Sports fanatics have recently ranked what they believe are the most influential sports anime and manga, which has included titles both new and old for once – though the sheer maniacal popularity of Kuroko’s Basketball causes it to dribble into the lead.
The ranking, which involved a total of 10,000 participants:
2. Slam Dunk
3. Haikyuu!
5. Major
6. Free!
10. Inazuma Eleven
11. Eyeshield 21
12. Big Windup!
13. Ro-Kyu-Bu!
14. H2
15. Touch
16. Hajime no Ippo
17. Baby Steps
18. Kenkou Zenrakei Suieibu Umishou
19. Giant Killing
20. Aim for the Ace!
I really wish they would add a rule forbidding voting for any title that finished airing in the past 5 years. You can never tell an classic or influential work until time has passed.
A lot of the choices on that list are only there due to being recent and will not show up on a similar list 10 years from now. While some of the older ones will still be there.
I still wish Taishou Baseball Girls had gotten a second season: it was a perfect anime combination of cute girls’ slice-of-life and high school and sports and period piece (1920s).
No Chihayafuru, GG sancom.. >_<
I remember Captain Tsubasa, I watched that classic when I was still a sperm cell.
Technically Initial D is a ‘sport’ anime. It should no.1 for recognition alone.