The Gymnastics Samurai
The Gymnastics Samurai is a Japanese anime television series about gymnastics. The series was produced by MAPPA, written by Shigeru Murakoshi and directed by Hisatoshi Shimizu. Character designs were created by Kasumi Fukagawa, and the music its composed by Masaru Yokoyama. The series aired from October to December 2020 on TV Asahi's NUMAnimation block.
The series was licensed by Funimation. Medialink licensed the anime in South and Southeast Asia.
Plot
In 2002, the Japanese men's gymnastics team is not doing well. Jotaro Aragaki is a professional gymnast and former Olympian. However, despite being good in the past, he was never able to get a gold medal. As he suffered a shoulder injury and is an older athlete at 29 years old, his coach, Noriyuki Amakusa, suggests he retires. While considering retirement, Jotaro takes his daughter Rei to Edo Wonderland. While there, they encounter a foreigner dressed up as a ninja, who after following them home, introduces himself as Leo. Later, while announcing his retirement at a press conference, Jotaro changes his mind half way through and decides to continue to pursue a career in gymnastics.Characters
;Jōtarō Aragaki;Leonardo Sturges
;Tetsuo Minamino
;Noriyuki Amakusa
;Rei Aragaki
;Mari Aragaki
;Tomoyo Aragaki
;Bigbird Aragaki
;Tomoki Takizawa
;Ayu
;Naohiko Nakanomori
;Atsushi Dōjima
;Shige Nishikiori
;Hiro Okamachi
;Ryū Ryūshō
;Kitty Zhang
;Britney