{"metas":[{"id":"al:20464","type":"series","name":"HAIKYU!!","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx20464-ooZUyBe4ptp9.png","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/20464-PpYjO9cPN1gs.jpg","description":"Inspired after watching a volleyball ace nicknamed \"Little Giant\" in action, small-statured Shouyou Hinata revives the volleyball club at his middle school. The newly-formed team even makes it to a tournament; however, their first match turns out to be their last when they are brutally squashed by the \"King of the Court,\" Tobio Kageyama. Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama, and so after graduating from middle school, he joins Karasuno High School's volleyball team—only to find that his sworn rival, Kageyama, is now his teammate.\n\nThanks to his short height, Hinata struggles to find his role on the team, even with his superior jumping power. Surprisingly, Kageyama has his own problems that only Hinata can help with, and learning to work together appears to be the only way for the team to be successful. Based on Haruichi Furudate's popular shounen manga of the same name, Haikyuu!! is an exhilarating and emotional sports comedy following two determined athletes as they attempt to patch a heated rivalry in order to make their high school volleyball team the best in Japan.\n\n[Written by MAL Rewrite]","releaseInfo":"2014","genres":["Comedy","Drama","Sports"]},{"id":"al:20992","type":"series","name":"HAIKYU!! 2nd Season","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx20992-aHgNbcalVEqk.png","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/20992-QMdqxEjAIAit.jpg","description":"Following their participation at the Inter-High, the Karasuno High School volleyball team attempts to refocus their efforts, aiming to conquer the Spring tournament instead.\n\nWhen they receive an invitation from long-standing rival Nekoma High, Karasuno agrees to take part in a large training camp alongside many notable volleyball teams in Tokyo and even some national level players. By playing with some of the toughest teams in Japan, they hope not only to sharpen their skills, but also come up with new attacks that would strengthen them. Moreover, Hinata and Kageyama attempt to devise a more powerful weapon, one that could possibly break the sturdiest of blocks.\n\nFacing what may be their last chance at victory before the senior players graduate, the members of Karasuno's volleyball team must learn to settle their differences and train harder than ever if they hope to overcome formidable opponents old and new—including their archrival Aoba Jousai and its world-class setter Tooru Oikawa.\n\n[Written by MAL Rewrite]","releaseInfo":"2015","genres":["Comedy","Drama","Sports"]},{"id":"al:21698","type":"series","name":"HAIKYU!! 3rd Season","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx21698-RL71mr1YU5Io.png","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/21698-jVFRIHAENS5B.jpg","description":"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 tournament. Now, to advance to nationals, the Karasuno team has to defeat the powerhouse Shiratorizawa Academy. Karasuno’s greatest hurdle is their adversary’s ace, Wakatoshi Ushijima, the number one player in the Miyagi Prefecture, and one of the country’s top three aces.\n\nOnly the strongest team will make it to the national tournament. Since this match is the third-year players’ last chance to qualify for nationals, Karasuno has to use everything they learned during the training camp and prior matches to attain victory. Filled with restlessness and excitement, both teams are determined to come out on top in the third season of Haikyuu!!.\n\n[Written by MAL Rewrite]","releaseInfo":"2016","genres":["Comedy","Drama","Sports"]},{"id":"al:106625","type":"series","name":"HAIKYU!! 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Will they make it to the top?","releaseInfo":"2020","genres":["Comedy","Drama","Sports"]},{"id":"al:18507","type":"series","name":"Free! -Iwatobi Swim Club-","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx18507-RajfCYPpBfT3.png","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/18507-2Qs2vdJwjEiP.jpg","description":"The story revolves around Haruka Nanase, a boy who has always loved to be immersed in water, and to swim in it. Before graduating from elementary school, he participated in a swimming tournament along with his fellow swimming club members, Makoto Tachibana, Nagisa Hazuki, and Rin Matsuoka. After achieving victory, each of the boys went their separate ways.\n\nTime passed, and in the middle of their uneventful high school lives Rin appears and challenges Haruka to a match, showing Haruka his overwhelming power. Not wanting it to end like this, Haruka, gathers together Makoto and Nagisa once again and brings a new member named Rei Ryugazaki to create the Iwatobi High School Swimming Club in order to defeat Rin.\n\n(Source: Anime News Network)","releaseInfo":"2013","genres":["Comedy","Drama","Slice of Life","Sports"]},{"id":"al:16894","type":"series","name":"Kuroko's Basketball 2","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx16894-iXt8GDs1L6dr.