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Sports Anime from 2016

15 sports anime that aired in 2016, ranked by score.

  1. 1
    Haikyu!! 3rd Season

    TV · 10 ep · fall

    After the victory against Aoba Jousai High, Karasuno High School, once called “a fallen powerhouse, a crow that can’t fly,” has finally reached the climax of the heated Spring…

  2. 2
    Yuri!!! On Ice

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    Reeling from his crushing defeat at the Grand Prix Finale, Yuuri Katsuki, once Japan's most promising figure skater, returns to his family home to assess his options for the…

  3. 3
    Days
    Days7.2

    TV · 24 ep · summer

    The series is about two boys named Tsukushi and Jin. Tsukushi is a boy with no special talent or traits while Jin is considered a soccer genius.

  4. 4
    Scorching Ping Pong Girls

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    In the world of Japanese ping pong, a mighty king has fallen. An underdog team suddenly breaks the indomitable Oudou Academy's nine year winning streak, creating a power vacuum…

  5. 5
    All Out!!

    TV · 25 ep · fall

    Rugby is a sport where anybody can be a star when they hold the ball. The rules are simple: one player has to carry the ball past the goalposts across the field while avoiding…

  6. 6
    Tiger Mask W

    TV · 38 ep · fall

    Two young wrestlers face each other in a recently revived underground wrestling organization, the Tiger's Lair, which destroyed the wrestling dojo they grew up in.

  7. 7
    Keijo!!!!!!!!

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    Japan's latest competitive sport, keijo, is dictated by a simple set of rules: female-only participants must stand on circular platforms floating in a pool—referred to as…

  8. 8
    Prince of Stride: Alternative

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    "Stride"—an extreme sport that combines parkour, free running, relay, and sprinting—is what made first year high school student Nana Sakurai enroll in Honan Academy, after being…

  9. 9
    Long Riders!

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    Falling in love at first sight with a collapsible bicycle outside the station, Ami Kurata, first-year university student empties her account without a second thought and buys…

  10. 10
    Beyblade Burst

    TV · 51 ep · spring

    The story revolves around Valt Aoi and Shu Kurenai as well as their teammates, Rantaro Kiyama, Daina Kurogami and Wakiya Komurasaki at the Beigoma Academy school in Japan.

  11. 11
    Cheer Boys!!

    TV · 12 ep · summer

    After suffering from a shoulder injury, shy first-year university student Haruki Bandou gladly takes the opportunity to give up judo, failing to find happiness in the sport…

  12. 12
    Aokana: Four Rhythm Across the Blue

    TV · 12 ep · winter

    With the invention of anti-gravitational shoes known as Grav-Shoes, the ability to fly freely has become an everyday experience for the people inhabiting a four-island…

  13. 13
    Usakame

    TV · 12 ep · spring

    Although Ayako Suzuki, Kinako Tanaka, Nishi Nishiaraidaishi, and Kurumi Satou are each eccentric in their own way, they have something in common: they all belong to the tennis…

  14. 14
    Battery

    TV · 11 ep · summer

    At only 12 years old, Takumi Harada is already hailed as a prodigious baseball pitcher. But when his family moves to the backwater town of Nitta, Takumi has no choice but to…

  15. 15
    Anime de Training! Xx

    TV · 12 ep · fall

    Sequel of Anitore! EX. New member Sakura Izumi joins the five idol candidates of the previous season.