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A series of [[Improbably Female Cast|Bishoujo]] / sports anime produced by AIC in 1997.

A series of [[Improbably-Female Cast|Bishoujo]] / sports anime produced by AIC in 1997.

The two anime series were released by [[Geneon|Pioneer]] in North America as ''Battle Athletes'' (the original [[OVA|OVAs]]) and ''Battle Athletes Victory'' (the TV remake). Both star [[Dojikko]] Akari Kanzaki, the daughter of the legendary athlete Tomoe Midoe, as she strives to join the University Satellite sports competition, where she and dozens of others will compete in a variety of futuristic sports, to see who is Earth's greatest female athlete and champion -- the "Cosmo Beauty".

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* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Akari is this to Kris and Ichino. Jessie, meanwhile, is this in general. [[Incompatible Orientation|Too bad she doesn't swing that way]].

* [[Foreign Fanservice]]: Jessie

* [[Game Breaking Injury]]: {{spoiler|Ichino.}} Later, {{spoiler|Ayla turns out to be pregnant when Akari scrambles the final 7 competitors.}}

* [[Game-Breaking Injury]]: {{spoiler|Ichino.}} Later, {{spoiler|Ayla turns out to be pregnant when Akari scrambles the final 7 competitors.}}

* [[Genki Girl]]: Tanya

* [[Godiva Hair]]: Mylandah, while she's working out (topless).

* [[Hard Work Hardly Works]]: Played straight for Akari, who [[Born Winner|is the daughter of Tomoe]] and just needs confidence to win a triathlon without training for it at all. Her teammates on the University Satellite, though, don't train enough, don't train together, and the team suffers as a result.

* [[Hot Blooded]]: Ichino.

* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Ichino.

* [[Hot Mom]]: Tomoe.

* [[Idiot Hero]]: Akari.

** Tanya's worse, of course.

* [[Ill Girl]]: {{spoiler|Jessie's deceased sister}}

* [[Improbably Female Cast]]: Justified, as it's the women's competition.

* [[Improbably-Female Cast]]: Justified, as it's the women's competition.

* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Jessie Gurtland

* [[Konami Code]]: {{spoiler|Mylandah uses this to brainhack a Nerilian robot in a three-legged race.}}

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* [[Pinky Swear]]: Between Akari and Ichino about {{spoiler|trying to get to University Satellite together}}.

* [[Psycho Lesbian]]: Mylandah, in the OVA.

* [[Rapid Fire Typing]]

* [[Rapid-Fire Typing]]

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Lahhri (red), Mylandah (blue).

* [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]]: Kris and Akari in the [[OVA]]. Ichino and Akari in the first half of ''Victory''.