Top Fitness Anime Recommendations

One Punch Man

Also known as One-Punch Man.

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

Saitama has a rather peculiar hobby, being a superhero, but despite his heroic deeds and superhuman abilities, a shadow looms over his life. He's become much too powerful, to the point that every opponent ends up defeated with a single punch.

The lack of challenge has driven him into a state of apathy, as he watches his life pass by having lost all enthusiasm, at least until he's unwillingly thrust in the role of being a mentor to the young and revenge-driven Genos.

Tags: Superhero , Super Power , Parody , Male Protagonist , Satire , Surreal Comedy , Urban Fantasy , Urban , Cyborg , Primarily Adult Cast , Kaiju , Seinen , Aliens , Anthropomorphism , Primarily Male Cast , Gods , Ninja , Martial Arts , Demons , Henshin , Fitness , Prophecy

Mob Psycho 100

Also known as Mob Psycho 100.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Psychological , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The story revolves around "Mob," a boy who will explode if his emotional capacity reaches 100%. This boy with psychic powers earned his nickname "Mob" because he does not stand out among other people. He keeps his psychic powers bottled up so he can live normally, but if his emotional level reaches 100, something will overwhelm his entire body.



Tags: Super Power , Coming of Age , Urban Fantasy , Philosophy , Ghost , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Satire , Parody , Urban , Shounen , Disability , Exorcism , Primarily Male Cast , Conspiracy , School , Slapstick , Demons , Delinquents , School Club , Bullying , Fitness , Gangs , Cult , Family Life , Dissociative Identities , Unrequited Love , Curses , Denpa , Teacher , Swordplay

Haikyuu!!

Also known as HAIKYU!!.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Sports

Inspired after watching a volleyball ace nicknamed "Little Giant" in action, small-statured Shouyou Hinata revives the volleyball club at his middle school. The newly-formed team even makes it to a tournament; however, their first match turns out to be their last when they are brutally squashed by the "King of the Court," Tobio Kageyama. Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama, and so after graduating from middle school, he joins Karasuno High School's volleyball team—only to find that his sworn rival, Kageyama, is now his teammate.

Thanks to his short height, Hinata struggles to find his role on the team, even with his superior jumping power. Surprisingly, Kageyama has his own problems that only Hinata can help with, and learning to work together appears to be the only way for the team to be successful. Based on Haruichi Furudate's popular shounen manga of the same name, Haikyuu!! is an exhilarating and emotional sports comedy following two determined athletes as they attempt to patch a heated rivalry in order to make their high school volleyball team the best in Japan.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Tags: Volleyball , School Club , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Ensemble Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Coming of Age , Fitness , Kuudere , Anti-Hero

MASHLE

Also known as MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

This is a world of magic. This is a world in which magic is casually used by everyone.

In a deep, dark forest in this world of magic, there is a boy who is singlemindedly working out. His name is Mash Burnedead, and he has a secret. He can’t use magic.

All he wanted was to live a quiet life with his family, but people suddenly start trying to kill him one day and he somehow finds himself enrolled in Magic School. There, he sets his sights on becoming a “Divine Visionary,” the elite of the elite.

Will his ripped muscles work against the best and brightest of the wizarding world? The curtain rises on this off-kilter magical fantasy in which the power of being jacked crushes any spell!



Tags: Magic , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Parody , School , Fitness , Slapstick , Primarily Teen Cast , Super Power , Primarily Male Cast , Kuudere , Aromantic , Adoption , Food , Battle Royale , Asexual , Cult , Bullying , Medieval , Unrequited Love

Masamune-kun no Revenge

Also known as Masamune-kun's Revenge.

Studio: SILVER LINK.
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

As an overweight child, Makabe Masamune was mercilessly teased and bullied by one particular girl, Adagaki Aki. Determined to one day exact his revenge upon her, Makabe begins a rigorous regimen of self-improvement and personal transformation. Years later, Masamune re-emerges as a new man. Handsome, popular, with perfect grades and good at sports, Masamune-kun transfers to Aki's school, and is unrecognizable to her. Now, Masamune-kun is ready to confront the girl who bullied him so many years ago and humiliate her at last. But will revenge be as sweet as he thought?