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/16894-L8kzeV6tFSII.jpg","description":"With the Interhigh Championship finally over, Seirin's basketball team refocuses their efforts, training harder than ever to get the chance to participate in the Winter Cup. Both Kuroko and Kagami see old friends walk back into their lives, providing a challenge both on and off the court. \n \n\nAs new skills are developed and new alliances created, enemies from various teams—giants of high school basketball such as Yousen, Shuutoku and Touou—stand in the way of Seirin's steadfast attempts to get to the top. All of these schools prove to be formidable foes whose abilities progress exponentially, while Kuroko struggles to find a balance between his resolve to play as part of a team and his desire to win. \n \n\nWith old wounds reopening, new challenges to face on the court, and a new set of foes—the \"Uncrowned Kings\"—vowing to defeat the new hopefuls, will Seirin ever be able to achieve their dream of beating the Generation of Miracles? \n \n\n(Source: MAL Rewrite)","releaseInfo":"2013","genres":["Comedy","Sports"]},{"id":"al:170942","type":"series","name":"Blue Box","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx170942-KKcLfQzV57nG.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/170942-v2GO5YNO0Q5I.jpg","description":"Do these sports-crossed lovers have a chance?\n\nTaiki 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!\n\n(Source: TMS Anime)\n\nNote: The series streamed a week in advance on Netflix Japan starting with episode 2 released alongside episode 1.","releaseInfo":"2024","genres":["Romance","Slice of Life","Sports"]},{"id":"al:111790","type":"series","name":"HAIKYU!! LAND VS. AIR","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx111790-MrEJLRJxjPja.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/111790-7Rd7KpP15vsm.jpg","description":"First exhibited at Jump Festa 2020. \n\nIn the Miyagi Prefecture qualifiers for the Spring Tournament, Karasuno High School Volleyball Team manages to defeat Shiratorizawa Academy in an intense battle and secures their spot in the national tournament. Meanwhile in the Tokyo qualifiers, Nekoma High School, Fukurodani High School, Nohebi Academy, and Itachiyama Academy fight for the 3 slots to go to nationals.\n\nWill Nekoma High School be able to secure their spot in the tournament? Will we able to see a rematch of Nekoma and Karasuno's Battle of the Garbage Dump on a national level? The Tokyo qualifiers are about to begin!!\n\n(Source: Crunchyroll)","releaseInfo":"2020","genres":["Comedy","Drama","Sports"]},{"id":"al:20607","type":"series","name":"Ping Pong the Animation","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx20607-fIOxVISIl0HY.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/20607-AYghLMjh7reA.jpg","description":"Tsukimoto Makoto (nicknamed Smile) is a quiet high-schooler who's been friends with the loud and energetic Hoshino Yukata (nicknamed Peko). They're both in the table tennis club and are very good at it, though Smile's personality prevents him from winning against Peko. The club teacher however notices Smile's talent and tries to make him gain some sportive tenacity.\n\n(Source: Anime News Network)","releaseInfo":"2014","genres":["Drama","Psychological","Sports"]},{"id":"al:10800","type":"series","name":"Chihayafuru","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx10800-hofcUL0YEL7O.png","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/10800-hcHzj4rkDQzG.jpg","description":"Chihaya Ayase  has spent most of her life supporting her sister’s model career. When she meets a boy named Arata Wataya, he thinks Chihaya has potential to become a great karuta player. As Chihaya dreams of becoming Japan's best karuta player, she is soon separated from her karuta playing friends. Now in high school, Chihaya still plays karuta in the hope that she will one day meet her friends again. \n\n(Source: Crunchyroll)","releaseInfo":"2011","genres":["Drama","Romance","Slice of Life","Sports"]},{"id":"al:20614","type":"series","name":"Free! -Eternal Summer-","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx20614-Dr962gTXZzMs.png","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/20614.jpg","description":"Even though it has been a year since the Iwatobi High School Swim Club has been created, new members have yet to join the club. Now that Haruka Nanase and Makoto Tachibana are senior students, along with their younger friends Nagisa Hazuki and Rei Ryuugazaki, they have to find a way to attract new members. If not, the club will be forced to close the following year due to a lack of membership.\n\nMeanwhile, with impending graduation, it is also time for the seniors to decide their plans for the future. Unlike their friend Rin Matsuoka, the new captain of Samezuka Academy Swim Club who is determined to fulfill his dream of being a professional swimmer, Haruka and Makoto are unsure about what career path they want to take.\n\nFurther problems arise when an old friend of Rin's, Sousuke Yamazaki, comes to the city to study at Samezuka Academy; the recently scouted swimmer's arrival causes tension in the relationship among him, Rin, and Haruka.\n\n[Written by MAL Rewrite]","releaseInfo":"2014","genres":["Comedy","Drama","Slice of Life","Sports"]},{"id":"al:104052","type":"series","name":"Stars Align","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx104052-vjxtx7LJiTgb.