Updated May 11, 2024 by testing

Blue Lock is the kind of sports anime that gives you an instant adrenaline rush. The way it portrays soccer is like nothing we’ve ever seen before. There’s excitement. There’s suspense. And most of all, there are a bunch of handsome guys striving to become the best striker ever! The competition between the characters in this anime is INSANE. Have you guys watched Blue Lock? If yes, we’re about to list a bunch of anime similar to Blue Lock that you will love watching. Are you guys ready? Let’s get started!

ANIME SIMILAR TO BLUE LOCK!

31. Yowamushi Pedal

Title	Yowamushi Pedal
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	TMS Entertainment
Premiered	2013
Episodes	38
Duration	24 min per ep

Yowamushi Pedal tells us the story of an otaku named Sakamichi Onoda who wants nothing more than making good friends in the anime club of his school that he has joined recently. However, the club ends up disbanding and it is up to Sakamichi to revive it again. After failing to get new members, he decides to visit Akihabara on his old bicycle. There, he meets another guy named Shunsuke Imaizumi who is impressed to see Sakamichi’s cycling skills. Sakamichi challenges Shunsuke to a race and puts one condition if he wins; Shunsuke must join the anime club if Sakamichi wins. That’s how Sakamichi is dragged into the exciting world of cycling!

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30. Baby Steps

Title	Baby Steps
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	Pierrot
Premiered	2014
Episodes	25
Duration	24 min per ep

Eiichirou Marou is the perfect honor student who spends most of his time studying and is worried about his physical health now. He decides to exercise a little in his free time and joins the Southern Tennis Club. He comes across another first-year student named Natsu Takasaki who wants to become a professional tennis player due to her immense love for Tennis. Eiichirou slowly starts enjoying the new sport he has indulged himself in along with Natsu. This is the journey of Eiichirou from being a studious guy to a more athletic guy and how he develops his own tennis-playing style. 

29. Megalo box

Title	Megalo Box
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	TMS Entertainment
Premiered	2018
Episodes	13
Duration	24 min per ep

Megalo Box is set in the late 21st century and introduces us to a bunch of boxers who wear exoskeletons in order to enhance their speed and strength while boxing. Junk Dog is one of the underdog boxers who had illegally participated in boxing competitions just to make some money as dictated by his boss, Gansaku Nanbu. 

Junk Dog wins one match after the other until he’s faced with a Megalo Box champion named Yuuri who crushes him. After defeating Junk Dog, Yuuri challenges him to climb up the ranks of the ring and fight him again. That’s when Junk Dog enters the world of Megalonia. He’s now known as Joe who has just started his journey to climb up the ranks of the ring and he will do anything in his power to beat Yuuri and become the next champion!

28. Hunter x Hunter

Title	Hunter X Hunter
Genre	Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Type	T.V
Studio	Madhouse
Premiered	Fall 2011
Episodes	148
Duration	23 min per ep

This anime introduces us to Hunters who travel the world in order to fight terrific monsters and find unexplored lands. We’re introduced to Gon Freecs, a young guy who wants to become a Hunter in order to find his missing father who was a Hunter as well. However, he must first take a professional exam in order to become a Hunter. He is joined by Kurapika, Leorio and Killua on his journey to become a Hunter. His group has goals of their own but they also want to help Gon with his goal as well. They have no idea what lies ahead of them. With Hisoka standing in their way, how will they reach their goal or even survive? 

27. Whistle!

Title	Whistle
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	Studio Comet
Premiered	2002
Episodes	39
Duration	24 min per ep

Whistle tells us the story of Kazamatsuri Shou who always wanted to become a professional soccer player. There’s only one thing that’s stopping him; The fact that he’s not good at playing soccer at all. He joined the prestigious Musashi no Mori Junior High School which is known for its top soccer team. But Shou could not surpass the third-stringer rank. He decided to transfer to Sakurajosui High School and was finally able to play soccer properly. He’s going to start his fresh journey along with his teammates who aspire to become the best of the best. 

