"Eikou Naki Tensai-tachi" kara no Monogatari

Category: TV Special
Adult: No
Native: "栄光なき天才たち"からの物語
Runtime: 50 minutes
Aired: Mar 25, 2017 [7 years 9 months ago]
Ended: May 28, 2017 [7 years 7 months ago]
Language: Japanese
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Links: ANIDB

An anime/documentary series about athletes presented by NHK. The first episode adapts material from Itou Tomoyoshi and Morita Shingo's Weekly Young Jump biographical manga Eikou Naki Tensai-tachi (Geniuses Without Glory) — specifically the story about Furuhashi Hironoshin, the swimmer also known as "the flying fish of Fujiyama." The episode also includes interviews with Olympic swimmer Kitajima Kousuke and other Japanese swimmers about the how Furuhashi changed the Japanese competitive swimming world, as well as what sort of training is required to be an Olympic swimmer.

Episode 1: Swimming Race
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2017-03-25
Episode 2: Track-and-field Events
Runtime: 50 minutes
Air Date: 2017-05-28