The First Slam Dunk
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24 Anime Like Football Animals
These 24 anime share the Sports genres and Anthropomorphic and Team Sports themes that define Football Animals. They are ranked by how much they overlap with it — strongest matches first — then by community rating.
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Shared themes: Team Sports. Also Sports.
Shohoku's "speedster" and point guard, Ryouta Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. Born and raised in Okinawa, Ryouta had a brother who was three years older. Following in the foot
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Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray Part 2
TV10 epDrama
Shared themes: Anthropomorphic. Also Sports.
Ever since horse girl Oguri Cap left the small town of Kasamatsu to chase greater heights in Tokyo, she has rapidly gained attention with her remarkable results. Her goal to become the best horse girl in Japan seems within reach, but there is a rival in her wa
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Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Shin Jidai no Tobira
Movie2024Sports
Shared themes: Anthropomorphic. Also Sports.
Running in the highest level of horse racing, the Twinkle Series, is the dream of many horse girls. Although she has only taken part in freestyle racing before, horse girl Jungle Pocket discovers that very same aspiration after she witnesses Fuji Kiseki's trem
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Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray
TV13 epDrama
Shared themes: Anthropomorphic. Also Sports.
Tokyo is the home of national-level horse girls and the next generation of running prodigies. Jou Kitahara, a rookie trainer with big dreams and modest expectations, does not expect to find talent in the quiet town of Kasamatsu—until he meets an ash-gray-haire
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Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 2
TV13 epSports
Shared themes: Anthropomorphic. Also Sports.
Within the horse-racing world, the horse girls of Team Spica have been gaining popularity as they continue to rack up victories. The one receiving the most attention in the group is Toukai Teiou, known for her cheerful personality and exceptional running skill
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Diamond no Ace: Act II
TV52 epSports
Shared themes: Team Sports. Also Sports.
The hallowed ground of Koshien Stadium is the "field of dreams," where the ambitions of high school baseball players come true. After emerging victorious in the autumn tournament last year, Seidou High School baseball's team has finally earned the right to com
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Haikyuu!! Movie 4: Concept no Tatakai
Movie2017Sports
Shared themes: Team Sports. Also Sports.
The long-awaited finals of the Spring Tournament have arrived for Karasuno High School's volleyball team. The winner of the match will go on to represent all of Miyagi Prefecture at the National Tournament. However, the last challenge Karasuno must overcome is
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Haikyuu!! Movie 3: Sainou to Sense
Movie2017Sports
Shared themes: Team Sports. Also Sports.
Following the events of the Inter-High, the Karasuno High School volleyball team decides to regroup by attending an intensive boot camp organized by Nekoma High School in Tokyo. At the camp, the team continues to suffer loss upon loss to the other schools in a
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Ao no Hako Season 2
TV12 epRomance
Shared themes: Team Sports. Also Sports.
Second season of Ao no Hako.
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Ao no Hako
TV25 epRomance
Shared themes: Team Sports. Also Sports.
Every morning, incoming first-year Taiki Inomata hurries to his high school gym in order to further refine his badminton skills. However, his true motivation stems from sharing the otherwise empty gym with second-year Chinatsu Kano, Taiki's crush and the star
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Diamond no Ace: Act II Second Season
TV13 epSports
Shared themes: Team Sports. Also Sports.
Sequel to Diamond no Ace: Act II.
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Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Road to the Top (Movie)
Movie2024Sports
Shared themes: Anthropomorphic. Also Sports.
Theatrical compilation of Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Road to the Top with new scenes.
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Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Road to the Top
ONA4 epSports
Shared themes: Anthropomorphic. Also Sports.
After making a promise to stand on the top of the Twinkle Series with her trainer as a child, horse girl Narita Top Road has been practicing diligently ever since. After winning several races, Top Road's efforts finally pay off when she earns a chance to parti
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Haikyuu!! (OVA)
OVA10 epSports
Shared themes: Team Sports. Also Sports.
A stop-motion anime that will bundle with the 42nd compiled book volume of Haruichi Furudate's Haikyu!! manga. Anime will have 10 short episodes featuring the Karasuno team as puppets. (Source: ANN)
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Kuroko no Basket: Last Game NG-shuu
Special1 epComedy
Shared themes: Team Sports. Also Sports.
Animated bloopers, based on the extra section of the original manga, included with the BD/DVD release of Kuroko no Basket: Last Game.