26. Farewell My Dear Cramer

Title	Farewell My Dear Cramer
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	LIDENFILMS
Premiered	2021
Episodes	13
Duration	24 min per ep

In Japan, women’s soccer’s reputation has been declining over the years. There were not many schools with the women-only soccer club and no professional matches were being held as well. We are introduced to a girl named Nozomi Onda who had played in the boys’ soccer team when she was in middle school. She was extremely good at playing soccer and didn’t want to join the women-only soccer team at her school, thinking that it would only drag her down. On the other hand, we’re introduced to Sumire Suou who is a rookie but is pretty good at playing soccer. Now, Onda is convinced by her former coach to join the women-only soccer team and Sumire is a part of it as well. They both cross paths and start displaying exceptional soccer skills that are commended by everyone around them. They’re going to make sure that they revive women-only soccer and tell everybody that women are no less than men. 

25. Hungry Heart: Wild Striker

Title	Hungry Heart: Wild Striker
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	Nippon Animation
Premiered	2002
Episodes	52
Duration	24 min per ep

This anime introduces us to a guy named Kyosuke Kano who had been living the shadow of his elder brother, Seisuke, who is a professional soccer player. He is constantly compared to his elder brother and looked down upon. He decided to abandon playing soccer because he thought he would never be able to be as good as his brother at playing soccer. However, after he had a chance encounter with a guy from his high school, he ends up joining his team along with a bunch of other people. Together they aimed for climbing up the ranks of soccer and become a professional soccer team as well. 

24. Deadman Wonderland

Title	Deadman Wonderland
Genre	Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Supernatural
Type	T.V
Studio	Manglobe
Premiered	Spring 2011
Episodes	12
Duration	24 min per ep

We have a shounen anime in our list! Ganta and his classmates were all excited to go on the class field trip to a prison amusement park named the Deadman Wonderland. Little do they know that their lives are about to turn upside down. Ganta’s whole class is massacred by a mysterious red man and only he is left to live. Naturally, the police conclude that it is Ganta who is responsible for the murder of his classmates. He’s taken to the very jail he went to visit. He’s thrown into a world of deadly games that are played inside the prison in order to survive there. This is not an ordinary prison at all. Ganta must find a way to survive before he’s killed brutally. 

23. Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor

Title	Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor
Genre	Suspense
Type	T.V
Studio	Madhouse
Premiered	Fall 2007
Episodes	26
Duration	23 min per ep

Kaiji Itou is a pushover who gets involved in repaying the debt of one of his coworkers after he fails to repay it himself. The loan sharks are after him and they’re not going to leave him alone until he doesn’t return every single penny. One day, he comes across a strange offer that involves boarding a ship that will repay his debts. It looks like a normal game of gambling but it soon changes to a game of betrayal and strategy. The losers must serve the winners for the rest of their lives. Now, Kaiji must choose his actions wisely or he will end up ruining his life forever. It will be the test of his wits and will and he must pass if he wants to survive. 

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22. Offside

Title	Offside
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	TMS Entertainment
Premiered	2001
Episodes	39
Duration	23 min per ep

Offside tells us the story of a tall and athletic guy named Goro Kumagaya who is a goal-keeper for his soccer team. He wishes to enter Yokota High School because of its elite soccer team. However, he ends up getting enrolled at an ordinary school unlike Yokonan. In Kawasaki High School, he meets a bunch of other people who share the same love of soccer as he does. Together, they decide to surpass the Yokonan’s elite soccer teams and become the best of the best. 

21. Giant Killing

Title	Giant Killing
Genre	Drama, Mystery
Type	T.V
Studio	Studio Deen
Premiered	Spring 2010
Episodes	26
Duration	24 min per ep

We’re introduced to East Tokyo United, which has been trying to win Japan’s top Soccer League for a while now. However, they have done nothing but lose 5 matches in a row. This made the team lose their morale and they were close to hitting rock bottom. But then, an eccentric coach named Takeshi Tatsumi joins ETU in order to improve the team. Tatsumi used to be a part of ETU when he was younger but abandoned the team years ago. He joined England’s lower division soccer team and proved himself to be a great manager. But as he joins ETU, the fans are not happy with the decision as they consider Tatsumi a traitor. The team also has no discipline. Will Tatsumi be able to help them rise?

