been able to evade the police on her midnight outings, but now another thief has come onto the scene—Phantom Sinbad—and he’s trying to take the paintings before she does!



Notes:
- Includes bonus stories "Miyako☆Catharsis", "Instant?! Access Legend★", "Let's Go, Silk Road ★"
- "The Memory of the Fish, The Snow Crystals of the Moon" 1-2 and "I Will Be Your Happiness" are not included as they are only released in the Bunko edition (but not in the initial release of the manga)

Tags: Female Protagonist , Demons , Reincarnation , Rehabilitation , Coming of Age , Shoujo , School , Henshin , Angels , Heterosexual , Philosophy , Denpa , Hikikomori , Time Manipulation , Work , Time Skip , Love Triangle , Gods , Urban Fantasy , Primarily Teen Cast , Acrobatics

Moon Land

Also known as Moon Land.

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

"Mitsuki Amahara is an avid gymnast in his third year of middle school, but it's not until the final middle school competition that he competes for the first time. There, he is taken aback by the stunning performance of Sakura Dogase, a member of a renowned club. What will Mitsuki do in order to get closer to his goal...?!"



Note: chapter count includes 19 extras.

Tags: School Club , Athletics , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Acrobatics

Yuunagi ni Mae, Boku no Ribbon

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

A boy becomes enamored with Ribbon (rhythmic gymnastics) after seeing a young woman dancing by a shrine one evening. Years later, he steps onto the mat for a Ribbon competition. Everyone is shocked to see a boy trying to compete. Can he get past the stigma and dance on equal footing?

Tags: Athletics , Historical , Bullying , Seinen , Male Protagonist , Dancing , Acrobatics , Coastal

Bakuten!!

Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

The final summer of middle school, Shoutarou Futaba discovers boys gymnastics and is completely enamored by it. Shoutarou ends up going to Soushuukan Private High School and decides to visit the boys gymnastics club. He's greeted by very unique senpais and a star gymnast named Ryouya Misato. 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.



Tags: School Club , Athletics , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Shoujo , Acrobatics

Hikari no Densetsu

Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Slice of Life , Sports

It's about a girl named Hikari Kamijou who dreams of becoming a national rhythmic gymnastics champion.

Hikari no Densetsu is primarily a love story that it is set in the late 80s junior high school atmosphere. The plot revolves around four characters and how they work to achieve their dreams. Hikari Kamijou, a young, naïve, care-free, young woman who dreams of becoming an Olympic Champion in the sport of rhythmic gymnastics ever since she witnessed a performance of the young Diliana Georgieva (a champion Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast). And while she performs poorly and is not very confidant in her skills as a rhythmic gymnast, she is very passionate about the sport and shows occasional brilliance during her performances.

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Tags: Shoujo , Dancing , Female Protagonist , Athletics , School , Love Triangle , Acrobatics

Kaleido Star Comic Anthology

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Sports

Anthology of short stories by various mangaka focused around the animated TV series Kaleido Star.

Tags: Circus , Anthology , Female Protagonist , Acrobatics

Tumbling

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life , Sports

Yuuta Takenata has dreamed of being a gymnast ever since he was a little kid, so when he gets into high school he starts up the "Boys Rythmic Gymnatics" team. He works hard and gets enough members to compete, but then the club adviser forces them to take the delinquent Azuma Wataru into they're club. He's loud, whinny and has absolutely no interest in gymnastics. Yuuta just gives up on him, telling to stop coming to the practices. . But when he accidentally causes one of the members to break there arm, he has to start training so as to take they're part in the competition.

Tags: School , Shoujo , Acrobatics

MUSE

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sports

Tags: Female Protagonist , Acrobatics , Seinen , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban