DAYS

The anime centers on two boys who were never meant to meet: Tsukushi Tsukamoto, who has no special skills but secretly hides a passionate heart, and Jin Kazama, an isolated soccer genius. On a stormy night, the two meet, and that meeting creates a whirlwind in the world of high school soccer. (Source: Anime News Network)

Names

Original	DAYS (latin)
Romaji	DAYS
English	DAYS
Also known as	デイズ

Facts

Format	TV series · 24 ep · 24 min · 10h total
Aired	2016-07-03 → 2016-12-18 (Summer 2016)
Status	FINISHED
Studio	MAPPA
Source	Manga
Origin	Japan (Anime)
Demographic	Shounen
Genres	Comedy Drama Sports
Themes	Football School Shounen Primarily Male Cast School Club
Streaming	Crunchyroll

Reception

Community score	6.82 / 10
Bayesian score	6.91 / 10
Composite	47.5
On lists	32,755
Favourited	449 (1.4%)
Completion	72.6%
Drop rate	14.2%
In backlog	28.2%
Score spread σ	1.79

Score distribution

113321423356465151,19561,96673,59582,52891,19410707

Where it places

Cohort	Value	Tier	Rank
Broadcast season	Summer 2016	D	55 of 93
Studio	MAPPA	E	70 of 87
Year	2016	C	203 of 418
Genre	Sports	D	304 of 447
Length	Two-cour	D	513 of 699
Season (all years)	Summer	D	937 of 1,662
Demographic	Shounen	D	947 of 1,219
Era	Late 2010s	D	999 of 1,863
Genre	Drama	D	1,371 of 1,917
Genre	Comedy	D	2,021 of 3,488
Source material	Manga	D	2,031 of 3,025
Format	TV series	D	2,034 of 3,322
Origin	Japan	D	4,122 of 7,157

Key staff

Director	Kounosuke Uda, Munehisa Sakai, Ryouka Kinoshita, Masafumi Mima
Series composition	Kounosuke Uda
Character design	Kazuto Nakazawa
Music	Yoshihiro Ike
Original creator	Tsuyoshi Yasuda

Franchise — DAYS

DAYS 東院学園戦！

DAYS: Touin Gakuen-sen!

2018OVA (home video)53.7

Relation	Year	Title
other	2017	DAYS OVA
sequel	2018	DAYS: Touin Gakuen-sen!

AniList id 21578 · MAL id 32494 · record updated 2026-08-26