Best Sports Anime
559 sports anime ranked by community score. Scores come from the wider anime community; ratings on AnimeHunt are shown on each title.
Top rated sports anime
4.0Blue Box
TV · 2024 · 25 ep
Blue BoxAo no HakoTV · 2024 · 25 ep4.0Do 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…
4.0Redline
Movie · 2009 · 1 ep
RedlineMovie · 2009 · 1 ep4.0Redline is about the biggest and most deadly racing tournament in the universe. Only held once every five years, everyone wants to stake their claim to fame, including JP, a reckless dare-devil driver oblivious to speed limits with his…
4.0Aoashi
TV · 2022 · 24 ep
AoashiAo AshiTV · 2022 · 24 ep4.0Ashito Aoi is a young, aspiring soccer player from a backwater town in Japan. His hopes of getting into a high school with a good soccer club are dashed when he causes an incident during a critical match for his team, which results in…
4.0Initial D 2nd Stage
TV · 1999 · 13 ep
Initial D 2nd StageInitial D Second StageTV · 1999 · 13 ep4.0Following his victory over RedSuns leader Ryosuke Takahashi, AE86 driver Takumi Fujiwara is challenged by the Lancer EVO-based "Emperor," a group known for taking decals of racing teams they defeat, cutting them up and placing them on…
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4.0MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD
TV · 2021 · 13 ep
MEGALOBOX 2: NOMADNomad: Megalo Box 2TV · 2021 · 13 ep4.0In the end, “Gearless” Joe was the one that reigned as the champion of Megalonia, a first ever megalobox tournament. Fans everywhere were mesmerized by the meteoric rise of Joe who sprung out from the deepest underground ring to the top in…
4.0One Outs
TV · 2008 · 25 ep
One OutsTV · 2008 · 25 ep4.0The story begins when Hiromichi Kojima, the star batter of the fictional Lycaons in Japan's Pacific League, heads to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa to train and bring himself out of a slump. There, he meets Toua Tokuchi, a…
4.0Initial D Final Stage
TV · 2014 · 4 ep
Initial D Final StageTV · 2014 · 4 ep4.0After defeating every racing team in the prefecture, everything comes down to one last race. Takumi Fujiwara has never lost a race, but when his opponent is also using an AE86, it turns into a battle of the AE86. Will Project D succeed in…
4.0Tomorrow's Joe
TV · 1970 · 79 ep
Tomorrow's JoeAshita no JoeTV · 1970 · 79 ep4.0Joe, a teenage orphan in the slums of the Doya streets, meets Danpei, a homeless, alcoholic ex-boxing coach. Danpei, seeing Joe's boxing talent, decides to train him. When Joe is sent to a terrible juvenile home for petty crimes, he meets…
4.0Girls und Panzer der Film
Movie · 2015 · 1 ep
Girls und Panzer der FilmGirls & Panzer MovieMovie · 2015 · 1 ep4.0When the Ministry of Education goes back on its promise to keep Ooarai Girls Academy open, the task of saving the five-mile-long Academy Ship from the wreckers falls to Miho and her barely-seasoned tankery team. However, things go off…
4.0Haikyu!! The Movie: Battle of Concepts
Movie · 2017 · 1 ep
Haikyu!! The Movie: Battle of ConceptsHaikyuu!! Movie 4: Concept no TatakaiMovie · 2017 · 1 ep4.0A compilation film depicting the match against Shiratorizawa Academy in the third season of the anime series.
