100 METERS

100 Meters (ひゃくえむ。, 2025) is a Japanese animated sports drama you can watch online on iFILM. Togashi is a natural sprinter — over a hundred meters, no one his age has ever beaten him. The talent comes easy, almost free. And that's exactly why he doesn't yet grasp what winning actually costs.

Everything shifts when Komiya transfers in: a runner with no technique but an iron will. Togashi takes him on as a student, and the friendship slowly hardens into rivalry. Years later they meet again at the starting line, ready to settle once and for all who is faster. Director Kenji Iwaisawa, who made the music-driven On-Gaku, again trusts the image over dialogue — a single race here becomes a short, violent burst that holds a whole life inside it.

This isn't sport about records. It's about giving something everything you have and losing anyway. A hundred and six minutes on will, envy, friendship and the ten seconds worth living for. It's for viewers who like anime with a spine and aren't scared of quiet, honest endings. Stream 100 Meters (2025) online on iFILM.