Hikaru no Go

Both Hikaru no Go and Yakitate show the road to success by someone who is willing to try, and who does an outstanding job at it. They are also kind of funny and also serious in another way. I'm sure you'll like one if you liked the other.

Both Yakitate and HnG offer generally uninteresting topics that turn into an amusingly entertaining storyline, which ends up hooking you and doesn't let go until the very end. With elements of comedy, drama, and action there is plenty of content to make up for the lengthy episode list.

Both series take an ordinary activity and stretch it to the extreme, with one making the game Go seem like an extreme sport, and the other making people who've eaten the main character's bread feel like they've gone to heaven.

Both are about learning about your strengths as a person while you try your hardest to obtain your goal. you do not have to know anything about the particular sport or activity the character is partaking in because you are engaged with the charcater battles between themselves abnd their rivals.

These animes are very alike, even though they deal with board games and baking.  They are both tournament style and rivalry is a big theme.  Each anime has it's rivals that reoccur and new ones appear as they go.

Both Hikaru and Azuma gain fame, they both become better and strive to learn about their passions.

They both have their "ultimate" goals: Hikaru to master Go, and Azuma to master/create Ja-pan.

If you liked Hikaru no Go, you'll LOVE Yakitate!! Japan, but give it two episodes before you naysay it.

If you love cheering for the up and coming hero, Yakitate and Hikaru will appeal massively. Although both seem to have a strange subject matter (baking bread and a board game) that on the surface will not last the distance, you find yourself hooked from the start!

The excitement and team spirit is apparent in both shows, and if you enjoyed that in one of these shows, you will love the other.

Both anime portrait the effort of a young boy trying to be the best of his kind, starting from the very bottom. They have different plots, so its a inch, because you can find the same emotions, only in very different subjects.

While boxing and the game of Go share very little in common, these stories both follow a protaganist through his life and achievements with well-defined rivals and goals to tackle.

Both HnG and HnI focus on bettering skills, working through a competition person by person, and dreams of becoming the best in a sport/game.

Although there is little in common between boxing and the game of Go, their respective anime share quite a few similarities. Both Hajime no Ippo and Hikaru no Go have endearing characters that you want to win, even with a lack of knowledge of the sport. Both have surprisingly engaging storylines: the emotional and physical growth of the lead characters, complex rivalries and relationships, and uh, interesting encyclopedic information of their sports. Hajime no Ippo is the slightly stronger show, but if you enjoy one, you will undoubtedly enjoy the other.

Fantastic well made storis. The storie line just bind you to keep watching, and with a strong will and hard work you can manage anything, or it is what you want to believe anyway. While you watch this anime you will be filled with happiness and joy when they reatch sucsses after all struggle just as you will feel great sorrow and disappointment when failing after mutch training and hard work.

You must see it!!

Both series are about talented main characters fighting their way through the Go/Angelic Layer world. Both anime are story's about friendship and loyalty. Characters in both anime mature greatly and that's the main reason you should watch them :).