Top Wrestling Anime Recommendations

VINLAND SAGA SEASON 2

Also known as Vinland Saga Season 2.

Studio: MAPPA
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama

The second season of Vinland Saga.

After his father's death and the destruction of his village at the hands of English raiders, Einar wishes for a peaceful life with his family on their newly rebuilt farms. However, fate has other plans: his village is invaded once again. Einar watches helplessly as the marauding Danes burn his lands and slaughter his family. The invaders capture Einar and take him back to Denmark as a slave.

Einar clings to his mother's final words to survive. He is purchased by Ketil, a kind slave owner and landlord who promises that Einar can regain his freedom in return for working in the fields. Soon, Einar encounters his new partner in farm cultivation—Thorfinn, a dejected and melancholic slave. As Einar and Thorfinn work together toward their freedom, they are haunted by both sins of the past and the ploys of the present. Yet they carry on, grasping for a glimmer of hope, redemption, and peace in a world that is nothing but unjust and unforgiving.



Tags: Rehabilitation , Seinen , Slavery , Vikings , Tragedy , Philosophy , Male Protagonist , Historical , Coming of Age , War , Agriculture , Primarily Adult Cast , Foreign , Rural , Primarily Male Cast , Time Skip , Religion , Medieval , Swordplay , Gore , Politics , Heterosexual , Lost Civilization , Mythology , Travel , Wrestling , Pregnancy , Yandere , Rotoscoping

Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai!

Also known as The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!.

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

The Great Jahy, the Dark Realm’s second-in-command, cuts a frightening figure, feared and revered by all. But when a run-in with a magical girl results in the destruction of the precious mana crystal, the Dark Realm falls, transporting the newly puny and powerless Jahy to the human world! Unfortunately, plotting the revival of the Dark Realm from a cramped, crumbling one-room apartment is no easy feat when you have rent to pay and a job to keep!



Tags: Slapstick , Female Protagonist , Demons , Primarily Female Cast , Urban Fantasy , Henshin , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Magic , Super Power , Isekai , Tanned Skin , Work , Episodic , Surreal Comedy , Masochism , Shounen , Monster Girl , Nudity , Wrestling

Special A

Also known as S.A: Special A.

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

Hikari Hanazono has always been second to Kei Takishima. When they were six years old, their pro-wrestling loving fathers introduced them to each other. Assuming that she was the best in wrestling, young Hikari challenged Kei to a wrestling match only to be thoroughly defeated by him.

Ever since that fateful incident, Hikari swore to beat Kei in school grades, sporting events - anything. To do this, she has enrolled in the same school as Kei since elementary. Now she attends Hakusenkan, an ultra elite school, that costs her carpenter father a lot of money.

Hikari and Kei are the top two students in the school, with Kei holding firmly to that number one position. While Hikari considers Kei to be a rival and important friend, she is completely unaware that Kei loves her. The story primarily focuses on Hikari and her constant attempts to defeat her one and only rival, Kei, and how she finds love in their rivalry.

Tags: Shoujo , Animals , School , Tsundere , Twins , Wrestling , Ensemble Cast , Slapstick , Bullying , School Club , Martial Arts , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Dissociative Identities , Coming of Age , Musical Theater , Foreign , Maids , Incest

Hataage! Kemono Michi

Also known as Kemono Michi: Rise Up.

Studio: ENGI
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life

The story follows masked wrestler Genzou Shibata, who likes all kinds of animals and creatures. One day he is summoned to another world, where a princess asks him to help kill magical beasts, but he gets mad and puts her in a German suplex. Instead, he begins life as a pet shop owner in the other world.



Tags: Isekai , Kemonomimi , Wrestling , Animals , Parody , Dragons , Vampire , Anthropomorphism , Male Protagonist , Creature Taming , Work , Female Harem , Video Games , Reincarnation , Shounen

Akiba's Trip: The Animation

Also known as Akiba's Trip the Animation.

Studio: GONZO
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Fantasy , Supernatural

Akihabara, a broad-minded neighborhood where everyone from beginners to masters are welcomed. Even when you're alone, if you go to Akiba, you'll find someone who understands you. It's a neighborhood where anything is possible, where anyone can do seemingly anything; a place where you can lay bare your body and soul. In this neighborhood of Akiba, which has everything including anime, games, maids, idols, secondhand parts, and cheap food, battles are fought against the "Bagurimono," and a steadfast "boy meets girl" story begins!



Tags: Idol , Otaku Culture , Heterosexual , Super Power , Nudity , Parody , Card Battle , Twins , Urban Fantasy , Wrestling , Demons , Super Robot , Necromancy , Time Manipulation

Kengan Ashura Part 2

Also known as KENGAN ASHURA Part II.

Studio: Larx Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

The Annihilation Tournament continues in part 2 of Kengan Ashura!

