Backflip!!
Each laugh takes them higher. Each tear makes them stronger.
On Fuji TV
A warm, energetic sports anime about teenage boys discovering passion and brotherhood through gymnastics, balancing competitive drive with genuine affection for one another.
The final summer of middle school, Shotaro Futaba discovers boys gymnastics and is completely enamored by it. Shotaro ends up going to Soshukan Private High School (aka Ao High) and decides to visit the boys gymnastics club. He's greeted by very unique senpais and a star gymnast named Misato Ryoya. Dedicating your life to something you love during your fiery days of youth... Of course, there is frustration, and fights, but see how these boys work together as a team towards a similar goal in this drama about sports and youth.
Questions people ask
Does Backflip!! leave you hopeful? Yes, very. More hopeful than 92% of series.
Is Backflip!! easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 86% of series.
Is Backflip!! violent? Barely. Less violent than 78% of series.
Is Backflip!! scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of series.
Is Backflip!! sad? Not especially. Less sad than 63% of series.
These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
You have seen this shape before.
How unlike any other series this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like Backflip!!
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Backflip!!
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Backflip!!, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Backflip!!, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Backflip!!, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
