Ganbarist! Shun: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

First-year high school student Fujimaki Shun has a dream of becoming an olympic gold medalist as a gymnast. Having no previous training, Shun trusts his passion, boldly joins the gymnastics club, and sets out to pursue his goal.

Along the way, he meets his share of entertaining and supportive upper classmen, develops a romantic interest in his classmate, and learns about the happiness involved in devoting yourself to a sport.

Series details

• Title: Ganbarist! Shun
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Anime
• Premiere date: 1996-07-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 1997-01-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: YTV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 56864
• TVDB ID: 251546

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1996-07-01; final listed air date 1997-01-20.

Source and licence

Adapted from Ganbarist! Shun on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.