Sports anime: a primer

[coyoteclaw11]

Ever wondered what all that stuff with the hot dudes is about? Need to figure out which anime you want to watch next, and if your s/o will look at you funny if you do?

Here’s a little primer I’ve compiled in an effort to do something with my sports anime obsession. It is highly scientific, in the sense that I have no degree in any kind of science but I did make shitty graphs, because I’m a nerd with paint.net.

- lethesomething (read here)

I honestly really love this post for defining all the reasons why I love Free!
tl;dr Free! rates v highly in all the important categories to judge a sports anime by: realism, story quality, gayness, and character development.