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Major (2004)
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Major (2004)
Original name: メジャー
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Honda Goro the son of a famous baseball player loves nothing more than baseball itself. His biggest dream is to show his father that he can become the best pitcher in the world despite all the hardships he had to endure he keeps on running towards his goal at full speed.
Style: anime, light, captivating, entertaining, shounen
Plot: baseball, direction and purpose, baseball player, desire for fame, parents and children, coping, athlete and trainer, ambition, aspiration, sport team, ambitious man, baseball team, athlete's life, tournament, baseball pitcher
Keyword: sport

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, captivating, entertaining and disturbing films and TV series with plots about athlete's life, sport team, ambition, direction and purpose, athlete and trainer, rivalry and school mostly in Animation, Sport and Drama genres. Some movies like Major: Ace of Diamond (2013), Initial D: Third Stage (2001), The New Prince of Tennis (2012), Prince of Stride: Alternative (2016), Shoot! Goal to the Future (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Ace of Diamond (2013)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Eijun Sawamura is a pitcher who joins an elite school with a brilliant catcher named Kazuya Miyuki. Together with the rest of the team, they strive for Japan's storied Koushien championships through hard work and determination.
Style: anime, humorous, feel good, touching, captivating ...
Plot: baseball, friendship, high school, teamwork, competition, athlete's life, sport team, team, baseball player, professional rivalry, baseball team, professional sports ...
Place: japan
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100%
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Major 2nd (2018)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Shigeno Daigo is an elementary student whose father, Goro, is a professional baseball player. Inspired by his father, who was once a Major League player, Daigo started playing baseball with the Mifune Dolphins, a youth team. However, he was unable ...
Style: anime, entertaining, disturbing, captivating
Plot: baseball, athlete's life, baseball player, teenager, ambition, baseball team, sport team, competitor, direction and purpose, schoolboy, desire for fame, baseball coach ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Initial D: Third Stage (2001)
Genre: Animation, Action, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: With high school graduation right around the corner, Takumi Fujiwara has a lot on his mind and a lot to prepare for. Everything becomes even more complicated when Takumi is offered a spot on Ryosuke Takahashi's elite Kengai Racing Team, which ...
Style: anime, captivating, tense
Plot: car race, race car, motor sport, contests and competitions, car chase, race, auto racing, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, ambition, ambitious man, professional sports, rivals ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The New Prince of Tennis (2012)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The Seigaku tennis club has been invited to train at the U-17 (Under 17) camp. Seigaku is one of the 50 middle schools invited and must compete with high school players to prove they are just as good.
Style: anime, entertaining, captivating
Plot: tennis, school, sport competition, professional rivalry, athlete and trainer, championship, sport team, competitor, desire for fame, tennis player, rivalry, direction and purpose ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Prince of Stride: Alternative (2016)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: "Stride," is an extreme sport that involves six people on one team who run relay races through towns. Hōnan Academy and other schools compete to win eastern Japan's top Stride competition, "End of Summer." However, ...
Style: anime, captivating, entertaining
Plot: school club, sport team, direction and purpose, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, coping, teamwork, school, ambition, slice of life, high school life, athletics ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Shoot! Goal to the Future (2022)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Atsushi Kamiya is a former captain at Kakegawa High School and the world-renowned "courageous captain" for a famous Italian soccer team. Hideto Tsuji, a student at Kakegawa High School seems uninterested in the now-weakened soccer team. ...
Style: anime, disturbing, captivating, shounen
Plot: soccer, competition, tournament, sport team, football, athlete and trainer, soccer match, soccer coach, athlete's life, direction and purpose, professional sports, football team ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
TAMAYOMI: The Baseball Girls (2020)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: In her Junior High years, the pitcher Yomi Takeda was not able to get very far in a cross-school baseball tournament. Since the catcher on her team wasn't at her level, she couldn't use her signature move, the "Magic Throw," and ...
Style: anime, entertaining, captivating, adult anime
Plot: baseball, competition, female protagonist, school, tournament, baseball team, baseball coach, friendship, athlete and trainer, baseball player, athlete's life, teenager ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Try Knights (2019)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Riku Haruma enters high school without a future in sight. He sees people playing like monsters on the ground, jumping higher than anyone else, running fast, deciding to try their best. There, he sees Akira Kariya playing rugby, a sport he was once ...
Style: anime, captivating, entertaining
Plot: rugby, rugby player, athlete's life, athlete and trainer, sport team, ambition, desire for fame, school, schoolgirl, professional sports, high school life
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Monkey Turn (2004)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Kenji Hatano originally wanted to be a Baseball superstar, but didn't like how one player's mistake can hurt the whole team. Upon being shown a kyotei (hydroboat) race by his Principal and seeing a special turn called a Monkey Turn, he ...