20. The Knight in the Area

Title	The Knight in the Area
Genre	Comedy, Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	Madhouse
Premiered	Winter 2012
Episodes	37
Duration	25 min per ep

The Knight in the Area tells us the story of two brothers named Kakeru and Suguru who have a burning passion for soccer. Suguru manages to become a professional soccer player while Kakeru takes the role of a manager. After struggling,Kakeru still wants to become a part of the national team and compete in the World Cup. However, he’s not alone. Kakeru’s childhood friend named Nana is also crazy about soccer and is a top-ranked player of Nadeshiko Japan. It is Nana who gives Kakeru the extra push he needs to become the best soccer player ever. 

19. All Out!!

Title	All Out!!
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	Madhouse, TMS Entertainment
Premiered	Fall 2016
Episodes	25
Duration	23 min per ep

This anime introduces us to a short but feisty guy named Kenji Gion who gets an invitation to check out the Rugby club of the school along with the tall Sumiaki Iwashimizu. As Gion observes a match of Rugby, he realizes that this game is not only for tall and muscular ones but people like him can also take part in it and have positions for them in Rugby. He is ready to join the rugby club but Iwahimizu is not. But Gion drags him into playing Rugby with him as well. The two then start their journey to become the best Rugby players ever!

18. Eyeshield 21

Title	Eyeshield 21
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	Gallop
Premiered	Spring 2005
Episodes	145
Duration	23 min per ep

Sena Kobayakawa is a short highschool student from Deimon High School who constantly gets bullied by everyone around him. After years of working as an errand boy for his bullies, Sena has developed great running skills. So when Youichi Hiruma sees the boy in action, he tries to convince him to join his football team. Hiruma wants to hide Sena’s identity from others and gives him the alias “Eyeshield 21”. The mysterious Eyeshield 21 can run at the speed of light. He also achieved great feats during his stay at the Notre Diem college of England. Now, Sena is all excited to start his new life as a football player and he’s also going to be as good as Eyeshield 21. 

17. Inazuma 11

Title	Inazuma Eleven
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	OLM
Premiered	Fall 2008
Episodes	127
Duration	24 min per ep

Inazuma 11 introduces us to the Raimon Middle School’s soccer club which has a lack of members and is on the verge of disbanding. Mamoru Endou is the captain and the goalkeeper of his team who has nothing but his grandfather’s notes to rely on when it comes to soccer. His grandfather used to be the captain and goalkeeper of Inazuma 11’s first generation. Now, Mamoru is adamant on shaping his team into a successful soccer team and will train hard in order to become the best goalkeeper ever. 

16. Hanebado

Title	Hanabado!
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	LIDENFILMS
Premiered	Summer 2018
Episodes	13
Duration	24 min per ep

Ayano Hanesaki is a prodigy badminton player but she avoids playing it rather than going ham on it. However, when she comes across Nagisa Aragaki and her love for the sport, she becomes inspired. Their coach convinced Nagisa and Ayano to play badminton together and face their opponents with perfection in order to climb up the ranks of the sport they love so much. 

15. The Law of Ueki

Title	The Law of Ueki
Genre	Action, Adventure, Supernatural
Type	T.V
Studio	Studio Deen
Premiered	Spring 2005
Episodes	51
Duration	23 min per ep

The Law of Ueki introduces us to a  school teacher named Mr. K who is in the running to become the Heavenly King. The candidates must choose a school student and endow them with their powers in order for them to fight against each other to win the title. Mr K. chose Kosuke and granted him the power to turn trash into trees. But here’s the catch. If Kosuke uses his powers for his own means then he will lose his powers immediately. Now, Kosuke must be very careful while using his powers and also fight other students in order to win the title of Celestial King for Mr. K. 

