Top Parkour Anime Recommendations

SK∞

Also known as SK8 the Infinity.

Studio: bones
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Reki, a high school sophomore and skater, is addicted to “S,” a highly secret and dangerous downhill skateboarding race that takes place in an abandoned mine. The skaters are especially wild about the “beefs,” or heated battles that erupt in the races.

Reki takes Langa, a transfer student returning to Japan after studying abroad, to the mine where the races are held. Langa, who has no skateboarding experience, finds himself pulled into the world of “S”...



Note: On March 13, 2021 a recap episode (9.5) went on air, postponing the broadcast of the regular episodes by one week.

Tags: Skateboarding , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Parkour , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Slapstick , Urban , Found Family , Boys' Love , LGBTQ+ Themes , School , Artificial Intelligence , Butler , Gambling , Motorcycles

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: First Kiss wa Owaranai

Also known as Kaguya-sama: Love is War -The First Kiss That Never Ends-.

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

Shuchiin Academy’s student council room: the place where Student Council Vice President Kaguya Shinomiya and President Miyuki Shirogane met. After a long battle in love, these two geniuses communicated their feelings and, at the Hoshin Festival, had their very first kiss. However, there was no clear confession of love. The relationship between these two, who assumed they would be a couple, remains ambiguous. Now, overly conscious of their feelings, they must face the biggest challenge yet: Christmas. It’s Shirogane who wants it to be perfect versus Kaguya who pursues the imperfect situation. This is the very “normal” love story of two geniuses and the first kiss that never ends.



Note: The anime first premiered in theaters across Japan on December 17, 2022. It was later split into 2 parts on TV, and 4 episodes on streaming, and Blu-Ray/DVD.

Tags: Heterosexual , Coming of Age , School , Philosophy , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Female Protagonist , Ojou-sama , Tsundere , Kuudere , School Club , Slapstick , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Parody , Chibi , Parkour

Bubble

Also known as Bubble.

Studio: Wit Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Romance , Sci-Fi , Sports , Supernatural

In a Tokyo where gravity has broken, a boy and a girl are drawn to each other...

The story is set in Tokyo, after bubbles that broke the laws of gravity rained down upon the world. Cut off from the outside world, Tokyo has become a playground for a group of young people who have lost their families, acting as a battlefield for parkour team battles as they leap from building to building. Hibiki, a young ace known for his dangerous play style, makes a reckless move one day and plummets into the gravity-bending sea. His life is saved by Uta, a girl with mysterious powers. The pair then hear a unique sound audible only to them. Why did Uta appear before Hibiki? Their encounter leads to a revelation that will change the world.



Note: The anime released on Netflix on April 28, 2022. It screened in theaters on May 13, 2022.

Tags: Parkour , Post-Apocalyptic , Urban Fantasy , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Dystopian , Urban , Heterosexual , Lost Civilization , Female Protagonist , Aliens , Primarily Teen Cast , Disability , Coming of Age , Super Power , Philosophy , CGI , Amnesia

Shinobi no Ittoki

Also known as Shinobi no Ittoki.

Studio: TROYCA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action

Ittoki Sakuraba was an ordinary student, until his life was turned upside down! He finds out that he is the 19th heir of the famous Iga Ninjas. The Iga must try to defend what is theirs from the Koga, a rivaling clan seeking to end Ittoki’s life. Ittoki is left with no choice but to become a shinobi that’s strong enough to not only protect himself, but also his village. Now a student at Kokuten Ninja Academy, a high school specializing in shinobi techniques, Ittoki learns the way of the modern-day ninja, equipped with high-tech suits and gadgets. Together with students from other villages, Ittoki clashes with the Koga in an attempt to end the rivalry once and for all.



Tags: Ninja , Conspiracy , Revenge , Bullying , Espionage , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , War , Tragedy , Urban , Coming of Age , School , Time Skip , Parkour , Prison

Air Gear

Also known as Air Gear.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Sports

Minami Itsuki never thought about seriously riding Air Treck motorized roller blades, until he got his butt handed to him by a street gang of Storm Riders. That day, he discovered in a locked up room, a pair of AT's and a box of stickers belonging to the Sleeping Forest street gang. One thing leads to another, and Ikki dons the wheels and begins to ride. As his reputation builds in the AT street fighting/racing world, he begins to develop his own gang and participate in more fights, gaining more and more territory.

Tags: Shounen , Male Protagonist , Delinquents , Urban , Gangs , Parkour , Coming of Age , Kuudere , Dissociative Identities , School , Nudity

Prince of Stride: Alternative

Also known as Prince of Stride: Alternative.

Studio: MADHOUSE
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

The series revolves around a closed-down "Stride" club at Hounan Academy. First-year high school students Takeru Fujiwara and Nana Sakurai attempt to restart the club, but they must recruit six members for the team. They ask Riku Yagami to join, but he turns them down by saying that Stride is the one thing he doesn't want to do. However, Takeru and Nana drag Riku into the clubroom to try to convince him.



