Gymnastics Anime TV Series

GYMNAST CROSSING linked to a 1990s Japanese Anime TV show featuring male gymnasts preparing for the 2000 Olympics.

This is like an animated “American Anthem” meets “Stick It” meets Japanese weirdness.

Click PLAY or watch a segment on YouTube. (12min 35sec)

Watch part 2 linked from this post – Gymnastics Anime TV Series

That post links to details on the series.

Ganba! Fly High … written by Shinji Morisue and illustrated by Hiroyuki Kikuta. It is about high school gymnast Shun Fujimaki as he pursues his goal of competing in the 2000 Olympic Games, and is in part based on Morisue’s experiences as an Olympic champion. …

The series was adapted as a 30-episode anime television series called Ganbarist! Shun … produced by Sunrise. It was broadcast on Yomiuri TV from 1 July 1996 to 10 March 1997.

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