08/12/07 - Best Sports Anime

[sothis]

can include any kind of sports -- boxing, baseball, skating, games like akagi/hng, etc

i'll vote for the only one i've seen (and liked):

Air Gear


************ Voting is Officially Closed *************************

Tallies are as follows:

1st with 9 votes:
Hajime no Ippo

2nd with 6 votes:
Hikaru no Go

Tied with 4 votes each:
Air Gear
Initial D
Eyeshield 21
Suzuka

If any of the above are disbarred by Sothis, then with three votes each are:
Major
Prince of Tennis
Slam Dunk!

[vivafruit]

Hajime no Ippo (obv)
Hikaru no Go
Major
Initial D

[Kastrophee]

No Vote.

Edit:

Voted for Eureka Seven, but I guess that doesn't count...

[elricbro15]

Hikaru no Go
Touch
Princess Nine
Zoids New Century/Zero


HikaGo - It's a board game... a LONG board game, but this show makes it easy to understand and exciting to watch.

Touch - Last I knew it still held the distinction as the TV anime that has yielded the biggest ratings share in Japan, and it's for good reason. The thing is really long (101 episodes), and I haven't finished it yet (2/3 of the way), but there's been enough baseball and drama (and having a couple really cool opening themes doesn't hurt either) that it's easily one of the best sports anime I've seen. If you don't mind the old-school look (was it 1985?), it's a good watch.

Princess Nine - This is the only anime my mom has actually liked. More baseball and more teamwork and more personal drama! :D And some girls looking to stand up to the boys and show them they can hold their own.

Zoids: New Century/Zero - To avoid any possible confusion, this is the Bit Cloud one with the tournament and the judges and the rankings. I don't know, I just really enjoyed this when it was on Cartoon Network back in the day. And even taking a look back (ah, dub-only DVDs....) it still holds up pretty well.

[Reawen]

no vote


Hahaha the closest thing I could think of was Kyo Kara Maoh, because Yuuri's a baseball fanatic. But I would never say that series was about baseball, so I think I must sit this week out. :p
I got nothin'!

[ParaParaJMo]

Ashita no Joe

If anything Stallone ripped off Ashita no Joe to make Rocky.

[eQko_x]

would you consider Suzuka a sports anime??
If so, I vote Suzuka!

It is centered around track and field

[abunai]

I vote:

Akagi
Capeta
Suzuka
Azusa Will Help
Yawara

[Tetra]

Prince of Tennis
Hajime no Ippo
Hikaru no Go

Um... I don't really want to nominate the OAVs to either of those since all of them are continuations of the main story (both Ippo movies, PoT national championships and the extra for HnG).

[JehuAB]

Hajime no Ippo

I guess... although it's the only anime I've seen that I consider to fall into the "sports" category, so there's not exactly a lot of competition for it..