Shows Like Rising Impact

If you liked Rising Impact (2024), a animation and comedy 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
Tonbo! (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and drama
A dramatic tale of golf and humans, set on the beautiful Tokara Islands. Igarashi has thrown away his past and fled society, relocating to Hinoshima Island. Here, on "Japan's last hidden paradise," he meets Tonbo, the…
2
Baby Steps (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedy
Eiichirō Maruo (nicknamed "Ei-chan" for his grades being straight "A") is an honor student, bookworm, and is not interested in anything other than studying. In order to solve his problem of lacking physical strength…
3
Captain Tsubasa (1983)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy and drama
Tsubasa Ozora loves playing football since he was a little child. After moving to the japanese town of Nankatsu together with his mother, the 11-year-old boy quickly finds friends and joins the local football team of…
4
Captain Tsubasa J (1994)
★ 8/10Also animation and drama
Captain Tsubasa J is a TV anime series that retells the story of the original manga and also adds some arcs from the World Youth Saga manga. The anime was originally broadcast by Fuji Television in Japan from…
5
Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002 (2001)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and drama
Tsubasa becomes a superstar amongst soccer players in Brazil. He is now planning to play in Europe. At an important must-win game, as the fans cheer him on, Tsubasa looks back at the days when he started his soccer…
6
Captain Tsubasa (2018)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedy
The passionate story of an elementary school student whose thoughts and dreams revolve almost entirely around the love of soccer. 11-year-old Tsubasa Oozora started playing football at a very young age, and while it…
7
Touch (1985)
★ 9/10Also animation and drama
Twins Kazuya and Tatsuya, and their neighbor Minami have played together since they were children and built an unbreakable bond. But with puberty, the twins realized something: Minami is a girl, and three is a crowd…
8
Fight! Kickers (1986)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and comedy
The Kitahara Kickers are a soccer who struggle to win a game, with a run of 22 consecutive losses. But then a newcomer joins the team whose attitude brings back the passion for soccer that his teammates have forgotten.
9
Aoharu x Machinegun (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedy
When Hotaru moves into a new apartment alone, there's a mysterious man standing nearby the apartment. Hotaru decides to confront the man, who turns out to live in the neighboring apartment. The next day at school…
10
Kodocha (1996)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and comedy
Sana Kurata has a charmed life. Not only is her mother is a famous, award-winning writer, but she's the star of the hit TV comedy "Child's Toy" while still in the fifth grade. But Sana's biggest concern is Akito…
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The Knight in the Area (2012)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and comedy
Kakeru and Suguru are brothers who both have a flaming passion for soccer. However, while Suguru becomes a rising star in the Japanese youth soccer system, Kakeru decides to take on a managerial role after struggling…
12
Cross Game (2009)
★ 8.7/10Also animation and comedy
Kō Kitamura, whose family owns a sporting goods store, has known the Tsukishima girls since he was born. The Tsukishima family runs a batting center and cafe, and they have four daughters. There's Ichiyo, the…
13
Marmalade Boy (1994)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and comedy
Miki's parents come home from their vacation to announce that they are getting a divorce. But what is more shocking is that they have switched partners with another couple! And to top things off, this other couple has…
14
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…
15
Big Windup! (2007)
★ 8.2/10Also animation and comedy
Ren Mihashi was the ace of his middle school's baseball team, but due to his poor pitching, they could never win. Constant losses eventually lead to his teammates bullying him and reached the point where his teammates…
16
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…
17
Zatch Bell! (2003)
★ 8.5/10Also animation and comedy
Takamine Kiyomaro, a depressed don't-care-about-the-world guy, was suddenly given a little demon named Zatch Bell to take care of. Little does he know that Zatch is embroiled in an intense fight to see who is the ruler…
18
I Made Friends with the Second Prettiest Girl in My Class (2026)
★ 8.3/10Also animation and comedy
Maki Maehara, the class outcast, finally makes his first friend: Umi Asanagi, the second-prettiest girl in class and the center of everyone’s attention. He’s convinced she’s out of his league, but as their unlikely…
19
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…
20
The Critic (1994)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and comedy
Jay Sherman is a TV movie critic who is forced to review the most pathetic films which he always rates as "It stinks." In addition to the film parodies, the show also deals with his personal life: working for a…