A story which uses incorporates a competitive event as a primary component of the story line, but which is not of a martial-arts or violent nature. While both being cooking based series, Yakitate!! Japan and Chuuka Ichiban are good examples of this genre.
| Title | Rating | Synopsis |
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| B | ||
 Buzzer Beater (2005) |
Based on the manga of Inoue Takehiko (who published the SLAM DUNK series), this series follows an eclectic and strange collection of basketball players (set in a futuristic time,) who aspire to create a team to join the Intergalactic Basketball League and play against the alien (devil horned) Gorans, and challenge their apparent mastery of this earth-sport. |
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| E | ||
 Eyeshield 21 |
Kabaykawa Sena has always been looked after by Mamori-neechan (his older sister) and with her help, he was able to pass the entrance exam for the high school that she is currenlty attending. Being smaller in size, Sena has always been bullied by other students and his new school is no different. One day, while trying to escape from three school bullies, he shows an incredible ability in running and dodging through a crowd, which is noticed by one of his fellow schoolmates. Sena finds himself forcibly recruited to play on the high school’s (American) football team as a running back. Not wanting to loose a player of his ability to another school, the team decides to hide his identity, demanding that he participate as a mystery player, and give him a nickname of “Eyeshield 21”. |
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| F | ||
| Fighting Beauty Wulong | See Kakutou Bijin Wulong | |
| Freshly Baked!! Ja-pan! | Buy | See Yakitate!! Japan |
| G | ||
| Gash Bell | See Konjiki no Gash Bell!! | |
| I | ||
| Initial D - Project D (stage 4) | Buy | See Initial D - Stage 4 |
 Initial D - Stage 4 |
Buy |
Takumi is now a member of the "Project D" racing team, a group that is intent on setting speed records for all of the mountain roads in the area. The team is headed the elder Takahshi brother, with Takumi and his supercharged(actuall |
| Initial D Fourth Stage | Buy | See Initial D - Stage 4 |
| K | ||
 Kakutou Bijin Wulong |
Looking like any high school student, Mao Ran appears to be just a cute and normal young lady, but one with a fiery temper. She is also happens to be the heir to the Mao family tradition and is a master of the Mao style of unarmed martial arts. While Ran is reluctant to show her skills and avoids getting involved in any formal or competitive fights, her grandfather manages to succeed in tricking her into participating in a boxing-ring-style martial arts event called the ‘Prime Mat’. The challenge of fighting against strong rivals pushes her skills to the limit, and her initial reluctance gradually gives way to thrill and excitement as she looks forward to her next competitor. |
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 Konjiki no Gash Bell!! |
Bored by both his fellow students and the lack of challenges at school, the middle-schooler Kiyomaro Takamine has become very sullen and withdrawn, not that his frequently cutting class is really affecting his grades. Takamine appears destined for a dark and troubling future, at least until his father sends a strange young boy his way. The sudden arrival of Gash’s throws Takamine’s life into chaos! He surprised to learn that by holding Gash's magical red book, he can prompt Gash to spout bolts of lighting - which destroy anything in their path (including bedroom walls!) But Gash is just one of a hundred contenders who have quietly sent from a Demon-world to Takamine’s world to seek out a partnership with a human book-keeper - in a battle of elimination against the other deamons to determine who the next ruler of the Demon-world will be! |
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| W | ||
| Wulong | See Kakutou Bijin Wulong | |
| Y | ||
| Yakitate Japan | Buy | See Yakitate!! Japan |
 Yakitate!! Japan |
Buy |
A young six-year-old boy learns the wonders of baking bread and has grown to aspire to create the “bread that will define Japan”. But can this young man, born with gifted golden (or solar) hands, craft the yeasts and sugars of a simple bread dough and create a chewy manna from the heavens succeed? Only a battle of faith and culinary creativity can decide, as a young Kazuma accepts the challenge to create the most ultimate BREAD OF JAPAN!!! |
| Z | ||
| Zatch Bell | See Konjiki no Gash Bell!! | |
| 焼きたて!! ジャぱん | Buy | See Yakitate!! Japan |
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