One of the most underappreciated genres within the medium of anime is sports anime. Though live-action sports dramas (and comedies) tend to place a much bigger focus on the drama than the actual sports, animation allows for doing both in equal measure. The best sports anime make the audience fall in love with the characters and their interpersonal stories, their triumphs and failures, their dreams and tragic backstories, while at the same time teaching audiences about the specific sport with stunning displays of athleticism and sportsmanship.

A sports anime can become so popular that it basically introduces entire generations to a sport, such as "Captain Tsubasa" inspiring generations of soccer players like Zinedine Zidane and Andrés Iniesta or "Slam Dunk" making basketball popular in J

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