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Dive!! (2008)

Dive!! poster
Country
Japan

How it feels

A group of boys compete in the competitive sport of platform diving. They train hard and face personal challenges as they aim for the Olympics.

sportsyouthfulenergetichopefulemotionaldeterminedaspirational

What happens

Dive! (stylized as DIVE!!) is a Japanese novel series written by Eto Mori and published in four volumes by Kodansha between August 2000 and August 2002. A manga adaptation, in collaboration with Masahiro Ikeno, was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday between June 2007 and June 2008. A live-action film premiered in June 2008. Another manga adaptation, in collaboration with Ruzuru Akashiba, was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace between June 2017 and August 2018. An anime television series by Zero-G aired on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block from July to September 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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