When the Blue Lock anime arrived on screens in 2022, it quickly drew a massive audience thanks to its excellent fusion of emotional coming-of-age drama and over-the-top action. However, it is far from the first anime to take a sport in a weird or ludicrous direction. Hundreds of anime have shown what would happen if popular games, from boxing to Mahjong, were played by people with enhanced or supernatural abilities rather than regular sportspeople.
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