Handstand! - Recommendations

• TV (11 eps)
• 2020

Jotaro Aragaki, former member of the national team, had given his whole life for gymnastics and was fighting against his age and physical strength. However, one day he is told by his coach to start thinking of his next career. Jotaro struggles, but his daughter, Rei, is always there by his side. But with one fateful encounter, the Aragakis’ lives change drastically.

• Other (1 ep)

A commercial for the Weekly Shounen Sunday manga Ganba! Fly High.

• TV (19 eps)
• 1986

Hikari Uenaga is a member of Aiko Middle School's gymnastics team, and aspires to be a legendary contender in the world of rhythmic gymnastics like her idol, Diliana Gueorguiva. But the road to being a champion is fraught with difficulty, and only the strong survive. Using her inner strength and the support of love interest Oiishi and childhood-friend-turned-delinquent Mao, Hikari will tackle love triangles, intense competition with her teammates and peers and her own feelings as she aims for the gold.

• TV (30 eps)
• 1996 - 1997

Shun Fujimaki is a high school freshman who has his eyes on an Olympic gold medal. Upon joining the school’s gymnastics team, Shun is thrown into the fire and entered into his first competition only a day later, due to a fellow teammate’s recent injury – and unfortunately for Shun and the gang, they come in last place. Even when faced with this initial failure, Shun still believes that his dream can come true with perseverance and plenty of hard work. Will Shun’s will power be enough to grab him the gold in the harsh world of Olympic gymnastics?

• Movie (1 ep)
• 2022

• TV (12 eps)
• 2021

The final summer of middle school, Shotaro Futaba discovers boys gymnastics and is completely enamored by it. Shotaro ends up going to Soshukan Private High School (aka Ao High) and decides to visit the boys gymnastics club. He's greeted by very unique senpais and a star gymnast named Misato Ryoya. Dedicating your life to something you love during your fiery days of youth...of course, there is frustration, and fights, but see how these boys work together as a team towards a similar goal in this drama about sports and youth.

• DVD Special (2 eps)
• 2014

• TV (13 eps)
• 2010

Despite his best attempts, Ric’s unorthodox days under the bridge continue as always. He’s making little progress with his clueless lover, Nino; Hoshi continues to torment him at every turn; and even a simple baseball game leads the hapless heir to make an enemy out of a large Amazonian warrior woman! With bungled attempts to move in with Nino leading to the pair trading rooms and the highly competitive Arakawa Marathon taking place, Ric’s idyllic riverside life seems destined to prove more problematic than ever.

• TV (12 eps)
• 2019

Bored out of her skull, Tanaka decides to give her friends some rather quirky nicknames, but they aren’t going to take her unflattering descriptions lying down. Sakuchi (who got saddled with “Ota” due to her nerdy otaku tendencies) and Saginomiya (dubbed “Robo” thanks to her deadpan personality) decide to call Tanaka “Baka” — and honestly? This should give you a pretty good idea of the shenanigans these three get up to. They’re at the height of their youth and they’re utterly ridiculous, eagerly and hilariously wasting away their days as high school girls!

• TV (12 eps)
• 2018

Miyamo Chio, a first-year at the completely ordinary high school Samejima Academy. Chio just wants to get through her school life without standing out too much, but for some reason, all kinds of obstacles await her along the path she takes to school. Her long-time friend Nonomura Manana, who's trying to quit being an otaku; the flawless Hosokawa Yuki, who occupies the top caste in the school; and lots of nameless people about town find themselves in Chio's path as she employs the (useless) techniques she's acquired from her Western video games in her daily efforts to get to school.