What makes a great sports anime?

What makes a great sports anime?

is that one any good?

Delinquents

I enjoyed it. The characters were really great.

The same things that make any anime good.

Mixing it with genres other than sport, like drama (AnJ, Ping Pong), romance (Adachi manga), gambling (One Outs), etc. Slam Dunk is one exception but usually pure sports anime get repetitive and dragged out.

I don't know why this series made me play Tennis.

Slum dunk has gto tier comedy

And that is?

Dezaki.

Not caring about the sport, just characters and story

Good point, that sets it apart from most sports shounen.

But seriously, art direction, score, writing, that sort of thing.

>Dezaki
So basically great anime is dead?

Yes.

But seriously again, the directors he inspired are good.

Tanks.

Good characters that you want to see win, comradery, detailed matches/fights/etc, and hot bloodedness

So do you not like Ippo? Or is the humor enough for you

Character development and teamwork.

Dunno. Like able characters and learning the sport is fun. Why I like Ippo and Baby Steps

A good director.

gorgeous anime

guys I can't wait for Yuri on Ice

Super powers

also Tiger Mask, how could I forget

Fun

Add a harem to it

Cute girls