14. Darwin’s Game

Title	Darwin’s Game
Genre	Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Type	T.V
Studio	Nexus
Premiered	Winter 2020
Episodes	11
Duration	26 min per ep

Kaname Sudou is a high school student who receives an invitation to play the Darwin’s Game from his friend. As soon as he opens the app, a green snake comes out of the phone and bites Kaname’s neck, rendering him unconscious. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself in the infirmary with no signs of a snake bite. He can’t wrap his head around what had happened to him earlier and opens the app again out of curiosity. The app appears to be a normal battle game much to Kaname’s relief. But his relief is short-lived as the opponent he’s fighting with in the game appears right in front of him, trying to cut him with his knife. That’s when Kanae realizes that the Darwin’s Game is not an ordinary one. It’s a real life battle of survival!

13. Be Blues

Title	Be Blues!
Genre	Sports
Type	ONA
Studio	Unknown
Premiered	Fall 2011
Episodes	1
Duration	31 sec

Be Blues is an anime about soccer that tells us the story of Ryuu Ichijou who has a passion for playing soccer. He aspires to become a professional soccer player and join the national soccer team. He is exceptional at playing soccer but one day, he gets into an accident while protecting his friend. It is revealed that he has to face two years of rehabilitation and he must not play soccer during that time period. Now that the two-year rehabilitation period is over, Ryuu is all ready to start his journey from the start to reach the top. 

12. Fighting Spirit

Title	Fighting Spirit
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	Madhouse
Premiered	Fall 2000
Episodes	75
Duration	23 min per ep

Fighting Spirit is a story about a teenager named Ippo Makunouchi who helps his mother run her fishing business after the death of his father. Ippo’s life is not easy at all because he’s targeted by the bullies every single day. One day, an up and coming boxer named Mamoru Takaura walks into his life and saves him from bullies. Ippo is taken to the Kamogawa Boxing Gym in order to recover. Takakura and others are stunned to see Ippo’s powerful punches. His muscles have been developed while helping his mother for so many years. Soon enough, Ippo starts his official boxing career and is ready to defeat anyone who challenges him. He is ready to take revenge on his bullies and vows that he will never be weak again. 

11. Ping Pong

Title	Ping Pong the Animation
Genre	Drama, Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	Tatsunoko Production
Premiered	Spring 2014
Episodes	11
Duration	23 min per ep

Ping Pong introduces us to two high school students named Makoto and Yukata who are polar opposites and have been friends ever since they were little. Both of them love playing table tennis and both are naturally good at it. As the two try to delve deep into the sport, they’re faced with formidable opponents. Which one of them will be able to resist and which one of them will give in? 

10. Days

Title	DAYS
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	MAPPA
Premiered	Summer 2016
Episodes	24
Duration	24 min per ep

Days tells us the story of two guys named Tsukushi and Jin who have nothing in common. However, the two of them end up joining the same soccer club. This is a story of two hot-blooded guys aiming to become the best of the best in the world of soccer. 

9. Shoot! Goal To The Future

Title	Shoot! Goal to the Future
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	Magic Bus, EMT Squared
Premiered	Summer 2022
Episodes	13
Duration	23 min per ep

Atsushi Kamiya used to be the soccer team captain at Kakegawa High School who left to become the captain of a famous Italian team. When Atsugi returns, he sees the team weakened. Hideto Tsuji is one of the players in the Kakegawa High School soccer team who has no interest in his team being a failure. But when Atsushi and Hideto come across each other, something shifts. 

8. Slam Dunk

Title	Slam Dunk
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	Toei Animation
Premiered	Fall 1993
Episodes	101
Duration	23 min per ep

Hanamichi Sakuragi is a hot-tempered guy who enrolls at the Shohoku High School hoping to finally get a girlfriend. However, he still can’t find a girlfriend in his new school because everybody knows about his short temper. That’s why, most of the students of his school avoid him. One day, a girl named Haruko approaches him without knowing anything about him. She asks him if he likes basketball to which he says yes because he falls head over heels for her. She then asks him if he can do a slam dunk. Hanamichi ends up overdoing it and slams his head against the blackboard. Haruko informs the basketball team’s captain and that’s how Hanamichi gets dragged into the world of basketball. 

