Aoashi

アオアシ

Other names 4

Chinese: 青之芦苇
Also known as: AOASHI แข็งเด็กหัวใจนักสู้
Also known as: أواشي
Also known as: Ao Ashi - Playmaker

Overall score 8.0/10

Spring 2022#1

Overall score Rating & Reviews

Sports#1 (#1 in Sports, Spring 2022)
Male-Oriented#1 (#1 in Male-Oriented, Spring 2022)
2022#2 (#2 in the 2022 ranking)
Drama
Sports
#Football
#Seinen
#Ensemble Cast

24 eps · Finished

Production I.GManga adaptationPremiered Apr 9, 202225 min per episodeSee series

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Overview

Spoiler-free synopsis

Ashito Aoi is a young, aspiring soccer player from a backwater town in Japan. His hopes of getting into a high school with a good soccer club are dashed when he causes an incident during a critical match for his team, which results in their loss and elimination from the tournament. Nevertheless, he catches the eye of someone important who happened to be visiting from Tokyo. How will things turn out for Ashito?

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Details

Format: TV · 24 episodes · 25 min per episode
Status: Finished
Aired: Apr 9, 2022 – Sep 24, 2022
Studio: Production I.G
Source: Manga adaptation
Season: Spring 2022
Categories: Sports Male-Oriented
Official site: aoashi-pr.com (opens in a new window)

Ranking positions

Spring 2022 ranking →

Rank in each ranking
Ranking	Overall	Sports	Male-Oriented
Spring 2022	#1	#1	#1
2022	#2	#1	#2
All-time	#38	#3	#24

Rating & Reviews

Overall score8.0/10Used for ranking

Positive75%146 analyzed comments

The overall score combines site ratings, comment sentiment and AniRanking votes. The positive rate is the share of analyzed comments classified as positive.

Very positive 49
Positive 61
Mixed 18
Negative 14
Very negative 4

146 comments analyzed: AniList Forum 40 · Bangumi 40 · bilibili 33 · Kitsu 21 · AniList 12

Rating sources & calculation

Updated Oct 12, 2026, 05:59 · About scores

The sentiment score is 7.4/10: AI analyzes comment sentiment, with a conservative adjustment for small samples. It is neither a direct audience rating nor the ranking score. The overall score uses the calibrated raw comment mean; its share is shown below.

Score breakdown

Site scores8.0874%Consensus of 182.5K site votes (calibrated to one scale and shrunk toward the global baseline by vote count)
Fan sentiment7.7126%126 comments, average 6.80 (the sentiment score shown, 7.4, is also shrunk toward neutral), calibrated against comparable titles to 7.71
CommunityNot counted0%No ratings yet (each rating counts as one vote)

Site scores

Raw → calibrated to one scale

Site scores: raw score, votes, calibrated score
Site	Raw score	Votes	Calibrated
AniList (external link, opens in a new window)Reference site	81/100	36.2K votes	8.1
MyAnimeList (external link, opens in a new window)Calibrated to the AniList scale	8.2/10	137.1K votes	8.1
Bangumi (external link, opens in a new window)Calibrated to the AniList scale	7.4/10	2,985 votes	8.2
bilibili (external link, opens in a new window)Calibrated to the AniList scale	9.7/10	6,162 votes	7.9

What people sayAI sentiment analysis

English audience score 8.1 · 173,411 samples

Very positiveAuthor's score 9.094 found this helpful
Spoiler-free review of Aoashi. Beauty of soccer and sports anime. ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ Considerations ════ ⋆★⋆ ════ ● This is a spoiler-free…
BenkeiAniListSep 27, 2022Original (AniList, opens in a new window)
Negative11 found this helpful
Watching this show weekly is so painful istg that wasnt 24mins long 😞 That aside I really like the characters so far and I'm guessing…
KurapicosShovelAniList ForumMay 14, 2022Original (AniList Forum, opens in a new window)
Very positiveAuthor's score 9.271 found this helpful
A beautifully written and well directed introduction to a series I want to follow for a while. This review will try to be spoiler free. I…
NosavoAniListOct 4, 2022Original (AniList, opens in a new window)
Negative4 found this helpful
So Slooooooooooow, Got impatient and read the manga which was quite good, even if they compared tomiyasu to phillip lahm...
KanraKitsuJun 25, 2022Original (Kitsu, opens in a new window)
Positive34 found this helpful
Damn, i was not ready to tear up like that thinking about my mom while watching a sports anime. : ')
FORGER99AniList ForumMay 7, 2022Original (AniList Forum, opens in a new window)
Negative
I kinda dislike fukuda now i felt really bad for ashito. This ep has played with my emotions a lot
honeybee58AniList ForumDec 23, 2022Original (AniList Forum, opens in a new window)

Production

AniList · Wikidata

Source: Manga adaptation
Studio: Production I.G

Sequels

Sequel
Aoashi Season 2
Genres: Sports
Overall score: 7.9

Official & News

Official links · Anime News Network

Official links

Official siteaoashi-pr.com
Official X (Twitter)@aoashi_pr

Mood & content

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0 = barely any, 10 = very pronounced. Values measure how much, not how good, and different viewers feel the same show differently. “No data yet” means the item hasn't been assessed yet, not that it's absent.

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TenseNo data yet. Suspense and tension

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Content

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Action
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Romance
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Harem
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Heartbreak
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Viewing notes

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Aoashi

Overview

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Rating & Reviews

Score breakdowniThe three parts are weighted in “virtual votes”: the more site votes and analyzed comments, the more weight that part gets. Fan sentiment is capped at 35%, and each AniRanking rating counts as one vote. Full rules

What people sayAI sentiment analysis

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Official & News

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Related

🏀 Sports ranking · Spring 2022

Aoashi

Score breakdown

Sports ranking · Spring 2022