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Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 3
TV13 epSports
Shared themes: Anthropomorphic. Also Sports.
Since childhood, horse girls Kitasan Black and Satono Diamond have admired and aspired to be like their fellow horse girl named Toukai Teiou. Chasing their dreams, they enroll in Tracen Academy, an institution dedicated to training horse girls and preparing th
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Boukyaku Battery (TV)
TV12 epComedy
Shared themes: Team Sports. Also Sports.
Haruka Kiyomine and Kei Kaname were once recognized as the most formidable pitcher-catcher duo in middle school baseball. Known as the "General," Kaname paired his expert strategies with Kiyomine's explosive pitches, crushing the dreams of many starry-eyed pla
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Shared themes: Team Sports. Also Sports.
The OVA episode revisits the primary matches from the spring tournament and features interviews with players. (Source: MAL News)
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Captain Tsubasa Season 2: Junior Youth-hen
TV39 epSports
Shared themes: Team Sports. Also Sports.
The International Junior Youth Tournament in Paris, France, is about to begin, and Tsubasa, Misaki, Wakabayashi, Hyuga, and Wakashimazu are ready. Japan’s team of elite players is to face off against the best the soccer world has to offer. Germany’s Schneider,
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Major 2nd 2nd Season
TV25 epSports
Shared themes: Team Sports. Also Sports.
After recovering from the inner struggles he faced in the past, Daigo Shigeno continues to play baseball and is now the captain of Fuurin Private Academy Middle School's baseball team. Alongside Mutsuko Sakura, his classmate from elementary school, he aims to
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Captain Tsubasa (2018)
TV52 epSports
Shared themes: Team Sports. Also Sports.
Captain Tsubasa is the passionate story of an elementary school student whose thoughts and dreams revolve almost entirely around the love of soccer. 11-year-old Tsubasa Oozora started playing football at a very young age, and while it was mostly just a recreat
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Days: Touin Gakuen-sen!
OVA3 epSports
Shared themes: Team Sports. Also Sports.
Sequel to DAYS. The final match against Touyin Gakuin for National High School Soccer Tournament Tokyo Preliminary. (Source: MAL News)
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Major 2nd
TV25 epSports
Shared themes: Team Sports. Also Sports.
Daigo, the son of renowned baseball player Gorou Shigeno, believes he has to live up to his father's name by becoming an all-star player himself. With great dreams, as soon as he reaches fourth-grade, he promptly joins the same little league baseball team his
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Zuoshou Shanglan 2
ONA9 epSports
Shared themes: Team Sports. Also Sports.
The second season of Zuoshou Shanglan.
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Why these anime are similar
MangaKazoku compares shared genres, themes, format, and catalogue similarity, then uses community score only as a tie-breaker. These are discovery suggestions, not editorial reviews.
- The First Slam Dunk — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Team Sports themes.
- Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray Part 2 — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Anthropomorphic themes.
- Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Shin Jidai no Tobira — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Anthropomorphic themes.
- Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Anthropomorphic themes.
- Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 2 — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Anthropomorphic themes.
- Diamond no Ace: Act II — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Team Sports themes.
- Haikyuu!! Movie 4: Concept no Tatakai — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Team Sports themes.
- Haikyuu!! Movie 3: Sainou to Sense — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Team Sports themes.
- Ao no Hako Season 2 — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Team Sports themes.
- Ao no Hako — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Team Sports themes.
- Diamond no Ace: Act II Second Season — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Team Sports themes.
- Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Road to the Top (Movie) — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Anthropomorphic themes.
- Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Road to the Top — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Anthropomorphic themes.
- Haikyuu!! (OVA) — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Team Sports themes.
- Kuroko no Basket: Last Game NG-shuu — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Team Sports themes.
- Uma Musume: Pretty Derby Season 3 — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Anthropomorphic themes.
- Boukyaku Battery (TV) — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Team Sports themes.
- Haikyuu!! Tokushuu! Haru-kou Volley ni Kaketa Seishun — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Team Sports themes.
- Captain Tsubasa Season 2: Junior Youth-hen — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Team Sports themes.
- Major 2nd 2nd Season — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Team Sports themes.
- Captain Tsubasa (2018) — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Team Sports themes.
- Days: Touin Gakuen-sen! — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Team Sports themes.
- Major 2nd — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Team Sports themes.
- Zuoshou Shanglan 2 — A strong match because of shared Sports genres and shared Team Sports themes.