7. Clean Freak! Aoyama Kun

Title	Clean Freak! Aoyama-Kun
Genre	Comedy, Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	Studio Hibari
Premiered	Summer 2017
Episodes	12
Duration	23 min per ep

This anime introduces us to a soccer prodigy named Aoyama -kun who is loved by everyone around him. He’s hot, he’s athletic, he’s charming. However, he has a weakness; he is a clean-freak. How will this clean-freak survive in a no-so-clean sport?

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6. Ace of Diamond

Title	Ace Of Diamond
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	Production I.G, Madhouse
Premiered	Fall 2011
Episodes	75
Duration	24 min per ep

Ace of Diamond tells us the story of Eijin Sawamura, a baseball pitcher who has an unusual pitching style that cannot be predicted no matter what. Sawamura decides to go to a school with his friend and play baseball to let everyone know that he is the best. 

5. One Outs

Title	One Outs
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	Madhouse
Premiered	Fall 2008
Episodes	25
Duration	23 min per ep

One Outs revolves around a baseball legend. He won himself many awards countless times. However, he never acquired the “Champion” title. In order to find the answer to his question, he opened up a training camp in Okinawa. He ends up getting involved in a  high-stakes game against Toua which he consequently wins. Now, Toua must join the poorly-ranked “Lycaons” team but instead of demanding a salary, Toua insists on losing fifty million yen for each point lost and winning five million yen on each out. With his eccentric personality, Toua will help the Lycaons rise above everyone else. 

4. Captain Tsubasa

Title	Captain Tsubasa
Genre	Action, Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	David Production
Premiered	Spring 2018
Episodes	52
Duration	22 min per ep

Tsubasa Ozora is crazy about soccer and wants to become a famous soccer player. However, his goal is not an easy one and he will suffer from a lot of hardships including tough rivals and championships. Now, Tsubasa must train hard in order to rise above everyone else and fulfill his dream of becoming a  professional soccer player. 

3. Haikyuu!!

Title	Haikyuu!!
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	Production I.G
Premiered	Spring 2014
Episodes	25
Duration	24 min per ep

Hinata Shoyo is a short volleyball player who is passionate about volleyball. However, after the “King of the Court” defeated his team, he became depressed. When he joins his new school, he gets shocked to know that the “King of the Court” aka Kageyama who defeated him a while ago is in his new school’s volleyball team. Now, Hinata must get along well with Kageyama in order for their team to face the formidable opponents that are waiting for them. 

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2. Kuroko no Basket 

Title	Kuroko’s Basketball
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	Production I.G
Premiered	Spring 2012
Episodes	25
Duration	24 min per ep

Kuroko no Basket is an anime about basketball that introduces to us the “Generation of Miracles” that includes five prodigy basketball players. All the members of the Generation of Miracles went their ways after graduating and joined the teams of their respective school. However, there was another “Phantom” player in the Generation of Miracles that everybody failed to notice. It is his weak presence that lets him rule the court. Along with his new teammate, Taiga, Kuroko is going to show everyone who is the real king. 

1. Ao Ashi

Title	Ao Ashi
Genre	Sports
Type	T.V
Studio	Production I.G
Premiered	Spring 2022
Episodes	24
Duration	24 min per ep

Ashito Ao is crazy about soccer and wants to become the best soccer player ever. But here’s the catch, he lives in the countryside area of Japan. After being noticed by Tatsuya Fukuda, the coach of a famous team in Japan, he decided to go to Tokyo in order to try his luck. Will he be able to impress Tatsuya and all others in Tokyo who are on a different level from him?

Conclusion

We’re finally at the end of our blog about some of the best anime like Blue Lock. Comment down below your favorite anime from this list and let us know. We’ll come back with more recommendation blogs. See you in the next one, guys!