Shows Like Medalist

If you liked Medalist (2025), a animation and drama series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Umamusume: Cinderella Gray (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and drama
Unbeknownst to those around her, the staggering potential of this ashen-haired “Beast” will soon catapult her to the national stage—and down the path of a legend.
2
Descending Stories (2016)
★ 8/10Also animation and drama
When a certain man is released from prison, he knows exactly where he's heading first. After falling in love with a traditional comic storyteller's rendition of the story called "Shinigami," he is determined to become…
3
Dance Dance Danseur (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and drama
This young student will do whatever it takes to become the world's best ballet dancer: the Danseur noble!
4
Akane-banashi (2026)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and drama
As a child, Akane witnesses a shocking event during her father's career-defining show. Now in high school, she vows to reach the art's highest rank.
5
Attack Number One (1969)
★ 6/10Also animation and drama
The story is about Kozue Ayuhara, a girl who transferred to Fujimi College and tried out for the school volleyball team. She develops a friendship with her teammate Midori Hayakawa, and her talents impress coach Hongō…
6
xxxHOLiC (2006)
★ 7.2/10Also animation
Kimihiro Watanuki is a high school student plagued by ayakashi spirits, both of which are invisible to everyone else but him. The series begins when Watanuki stumbles, seemingly by chance, into a shop that grants…
7
Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! (1996)
★ 7.5/10Also animation
Mini 4WD racing is an interesting hobby in where kids and adults compete using customized motorized miniature cars. Every year, competitions revolving around the hobby circulated around the world, with both kids and…
8
The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity (2025)
★ 8.7/10Also animation and drama
When the intimidating Rintaro meets the open-minded Kaoruko, the unlikely duo grows closer. The issue? Their neighboring high schools hate each other.
9
Tomorrow's Joe (1970)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and drama
A young drifter named Joe Yabuki wanders through the slums of Tokyo, but when the local ruffians try to give him a hard time he teaches them a rough lesson with his fists. The spectacle sparks a gleam in the eye of an…
10
Senpai Is an Otokonoko (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and drama
For Makoto Hanaoka, life’s about to get more complicated. Saki Aoi, a lively girl with loads of confidence, confesses her love for Makoto one day. When he fails to reciprocate, Saki declares she will be his first love!…
11
Major (2004)
★ 8.2/10Also animation
Honda Goro the son of a famous baseball player loves nothing more than baseball itself. His biggest dream is to show his father that he can become the best pitcher in the world despite all the hardships he had to…
12
Attacker You! (1984)
★ 6.1/10Also animation
Attacker You! is the story of ambitious and energetic 13-year-old junior high schoolgirl You Hazuki (variously known as "Mila," "Jeanne" or "Juana" in Western dubbed versions of the anime), who moves to Tokyo from…
13
Peach Girl: Super Pop Love Hurricane (2005)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and drama
Momo, a high school student, is torn between two love interests, each of whom possess great qualities.
14
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (2010)
★ 7.4/10Also animation
Rikuo Nura, is 3 parts human and a quarter Demon, lives in a house of spirits with his grandfather, The current clan head of the Nura youkai. Rikuo is set to be the next clan head, despite the fact he dislikes his…
15
MF GHOST (2023)
★ 8.2/10Also animation
Japan adopts self-driving electric automobiles and renders most gas engines obsolete by 202X. The fastest cars find new life in the MFG, a racing circuit held on Japanese motorways. Drivers from around the world race…
16
One Outs (2008)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and drama
Hiromichi Kojima, the star batter of the Lycaons, heads to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa to train and find a new pitcher for the team. There, he meets Toa Tokuchi, a 134-kmph pitcher and the undisputed king…
17
Initial D (1998)
★ 8/10Also animation and drama
Takumi’s job as a tofu delivery boy has turned him into one of the most formidable drivers around. Behind the wheel of his Eight-Six, he’s one with the road—and his life shifts into high gear when the underground…
18
Rozen Maiden (2004)
★ 7.8/10Also animation
Jun is a total recluse who won't take a step outside his house and only loves online shopping. When Jun winds up a doll that suddenly appears in his room because of his mail-orders tendencies, he has no idea what he's…
19
March Comes In Like a Lion (2016)
★ 8/10Also animation and drama
This is a gentle tale about people trying to regain something. And it is a tale of battle. Rei Kiriyama had lost his family in an accident when he was young. Now he is a 17-year-old pro shogi player who is burdened…
20
From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke (2009)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and drama
Nicknamed "Sadako" for her spooky appearance, high schooler Sawako begins to break out of her shell when she befriends popular boy Kazehaya.