TV series

Backflip!!

2021 · 1 season

A warm, earnest sports drama where teamwork and personal growth unfold with gentle humour and heartfelt emotion.

Tagline: Each laugh takes them higher. Each tear makes them stronger.
Overview: The final summer of middle school, Shotaro Futaba discovers boys gymnastics and is completely enamored by it. Shotaro ends up going to Soshukan Private High School (aka Ao High) and decides to visit the boys gymnastics club. He's greeted by very unique senpais and a star gymnast named Misato Ryoya. Dedicating your life to something you love during your fiery days of youth... Of course, there is frustration, and fights, but see how these boys work together as a team towards a similar goal in this drama about sports and youth.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, uplifting and light. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Friendship, coming-of-age, found family, ambition
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
coming-of-age
found family
ambition
work
Places: school
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none