I thought this was the beginning of a sports revival, what happened?

Why the fuck would you think an adaptation of over a decade old manga with insignificant sales would be the revival of sports anime?

Implying anyone watched this shit anyway.

>>120693718

you didn't watch the aoty of 2014 anon?

>>120693586

It revived the genre and then immediately killed it by setting the bar too high

What gave you that idea?

>>120693785
more like anime of the decade

>>120693785
>DIDNT WHATCH AOTY

what are you talking about?

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>>120698188
fujo shit

>shit ping
>reviving anything

>>120693586
I don't know why you thought that. Is was a good show, nothing to revolutionize a genre. I'd be upset if future sports anime tried to be like Ping Pong. They should find their own formula.

Sports anime is making a comeback, but thanks to fujoshi pandering like KuroBasu and Yowamushi

>Haikyuu
>Kuroko
>Free
>Yowamushi
>Diamond no Aace
>all 24+ episode whos
>incredible sales for everything minus DnA
Sports is like one of the genres are arent even close to dead

>>120693586
It only used sports as a mean to tell a story of a group of people growing up.

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>>120699221
nah it's awesome
season 2 when

>>120693586
its not even about ping pong, what are you talking about

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>>120701792
>fujo
>fujo
>fujo
>fujo

>>120702046
DnA doesn't pander at all.

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>>120699261
>shit ping
you need to be 18+ to post here.

>>120702046
Yes, team sports series often have large fujo audiences because team sports drama is invariably homoerotic. Congratulations on your discovery.

>>120693664
I like to pretend that manga doesn't exist and all anime are original ideas

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>>120702068
Any two male characters within 500 miles of each other counts as pandering, anon.

>>120701792
>incredible sales for everything minus DnA
Actually for a long running shounen with zero pandering selling consistently 4k+ for every volume is pretty great feat.

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>>120702219
The daiyas are pure, anon.

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>>120702219
>>120702366
I'd fuck all the Diamonds.

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>>120702219
it's just like /u/

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>>120693586
>2015
>caring about sports

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Characters don't need to be wrestling eachother while breathing heavily for it to be pandering.

>>120701792
I watched HQ, Kuroko, Free and Slam Dunk, and I don't feel like watching Yowamushi since biking is not for me, but what's the best baseball series to get into? I know there's a few but I wasn't sure which, though I have One Outs in my backlog but that's only because I was told it's like Kaiji.

>>120703428
>2015
>taking pride in being an useless sack of shit

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>>120702046
There is no such thing as a non-fujoshi sports anime and there never will be. Get over yourself.

>>120704124
>There is no such thing as a non-fujoshi sports anime and there never will be.

What is soft tenni.

>>120703563
>>120703428
i don't give a shit about actual sports but i really enjoy almost every sports anime i watch.

>>120704187
good point.

No non-fujoshi sports anime that center around male sports teams.

>>120702439
Feel free to fuck off.

>>120704124
>There is no such thing as a non-fujoshi sports anime and there never will be
what about ping pong

>>120704124
Ping Pong

Teekyuu

>>120704298
>it's 2015 and I still don't know what filters are
>>120704330
ping pong is still pretty fujo. Maybe not in character designs, but certainly in content.

>>120704402
>certainly in content

Nothing in Ping Pong was fujo.

>>120693586
If it sold like IS then it would revive sports anime.

>>120703372
Why would they be in spitting distance if they're not trying to spit into eachother's mouth?

Checkmate straightheists.

But sports anime never really went away.

>>120703532
My favorites are Cross Game and One Outs.

>>120705445
but two male characters were friends, they must have been gay

ping pong didn't really feel like a sports anime

>>120706092
It isn't a sports anime, they don't even describe the rules of ping pong.

>>120703532
One Outs if you want to watch Akagi + Baseball
Diamond no Ace is also airing right now and easy to get into

Then there's stuff like Majors which is 5 seasons long and Cross Game

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There's this.

>>120707738
Fujoshit

Can Akagi be considered sport anime? Because that should be the standard to all sports anime should be held.

>>120705445
>>120705764
ran out to get food, but this is basically what it boils down to.

All fujoshi pandering is two male characters remotely interacting now.

There is no such thing as a show about men that is not fujoshi pandering.

>>120707883
akagi is shit and mahjong is not a sport you retard

>>120710014
Akagi is great you faggot, and that's why I said it should be considered a sport, nice reading comprehension there fucknugget.

Should I read Touch or Cross Game first?

Why is sports such a best genre?

>>120711299
Watch Cross game, then read or watch touch. It really doesn't matter though.