Skate-Leading☆Stars スケートリーディング☆スターズ

Genre: Sport, Tournaments, Idols, Skating, Comedy, Drama,
 
Description: 
 
Figure skater Kensei Maeshima stopped his career when he met rival Reo Shinozaki. Some years after, Maeshima, now a high schooler, uses his physical talent to help other clubs with various activities, while never committing to any one thing. One day, he sees a press conference where Shinozaki announced that he was shifting from single skating to "skate-leading." After that, he met a boy named Hayato Sasugai, who knew of Maeshima's single skating career. Sasugai invites Maeshima to the world of skate-leading, or competitive team-based skating.
 
Episode: 12
 
Original Run: January 10, 2021 – March 28, 2021

Studio: J.C. Staff

SK8 the Infinity SK∞ エスケーエイト

Alternative Name: 无限滑板 (Wú Xiàn Huá Bǎn)

 

Genre: Adventure, Sport, Tournaments, Comedy, Skating

 

Description: 

 

Reki, a second-year high school student who loves skateboarding, gets caught up in "S," an underground and dangerous skateboard race at an abandoned mine with no rules. Langa, who has returned to Japan from Canada and has never skateboarded before, also gets wrapped up in S along with Reki. Dirty racers, AI racers, and other unique individuals compete in the "youth skateboard race battle."

 

Episode: 12 + 1 Special + 1 OVA

 

Original Run

Series: January 10, 2021 – April 4, 2021

Special: March 14, 2021

OVA: March 19, 2025

Studio: Bones

Yuri!!! on Ice ユーリ!!! on ICE

Alternative Name: 冰上的尤里(Bīng Shàng De Yóu Lǐ)

Genre: Sport, Tournaments, Drama, Comedy, Shounen-Ai, 

Description: 

Yūri Katsuki carried all of Japan's hopes on his shoulders to win at the Gran Prix Finale ice skating competition, but suffered a crushing defeat. He returns home to Kyushu and half feels like he wants to retire, and half feels like he wants to continue ice skating. Suddenly the five-time consecutive world championship ice skater Victor Nikiforov appears before him with Yuri Plisetsky, a young Russian figure skater who is already defeating his seniors. Victor and both Yuris take up the challenge on an unprecedented Gran Prix series.

Episode: 12 + 1 Special 

Original Run

Series: October 6, 2016 – December 21, 2016

Special: May 26, 2017

Studio: MAPPA

Death Parade デス・パレード (Desu Parēdo)

Alternative Name: 死亡遊行 (Sǐ Wáng Yóu Xíng)

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Psychological, Death, Reincarnation, Games,

               Thriller, Skating

Description: 

After death, humans go to either the eternal void or are reincarnated. However, where there's doubt as to where to place some occasional souls, these instead arrive at bar Quindecim, with no memories of having died. Decim, the bartender, challenges them to the Death Game, wherein they wager their "lives" and reveal their true natures. Decim himself is actually an arbiter in charge of deciding the fate of those that arrive at Quindecim - by pulling the darkness from deepest within them, he judges their ultimate fate.

Episode: 12 + 1 Movie

Original Run

Series: January 10, 2015 – March 28, 2015

Movie: March 2, 2013

Studio: Madhouse

Ginban Kaleidoscope 銀盤カレイドスコープ (Ginban Kareidosukōpu)

Alternative Name: 银盘万花筒 (Yín Pán Wàn Huā Tǒng)

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Supernatural, Sport, Ghosts/Spirits,

               Skating

Description: 

16-year old Sakurano Tazusa is a Japanese figure ice-skater who considers herself to be worth $10 billion in beauty. While executing her moves in the Women's Figure Skating Grand Prix, she stumbled and landed badly, hence resulting in her loss in the competition. At the same time, in the same city, a Canadian youth by the name of Pete Pumps was performing an air stunt when his plane crashes and he dies. Tazusa starts to hear a strange voice and realizes that the Canadian ghost now resides in her body. After futile attempts to get rid of Pete, Tazusa decides to get accustomed to his presence and in the meantime, improve on her techniques in order to get selected for the Olympics.

Episode: 12

Original Run: October 8, 2005 – December 24, 2005  

Studio: Karaku

Air Gear エア・ギア (Ea Gia)

Alternative Name: 飞轮少年 (Fēi Lún Shào Nián)

Genre: Action, Comedy, Sport, Slice of Life, Tournaments, Ecchi, Skating

Description: 

Minami “Ikki” Itsuki, is a student and a delinquent. Also known as the “Unbeatable Babyface,” Ikki is the leader of the youth gang by the name of “East Side Gunz.” Upon his return home after being humiliated by a street gang of Storm Riders called the Skull Saders, Ikki discovers a secret hidden from him by his benefactors, the Noyamano sisters. The sisters belong to a group of Storm Riders who go by the team name of Sleeping Forest. Keen on helping Ikki to regain his confidence and pride, they supply him with a pair of Air Trecks (abbreviated as “AT”). Ikki eventually settles his grudge with the Skull Saders, but in the process he receives more than the simple satisfaction of revenge. Determined to experience the sensation of “flight” for as long as he can, our headstrong protagonist is quickly sucked into the mysterious, yet irresistible world of Air Treck.

Episode: 25 + 1 Special + 3 OVA

Original Run
Series: April 4, 2006 – September 27, 2006
Special: March 21, 2017
OVA: November 17, 2010 – June 17, 2011

Studio: Toei Animation & Marvelous Entertainment (Series)/ 

                Satelight (OVA)