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/104052-Vib9hMVeVHN6.png","description":"Due to the apparent incompetence of its members and lack of results, the boy's soft tennis team is on the verge of being shut down. Toma Shinjou, captain and seemingly only motivated member, seeks the help of newly transferred, and old friend, Maki Katsuragi to improve the club's track record but soon it becomes apparent that what is holding the boys back are problems that run far deeper than the simple sport.","releaseInfo":"2019","genres":["Drama","Slice of Life","Sports"]},{"id":"al:101239","type":"series","name":"Ahiru no Sora","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx101239-iGhniUbzVgpn.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/101239-3xMk1BuT06HX.jpg","description":"He may be short in stature, but Sora Kurumatani can soar and score on the basketball court! With a passion for the sport he inherited from his mother, Sora vows to her that he’ll take top prize at a high school basketball tournament… but there’s one problem. His new school’s basketball club has turned into a hangout for delinquents! Will Sora’s sheer tenacity and amazing three-point shooting change their minds and get the club up and running again?\n\n(Source: Sentai Filmworks)","releaseInfo":"2019","genres":["Drama","Sports"]},{"id":"al:100402","type":"series","name":"Tsurune","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx100402-eDxanr9DiBuV.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/100402-RaD7hf6vOVVt.jpg","description":"Minato played Japanese archery in middle school, but after a certain incident, he ran away from the sport. In high school, Minato meets new friends, and together as part of their school's archery club they aim to win the prefectural tournament.\n\n(Source: Anime News Network)","releaseInfo":"2018","genres":["Drama","Slice of Life","Sports"]},{"id":"al:14397","type":"series","name":"Chihayafuru 2","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx14397-k2mzAGlUthAb.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/14397-pJUA9iF0p4JY.jpg","description":"Now in their second year of high school, Chihaya and her friends share all the fun and worries that come with welcoming underclassmen to the team as they face tough rival schools. The passion of the Mizusawa Karuta Club burns hotter than ever, but with the same refreshing, youthful mood carrying over from the first season.\n\n(Source: Crunchyroll)","releaseInfo":"2013","genres":["Drama","Romance","Slice of Life","Sports"]},{"id":"al:113231","type":"series","name":"2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx113231-R7qcGbDQgwBZ.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/113231-QMe3Jv2BUqrb.jpg","description":"High school student Kimichika Haijima moves back to his hometown, Fukui, after causing trouble in the Tokyo Junior High School volleyball club. There, he is reunited with his childhood friend, Yunii Kuroba, who possesses outstanding physical abilities, but is vulnerable under pressure. Haijima, with his overwhelming passion and talent for volleyball, forms an ace combination with Kuroba.\n\nThe two enroll at Seiin High School, where they join the volleyball club. Awaiting them are the 163 cm hot-blooded captain Shinichirou Oda, the talented and sharp-tongued vice-captain Misao Aoki and his third-year pair, and second-year students, including Akito Kanno, who is always wearing long sleeves due to his allergy to sunlight.\n\nThe newborn team breaks its former shell of weakness and becomes Fukui's rising star. This is a certain team's journey to victory, with a series of fascinating rivals standing in their way.","releaseInfo":"2021","genres":["Drama","Slice of Life","Sports"]},{"id":"al:101215","type":"series","name":"Chihayafuru 3","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx101215-8TTRNAYJnPMW.png","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/101215-14xKRtRqw7qr.jpg","description":"They may have just won their most coveted karuta tournament, but members of the Mizusawa karuta team still have a long way to go. Each member chases their dreams, and with a win under their collective belt, those dreams are closer in reach than ever. Chihaya Ayase is determined to challenge Wakamiya Shinobu and win the title of Queen, and Taichi Mashima is ready to take on Arata Wataya now that he’s made it into the most elite of karuta players — but an unexpected revelation will deal these karuta players a hand none of them saw coming.\n\n(Source: Sentai Filmworks)","releaseInfo":"2019","genres":["Drama","Romance","Slice of Life","Sports"]},{"id":"al:125839","type":"series","name":"Backflip!!","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx125839-ZaMryHrBBvXQ.png","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/125839-aQwXi9tJ8Q4p.jpg","description":"Each laugh takes them higher. Each tear makes them stronger.\n\nThe final summer of middle school, Shoutarou Futaba discovers boys gymnastics and is completely enamored by it. Shoutarou ends up going to Soshukan Private High School (Also known as Ao High) and decides to visit the boys gymnastics club. He's greeted by very unique senpais and a star gymnast named Misato Ryouya. Dedicating your life to something you love during your fiery days of youth... Of course, there is frustration, and fights, but see how these boys work together as a team towards a similar goal in this drama about sports and youth. This spring, see passionate boys give their all for their youthful dreams!