Sports Anime
Eikou e no Spur: Igaya Chiharu Monogatari
A biography of Chiharu Igaya, who won a silver medal in men's slalom in Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympics in 1956, and became the first Japanese Winter Olympics medalist.
(Source: AniDB)
"Eikou Naki Tensai-tachi" Kara no Monogatari
An anime/documentary series about athletes present by NHK.
The first episode adapts material from Tomoyoshi Itou and Shingo Morita's Weekly Young Jump biographical manga Eikou Naki Tensai-tachi (Geniuses Without Glory)—specifically the story about Hironoshin Furuhashi, the swimmer also known as "the flying fish of Fujiyama." The episode also includes interviews with Olympic swimmer Kousuke Kitajima and other Japanese swimmers about the how Furuhashi changed the Japanese competitive swimming world, as well as what sort of training is required to be an Olympic swimmer.
(Source: Anime News Network, edited)
Tousan no Sebangou
Music video for the song Tousan no Sebangou by Haruki Tsuji and the chorus group Young Fresh. It was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program.
Bakusou Circuit Roman TWIN
Two lonely and broken teens meet by chance one night, sparking a set of events that lead to motorcycle races and romance.
Bakuhatsu Goro
The non-athletic head of the school newspaper department participates in various club activities, including a number of sports clubs, with disastrously hilarious results.
(Source: AniDB)
Origami Ninja Koyan @ KinTele
Koyan, the Origami Ninja, came to Earth from his planet Origamio to find the magical stone "Hapiton" that has the ability to make people happy. On the way, he was joined by childhood friend Namin anda new friend Lublin. One day, a villain called Evilrun appeared. Evilrun has a black hole in her stomach and tries to inhale anything. Every time an event happens, Evilrun gets in the way of Koyan and friends. But what Evilrun's aim is remains a mystery...
Onagawa Chuu Baske Bu: 5-nin no Natsu
Based on the true story of the Onagawa Junior High girl's basketball team. The team's numbers and staff are depleted after the Touhoku earthquake, leaving only five regulars.
Oi! Ryouma
In the middle of the 19th century, Japan was still closed off from the outside world. There were just the beginning signs of reformation in the long regime of Shogun Tokugawa.
In the remote countryside, on the island of Shikoko, a young boy named Ryoma is growing up in a lower-class Samurai family. A decade later, he is to become on of the leading figures to topple the Shogun's reign and open Japan to the western world.
Our story begins with Ryoma, a dreaming kid of seven years. Ryoma is an honest and tenderd-hearted boy who hates any sort of violence and brutality. He is so sensitive, and a bit naive, that he often cries from pity when he sees even the simples act of violence such as another kid trampling a tiny insect. The kids and even his family call him a "cry baby". However, he is not a coward -- not a "chicken" at all. His distress comes from a desire to prevent unreasonable acts and the wrong doings in life.
His older sister is the only person who understands his depth. She recognizes that her brother is gifted with a special talent and she does her best to protect him and cheer him up.
(Source: Enoki Films USA)
Two Down Full Base
Based on the children's book by Sunada Hiroshi.
Musuke "Shorty" Sato is a shortstop for the local junior baseball team, the Eggs, who is asked by his mother to look after some money for her. He foolishly lends it to Tower and Dump, the school bad-boys, and must enlist the help of the pitcher's pretty little sister.
(Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)
Ucchare Goshogawara
Musashi Mountain High School third grade Goshogawara is the only member of his school's sumo club. In order to take part in competitions, he tries to attract more members, and thanks to his enthusiasm and sincerity four more people join the club: judo team captain Kaoru Kiyokawa; pro wrestler Takayuki Kannai; skinny thug wannabe Nanno Ippei; and Raiden Goro, a giant guy but a very shy person who also happens to be an expert Go player. The five train together and later take part in a competition against a professional sumo club.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Oh Pilseung Korea
Forza! Hidemaru
A soccer anime with a cast of wacky animals in sports getup seems far out of its time in the early 21st century, but it was the year of the World Cup in Japan and South Korea, and the very young audience sees these tropes with fresh eyes. Hidemaru is a feisty fox; his friends include bunnies, dogs, horses, and a couple of hefty hippo girls.
Based on a manga Hidemaru the Soccer Boy by Makoto Mizobuchi, serialized in CoroCoro Comics.
(Source: AnimeVice)
Nude Batter Tetsuo
Fuwa Aoyun Manyou Ji
The story takes place in a common Beijing household. Before the opening of the 29th Olympic Games in 2008, the 8-year-old boy Da You, received a birthday gift from his parents, the five Olympic mascots "Fuwa."
Skillfully combined with humorous tales between Da You and the five mascots, the cartoon series introduces the history and trivia of the Olympics, as well as Chinese culture, and the preparation for the Beijing Olympics.
(Source: english.cri.cn)