4.0Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Mashiba vs Kimura
OVA · 2003 · 1 ep
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Mashiba vs KimuraHajime no Ippo: Mashiba vs. KimuraOVA · 2003 · 1 ep4.0Kimura finally has his championship match. It takes place at the annual champion carnival. But now he must face the intense champion, Mashiba for the Junior Lightweight championship. (Source: Anime News Network)
4.0Cross Game
TV · 2009 · 50 ep
Cross GameTV · 2009 · 50 ep4.0The main character is Kou Kitamura, son of the owner of Kitamura Sports. In the same neighborhood is a batting center run by the Tsukishima family. Due to their proximity and the relationship between their businesses, the Kitamura and…
4.0Tsurune - The Linking Shot -
TV · 2023 · 13 ep
Tsurune - The Linking Shot -Tsurune: Tsunagari no IsshaTV · 2023 · 13 ep4.0Minato’s return to archery may have helped Kazemai High’s Kyudo Club win a prefectural tournament, but it’s a poor bowman who expects an arrow to fly the same flight every time. With the entry of a radical new team, one of whose members is…
4.0Girls und Panzer das Finale - Part 3
Movie · 2021 · 1 ep
Girls und Panzer das Finale - Part 3Girls & Panzer: Saishuushou Part 3Movie · 2021 · 1 ep4.0Firepower and strategy are the name of the game as the schools square off on three additional battlegrounds. Six teams enter and only the survivors will advance! (Source: HIDIVE)
4.0Kuroko's Basketball 2
TV · 2013 · 25 ep
Kuroko's Basketball 2Kuroko no Basket 2nd SeasonTV · 2013 · 25 ep4.0With the Interhigh Championship finally over, Seirin's basketball team refocuses their efforts, training harder than ever to get the chance to participate in the Winter Cup. Both Kuroko and Kagami see old friends walk back into their…
4.0Chihayafuru
TV · 2011 · 25 ep
ChihayafuruTV · 2011 · 25 ep4.0Chihaya Ayase has spent most of her life supporting her sister’s model career. When she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, he thinks Chihaya has potential to become a great karuta player. As Chihaya dreams of becoming Japan's best karuta…
4.0Ace of the Diamond
TV · 2013 · 75 ep
Ace of the DiamondDiamond no AceTV · 2013 · 75 ep4.0With a stray pitch that completely missed the batter, Eijun Sawamura loses his final middle school baseball game. Frustrated by this defeat, Eijun and his teammates vow to reach the national tournament once they are in high school. But…
4.0Initial D 4th Stage
TV · 2004 · 24 ep
Initial D 4th StageInitial D Fourth StageTV · 2004 · 24 ep4.0Takumi Fujiwara and brothers Keisuke and Ryousuke Takahashi have formed "Project D," a racing team aimed at bringing their driving skills to their full potential outside their prefecture. Using the internet, Project D issues challenges to…
4.0Blue Box Season 2
TV · 2026 · 12 ep
Blue Box Season 2Ao no Hako Season 2TV · 2026 · 12 ep4.0The second season of Ao no Hako .
4.0Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion Road
Special · 2003 · 1 ep
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! - Champion RoadHajime no Ippo: Champion RoadSpecial · 2003 · 1 ep4.0As the new Champion, Ippo must protect his title against some of the best boxers available. Makunouchi Ippo is the new Featherweight champion of Japan and is now ready for his first title defense. His opponent, the former Jr. Featherweight…
4.0Haikyu!! The Movie: Talent and Sense
Movie · 2017 · 1 ep
Haikyu!! The Movie: Talent and SenseHaikyuu!! Movie 3: Sainou to SenseMovie · 2017 · 1 ep4.0A compilation film depicting the match against Aoba Johsai High School in the second season of the anime series. It will also include new scenes portraying what happened after the match.
4.0Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Road to the Top
ONA · 2023 · 4 ep
Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Road to the TopUma Musume: Pretty Derby - Road to the TopONA · 2023 · 4 ep4.0Narita Top Road aspires to be the best uma musume in the Twinkle Series. Admire Vega struggles to use the tracks to bring closure to a dark secret in her past. T.M. Opera O wishes to make a name for herself after being sidelined from an…
4.0Major S1
TV · 2004 · 26 ep
Major S1TV · 2004 · 26 ep4.0Honda Shigeharu is a Major League batter on the rise. His son Gorou is a Little League pitcher who one day hopes to follow in his father's footsteps. Hoshino Momoko is Gorou's schoolteacher and the first woman Shigeharu has been interested…
4.0Girls und Panzer das Finale - Part 2
Movie · 2019 · 1 ep
Girls und Panzer das Finale - Part 2Girls & Panzer: Saishuushou Part 2Movie · 2019 · 1 ep4.0After falling for BC Freedom High’s clever deception, the Oarai Girl’s High tank-maidens find themselves faced with an entirely different battlefront than expected. However, Yukari suspects that any bluff that could have been carried out…
4.0Major S3
TV · 2007 · 26 ep
Major S3TV · 2007 · 26 ep4.0After leaving Kaido in a promise to meet them at the Koshien tournament, Goro comes back to his home town once again in an attempt to join up with his old friends. Only this time, things aren't as easy to get back in the groove of.
