Chihayafuru follows Chihaya Ayase, a high school student who becomes obsessed with the competitive card game karuta after meeting a talented player named Arata. Along with her childhood friend Taichi, the trio forms a competitive karuta club and navigates the ups and downs of friendship, rivalry, and love while striving to become karuta champions.
Slam Dunk is a TV show about a delinquent student named Hanamichi Sakuragi, who joins the Shohoku High School basketball team in order to impress a girl. Despite his lack of basketball skills, Sakuragi's athleticism and passion for the game help him become a valuable player. Alongside his teammates, Sakuragi faces various challenges on and off the court as they strive to become the best in Japan.
March Comes in Like a Lion follows the story of Rei Kiriyama, a young professional shogi player who battles with feelings of depression. As he navigates his career in the competitive world of shogi, he also finds solace in the Kawamoto sisters who become like a surrogate family to him. The series explores themes of family, competition, and self-discovery.
Yowamushi Pedal follows the story of Sakamichi Onoda, an otaku who joins his high school's cycling club and discovers his hidden talent for the sport. The series focuses on his journey as he faces challenges, forms rivalries, and participates in various cycling tournaments.
Hyouka is a story about a high school student named Oreki Houtarou who is forced by his older sister to join the Classical Literature Club. Reluctant at first, Oreki soon develops an interest in solving mysteries and becomes an amateur detective. Along with his friends, Chitanda Eru, Satoshi Fukube, and Mayaka Ibara, they delve into various cases and uncover the truth behind them, using their combined skills, intelligence, and literature knowledge. Through their adventures, they not only solve mysteries but also learn more about themselves and their place in the world.
Kunimi Hiro is a high school student, who is forced to give up his ambitions as a professional baseball player due to a serious injury. Now at a new high school, Hiro gets involved with Haruko and her goals of reviving that school's baseball team. At first they must overcome the refusal of school principle, who still remembers a dishonorable defeat that the school's baseball suffered some ten years earlier. Even with permission to form a school baseball team, there are still the players to recruit and train, and the challenges of building a reputation of the team within the high school baseball circuit. This is a story of group of high school students and their love of the game of baseball. Hiro is national class pitcher and batter, with his best friend who is a catcher and with Haruko as the team manager, together they struggle to build a baseball team worthy of the national championship.
K-ON! tells the story of Yui Hirasawa, a ditzy and airheaded high school girl who joins the Light Music Club at her all-girls school. Alongside her classmates Ritsu, Mio, and Tsumugi, they form a band called 'After School Tea Time' and together they navigate the challenges of teenage life, friendship, and pursuing their passion for music.
Run with the Wind is an anime TV show about a group of college students who join a track and field club and train together to compete in a marathon race. The story explores their journey of friendship, rivalry, and personal growth as they overcome challenges and strive to reach their goals.
Ace of Diamond follows the journey of Eijun Sawamura, a passionate baseball player who joins Seidou High School, known for its strong baseball team. Along with his teammates, Eijun faces various challenges and rivals as they aim to become the best in Japan.
Haganai: I Don't Have Many Friends follows the story of Kodaka Hasegawa, a high school boy who transfers to a new school and struggles to make friends due to his intimidating appearance. One day, he encounters Yozora Mikazuki, a fellow loner, and the two decide to start a club for people who have trouble socializing. Together, they recruit other misfits including Sena Kashiwazaki, a beautiful but arrogant girl, and Yuki Nagato, a shy and timid girl. As the club members bond and navigate the challenges of high school life, they discover the true meaning of friendship.
Ren Mihashi was the ace of his middle school's baseball team, but due to his poor pitching, they could never win. Constant losses eventually lead to his teammates bullying him and reached the point where his teammates no longer tried to win, causing Mihashi to graduate with little self-esteem. As a result, Mihashi decides to go to a high school in a different prefecture where he has no intention of playing baseball. Unfortunately, upon his arrival at Nishiura High, he is dragged into joining their new team as the starting pitcher. Although unwilling at first, Mihashi realizes that this is a place where he will be accepted for who he is; with help from the catcher Takaya Abe, he starts to have more confidence in his own abilities. Abe, seeing the potential in Mihashi, makes it a goal to help him become a pitcher worthy of being called an ace.
Hina Tsurugi and her family have just moved to a quaint seaside town. Hoping to savor the sight of the peaceful ocean, Hina stumbles upon a girl named Yuuki Kuroiwa—an upperclassman at her new school—who invites Hina to join her in fishing. Hina reels in an octopus, which falls onto her; being afraid of bugs and big creatures, she panics and begs Yuuki to remove it from her. Yuuki sees this as an opportunity to force Hina to join the school's Breakwater Club—a club where members gather, catch, and eat various types of marine life as their main activity. Although her attempts to refuse to join fail, Hina slowly begins to discover the hidden joy in fishing. Her view on the sport changes, now looking forward to all the delightful experiences she can take part in alongside her fellow club members.
In her Junior High years, the pitcher Yomi Takeda was not able to get very far in a cross-school baseball tournament. Since the catcher on her team wasn't at her level, she couldn't use her signature move, the "Magic Throw," and eventually regretted not being able to use it. After Junior High, she decided to stop playing baseball and went to Shin Koshigaya High School, a school without a baseball club. There, she found her long lost childhood friend, Tamaki Yamazaki, who used to play catchball with her when they were kids. Tamaki also played baseball during her Junior High years as a catcher, and could even catch Yomi's "Magic Throw!" Their promise with each other during their childhood could now be fulfilled! Walking together on the road of baseball once again... The story of the girls who love baseball will begin!
Tanaka Koharu joins a school club whose main activity is to discuss the activities of school clubs, often taking common anime/manga tropes to the extremes.
In rugby, there is no ace striker, there is no number four batter, so who is the star of the team? The story begins at school entrance ceremony of Kanagawa High School where Kenji Gion, a small but gutsy go-getter joins the rugby club. He joins with his classmate, Iwashimizu, who has a complicated past and sub-captain Hachiouji, who always takes good care of his Club members. Lastly, there is Captain Sekizan, who has overwhelming powers but keeps his cards close to his chest. With such differences in both personality and physical performance, the team must learn to work and grow together so they can become the best.
Hiromi Maiharu has moved from Nagasaki to Kamakura to attend high school. Her new residence means a new school and new friends, and all of her exciting new encounters from day to day happen when she's on her bicycle! Kamakura is the stage for these high school girls who have devoted their youth to cycling!
Ueno may be the president of the science club at her junior high and a genius inventor, but she still can’t figure out how to confess to her crush, Tanaka! Can she find a way to give her heart what it truly yearns for?
Tsurune follows the story of a high school archery club as they train and compete in the hopes of reaching the national tournament. It explores the relationships between the club members and their dedication to the sport of archery. With bromance, high school rivalry, and intense competition, Tsurune is an anime that captures the passion and determination of these young archers.
Led by their fervent teacher, a high school baseball team full of delinquents vows to make it all the way to the national championship tournament.
When Arihara Tsubasa enters Rigahama Municipal High School and learns that it has no baseball club, she starts up the Girls' Baseball Club on her own. Drawn to the club are girls who have never played baseball before, girls who once played it but quit, and girls who are constantly tackling great challenges. The Rigahama Girls' Baseball Club races through the trials of youth, periodically clashing and quarreling, but supporting each other all the way! And so begins the hottest summer the world has ever known...