Burning Kabaddi (Season 1)

Burning Kabaddi (灼熱カバディ, 2021) is a sports anime you can watch online on iFILM. Tatsuya Yoigoshi was a soccer prodigy nicknamed "the Unstoppable" — then he hit high school and swore off sports for good. An invitation to a kabaddi team changes that.

Tatsuya assumes kabaddi is a kids' game of tag. It isn't. A raider charges into enemy territory, has to tag opponents and sprint back before they wrestle him down — a full-contact endurance sport disguised as a playground chant. The team refuses to let the stubborn rookie walk away, and the competitive itch returns. The voice cast is stacked, with Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yuma Uchida and Natsuki Hanae.

Director Takuma Kaneko leans into fast match choreography and locker-room comedy. A solid pick if you loved Haikyuu!! and want a sport you've probably never watched before. Stream Burning Kabaddi online on iFILM.