Tags: Athletics , Parkour , Male Protagonist , School Club , Idol , Primarily Teen Cast , Shoujo , Primarily Male Cast , School , Ensemble Cast , Female Protagonist

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 , Philosophy , Urban , Primarily Child Cast , Crime , Orphan , Urban Fantasy , Homeless , Yakuza , Male Protagonist , Dissociative Identities , Primarily Male Cast , Parkour , Seinen , Conspiracy , Guns , Cars , Fugitive , Nudity , Time Skip

Lazarus

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Not_Yet_Released
Genres: Action , Sci-Fi

The year is 2052 — an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity prevails across the globe. The reason for this: mankind has been freed from sickness and pain. Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist Dr. Skinner has developed a miracle cure-all drug with no apparent drawbacks called Hapuna. Hapuna soon becomes ubiquitous… and essential. However, soon after Hapuna is officially introduced, Dr. Skinner vanishes.

Three years later, the world has moved on. But Dr. Skinner has returned — this time, as a harbinger of doom. Skinner announces that Hapuna has a short half-life. Everyone who has taken it will die approximately three years later. Death is coming for this sinful world — and coming soon.

As a response to this threat, a special task force of 5 agents is gathered from across the world to save humanity from Skinner’s plan. This group is called “Lazarus.” Can they find Skinner and develop a vaccine before time runs out?



Tags: Parkour , Urban , Cyberpunk , Prison , Medicine , Male Protagonist

Na-Nare Hana-Nare

Also known as Narenare -Cheer for you!-.

Studio: P.A. Works
Status: Finished
Genres: 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 , Rehabilitation , Disability , Parkour , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Iyashikei , CGI , School , LGBTQ+ Themes , Lacrosse

Yi Ren Zhi Xia 3

Studio: Big Firebird Cultural Media
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Third season of Yi Ren Zhi Xia.

Tags: Martial Arts , Super Power , Urban Fantasy , Wuxia , Parkour

Hirogaru Sky! Precure

Also known as Soaring Sky! Precure.

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

A major incident has occurred in the peaceful Sky Land!? The young Princess Eru has been kidnapped by the monsters of Underg Empire! A brave young girl, Sora, follows the princess through a mysterious hole. "TV"? "Cars"? Are those some kind of magic tools!?!?

But there's no time to be surprised! She has to get the princess back to the castle...! Flying between two worlds! The adventure with the Pretty Cure begins now!

It's hero time!

Tags: Henshin , Superhero , Magic , Found Family , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Isekai , Ensemble Cast , Urban Fantasy , Kids , Urban , Episodic , LGBTQ+ Themes , Monster Boy , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Animals , Shapeshifting , Memory Manipulation , Drawing , Anthropomorphism , Parkour , Martial Arts , Dragons , Teacher , Aviation , Male Protagonist , School , Baseball , Tokusatsu , Tomboy

Ensemble Stars!!: Road to Show!!

Studio: David Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Music , Slice of Life

Ensemble Square - a brand new building in the middle of the city where countless people come and go. It’s home to four offices belonging to idols who spend their days singing and dancing. Films starring the Ensemble Square idols have been nominated for the Idol Film Festival (IFF), an annual festival held in New York City, and representative idols are selected to attend. The boys jet off to NYC to attend the festival and reception party, and afterward, head out on the town to see the sights and sounds. But a suspicious shadow is creeping up on them…



Tags: Idol , Primarily Male Cast , Ensemble Cast , Foreign , Acting , Parkour , Basketball , Food , Skateboarding

Tousouchuu: Great Mission

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

The time is a future where humans have moved their residence to the moon.... In the lunar colony, a game has become very popular. The name of the game is "Run for the Money." It is an entertainment survival game in which fugitives are released into a limited area, and if they can escape from the pursuing android "hunters" until the time limit counts down to zero, they can win a large prize. Some dream of getting rich, while others challenge themselves to test their strength in "Run for the Money."



Tags: Male Protagonist , Athletics , Battle Royale , Ensemble Cast , Parkour , Urban , Magic , Desert , Foreign , Virtual World , Conspiracy , Mafia , Samurai , Ninja , Gods , Kaiju , Urban Fantasy , Travel , Class Struggle , Henshin , Cars , Trains , Ships , Cyberpunk , Vampire , CGI , Robots , Dystopian , Slavery

Ku Pao Yingxiong

Also known as The Running Heroes.

Studio: Hangzhou Shimei Pictures
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Fantasy

The animation tells the story of Xiao Shuai who accidentally ends up in a fantasy world and gets embroiled in a dispute between parkour colleges.

Based off the Tencent mobile game Parkour Everyday.

Tags: Parkour , Video Games , Magic , Isekai , Male Protagonist , Chibi

Kamisama no Idenshi

Status: Finished
Genres:

The die is cast.

Music video animated by Riri Yamashita for the song Kamisama no Idenshi by Mafumafu.

Tags: Parkour