Tags: Martial Arts , Wrestling , Primarily Male Cast , CGI , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Super Power , Body Horror

Noir

Studio: Bee Train
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery

Mireille Bouquet is a professional assassin, and a very good one at that. But when she follows up an e-mail from a young Japanese girl named Yumura Kirika, inviting her to take "a pilgrimage to the past", her life becomes even more dangerous than it already is. Now, with a haunting melody invoking the memory of an event long past, Mireille and Kirika decide to work together to find the truth about a thousand year old organization that has controlled both of their lives since before they were born. And the only clue in their search, the only thing Kirika remembers about herself, becomes their working codename: a name designating an ancient fate, of two maidens who reign over death--Noir.



Tags: Assassins , Guns , Noir , Foreign , Crime , Amnesia , Female Protagonist , Fugitive , Primarily Female Cast , Revenge , Tragedy , Conspiracy , Gangs , Primarily Adult Cast , Triads , Wrestling , Philosophy

Grappler Baki: Saidai Tournament-hen

Also known as Grappler Baki Maximum Tournament.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

Baki, a great grappler needs to live up to his name being the son of the the greatest grapplers of all time: Hanma Yujiro. At the Shinshinkai Organization's private arena, anything goes and the odds are always stacked against you. Current champion of the urderground tournament he fight to defend his title against the worlds strongest and best martial artists, including "the beast" his own father Yujiro.



Tags: Martial Arts , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Wrestling , Crime , Drugs , Primarily Adult Cast , Ensemble Cast , Suicide , Guns , Military , Heterosexual , Found Family , Athletics

Kidou Butouden G Gundam

Also known as Mobile Fighter G Gundam.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Mecha , Romance

It is time for the "Gundam Fight" tournament! Each country sends a Gundam to Earth for this prestigious tournament in the hopes of winning power and glory for their homeland! But this time, there's an unseen evil lurking behind the scene. Domon Kasshu, Neo Japan's reluctant Fighter, is determined to uncover this evil and clear his family name! The fight to the top begins now!



Tags: Battle Royale , Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Revenge , Super Robot , Super Power , Tokusatsu , Heterosexual , Henshin , Surreal Comedy , Space , Tragedy , Wuxia , Dystopian , Love Triangle , Episodic , Cultivation , Wrestling , Environmental

Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai!

Also known as Wanna be the Strongest in the World!.

Studio: Arms
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Ecchi , Sports

As members of the nationally renowned idol group Sweet Diva, Hagiwara Sakura and Miyazawa Elena are both rivals and dear friends who recognize each other's talents. Then one day, during a TV filming, Elenagets into a fight with professional wrestler Kazama Rio and winds up hurt. To avenge her injured friend, Sakura strives for victory in the pro wrestling ring. What will Sakura find at the end of her battle?!



Tags: Wrestling , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Bullying , Idol , Nudity

Kengan Ashura Season 2

Also known as KENGAN ASHURA Season 2.

Studio: Larx Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

The second season of Kengan Ashura.

Tags: Martial Arts , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Boxing , Wrestling , Primarily Male Cast , Full CGI , CGI , Ensemble Cast , Gore , Athletics

Demashitaa! Powerpuff Girls Z

Also known as Powerpuff Girls Z.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Mahou Shoujo , Sci-Fi

Based on the American cartoon, "The Powerpuff Girls."

Professor Utonium and his son Ken are studying the strange Chemical X. When a mochi cake falls into the formula, it changes into Chemical Z. Ken fires a ray of Chemical Z at a glacier in Tokyo Bay, however that causes strange black and white lights to scatter. The black lights turn its victims into monsters, with emphasis on a black light hitting a zoo monkey and transforming him into Mojo Jojo.

The white lights, however, aim at three normal girls, Momoko, Miyako, and Kaoru. This gives them the power to transform into superheroes, the Powerpuff Girls Z!

Tags: Female Protagonist , Henshin , Super Power , Tomboy , Primarily Female Cast , Magic , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Family Life , Urban , Animals , Urban Fantasy , Super Robot , Robots , Ojou-sama , Makeup , Werewolf , Shapeshifting , Gangs , Football , Maids , Kaiju , Coastal , Space , Clone , Gender Bending , Villainess , Tokusatsu , Aliens , Fashion , Demons , Acting , Heterosexual , Body Swapping , Crossdressing , Ninja , Wrestling , Age Regression , Unrequited Love , Episodic , School , Superhero , Kids , Primarily Child Cast , Parody , Time Manipulation , Motorcycles , Ghost , Language Barrier , Alternate Universe

Free!: Dive to the Future Episode 0: Soushun no Build-up!

Also known as Free! -Dive to the Future-: Build-Up of Early Spring!.

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

Episode 0 of Free!: Dive to the Future was shown at a special Free! event. Episode 1 also pre-aired during this same event. Episode 0 will eventually be included in the BD/DVD release of Free!: Dive to the Future.

Tags: Primarily Male Cast , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Wrestling , College , Male Protagonist , Football , Swimming

Kick-Heart

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

Kick-Heart is a love story between Romeo, a successful pro-wrestler, and Juliet, a nun who lives a secret double-life as a female pro-wrestler. Romeo's secret is that he enjoys taking a beating in the ring, while Juliet feels invigorated when facing her opponents as a wrestler. When the two meet in the ring, the fireworks fly. Their story is set in the colorful backdrop of the professional wrestling world. Will Juliet reveal her true identity to the one she loves? Will Romeo be able to share his secret to the world?