4.0Major S4
TV · 2008 · 26 ep
Major S4TV · 2008 · 26 ep4.0Having finished high school, Gorou Honda sets his sights on becoming a professional baseball player. His dreams are much more ambitious than becoming a Japanese Baseball League player, so he instead decides to move to the birthplace of his…
4.0Major: World Series
OVA · 2011 · 2 ep
Major: World SeriesOVA · 2011 · 2 ep4.0According to Weekly Shonen Sunday, a new OVA of manga "Major" was announced to be released in December. The World Series chapter, which was skipped in the TV series, will be animated. This OVA will be the final anime of Major. (Source…
4.0BLUE LOCK
TV · 2022 · 24 ep
BLUE LOCKBlue LockTV · 2022 · 24 ep4.0Japan’s desire for World Cup glory leads the Japanese Football Association to launch a new rigorous training program to find the national team’s next striker. Three hundred high school players are pitted against each other for the…
4.0SK8 the Infinity
TV · 2021 · 12 ep
SK8 the InfinitySK∞TV · 2021 · 12 ep4.0Reki, 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…
4.0Kuroko's Basketball: Last Game
Movie · 2017 · 1 ep
Kuroko's Basketball: Last GameKuroko no Basket Movie 4: Last GameMovie · 2017 · 1 ep4.0An American street basketball team called Jabberwock comes to Japan and plays a friendly match with a Japanese team, but after the Japanese team suffers a crushing defeat, the team members of Jabberwock start mocking Japanese basketball…
4.0Welcome to the Ballroom
TV · 2017 · 24 ep
Welcome to the BallroomBallroom e YoukosoTV · 2017 · 24 ep4.0Fujita has drifted through middle school aimlessly, unable to find friends or anything that can hold his attention. Then, one day, he's attacked by a gang and saved by a mysterious man. But this isn't a karate master; it's a ballroom dance…
4.0Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii OVA
OVA · 2019 · 3 ep
Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii OVAOVA · 2019 · 3 ep4.0The first OVA titled Sore wa, ikinari otozureta=koi was released on March 29, 2019. The second OVA titled Tomodachi no Kyori was released on February 26, 2021. The third OVA titled Shain Ryokou to Negaigoto was released on October 14…
4.0Ranma1/2 (2024)
TV · 2024 · 12 ep
Ranma1/2 (2024)Ranma ½ (2024)TV · 2024 · 12 ep4.0Ranma 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…
4.0Initial D Fifth Stage
TV · 2012 · 14 ep
Initial D Fifth StageTV · 2012 · 14 ep4.0Taking place in the sacred land of street running Kanagawa, once more Takumi Fujiwara will show his driving skills on his now legendary Hachi-roku.
4.0Quanzhi Gaoshou Specials
ONA · 2018 · 3 ep
Quanzhi Gaoshou SpecialsONA · 2018 · 3 ep4.0The All-Star Tournament is a three-day event that allows e-sports participants from various professional clubs to display their skills, while also giving casual Glory players the chance to interact with pros in the flesh. Retired top-tier…
4.0Haikyu!! the Movie: The End and the Beginning
Movie · 2015 · 1 ep
Haikyu!! the Movie: The End and the BeginningHaikyuu!! Movie 1: Owari to HajimariMovie · 2015 · 1 ep4.0A retelling of the first season of the TV anime Haikyuu!!. Includes some new story material not previously released in the TV anime.Looking for something else? Filter sports anime by year, status and format.