Spartacus introduced newcomer Theo Bongonda in the unusual style of the anime «Attack on Titan». The Congolese is a fan of Japanese animation, he even celebrates goals scored with gestures from popular works. Anime fans are more common in sports than you might think. popularizers of the genre. The New Zealand fighter of Nigerian origin has become so fascinated with anime that he even took a pseudonym for himself in honor of one of them. In the ring, Adesanya nicknamed himself The Last Stylebender — by analogy with the popular animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender («Avatar: The Last Airbender»).
The champion is also interested in other anime series, one of which is the universal favorite «Naruto». Adesanya imitated the poses of Naruto characters in the octagon, copied iconic gestures for fans, and even got some tattoos based on Japanese animation. to inspire. These characters live in my head and in my imagination. Perhaps, after the end of my career, I will shoot my own anime, «the fighter said.
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Naruto has also taken over the football world. Gerard Piqué has been angry on social media for anime spoilers, Eden Hazard has been caught watching episodes while flying, and David De Gea regularly wears character T-shirts and shows off his collection of anime figurines online.
Outside of football, Naruto is also a big fan. Legendary sprinter Usain Bolt hung pictures of the characters at home, and once even finished a race with his arms outstretched behind his back, imitating the main character.
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“What I went through to reach my position, and what I go through to this day – Naruto has always been and will be around. At the age of 16, they suddenly began to pay attention to me. I remember thinking: “Yo, this is crazy” . That's when it happened to Naruto, and right now it's happening to me, «said the forward.
According to Williamson, about 80% of NBA players are addicted to anime. In addition to «Naruto», the basketball player named One Punch Man, «Death Note», One Piece and Dragon Ball Z among the most popular works among colleagues.
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“I have an opinion that it’s better for a boy to start watching anime from Tokyo Ghoul,” the skater said. “They asked me to make a list of anime on TikTok. I made a selection of 50 TV shows. I advise girls to start with The Great Stray Dogs, because that there are very beautiful male characters». » webkitallowfullscreen=»webkitAllowFullScreen» mozallowfullscreen=»mozallowfullscreen» allowfullscreen=»allowFullScreen» frameborder=»0″>
The older generation of athletes also had a favorite anime — «Captain Tsubasa». This series about a young Japanese football player who is slowly but surely on his way to success, we owe the appearance of several real football stars at once. Fernando Torres, Alexis Sanchez, Lucas Podolski and James Rodriguez admitted that it was Tsubasa that inspired them to pursue a career in football, and Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta moved to the Japanese Vissel Kobe, including because of his love for anime.
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