10 Best Sports Anime Even More Thrilling Than The Olympics 

Japanese animation has become a source of inspiration for thousands of viewers for a reason, and spokon genre, an anime about sports, stands out in this role.

We have collected ten cool spokon projects that will motivate you, help you find the strength to work on yourself, and teach you to never give up in the face of difficulty.

1. Kuroko’s Basketball

Sport: Basketball

The legendary Teiko Middle School team was considered invincible in basketball. It won the Japanese national championship three times. But over time, the team disbanded as its players went to different high schools. Now they must play against each other to determine who is the strongest.

The story shows how different players can compensate for each other's weaknesses and become stronger through team play. Although not everyone is able to understand this simple truth immediately.

2. Haikyu!!

Sport: Volleyball

Hinata Shoyo, a short, perky schoolboy, fell in love with volleyball after watching the game on television. In high school, he even assembled a team to compete in the championship, but in the first match, his team suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the team led by Tobio Kageyama.

After this incident, Shoyo decided to devote himself entirely to volleyball in order to fight Kageyama again and take revenge for the offensive defeat.

3. Run With the Wind

Sport: Running

Haiji Kiyose has a long-held dream – to run a student marathon from Tokyo to Hakone. To do this, he needs to assemble a team of ten runners, but it is not easy to find them. Kiyose decides to recruit his roommates, but they have never run before and are not enthusiastic about the grueling daily training, leaving the team incomplete.

Kakeru Kurahara, a once-promising marathon runner who has been left penniless and without a roof over, will help the main character to fulfill his dream.

4. Ace of Diamond

Sport: Baseball

Eijun Sawamura always dreamed of playing professional baseball in the biggest stadium. For a long time, this goal remained out of reach. But one day, Eijun's perseverance and potential were noticed by Rei Takashima, a scout for the elite baseball club.

He invited the main character to try out for the team so that he could play alongside the professionals. Sawamura moves to another city, leaving his friends and former team in the past in order to connect his future with baseball.

5. Re-Main

Sport: Water Polo

Minato Kiyomizu and his school team have just won the Japanese water polo championship. It seems that he has a brilliant career in professional sports ahead of him, but a car accident ruins everything. Minato falls into a coma, and when he regains consciousness after 203 days, it turns out that he remembers absolutely nothing, not only about the victory, but also about water polo in general.

After a rehabilitation course, the main character tries to lead an ordinary life, but his past glory catches up with him. So Kiyomizu finds himself in the sports club of his new school, where he tries to restart his career as a water polo player.

6. Yowamushi Pedal

Sport: Cycling

Onoda Sakamichi is a quiet boy who spends almost all of his free time with manga, anime and video games. His little hobby is going to the school's manga club, but when it closes, Onoda doesn't know what to do. One day, during his next trip to buy a robot figurine, he is noticed by members of the school's bicycle club.

Seeing potential in the guy, they invite Onoda to try his hand at bicycle racing. Oddly enough, he agrees, suddenly realizing his love for the sport.

7. Yuri on Ice

Sport: Figure Skating

The young figure skater Yuri Katsuki suffered a devastating defeat in the Grand Prix finals, which left all of Japan disappointed. The young man returns to a small town and is completely done with the sport, but a Russian guy Victor Nikiforov, a world figure skating star, who comes to train him, revives Yuri's love for the sport.

The ultimate goal for Yuri and Victor is the same: they will settle for nothing less than winning the Grand Prix.

8. Captain Tsubasa

Sport: Football

Eleven-year-old Tsubasa Oozora has been passionate about football since childhood. When a boy was hit by a bus while playing near the street, it was the ball that softened the blow.

When Tsubasa and his mother move to a new town, he meets many kids who are just as passionate about football as he is. But it is a chance meeting with Roberto Hongo, a famous Brazilian player who sees great potential in the boy. This is the beginning of Tsubasa's long and successful career as a football player.

9. Ping Pong

Sport: Ping-Pong

Makoto Tsukimoto, nicknamed Smile, is friends with Yutaka Hoshino, or simply Peco. One of the things that unites them is their love of ping-pong, which they play almost every day. While Peco dreams of world fame, Smile is not particularly eager to conquer the heights of the sport.

However, the school coach sees great potential in both players and promises to train them for future national and international victories.

10. The Prince of Tennis

Sport: Tennis

Ryoma Echizen, a brilliant young tennis player, returns from the US to his native Japan at his father's request to attend the Seishun Academy. It is famous for its strong tennis team, and Ryoma plans to join it.

This is not too difficult for the four-time US champion: in the first few days, he beats several of the academy's strongest players to earn his place on the main team. There are local tournaments ahead, and then the national tournament, which Ryoma is determined to win.