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afamiliarsword · 2 months

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(WARNING, NOTHING BURGER POST:) Was very surprised today to realise that scripted "sports" shows that primarily focus on the sport is very rarely seen outside of anime and it feels like I have to be missing something

#Like live super bowl stuff exists right #But there's no like #Scripted live action Haikyuu football for America or whatever #That I know of #Which is weird to me #Considering how sportsbrained America and other countries are #Especially in comparison to Japan (I'm sure they're passionate over there too about sports but... Idk something's off about that)#I know there are some shows #That're like about a coach helping sportsplayers #Or that use football as a setting or temporary plotpoint #But it feels like they rarely put the sport in focus #Like it's always just a setting yk for a comedy or work drama #I FEEL WEIRD WITH WRITING THIS BECAUSE THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING #But I just... I just can't think of any and it's so weird #The closest I can think of is WWE #Because that's like sports and it's scripted and there's storylines #But outside of that it really feels like an empty market #I can't even think of any american/european shows that're ANIMATED that do that which is weird #Like I get why it might be hard to do in live action but in animation it feels like it has to have been done #at least once #GARGHHHH #SORRY if I'm like totally forgetting a show but...#IT'S REALLY THROWING ME FOR A LOOP TO THINK IT'S JUST NOT A THING OUTSIDE OF ANIME #It might just be an extension of like shonen not being a thing outside of Japan #Probably #But still like even if it's live action and kind of boring #It feels like a scripted sports show should have been done in SOME form outside of WWE #I guess the superbowl does fill that niche though #This might be a very nothing burger of a post #But it did make me really confused for a bit

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