Anime like Hoop Days

Name: Hoop Days
Genre: Drama, Sports
Released: 2003
Rating: 6.4

Also known as DEAR BOYS. Picked from what people who loved Hoop Days went on to love and from what they share with it, like Basketball, School Club. Show

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Slam Dunk

SLAM DUNK

1993, TV, 101 eps, 83%, Toei Animation

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Hanamichi Sakuragi, an entering Shohoku high school freshman holds a record for being rejected by 50 girls during middle school. His nearly 2 meters height and bright red hair causes most students to write him off as a delinquent. One day, a girl named Haruko Akagi approaches…

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About Hoop Days

2003, TV, 26 eps, 64%, A.C.G.T.

Dear Boys is a story about determination to excel in a sport in which you love and also have fun at the same time. The tension as underdogs in the whole prefecture with only 5 players. How this team struggle to win, setbacks, teamwork, a purpose in life. This story relates to our lives as we strive to do our best, not just in sports, school but also relationships between friends and ones we love.

(Source: Anime News Network)

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