Tags: Wrestling , Male Protagonist , Surreal Comedy , Nun

Kengan Ashura Season 2 Part 2

Also known as KENGAN ASHURA Season 2 Part.2.

Studio: Larx Entertainment
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

The second half of second season of Kengan Ashura.

The end of the battle is near, and the Kengan Life-or-Death Tournament eagerly awaits its winner.



Tags: Martial Arts , Ensemble Cast , Full CGI , Primarily Male Cast , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Gore , Athletics , Revenge , Boxing , Wrestling

Air Master

Also known as Air Master.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

A former gymnast, Aikawa Maki has turned her skills to a different way of life—street fighting. The only thing that truly makes her feel alive is violence. With amazing power and grace, she fights opponent after opponent, repeatedly demonstrating the gymnastic talent that earns her her nom de guerre, "Airmaster."

Tags: Martial Arts , Female Protagonist , Kuudere , Primarily Female Cast , Seinen , Yuri , Tanned Skin , Gyaru , Delinquents , Wrestling

City Hunter 2

Also known as City Hunter 2.

Studio: Sunrise
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Mystery

Ryo Saeba is a "sweeper" know as the City Hunter. He and his sidekick Kaori Makimura are hired to solve problems that the police can't (or won't) handle. When he's not keeping the streets of Tokyo clean, Ryo is chasing the ladies, and Kaori chases after him with a giant anti-ecchi hammer.



Tags: Guns , Episodic , Crime , Mafia , Slapstick , Shounen , Primarily Adult Cast , Urban , Detective , Assassins , Cars , Police , Male Protagonist , Military , Ninja , Adoption , Crossdressing , Yakuza , Politics , Delinquents , Wrestling , Super Power , Swimming , Age Gap , Terrorism , Memory Manipulation , Royal Affairs

Bessatsu Olympia Kyklos

Also known as Extra Olympia Kyklos.

Studio: Gosay Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Sports

Demetrios was a young man in Ancient Greece who was a potter's apprentice, but also a rather timid otaku. Despite pursuing the arts, he was blessed with natural athletic talent. One day, he gets dragged into a village conflict. Demetrios contemplates how helpless he is, but then is struck by lightning! When he comes to, he is no longer in Greece, but a strange land where he can't understand the language and people look rather different. Yes, he somehow ended up 1964 Tokyo! Of course, Demetrios has no idea what Japan even is. What will become of him?!



Tags: Surreal Comedy , Athletics , Historical , Stop Motion , Foreign , Male Protagonist , Nudity , Time Skip , Mixed Media , Time Manipulation , Educational , Seinen , Gods , Isekai , Wrestling , Swimming , Meta , Drawing , War

Cardfight!! Vanguard: overDress

Also known as Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress.

Studio: Kinema Citrus , Studio JEMI , Gift-o’-Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure

Yu-yu is a boy living in Kanazawa, Kaga Province. He is 15 years old and in his third year of junior high school. He has the ability to sense the feeling of others, but he is troubled by the fact that he cannot say no when asked. One day, Yu-yu could no longer stand going along with his sister's hobby, so he ran away from home. The one who saves him is Megumi Okura. Megumi invites Yu-yu to a nighttime amusement park called "Wonder Hill" where her friends hang out.

At the amusement park, Yu-yu meets Megumi, Zakusa Ishikame, and Tomari Seto, members of "Team Blackout," a group that meets to play Vanguard every night.

Tonight, a serious fight for the team's flag will take place. Blackout's leader, Danji Momoyama, and the mysterious and powerful fighter, Tohya Ebata. As Yu-yu stares at them, the card fight is soon eroded into a world of images. This is how Yu-yu encounters Vanguard, a world he has never seen before, and is drawn by its powerful allure - making new friends along the way.



Note: The first episode was pre-screened on March 24, 2021 on the official japanese Cardfight Vanguard youtube channel.

Tags: Card Battle , Male Protagonist , Episodic , Primarily Teen Cast , Crossdressing , LGBTQ+ Themes , Heterosexual , Ensemble Cast , Family Life , Wrestling

Tiger Mask W

Also known as Tiger Mask W.

Studio: Toei Animation
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

In "The Tiger's Hole," the behind-the-scenes organization of the revived wresting world, two young wrestlers take a stand. One of those fighters has inherited the training facility and mask of a tiger that Naoto Itou left at the foot of Mount Fuji. The other fighter has been victorious at fierce competitions since entering The Tiger's Hole, and has obtained the black Tiger Mask. A Tiger Mask that walks down the path of light, and a Tiger Mask that walks down the path of shadow. Neither of them have ever seen each other's face... In the ring, the two are fated rivals, but their goals are the same: "Crush The Tiger's Hole!"

Tags: Wrestling , Shounen , Athletics , Anti-Hero , Episodic , Cultivation , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Revenge , Martial Arts , Battle Royale , Foreign , Time Skip , Rehabilitation