\n\n(Source: Crunchyroll)","releaseInfo":"2021","genres":["Comedy","Drama","Sports"]},{"id":"al:15","type":"series","name":"Eyeshield 21","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx15-A4F2t0TgWoi4.png","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/n15-1eTutXlxYzYl.jpg","description":"Welcome To the Gridiron of the Damned!   Huge hulking bodies throw themselves at each other, while a tiny lithe body runs between them for the goal!  No, it’s not a game of football, it’s Sena Kobayakawa trying to evade the monstrous Ha-Ha brothers down the halls of Deimon High School!  But wait!  Sena’s incredible skills at not getting caught have been spotted by the devilish (possibly actually demonic) captain of the school’s embryonic American style football team, and when Sena asks to be the teams manager, he gets  thrust onto the field as a running back instead!  But there are two BIG catches: first, to keep the identity of their new “star” player an absolute secret, Yoichi makes Sena wear an opaque visor on his helmet and gives him the alias of “Eyeshield 21.”  And the second catch?  Well, in order to hit his fastest “speed of light” running mode, Sena usually has to be absolutely terrified. Not that THAT will be a problem with the monstrous players that he’ll soon find himself running from!  The insanity hits the streets when the feet meet the cleats in EYESHIELD 21! \n\n(Source: Sentai Filmworks)","releaseInfo":"2005","genres":["Action","Comedy","Sports"]},{"id":"al:21578","type":"series","name":"DAYS","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx21578-XXfNNVseCg2G.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/21578-O4IItp3IybTn.jpg","description":"The anime centers on two boys who were never meant to meet: Tsukushi Tsukamoto, who has no special skills but secretly hides a passionate heart, and Jin Kazama, an isolated soccer genius. 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With her help, he aims to become a professional tennis player.\n\n(Source: Crunchyroll)","releaseInfo":"2014","genres":["Romance","Sports"]},{"id":"al:5941","type":"series","name":"Cross Game","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx5941-Rl3qnxfiRCy1.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/5941-1VflQ6JuIkUA.jpg","description":"The main character is Kou Kitamura, son of the owner of Kitamura Sports. In the same neighborhood is a batting center run by the Tsukishima family. Due to their proximity and the relationship between their businesses, the Kitamura and Tsukishima familes have been close for many years, with their children going back and forth between the two homes like extended family. Because Kou and Wakaba were the same age and always together, Aoba was jealous of all the time Kou spent with her older sister. Aoba is a natural pitcher with excellent form, and Kou secretly trains to become as good as she was, even while publicly showing little interest in baseball.","releaseInfo":"2009","genres":["Comedy","Drama","Romance","Sports"]},{"id":"al:135","type":"series","name":"Hikaru no Go","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx135-egPcTb3lAnbu.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/135-MabC9U5gTP8S.jpg","description":"With a two-tone hairstyle and a streak of immaturity, Hikaru Shindou finds an old Go board with a hidden surprise - trapped within the Go Board is Fujiwara-no-Sai, the ghost of an ancient Go master! In the blink of an eye, Sai becomes part of Hikaru's consciousness and soon begins to learn the true essence behind this ancient game of skill and strategy.\n\n(Source: VIZ Media)","releaseInfo":"2001","genres":["Comedy","Sports","Supernatural"]},{"id":"al:2159","type":"series","name":"Big Windup!","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/bx2159-eTI4nRTqCTDM.png","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/2159-mLfzFO9ZQFjU.jpg","description":"After a falling out with his middle school team, Mihashi enters Nishiura high school with no social skill, a warped opinion of himself, and every intention to quit baseball. The newly formed Nishiura baseball team, however, needs a pitcher, and they welcome him. Most enthusiastic is Abe, a domineering catcher with his own game issues.\n\nAnd so a battery every bit as complementary as it is dysfunctional is formed. If they can figure out how to work together, they might be the answers to each other's problems-and the team might be able to win.","releaseInfo":"2007","genres":["Comedy","Sports"]},{"id":"al:100745","type":"series","name":"Captain Tsubasa (2018)","poster":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/cover/large/nx100745-yXuUvH03TmCm.jpg","background":"https://s4.anilist.co/file/anilistcdn/media/anime/banner/100745-O7IJXNebsrK1.jpg","description":"Remake of the first series.  \n\nTsubasa Oozora is an 11-year-old elementary school student who is deeply in love with football and dreams of one day winning the FIFA World Cup for Japan. He lives together with his mother in Japan, while his father is a seafaring captain who travels around the world. Tsubasa Ozora moves to the town Nankatsu to increase his skills as a soccer player. He is challenged by the Super Goalkeeper Genzo Wakabayashi. 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