Top 10 Sports Anime of 2024
1. HAIKYU!! The Dumpster Battle
Theatrical follow-up to Haikyuu!! TO THE TOP 2. The first film of Haikyuu!! FINAL.
The Spring Nationals tournament continues on, with Karasuno High matched against rivals Nekoma High, the fated battle between cats versus crows, also known as the highly anticipated “Dumpster Battle”. This match is the long awaited ultimate showdown between two opposing underdog teams.
(Source: Crunchyroll, edited)
2. Blue Box
Do these sports-crossed lovers have a chance?
Taiki Inomata loves badminton, but he has a long way to go before he can reach nationals. When Taiki sees upperclassman Chinatsu Kano practicing her heart out on the girls’ basketball team, he falls for her hard. After an unexpected turn of events brings the two closer together, sports might not be the first thing on their minds anymore!
(Source: TMS Anime)
Note: The series is streaming a week in advance on Netflix Japan starting with episode 2 released alongside episode 1.
3. KENGAN ASHURA Season 2 Part.2
The second half of second season of Kengan Ashura.
The end of the battle is near, and the Kengan Life-or-Death Tournament eagerly awaits its winner.
(Source: Netflix Anime)
4. Rising Impact
A young boy, Gawain, lives in a mountainous, rural area with an incredible love for baseball and making the ball really fly. One day he runs into a visitor to the small area and she introduces him to a sport that can really make a ball take to flight: golf! It just takes one shot and Gawain is hooked. With his grandpa's approval he sets off to Tokyo with this mysterious woman to learn all he can about golf, encountering many colorful characters and obstacles along the way.
5. BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI-
My life was full of boredom. Until I met him.
“That’s a hassle.”
That was second-year high schooler Nagi Seishirou’s favorite phrase as he lived his dull life. Until Reo Mikage, a classmate who dreamed of winning the World Cup, discovered Nagi’s hidden skill, inspiring him to play soccer and share his outstanding talent. Nagi is pulled into Reo's world of soccer and out of his leisurely lifestyle. What fate awaits this prodigy in BLUE LOCK?: A world he’s never known.
(Source: Crunchyroll, edited)
6. Uma Musume: Pretty Derby - Shin Jidai no Tobira
The film follows Jungle Pocket, who wishes to participate in the Triple Crown Classic race, which can only be run once in a lifetime. She faces rivals Agnes Tachyon and Manhattan Cafe.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Note: Relations are provisional and will be updated when more info is announced.
7. BLUE LOCK Season 2
The second season of Blue Lock.
The hottest soccer matches start again as the U-20 Japan National Team makes their debut!
(Source: Crunchyroll News)
8. Oblivion Battery
Iron-armed pitcher, Haruka Kiyomine, and the shrewd catcher, Kei Kaname, AKA the "Skilled General," were considered to be an unrivaled, monstrous battery duo in the middle-school baseball world. They were both scouted by various powerhouse high schools across the nation, but somehow, they both ended up at Tokyo Municipal Kotesashi High School, which wasn't known for baseball at all. On top of that, other star players who had lost to that duo in the past and completely strayed from baseball coincidentally also enrolled at that school, and…
Their meeting sets everything into motion once again.
Their high school baseball story begins now!
(Source: Crunchyroll)
9. MF GHOST Season 2
The second season of MF Ghost.
10. Blue Lock: EPISODE Nagi - Additional Time!
A mini anime short that screens alongside the Blue Lock: EPISODE Nagi film post-credits. Totaling four episodes, the short will change each week during the film's theatrical run.