Sport in Fiction

Initial Slam Dunk & Haikyu!! Region 1 sets scheduled

There are a couple of sports anime series that have North American disc releases scheduled in coming months: Slam Dunk on May 12th and Haikyu!! on June...

Anime Commentary Manga Sports

Personal criteria of what’s considered a “sports” series

While adding entries to a side project I started a few years ago (sportsmanga.info), I’ve had to think about which series to add to...

Anime News

Discotek to release subtitled “Free!” season 1 set in 2015, bilingual set possible later

Known primarily for older titles, Discotek Media has gotten into releasing more recent series over the past few years including a few sports series announcements in the...

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...