Shows Like Ace of the Diamond

If you liked Ace of the Diamond (2013), a animation 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
Ahiru no Sora (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also animation
Sora joins the high school basketball club, but his unmotivated teammates don't care about the game. To get anywhere, he has to change their minds.
2
Haikyu!! (2014)
★ 8.6/10Also animation
Inspired by a small-statured pro volleyball player, Hinata creates a volleyball team in his last year of middle school. Unfortunately the team is matched up against the "King of the Court" Tobio Kageyama’s team in…
3
Keijo!!!!!!!! (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also animation
"Keijo" is a popular gambling sport where contestants stand on platforms floating on the water and must use their butts and chests to fight against each other to push each other off the platform. Nozomi Kaminashi, a…
4
Eyeshield 21 (2005)
★ 8.4/10Also animation
In Tokyo, a weak, unassertive boy named Sena Kobayakawa enters the high school of his choice, Deimon Private Senior High School. Sena's only remarkable physical abilities are his running speed and agility, which are…
5
HANEBADO! (2018)
★ 7/10Also animation
Ayano Hanesaki, a first-year student at Kanagawa Prefectural Kitakomachi High School, has a badminton ability able to surpass others effortlessly yet avoids playing the sport. She meets Nagisa Aragaki, a third-year…
6
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also animation
Socially awkward Aharen-san has personal boundary issues, either getting too close or too far from her classmates. When fellow student Raido picks up an eraser she drops, Aharen-san decides they’re now best friends…
7
Yowamushi Pedal (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also animation
A timid, anime-loving teen gets drawn into a school cycling club, where his new friends help him face tough challenges to develop his racing talent.
8
Free! (2013)
★ 8.2/10Also animation
The story revolves around Haruka Nanase, a boy who has always loved to be immersed in water, and to swim in it. Before graduating from elementary school, he participated in a swimming tournament along with his fellow…
9
Burning Kabaddi (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also animation
Yoigoshi Tatsuya was a star soccer player known as "Yoigoshi the Unstoppable," but when he entered high school, he severed all involvement with sports. Now, he has been invited to a certain sports team. In these…
10
Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and the Inexperienced Me (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also animation
Ryuto Kashima is the school's gloomy introvert, and he's got a crush on Runa Shirakawa, the popular girl. After losing a bet to classmates, he confesses his feelings to Runa one day. Shocked and secretly just as…
11
Clean Freak! Aoyama-kun (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also animation
He is charming, cool, athletic, a good cook, but more importantly, he's a clean freak. Aoyama is idolized and respected by everyone, but they can only admire him from afar due to his mysophobia. Despite that, he plays…
12
We Never Learn: BOKUBEN (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also animation
Nariyuki Yuiga is in his last and most painful year of high school. In order to gain the “special VIP recommendation” which would grant him a full scholarship to college, he must now tutor his classmates as they…
13
Rainbow Days (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also animation
Nijiiro Days follows the colorful lives and romantic relationships of four high school boys—Natsuki Hashiba, a dreamer with delusions of love; Tomoya Matsunaga, a narcissistic playboy who has multiple girlfriends…
14
The Prince of Tennis (2001)
★ 8.4/10Also animation
Tennis prodigiy Ryoma Echizen enters the tennis powerhouse Seishun Academy. Once he fights his way onto the team, the game will never be the same.
15
Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also animation
Sakamoto is not a normal high schooler. He’s smart, he’s dashing, he’s popular with girls. Much to the dislike of the male population of his school, who tries every trick in the book to mess Sakamoto up. But in the…
16
Tsurune (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also animation
After target panic drives him from archery in middle school, Minato decides to return to the sport when his friends join the high school kyudo club.
17
Sasaki and Miyano (2022)
★ 8.5/10Also animation
When bashful Miyano meets brash Sasaki, it feels like a teen romance manga come to life — but for these boys, real-world love is messier than fiction.
18
Twilight Out of Focus (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also animation
Three poignant love stories unfold in a boys' school film club as its members butt heads and navigate friendship, sexuality and boundaries.
19
Masamune-kun's Revenge (2017)
★ 7.7/10Also animation
"I've returned to this town for revenge!" Eight years ago, Makabe Masamune, a weak and chubby boy, was harshly rejected by the beautiful Adagaki Aki. Now, he's lost a ton of weight, changed his name, and returned as a…
20
Yu Yu Hakusho (1992)
★ 8.5/10Also animation
After dying to save a boy, delinquent tough guy Yusuke Urameshi is granted another chance at life by redeeming himself as a "Spirit Detective."