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Paris 2024: Olympic sports that have anime

Welcome to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games!

In this thread, I've gone through the list of sporting events featured at this year's Olympic games, and listed as many anime based on or heavily focused around those sports as I can find. Links are to their pages on Anime-Planet. Unfortunately, there are a few events that still aren't represented, but I hope there will be something here of interest to anime and/or sports fans. :biggrin:

Disclaimer: Anime series are works of fiction. The creator of this thread cannot guarantee that the rules of the sports in these series match those of the actual Olympic events, or that they're bound by the same laws of physics.

Archery
Tsurune

Artistic Gymnastics
The Gymnastics Samurai

Athletics
Suzuka

Badminton
Hanebado!
Love All Play
Salaryman's Club

Basketball
Ahiru no Sora
Buzzer Beater
Dear Boys
Kuroko's Basketball
Slam Dunk

Beach Volleyball
Harukana Receive

Boxing
Ashita no Joe
Cestvs: The Roman Fighter
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!
Nozomi Witches
Megalo Box
Ring ni Kakero 1

Cycling
Long Riders!
Over Drive
Rinkai!
Yowamushi Pedal

Diving
DIVE!!

Football
Aoashi
Blue Lock
Captain Tsubasa
Days
Farewell, My Dear Cramer
Giant Killing
Ginga e Kickoff!!
Inazuma Eleven
Shoot! Goal to the Future
The Knight in the Area

Golf
Birdie Wing: Golf Girls' Story
Dan Doh!!
Oi! Tonbo
Rising Impact

Hockey
Puraore! Pride of Orange

Judo
Ippon Again!
Yawara!

Paralympic Sports
Ani x Para: Who is Your Hero?
Breakers

Rhythmic Gymnastics
Backflip!!
Hikari no Densetsu

Rugby
All Out!!
number24
Try Knights

Shooting
Chidori RSC

Skateboarding
SK8 the Infinity

Sport Climbing
Iwakakeru! Sport Climbing Girls

Surfing
WAVE!! -Let's go surfing!!-

Swimming
Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club
Umisho

Table Tennis
Ping Pong The Animation
Scorching Ping Pong Girls

Tennis
Ace wo Nerae!
Baby Steps
The Prince of Tennis

Volleyball
2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team
Ashita E Attack!
Attack No. 1
Attacker You!
Haikyuu!!

Water Polo
RE-MAIN

Wrestling
Animal 1
Kemono Michi: Rise Up
Tiger Mask
Wanna be the Strongest in the World
Attack No. 1!

The only anime with girls in I can remember me to watch. And Megalo Box is generally one of the best anime about sport!
Original post by Kallisto
Attack No. 1!
The only anime with girls in I can remember me to watch. And Megalo Box is generally one of the best anime about sport!

I haven't watched either of those yet, though Attack No. 1 is definitely part of my future plans!

From this list, some of the series that I've finished and enjoyed the most would be skateboarding anime SK8 the Infinity, cycling anime Yowamushi Pedal, and water polo anime RE-MAIN. I'm currently more than half way through boxing anime Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!, which has been fantastic too. :biggrin:
Original post by AngryJellyfish
I haven't watched either of those yet, though Attack No. 1 is definitely part of my future plans!

From this list, some of the series that I've finished and enjoyed the most would be skateboarding anime SK8 the Infinity, cycling anime Yowamushi Pedal, and water polo anime RE-MAIN. I'm currently more than half way through boxing anime Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting!, which has been fantastic too. :biggrin:


Just see that you also listed up Captain Tsubasa. This anime is nostalgia in purity. You had no childhood when you missed it!

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