A review of one of my other favourite Anime series, Battle Athletes:

Battle Athletes is a uniquely charming anime series with memorable characters, uplifiting stories, a strong sense of virtue and nobility, and the central message of "if you believe in yourself you can achieve your dreams".

Unusual for being a sports themes anime, Battle Athletes is nonetheless also a comedy-action-adventure series. The story centres around Akari, a talented sportswoman who graduated at the top of her class and gained entry into the prestigious "University Satelite", where she entered into training to compete for the sought-after title of "Cosmic Beauty". The story is about how Akari makes friends, faces personal struggles, comes to terms with the loss of her mother and seeking her own inner strength. It shows that friends can help bring out the best in you by seeing what you may not, and sharing in a common goal for success and happiness.

Battle Athletes is not without its shocks and revilations, some of which may make more conservative viwers uncomfortable, but I nonethless whole-heartedly reccommend this as a family anime, and a good introduction to the anime in general.