Bonus if the ending is written well
Does Initial D count?
Food Wars, pun intended
Hikaru no Go. Shounen, yes. Competition, yes. Action? Even less than a cooking anime.
non-action battle-shounen
The first thing that comes to mind when you say that is Yakitate Japan. Shokugeki comes to mind next as a newer take on the idea of cooking competitions. Let me know if I’m misunderstanding the wording though.
Let me know if I’m misunderstanding the wording though.
It’s not rare or medium-rare, at least 😆
Akagi. Can I also count Saki as a battle shoujo?
Can I also count Saki as a battle shoujo?
Like what @scytale@piefed.zip said, it depends on what “action” means. If action just means having fight scenes in them, then plenty of sports anime with flashy sequences meet the criteria. Or anything with a heavy focus on competition and rivalry.
Some of my favourites - that are most relevant to this post - are Haikyu and anything from Umamusume.
For Umamusume, the more “battle shonen-like” are Beginning of a New Era and Cinderella Gray IMO. (Even though Cinderella Gray is supposedly seinen.)
Yakitate Japan is my favorite, but since it was already mentioned I guess I’ll say Akane Banashi. Ending isn’t written yet, so fingers crossed that it’ll be good!
Ping Pong The Animation?
If by non-action, you mean anything that isn’t fighting, I like how Blue Lock made football a battle shounen.