Style: anime, entertaining, captivating, exciting
Plot: ambition, rivalry, sport team, direction and purpose, athlete's life, competitor, ambitious man, professional sports, race, boat, racing, speedboat
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Giant Killing (2010)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Giant Killing follows a ragtag bunch from East Tokyo who are struggling in Japan's top football league. Nearing the bottom, they have lost 5 matches in a row which hasn't done much to team morale. Even with the fan's turning their ...
Style: anime, entertaining, exciting, captivating
Plot: soccer, football, athlete and trainer, playing football, soccer coach, ambition, football player, football team, professional sports, sport team, soccer match, sporting event ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Love All Play (2022)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: A young badminton star aims to break through to the inter-high tournament!
Style: anime, entertaining, captivating
Plot: badminton, contests and competitions, ambition, sport team, tournament, professional sports, championship, school club, school, athlete's life, rivalry, leadership ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
PuraOre! ~Pride of Orange~ (2021)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: This sports anime is set in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture, and follows a team of girls as they aim for the top in the sport of ice hockey. It’s about team-building, friendship and competition!
Style: anime, feel good, captivating, entertaining
Plot: tournament, female friendship, slice of life, school, sport team, rivalry, aspiration, contests and competitions, athlete's life, direction and purpose, women, ambition ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Futsal Boys!!!!! (2022)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Haru Yamato watches the championship of the U-18 world cup and is inspired by a Japanese player Tokinari Tenōji. He joins the Koyo Academy High School's futsal team with the goal of becoming a player like Tenōji. There, he finds friends, and ...
Style: anime, entertaining, captivating
Plot: boy, competition, friends, slice of life, sport team, football team, football player, direction and purpose, contests and competitions, athlete's life, playing football, ambition ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Salaryman's Club (2022)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Mikoto Shiratori is a childhood prodigy at badminton that lost in high school; after joining the sales department of the Sunlight Beverage company, he starts playing badminton again.
Style: anime, captivating, entertaining
Plot: boy, badminton, sport team, ambition, athlete's life, professional rivalry, direction and purpose, slice of life, contests and competitions, club, rivalry, bromance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Over Drive (2007)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Mikoto Shinozaki is a high school student lacking in social awareness. In addition, due to his untidy appearance and low self-esteem, he is an easy target for bullies. Regardless, any misfortune that falls upon Mikoto is partly his own fault—at ...
Style: anime, semi serious, psychological, captivating
Plot: cycling, cyclist, aspiration, direction and purpose, ambition, bicycle, athlete's life, ambitious man, championship, athlete and trainer
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Scorching Ping Pong Girls (2016)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Ever since their champion was defeated, the world of girls' junior high ping pong has been in turmoil. Koyori is the new smirking transfer student at her junior high and she's ready to shake up girls' ping pong.
Style: anime, captivating, feel good, entertaining
Plot: ping pong, athlete's life, table tennis, ambition, competitor, school club, teenage life, teenage girl, japanese schoolgirl, teenager, schoolgirl, direction and purpose ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 (2001)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Tsubasa becomes a superstar amongst soccer players in Brazil. He is now planning to play in Europe. At an important must-win game, as the fans cheer him on, Tsubasa looks back at the days when he started his soccer life. His passion to make goals ...
Style: anime, captivating, disturbing
Audience: kids
Plot: soccer, high school football, football team, football, world cup, teammate, dream, championship, tournament, direction and purpose, athlete and trainer, football player ...
Time: 2000s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
2.43: Seiin High School Boys Volleyball Team (2021)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Kimichika Haijima was a strong junior high school volleyball team member. After getting into trouble with the team, he moved to his mother's hometown and reunites with his childhood friend, Yuni Kuroba. The two become an ace pair at volleyball, ...
Style: anime, entertaining, captivating
Plot: volleyball, slice of life, competition, tournament, sport team, teamwork, coping, friendship, contests and competitions, high school friend, direction and purpose, aspiration ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Whistle! (2002)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Everybody has a dream, and for Shou Kazamatsuri, that dream is simple: he wants to be the best soccer player he can possibly be. Although he is not very good at the game and he's not very tall.
Style: anime, entertaining, captivating, feel good, semi serious
Plot: soccer, football player, school, tournament, middle school, football team, soccer match, professional sports, athlete and trainer, college football, athlete's life, desire for fame ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Skate-Leading Stars (2020)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Kensei Maeshima left figure skating behind, now only using his athleticism to help several high school teams. But his rival announces a shift to a team sport, bringing a kid familiar with Kensei’s past to offer him an invite to the world of ...
