# Ahiru no Sora (2019)

> A gangly high school boy tries to wake up a team of unmotivated basketball players and make them a real contender.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/78605

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 50
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, comedy
- Network: TV Tokyo, TV Aichi, TVQ, TV Osaka, TVh, TSC
- Cast: Yuki Kaji, Katsuyuki Konishi, Yuma Uchida, Chado Horii, Taku Yashiro, KENN, Kisho Taniyama, Mamoru Miyano
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10937602/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: earnest, comedic, hopeful, sincere, energetic

## What critics say

Audience reception is positive, with viewers appreciating the sincere sports underdog story and the growth of its lazy teammates into a committed team.

## Synopsis

Ahiru no Sora (2019-2020) is a Japanese shounen sports anime series based on the manga, broadcast across TV Tokyo and partner stations with an animation studio production by diomedéa. Sora Kurumatani (voiced by Yuki Kaji) joins a high school basketball club whose teammates have little interest in the game, and he must win over the apathetic players, including Chiaki Hanazono (Katsuyuki Konishi) and Momoharu Hanazono (Yuma Uchida), before the team can climb toward a tournament. Each episode is built from practice grind, rivalries on the court, and the small personal setbacks that push teammates to confront why they quit caring. Set in a present-day Japanese high school, the series runs a single season of fifty episodes and plays as an earnest, comedic coming-of-age story with warm bromance and a hopeful, sincere atmosphere. Its humor is light and its sports sequences are energetic, giving the show a feel-good pull. Fans of Haikyu!!, Kuroko's Basketball and Slam Dunk will find the same mix of underdog spirit, team chemistry and youthful determination here.

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