Tags: Male Protagonist , Revenge , Tsundere , Love Triangle , School , Primarily Female Cast , Ojou-sama , Bullying , Heterosexual , Kuudere , Female Harem , Fitness , Shounen , Maids

MASHLE: Kami Shinkakusha Kouho Senbatsu Shiken-hen

Also known as MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES Season 2.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Fantasy

After Mash Burnedead's clash with Magia Lupus, the secret about his powers is now out in the open. The short-lived celebration ends when the Bureau of Magic summons Mash before an audience of Divine Visionaries, who collectively decree Mash should reap the consequences and die. However, an evil shadow organization called Innocent Zero hijacks the inquiry to demand that Mash be kept alive.

Mash proves that he is capable of dealing with Innocent Zero, but the Divine Visionaries' verdict remains unchanged. Luckily, Mash finds unexpected allies in Divine Visionary Rayne Ames and Headmaster Wahlberg Baigan, and they successfully defer his execution until Innocent Zero is defeated. Mash is now allowed to live under one condition: he must be selected as the Divine Visionary candidate by the year's end.



Tags: Magic , Parody , Fitness , Shounen , Super Power , Slapstick , Kuudere , School , Male Protagonist , Battle Royale , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Teen Cast , Chibi , Food , Aromantic , Time Manipulation , Bullying , Medieval , Estranged Family , Witch , Unrequited Love , Philosophy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender

Free!

Also known as Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club-.

Studio: Kyoto Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Slice of Life , Sports

The story revolves around Haruka Nanase, a boy who has always loved to be immersed in water, and to swim in it. Before graduating from elementary school, he participated in a swimming tournament along with his fellow swimming club members, Makoto Tachibana, Nagisa Hazuki, and Rin Matsuoka. After achieving victory, each of the boys went their separate ways.

Time passed, and in the middle of their uneventful high school lives Rin appears and challenges Haruka to a match, showing Haruka his overwhelming power. Not wanting it to end like this, Haruka, gathers together Makoto and Nagisa once again and brings a new member named Rei Ryugazaki to create the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club in order to defeat Rin.



Tags: Swimming , Primarily Male Cast , School Club , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Primarily Teen Cast , School , Fitness , Kuudere , Boys' Love , Bisexual , Coastal

Hajime no Ippo: THE FIGHTING!

Also known as Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!.

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

Makunouchi Ippo has been bullied his entire life. Constantly running errands and being beaten up by his classmates, Ippo has always dreamed of changing himself, but never has the passion to act upon it. One day, in the midst of yet another bullying, Ippo is saved by Takamura Mamoru, who happens to be a boxer. Ippo faints from his injuries and is brought to the Kamogawa boxing gym to recover. As he regains consciousness, he is awed and amazed at his new surroundings in the gym, though lacks confidence to attempt anything. Takamura places a photo of Ippo's classmate on a punching bag and forces him to punch it. It is only then that Ippo feels something stir inside him and eventually asks Takamura to train him in boxing. Thinking that Ippo does not have what it takes, Takamura gives him a task deemed impossible and gives him a one week time limit. With a sudden desire to get stronger, for himself and his hard working mother, Ippo trains relentlessly to accomplish the task within the time limit. Thus Ippo's journey to the top of the boxing world begins.



Tags: Boxing , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Shounen , Martial Arts , Coming of Age , Fitness , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Delinquents , Bullying , Tragedy , Fishing , Athletics

Chiyu Mahou no Machigatta Tsukaikata

Also known as The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic.

Studio: Shin-Ei Animation , Studio Add
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

An ordinary walk home from school turns into an epic journey for Usato. After suddenly being dropped into another world with two fellow students, Usato learns he was summoned there by accident. But things turn around when he discovers a unique aptitude for healing magic! Now, he trains beyond human limitations, using his self-healing abilities to gain absurd strength and unrivaled stamina.



