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“Untrained freshman Shun joins gymnastics club aiming for Olympic gold, finding friendship, love, and joy in sport.”
Ganbarist! Shun
ガンバリスト! 駿
7.26
3,248 rank · 4,464 viewers · 14 favorites
Comedy
Sports
Shounen
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Synopsis
Untrained freshman Shun joins gymnastics club aiming for Olympic gold, finding friendship, love, and joy in sport.
First-year high school student Fujimaki Shun has a dream of becoming an olympic gold medalist as a gymnast. Having no previous training, Shun trusts his passion, boldly joins the gymnastics club, and sets out to pursue his goal. Along the way, he meets his share of entertaining and supportive upper classmen, develops a romantic interest in his classmate, and learns about the happiness involved in devoting yourself to a sport.
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
8.8
/10
What 4 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9.5
mode 10
σ 1.64
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.64 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.25
Running avg · Apr 2010 → Sep 2019
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This anime is great it totally gives u a nice feeling as it has a great main character that trains his way up to the best including his own High school romance experience its a anime worth watching...”
- 9 “Ganba Fly High is a story about a freshman in highschool who is a virgin in gymnastics!? BUT HAS A DREAM TO WIN THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE OYLMPICS?! it is a story of trials and tribulations of how he...”
- 10 “As you will have seen, yes, my score for this anime series is high; there is a reason for it. This anime has also compelled me to write my very first review, so please be forgiving! ~~ Story ~~...”
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Medium · 25%
Long · 25%
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- Format 30 × 26′ eps × min
- Total runtime 13h 00m all episodes
- Aired Jul 1996 – Mar 1997 Summer 1996
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-3128 catalog
Produced by
- Yomiuri Telecasting Producer