Category: Sports

Anime
Books
Sports
New arrivals: SpoAni! issues 1 & 2
The popularity of high-profile sports anime has grown in recent years and generated more interest in the sports those series portray. In an attempt to get in on...

Anime
Cartoons
Manga
Sports
Animated characters cheering for real-life teams
I watched Super Bowl XLIX yesterday and was glad the game turned out to be more interesting than the ads running during breaks in the...

Athletes
Manga
Sports
“Baby Steps” manga author interviews Shuzo Matsuoka in Weekly Shonen Magazine
I saw a news story yesterday on Comic Natalie about the ninth issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine featuring an interview with former pro tennis player Shuzo...

Athletes
Japan
Manga
Sports
2nd NHK “SPORTS x MANGA” special to air January 30th
A 50-minute TV special about baseball manga with a focus on Hiroshima Carp pitcher Kenta Maeda (前田 健太) is scheduled to air on NHK BS1 this...
Personal criteria of what’s considered a “sports” series