Battle Athletess Daiundoukai (2025)

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Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Battle Athletes OVA

Japanese: バトルアスリーテス大運動会

English: Battle Athletes

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Information

Type: OVA

Episodes: 6

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: May 25, 1997 to Jun 25, 1998

Producers: TV Tokyo, Genco, Pioneer LDC

Licensors: Discotek Media, Geneon Entertainment USA

Studios: AIC

Source: Original

Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi, Sports, Ecchi

Theme: Space

Duration: 32 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 6.45¹ (scored by 2,307 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #7285²

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Popularity: #7990

Members: 6,372

Favorites: 7

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Synopsis

It is the year 4999 - mankind has long abandoned war in favor of intergalactic competition through athletic events. One of which is an all-female contest for the coveted "Cosmo Beauty" title. Akari Kanzaki has just entered the University Satellite in hopes of becoming the latest Cosmic Beauty - a title held by her mother long ago. On her first few days in the university, she meets new friends, encounters fierce rivals, and struggles to become the best of all the Battle Athletes.

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Background

Battle Athletes was originally a game that was conceived by Hiroki Hayashi and produced by AIC Spirits (Not to be confused with AIC Spirits, another AIC division, which focused on animation rather than games). Anime International Company (AIC) would later produce an OVA based on Battle Athlete and also a TV spin-off Battle Athletes Victory, a series unrelated to the original OVA.

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Adaptation (Manga)

Battle Athletes Daiundoukai

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Battle Athletess Daiundoukai (TV) (TV)

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Characters & Voice Actors

Kanzaki, Akari

Main

Natsuki, Rio
Japanese

Yanagida, Ichino

Main

Hisakawa, Aya
Japanese

Christopher, Chris

Main

Kawakami, Tomoko
Japanese

Respighi, Anna

Main

Uechi, Aki
Japanese

Natdhipytadd, Tanya

Main

Sakaguchi, Aya
Japanese

Gartland, Jessie

Main

Itou, Miki
Japanese

Oldman, Grant

Supporting

Igarashi, Takeshi
Japanese

Walder, Mylandah Arkar

Supporting

Okamura, Akemi
Japanese

Feldnunt, Lahrri

Supporting

Yamaguchi, Yuriko
Japanese

Baxton, Gerard

Supporting

Aono, Takeshi
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Staff

Maseba, Yutaka

Producer

Ozawa, Kazuhiro

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Kurata, Hideyuki

Script

Natsuki, Rio

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Ending Theme

"Mune wo Harou! (胸を張ろう！)" by Rio Natsuki

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May 30, 2008

Splitter

Recommended

Battle Athletes is an interesting little anime. Part "let's see how extreme we can make track and field" with dashes of comedy, drama, and some yuri subtext for good flavor. The result, while not entirely satisfying, is still worth the short watch

Considering this is the 90s, the animation is actually quite stunning and demonstrates anime's increasing ability at the time to push the limit and illustrate things that modern live-action could not accomplish. The lighting of the competition torch on the university satellite via unmanned rocket, for example, really just took me away. Though character movement is staticky, you really have to hand it to ...

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Nov 15, 2019

Yemi_Hikari

Mixed Feelings

As a sports Anime, the series was definitely a bit of a let down. I think one of the things I struggled with the most was how our main characters rival - probably better labeled as a nemesis - got away with pulling stuff which would get her expelled or eliminated from competing instantly, yet the narrative let her slide in these regards despite the fact she should have been found out way before our main entered school. Her attitude stunk that much.

The series was also preachy with an unnecessary religious vibe regarding sports, but the set up for the given situation - as interesting ...

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Poll: Battle Athletes OVA Episode 1 Discussion Hatul - Aug 14, 2013	9 replies	by wildhood »» Jun 24, 10:37 AM
Poll: Battle Athletess Daiundoukai Episode 5 Discussion mozgow - Jul 15, 2016	5 replies	by Destroyer31 »» Aug 17, 2023 4:21 AM
Poll: Battle Athletess Daiundoukai Episode 3 Discussion mozgow - Jul 15, 2016	7 replies	by Destroyer31 »» Aug 17, 2023 3:51 AM
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Why two different adaptations of the same manga by the same team with the same producers and made around the same time? Kristiwazhere - Mar 5, 2019	1 replies	by busterbeam »» May 31, 2019 6:11 AM