Flaming Dodgeball Girl Danko

炎の闘球女ドッジ弾子 (Honoo no Toukyuujo: Dodge Danko)

6.3(377)

MAL Score

Ranked #9300

Popularity #11499

Comedy
Sports
School
Time Travel

Episodes: 12
Duration: 23 min per ep
Aired: Jul 6, 2026 to Sep 21, 2026
Status: Currently Airing

Otaku Consensus

Honoo no Toukyuujo: Dodge Danko has opened to a niche, cautious reception, with its 6.31 MAL score from 152 votes and 55/100 AniList score suggesting viewers see more cult curiosity than instant sports-comedy standout. What works best is the specific production fit: Hiroshi Ikehata’s comedy-friendly direction paired with Kazuho Hyoudou’s series composition gives the 12-episode format room for fast school-sports escalation, while Tetsuhiro Koshita’s creator credit keeps the adaptation tied to its dodgeball lineage. The recurring criticism is visibility and impact: with low popularity rankings and only 18 AniList favourites, it has not yet converted its retro shounen energy into broad enthusiasm.

Why You Should Watch

Watch Honoo no Toukyuujo: Dodge Danko if you want a sports anime built for gag timing, exaggerated rivalry energy, and schoolyard chaos rather than long tournament solemnity. It scratches the same old-school competitive itch as Inazuma Eleven or early Beyblade, but with dodgeball as the battlefield and a more female-led cast profile than its shounen tag might suggest. The appeal is in the unusual blend: a Tetsuhiro Koshita-originated sports property filtered through a 2026 TV comedy staff, with Hiroshi Ikehata directing and Kazuho Hyoudou handling series composition. If modern sports anime sometimes feel too polished or self-serious for you, this is the scrappier, louder alternative: compact, currently airing, and clearly aimed at viewers who miss when kids’ sports series treated every throw like a life-or-death special move.

Key Characters

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Danko Ichigeki(VA: Manaka Nakayama)
As the title character, Danko Ichigeki carries the series’ clearest generational hook, reframing Tetsuhiro Koshita’s dodgeball brand around a female protagonist.
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Mochiko Etai(VA: Akira Sekine)
Mochiko Etai is part of the main ensemble that pushes the show away from lone-ace sports drama and toward a school-club comedy rhythm.
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Susan Canon(VA: You Taichi)
Susan Canon stands out immediately in the cast list, with a punchy name that fits the series’ taste for broad sports-manga theatricality.
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Honey Otohana(VA: Yuu Sasahara)
Honey Otohana’s presence reinforces the primarily female ensemble angle that distinguishes the anime from many older shounen dodgeball titles.

What Makes It Stand Out

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The anime is produced by Cue and scheduled for 12 episodes, a compact run that suits a fast comedy-sports format rather than a long-form tournament structure.
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Tetsuhiro Koshita is credited as Original Creator, making this more than a detached revival; it keeps the project connected to the creator most associated with the Dodge Danpei lineage.
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Its genre and tag combination is unusually specific: Comedy and Sports on MAL, School and Time Travel as themes, plus AniList tags for Female Protagonist, Primarily Female Cast, and Shounen.
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The early audience metrics point to a cult-scale launch rather than a breakout: MAL lists a 6.31 score from 152 votes, while AniList lists 55/100 and 18 favourites.
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Masahiro Satou is credited for both Art Director and Art Design, meaning the anime’s background direction and visual world-building are supervised under the same named creative lead.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: The Japanese title uses Toukyuu, a term associated with dodgeball, while Danko directly echoes the naming pattern of Tetsuhiro Koshita’s earlier dodgeball work.
Fun fact 2: Hiroshi Ikehata directs the series, with Kazuho Hyoudou credited for Series Composition; that pairing places the show’s episode-to-episode rhythm in the hands of staff with explicit comedy and structure responsibilities.
Fun fact 3: The visual pipeline credits are unusually easy to trace: Narihito Sekikawa handles Character Design, Masahiro Satou covers both Art Director and Art Design, Ryou Kimura handles Color Design, and Daichi Nogami is Director of Photography.
Fun fact 4: The post-production side is credited to Yuuki Honda for Editing and Yuuichi Imaizumi for Sound Direction, two roles especially important for a sports comedy that depends on impact timing.
Fun fact 5: All five listed main characters are voiced by women: You Taichi, Akira Sekine, Manaka Nakayama, Kaori Maeda, and Yuu Sasahara.