Backflip!!

バクテン!!

2021 · Ended · 1 season · 12 episodes · Animation, Drama · Japan

Channel Fuji TV · Starring Shimba Tsuchiya, Kaito Ishikawa, Daisuke Ono

Each laugh takes them higher. Each tear makes them stronger.

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.
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12 episodes · April 2021 – June 2021
  1. Episode 1: 1. I Want to Backflip!April 9, 2021 · 23 min
    After a life-changing encounter with men's rhythm gymnastics, Shotaro Futaba joins the team at Soshukan High School. There he meets a collection of colorful characters, including Ryoya Misato, a fellow first-year and middle school gymnastics star.
  2. Episode 2: 2. I Want to Soar With You!April 16, 2021 · 23 min
    Shotaro moves into a dorm with the other members of the men's rhythmic gymnastics team, but he'll need to pass a test to participate in their six-man routine.
  3. Episode 3: 3. I Want to Camp!April 23, 2021 · 23 min
    A training camp is scheduled between Ao High and rival school Shiro High. Hoping to catch up with the others, Shotaro goes to train in the park, where he encounters a mysterious boy.
  4. Episode 4: 4. We're All Rivals!April 30, 2021 · 23 min
    A striking performance by Shiro High plunges the still uncoordinated Ao High team into uncertainty. Can words from Coach Shidai turn things around?
  5. Episode 5: 5. I Want to Hide!May 7, 2021 · 23 min
    The training camp is coming to an end, but with a few hours left, Mashiro suggests a game of hide-and-seek. But as with everything between Ao High and Shiro High, this too becomes a competition!
  6. Episode 6: 6. Enjoy!May 14, 2021 · 23 min
    It's time for the prefectural tournament! Shotaro is doing his best to prepare for what will be his first official competition, but he nevertheless struggles with fear and nerves about the upcoming event.
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  1. Episode 7: 7. We'll Make a Promise!May 21, 2021 · 23 min
    The Ao High boys are forbidden from using the university mat unless they pass all their midterms?! Theirs is the only school with this policy, but the story of why goes back to the team's founding three years ago...
  2. Episode 8: 8. I'll Look After You!May 28, 2021 · 23 min
    Onagawa gets into an accident and hurts his ankle. The other boys do all they can to support his recovery, but it appears there's something he's not telling them...
  3. Episode 9: 9. Be Needy!June 4, 2021 · 23 min
    The coach suggests a new group lift to increase their routine's difficulty for regionals, but Misato can't seem to get the hang of it...
  4. Episode 10: 10. I Can't Stand It!June 11, 2021 · 23 min
    The boys are supposed to take the day before the tournament to rest, but they find they can't sit still. The only solution: cleaning the dorm!
  5. Episode 11: 11. Give It Your All, Fight HardJune 18, 2021 · 23 min
    With the pain in his arm growing worse, Shotaro is sent to the hospital just before the tournament. Meanwhile, the tension builds between the athletes of Ao High and Shiro High...
  6. Episode 12: 12. Tomorrow, Too!June 25, 2021 · 23 min
    Shotaro returns to the hospital after their team's performance, with all of their futures left in the air. Will their team reach the Inter-High? And... will Shotaro ever perform again?

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EPISODE LENGTH
23 minutes
FIRST AIRED
April 9, 2021
LAST AIRED
June 25, 2021
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
ZEXCS, Aniplex, Fuji Television Network

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