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Rederoin
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Since most anime do not fully adapt the source, you migth aswell not rate any anime on the off-chance they get another season. |
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nobahn
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Fixed that error for you. 
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CrownKlown
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I feel like that is only a half truth. Its relatively obscure and although re released several times, its like you said cult at best. Not to mention the fact that Eye Shield and Prince of tennis are 100s of episodes while princess nine was 26. Besides if we count racing as a sport I think Initial D is miles ahead, pun intended in terms of popularity and sales, as is probably hajime no ippo. |
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diadumenian
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I'm glad a couple of people mentioned Bamboo Blade. I would definitely recommend that one.
I'm kind of surprised there's never been an anime about softball. That's something I would be interested in watching. |
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KENZICHI
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I loved Kaleido Star when it came out. Glad it was mentioned here.
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hooliganj
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By the same logic, the poll should include anime that continued into the Winter season. I know I want to vote for Shirobako, but was forced to pick from Maria or Aldnoah instead. (Went for Aldnoah, if only because it somewhat tickled my "I wish LoGH would come out in English already!" wishes. Lohengramm > Slain, but I liked the parallels.) For this weeks list, those were some good picks, though Battle Athletes Victory remains one of my biggest better-than-I-thought-it-would-be surprises, and Bamboo Blade is definitely a favorite. |
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noriah
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Just wanted to pop in and mention that Ace o Nerae! was a major influence on Top o Nerae! aka Gunbuster
I was quite pleased when I watched Ace the first time to compare/contrast the two, and it'd be cool if this exposes more Gainax fans to the cool stuff that influenced them. 
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Wyvern
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Well, that's why I said it was a bigger hit in America. ES21 and PoT did well enough to earn a bunch of episodes in Japan, but in America, both animes were commercial bombs and their DVD releases were never completed. You're right about Initial D, which was pretty popular across the board. And while the anime didn't do very well, Eyeshield 21's manga was pretty popular in the west (it helps that it's exponentially better than the anime.) |
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EricJ2
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That was rather farsighted of you. 
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stevek504
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The first anime I thought of when I saw the title of the column was Suzuka. I was surprised it wasn't listed. Perhaps it is more of a love story than about "women in sports" now that I think about it. Maybe something like this is the case with Bamboo Blade as I think of it as a comedy (with sports as a subplot).
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Agent355
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Figure skating is my favorite sport, so I seeked out Ginban Kaleidoscope. From what I've seen of it, it's a lot of fun and has a surprisingly good English dub, but it's old and has limited animation, so it's not as pretty as it could be. I wish the popularity of figure skating in Japan would inspire more anime that can really capture the beauty and intricacy of the footwork, and the different types of skating--women's, men's, couples and even ice dancing (it's an Olympic event too!).
Princess Nine had a lot of Girl Power! to it, and you gotta love that it actually has the girls play against the boys. That's rarely done in fiction or in real life in any sport (besides world level Little League, in which boys and girls can play together. At least I think that's the case...) Categorizing shows within a season based on whether they end or started in another season is getting ridiculous. We never got a chance to vote for Shirobako or Parasyte because they didn't *end* in 2014 and they didn't *start* in 2015. I don't believe I'm the only one who thinks that even just taking the second half of it into consideration, Shirobako kicked the other winter anime shows' butts! Let us vote for it already! |
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Mr. Oshawott
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Although only an OVA, I figured Variable Geo would fit right in, as the show features use of martial arts, supernatural powers aside.
On a side note, it's refreshing that people are bringing up Battle Athletess Victory. I thought I was the only person that watched it.
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Desslok
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Sad to see that Princess Nine got no love in the list. . . and relieved to see it get plenty of love in the comments. That show was great - I totally need to rewatch it.
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whiskeyii
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Kind of weird timing on this list; I'm rewatching classic Sailor Moon, and they make a reference to Attack No. 1, which totally went over my head the last time I saw it.
I think I wanna' check out the shogi one. I love murder mysteries, and don't know anything about shogi, so this could be interesting.
LOVED Aim for the Ace! in both it's TV and movie incarnations, and I was always fond of Kaleido Star. X3 I miss the go-getter, work-til-you-drop kinds of heroines from sports-centric shojos. ^^; I did try looking for Hikari no Densetsu, but it's only subbed for the first two episodes in English, and everything else seems to be in French or Italian. DX |
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Bagheera
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Watched the first 3 episodes of Ace and I am loving it. The main character is placed in a nightmare situation by the "Demon" Coach. I can't say I blame the antagonist much either as she is also mind F'd by the douchebag coach.
ON the lighter side I love the little parts with her cat, kind of a precursor to Usagi and Luna. |
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