Burning Kabaddi

Aired: 2021

A TV anime produced by TMS Entertainment (co-produced by Domerica), based on the manga by So Musashino serialized on Shogakukan's MangaONE and Ura Sunday (Ura Shonen Sunday Comics, 31 volumes, 2015-2024). The series has surpassed 150 million cumulative page views. Tatsuya Yoigoshi, a former soccer ace who despises sports, receives a recruitment offer from the kabaddi club upon entering high school. Dismissing kabaddi as a joke, he visits practice only to discover an intensely physical sport resembling martial arts combat. Meeting passionate teammates like captain Masato Ojo and Soma Azemichi, Yoigoshi is gradually drawn into the world of kabaddi. 12 episodes. Directed by Kazuya Ichikawa. Music by Ken Ito. Main cast includes Yuma Uchida, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Gen Sato, Makoto Furukawa, and Ayumu Murase. ©2020 So Musashino, Shogakukan/Burning Kabaddi Production Committee