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.
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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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| 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 |
| 零秒出手 (2005) | See Buzzer Beater (2005) | |
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