Style: captivating, entertaining, anime
Plot: sport team, competition, figure skating, slice of life, athlete and trainer, schoolboy, ice skater, rivalry, teamwork, sport competition, athlete's life, contests and competitions ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Days (2016)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: 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. On one stormy night, Jin meets Tsukushi, and they get dragged into the world of soccer.
Style: anime, disturbing, captivating, entertaining, shounen
Plot: school, high school football, soccer, sport team, football player, football team, ambition, friendship, aspiration, friends, teenager, teamwork ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Ao Ashi (2022)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Ashito Aoi is a young, aspiring soccer player from a backwater town in Japan. His hopes of getting into a high school with a good soccer club are dashed when he causes an incident during a critical match for his team, which results in their loss and ...
Style: anime, semi serious, entertaining, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: soccer, tournament, competition, slice of life, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, football player, football team, coach, football, sport team, soccer coach ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Prince of Tennis II: U-17 World Cup (2022)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: The story follows the unfolding of the U-17 World Cup, which takes place at the KCC Arena, in Melbourne, Australia. A total of 32 countries are participating in this long-awaited competition, and only 16 of them will manage to qualify for the final ...
Style: anime, captivating, disturbing
Plot: tennis, tennis player, ambitious, contest, rivalry, athlete and trainer, ambition, athlete's life, direction and purpose, professional rivalry, competitor
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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ALL OUT!! (2016)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: In rugby, there is no ace striker, there is no number four batter, so who is the star of the team? The story begins at school entrance ceremony of Kanagawa High School where Kenji Gion, a small but gutsy go-getter joins the rugby club. He joins ...
Style: anime, entertaining, captivating, seinen
Plot: rugby, high school, championship, athlete's life, sport team, rugby player, school club, bromance, club, training
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Usakame (2016)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 4 min.
TV show
Story: The girls of the Usakame High tennis club, Kinako Tanaka, Ayako Suzuki, Kurumi Satou, and Nishi Nishiarai-Taishi, pursue their various dreams... The series depicts the mostly ordinary but slightly strange daily lives of four girls who devote ...
Style: anime, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, feel good
Plot: tennis, high school, slice of life, tennis player, ambition, adolescent girl, girl, coping, female protagonist, teenage girl, ambitious woman, direction and purpose ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Tribe Nine (2022)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: In Neo Tokyo, disillusioned youth form tribes that battle each other in an intense game called Extreme Baseball. One night, two kids – Haru Shirogane and Taiga – meet the strongest XB Player Shun Kamiya. Haru and Taiga join Shun's group, ...
Style: anime, futuristic, captivating, exciting, disturbing
Plot: ambition, baseball, gang, sport team, bandit, baseball player, baseball team, competitor, rivalry
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Hungry Heart: Wild Striker (2002)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Kyosuke Kano has lived under the shadow of his successful brother Seisuke all his life who is a professional soccer player. Tired of being compared and downgraded at, he abandoned playing soccer until a boy from his new highschool discovered him and ...
Style: anime, captivating, shounen
Audience: kids
Plot: soccer, competition, talent, school, football, professional sports, football player, team, sport competition, professional rivalry, contests and competitions, student ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Battery (2016)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Meet Harada Takumi – not even in junior high and he’s the best pitcher in the region, although he’s frustrated and ready to give up, because he can’t find a catcher who is good enough to keep up with how he pitches in this backwater town his ...
Style: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot: baseball, slice of life, school, athlete's life, life is a bitch, direction and purpose, teenage life, team, family problems, ambition, boy
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Dan Doh!! (2004)
Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Golf, a sport where the prizes are really large. Meet Tadamichi Aoba also called Dandoh. A normal kid who's still in elementary school, he also really likes baseball. But because of a clash with his principal over golf, Dandoh switches to golf ...
Style: anime, captivating
Plot: golfer, teenager, golf club, tournament, ambition, world championship, competitor, direction and purpose, teenage life, champion, championship, athlete's life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Blue Lock (2022)
Genre: Animation, Sport, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: After a disastrous defeat at the 2018 World Cup, Japan's team struggles to regroup. But what's missing? An absolute Ace Striker, who can guide them to the win. The Japan Football Union is hell-bent on creating a striker who hungers for ...
Style: anime, captivating, tense, thrilling
Plot: soccer, world cup, tournament, football team, football player, football, school, high school, soccer coach, sport team, athlete and trainer, high school football ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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