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Sports-Romance anime recommendations

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akileese

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Baby Steps, Major, and Hajime No Ippo for me. Ippo and Major are definitely very difficult to track down by legal means though.
 
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hat_hair

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Chihayafuru is the best Sports manga/anime I have ever seen, and it also has some romance I guess if you want that.

Baby Steps is good too.
 
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Tarsul

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Aoki Densetsu Shoot! (soccer)

Has drama, romance and everything else that a sports anime needs. 58 episodes. Well worth it.

... and it's old. Meaning that you can take it seriously :p
 
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Tangeroo

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Synopsis (from MyAnimeList.com)

Toua Tokuchi is an athlete by profession, but a reckless gambler at heart. On the streets of Okinawa, he uses nothing but his wits and a "fastball" peaking at a mere 134 kmph to somehow achieve 499 wins in the game of "One Outs," a simplified version of baseball between the pitcher and one batter. Amazed by Toua's unique prowess on the mound, veteran slugger Kojima Hiromichi artfully scouts the pitcher for his long unsuccessful team, the Saikyou Saitama Lycaons. Kojima desperately hopes Toua will lead them to the championship; however, Tsuneo Saikawa, the mercenary owner of the Lycaons, sees the vastly talented pitcher as a threat to the income generated by the team. Rising to the challenge of swaying the owner, Toua suggests a one-of-a-kind "One Outs" contract: every out Toua pitches will earn him five million yen, but with every run he gives up, he will lose fifty million yen.

Adapted from the manga by Shinobu Kaitani of Liar Game fame, One Outs documents the intense psychological battles between Toua and those around him. With millions of yen at stake, can a pitcher who has done nothing but gamble in a head-to-head imitation of baseball finally lead a real baseball team to victory?
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I've introduced this show to a lot of people and everyone who watched it loved it. Well worth the watch!
 
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massoluk

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I guess I was a bit short on the first post, but let me add if you are to ask people to name top 3 baseball manga, there is a 90% chance it will be H2, Touch, and Cross Game in different orders. All of which were done by one dude - Mitsuru Adachi.
 
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NHarmonic.

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Dali said:
Can't believe no kuruko basketball yet. It's got about as much romance as slam dunk (about zero) but it's damn good. Slam dunk is really actually garbage. Real basketball is more exciting. Kuruko actually does that anime thing where skills and actions are given a supernatural depiction.
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Agreed.

There's too much good on Kuroko.
 
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ZetaEpyon

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Good to see that the most appropriate recommendations of Baby Steps, Chihayafuru, and anything Adachi have been listed. :)
 
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