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🔴Vote for Next Tier 1 Sports Anime

  • Blue Lock 182
  • Hajime no Ippo 221
  • Run with the Wind 84
  • Ping Pong the animation 222
  • Medalist 137
  • Baby Steps 33
  • 2026-04-23
  • —2026-04-27
  • 879 votes
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Content

We wrapped up Haikyu 🤘So GOOD!Time to decide what’s next for sports anime

Cast your vote below ⬇️ Multiple choice is open until Sunday, 4/26 at 11:59 pm

Comments

Mustache

HAJIME NO IPPO MY GOAT IM SO HAPPY ITS HERE YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Good luck to all the options but MAN am I rooting for the legendary boxing series. 10/10

Danyul

Medalist enthusiasts we have an uphill battle

Cody

🥲

GardeninTool

Ping Pong voters. I declare an alliance. It'll be my first time watching it with you (if it gets voted in). As a trade, I'll ask for votes towards Ippo next poll. And if Ippo wins, we will support Ping Pong. I've heard for the longest time that its fantastic so I'd love to start it with you all. Deal? 🤝

Suicopath

Medalist bros, this is gonna be an uphill battle, but its something we have to try for anyways 🫡

RadzioxxD

I love Medalist but my heart goes out to Hajime no Ippo

Helpy

Wow Blue Lock actually losing a poll? Thank heavens!

J

Im convinced many people are just tactically voting…

Hixi

Gotta go for mah boy Nagi on this one

JoeyGuy7

How about we do a 12 episode show before the 127 episode show? Just a thought

Chris Johnson

Kuroko didn't make the list? Blasphemy

Zarathos Daimaoh

How about people just vote for whatever they like and want ? IMO 'tactical' votes are just annoying.. and some shows will always get screwed over with that mindset

chakalicious

What exactly is a tactical vote? I'm not flaming, I am genuinely curious because I don't know 🤔

Shawtty

I'm not a sport anime kinda person, so i feel like this vote isnt for me. but I'm down to try Hajime no Ippo (its the one ive heard about. besides blue lock)

Hazael

Hoping ippo or ping pong, not a fan of blue lock

Sean

Oh boy ping pong let's go

Sean

Ippo would be my 2nd choice so it's a natural alliance

🥀

Hajime no ippo for the win lads! also my grandpa is in the hospital y'all, he played basketball with us until my little cousin crossed him and shook his weak ankles, he fell and bumped his head against the concrete. Prayers 🙏

Zarathos Daimaoh

I don't even mean that literally, but the whole idea to vote for stuff based on length (or any reasons other than actual preferences, like alliances) just doesn't vibe with me

★

LET'S GO PING PONG!!!!!!!!

Potatex

Run with the Wind isn't gonna win, but its the most like Haikyu (Same studio and same character designer). OST is the best of all of these too in my opinion.

chakalicious

Well the vote is literally "choose things you're down to watch" right? Length is a legitimate preference. Idk anyway thanks for the answer :)

Kipperlily

one of these days we need Girls Und Panzer. it *is* a sports anime after all

AoiNeko

Since someone mentioned # of episodes, there's always Prince of Tennis , which did not make he list. Including the OG, OVA's and new stuff it's at 230 ep and counting. So... 127 isn't too bad. :)

Red Menace

I, personally, think baby steps is better

Red Menace

😢 us baby steps enjoyers standing alone out here in the cold

JoeyGuy7

I mean i get what youre saying but also we just spent about a year kn a show, and Hajime no ippo would be over 2 years watching one a week. So idk let's just get some variety in before locking in for 2 years

Isaac Noël

ohhhh shiiiiit ippo or ping pong, peak or peak????

Kenzo Hammerhead

Run with the Wind underrated. My fav sports anime

Kcashforever

Let’s make a comeback blue lock lol. Ping pong would be cool too tho

rene

Hajime no Ippo made it into the poll, we can do this guys 🫡🫡🫡Whatever sports anime comes out on top deserves it regardless, all good picks

Unbeknownst Man

No Slam Dunk... no Daiya no A... Hajime no Ippo and Ping Pong are solid choices, Run with the Wind is a good story as well.

Bryanterra456

lets get it blue lockers we can still win this

J

Not when everyone is biased against it

romai

I'm honestly sad seeing Run With the Wind do so poorly on the polls 😭

Alin Marin

My pick is Hajime, its my favorite, i also think its a story Tony will like a lot, imo its much more mature and realistic, and it shows you the journey of an elite athlete from scratch, not just professionally, but in their personal life as well, something most sports anime omit, failing to show how each athlete celebrates their victories or copes with their defeats in their personal lives and in their own solitude. I would have liked to see Slam Dunk nominated too. Otherwise, I'll enjoy both Ping Pong and Hajime when the time comes, but really, knowing Tony for couple years and seeing what Tony likes, I know which of the two he prefers, and hopefully, he'll learn a bit about boxing alongside our protagonist ;)

aidy

if hajime no ippo doesnt win i will cry a lot

aidy

hajime no ippo is genuinly one of the goats and seeing it on this vote list makes me so happy. I want to rewatch it with Tony!

kinetic98

Please ippo you have to win, one of the best anime of all time

Lancani

Yeah I would prefer a shorter sports anime like blue lock in the meantime

Daniel Nguyen

All because of the tragedy of s2.

Hazael

wow ippo on the up last second

Helpy

Indeed

chakalicious

GGs everyone. Yet another fun voting sesh :)

AoiNeko

I need to add Baby Steps to my watch list. It sounds really interesting. Sports anime isn't my go to genre but I do enjoy it when the mood hits.