Great athletes demand equally dazzling documentaries. That was the case with 2020¡¯s ¡°The Last Dance,¡± a miniseries chronicling Michael Jordan ¡ª arguably the greatest basketball player ever ¡ª and his cultural impact.
Nothing in the genre has touched it since ¡ª until now. This year, the spotlight falls on one of Japan¡¯s most beloved athletes, the racehorse Oguri Cap, a superstar stallion of the late 1980s.
¡°¡± which premiered in spring and whose second half begins airing Oct. 5 on TBS, is arguably the best look at a peak athlete¡¯s achievements since ¡°The Last Dance.¡± Only here, the equine legend is reimagined in anime form as a teenage schoolgirl who must perform upbeat idol-pop songs after every victory.
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