Tags: Isekai , Magic , Demons , Male Protagonist , Survival , War , Fitness , Cultivation , Creature Taming , Military , Heterosexual , Animals , Wilderness , Kemonomimi , Swordplay , Female Harem

Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?

Also known as How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?.

Studio: Doga Kobo
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Ecchi , Slice of Life , Sports

Hibiki enjoys the finer things in life, and when it comes to food, she's downright indulgent. When it becomes clear she's getting chubby, she decides to better herself by joining a gym. In her attempt to find a casual gym, she meets Akemi - a comrade-in-arms. Little does Hibiki know, Akemi has an ulterior motive. What will this wonderful world of fitness have in store for Hibiki?

Tags: Fitness , Educational , Athletics , Female Protagonist , Urban , Primarily Female Cast , Tomboy , Episodic , Tanned Skin , Shounen , Gyaru , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Meta , Boxing , Parody , Food , Teacher , Nudity , School , Cosplay

Keijo!!!!!!!!

Also known as Keijo!!!!!!!!.

Studio: Xebec
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 , School , Nudity , Yuri , Dissociative Identities , Primarily Teen Cast , Martial Arts , Tomboy , Delinquents

Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru

Also known as Run with the Wind.

Studio: Production I.G
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 , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Heterosexual , Twins , Trains , Tanned Skin , Food

Hyouken no Majutsushi ga Sekai wo Suberu

Also known as The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World.

Studio: CLOUDHEARTS
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

The Arnold Academy of Sorcery for society’s most elite has just received their first commoner student: Ray White. Despite the contempt he’s received, Ray’s managed to befriend an eclectic group of classmates that get him into all sorts of schemes. But the pressures of maneuvering teenage drama is half his worries, as he secretly is the most powerful sorcerer…the Iceblade Sorcerer!



Tags: Magic , School , Male Protagonist , Swordplay , Female Harem , Fitness , Bisexual , War , Class Struggle , Maids , Crossdressing , Cult , Found Family , Elf

Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! ω

Also known as Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 2.

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

During the summer holidays, energetic Hana Uzaki spent most of her time accompanying her lonesome upperclassman, Shinichi Sakurai. Now that school has resumed, Uzaki's teasing continues to ramp up, much to Sakurai's constant annoyance. Nevertheless, no amount of ridicule can damage the pair's relationship—which only seems to be getting better as their college days fly by!



Tags: Slapstick , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Tomboy , College , Seinen , Bullying , Video Games , Fitness , Episodic , Meta

Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai

Also known as Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe.

Studio: david production
Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai adapts a handful of one-shots based on the manga series JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken, and follows the bizarre adventures that Rohan Kishibe goes through as he searches for inspiration for his manga.

Fugou Mura

Rohan accompanies manga editor Kyouka Izumi to a secretive village where she plans on buying a house. Izumi informs Rohan that inhabitants of the village suddenly become rich at the age of 25 after purchasing their homes. Being 25 years old herself, Izumi has high hopes for moving into the village and invites Rohan to gather ideas for his manga. As they enter one of the houses for an interview with the seller, they are greeted by a servant named Ikkyuu, who puts them through a test of etiquette with deadly consequences.

Mutsukabezaka

Rohan meets with his editor, Minoru Kagamari, to discuss both his manga and the six mountains that the manga author recently bought. He explains that he purchased the mountains in order to search for a legendary spirit known as the Mutsukabezaka. To give his search context, he tells the tale of Naoko Osato, a wealthy heiress who murdered her boyfriend and became cursed by the spirit.

Zangenshitsu

Rohan decides to vacation in Venice after putting his manga on hiatus. While there, he explores the interior of a church and examines the structure of its confessional. After stepping into the priest's compartment, Rohan hears a man enter the confessional and begin to confess his sins. The man recounts his confrontation with a starving beggar and the haunting events that followed.

The Run

Youma Hashimoto is a young male model who has quickly risen to success. As his popularity grows, so does his obsession with his appearance and body. One day, he meets Rohan at the gym, and the two quickly form a rivalry which pushes Youma to intensify his training. Soon. Youma's fixation on his physique takes a dark turn as his training takes precedence over his life, and he challenges Rohan to a fatal competition on the treadmills.



Note: Kishibe Rohan wa Ugokanai's first episode was distributed to customers who bought all 13 Blu-ray/DVD volumes of JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Diamond wa Kudakenai. The second episode was bundled with the limited-edition second volume of the manga. The third and fourth episodes were screened across six cities in Japan starting on December 8, 2019. All four episodes were then bundled on March 25, 2020, for a home-media release.

Tags: Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Episodic , Body Horror , Fitness , Youkai , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Ghost , Gods , Gore , Shounen , Primarily Male Cast , Death Game

Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi

Also known as Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple.

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

From wimp to warrior. Sort of…

Yeah, Kenichi’s a total wimp. He’s always getting picked on and doesn’t have a lot of friends to stick up for him. The guy needs motivation if he hopes to graduate in one piece. Well, Miu’s the perfect motivation. She’s hot, she accepts him, and she just so happens to live at a dojo with six martial arts masters. You could say fate has led Kenichi to their door, or you could say he was just following the hottie. Either way, he’s about to get whipped into serious shape. If he can survive some hard-core training, he might survive another day at school. He might even score with Miu. Yeah, you could call Kenichi a wimp. But let’s go with underdog instead.



Tags: Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , School , Shounen , Delinquents , Fitness , Kuudere

Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray

Also known as Umamusume: Cinderella Gray.

Studio: CygamesPictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Unbeknownst to those around her in the destitute countryside of Kasamatsu, the staggering potential of this ashen-haired "Beast” will soon rock Japan with her feet and catapult her to the national stage—down the path of a legend.

Follow Oguri Cap and her insatiable appetite as the starting gates open on this Umamusume's hot-blooded Cinderella story!



Tags: Athletics , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Kemonomimi , Seinen , Fitness , Historical , Disability , Idol , Bullying , Food , Dancing , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Animals

Hyakuemu.

Also known as 100 METERS.

Studio: ROCK'N ROLL MOUNTAIN
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

100 METERS follows Togashi, a track star who is born to run. As a kid, he is naturally gifted and wins every 100-meter race without effort. But in sixth grade, he meets Komiya, a transfer student who is full of determination but lacks technique. In teaching him, Togashi gives Komiya a new purpose: to win no matter what. Years pass by, and Togashi and Komiya meet again as rivals on the track and reveal their true selves.



Tags: Athletics , Rotoscoping , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Coming of Age , Fitness , Time Skip , Primarily Male Cast , Outdoor Activities , School Club , Shounen , School

Futoku no Guild

Also known as Immoral Guild.

Studio: TNK
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy

Determined to retire but unwilling to leave his guild without a successor, Kikuru trains a few heroines as apprentices. But between their personalities and monsters with an… unusual interest in women? His retirement is getting further away every day.



Tags: Nudity , Primarily Female Cast , Female Harem , Male Protagonist , Slapstick , Heterosexual , Magic , Primarily Teen Cast , Anachronism , Ensemble Cast , Kemonomimi , Rural , Shounen , Mixed Gender Harem , Archery , Femboy , Fitness , Demons , Elf , Tsundere , Food , Martial Arts , Bisexual , Butler , Maids , Age Gap

Cool Doji Danshi

Also known as Play It Cool, Guys.

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

At first glance, these guys look cool and handsome.

You want to get closer to them... but then you realize they're all clumsy! They forget their wallets, turn on their music on the train without putting their headphones in, put on glasses when they have their contacts in, stab bendy straws backwards into drinks, walk around with a shoehorn that they thought was an umbrella… Despite being so clumsy, these guys never forget to play it cool.



Tags: Male Protagonist , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Urban , Slapstick , Episodic , Kuudere , Work , College , Josei , Writing , Chibi , Trains , School , Tsundere , Fashion , Coming of Age , Fitness , Handball , Video Games