| Ganba! Fly High | |
 Manga volume 1 cover | |
| ガンバ! Fly High (Ganba Furai Hai) | |
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| Genre | Sports[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Shinji Morisue |
| Illustrated by | Hiroyuki Kikuta |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | June 8, 1994 – October 18, 2000 |
| Volumes | 34 |
| Anime television series | |
| Gambalist! Shun | |
| Directed by | Hajime Kamegaki |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Katsuhiko Chiba |
| Music by |
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| Studio | Sunrise |
| Original network | NNS (ytv) |
| Original run | July 1, 1996 – March 10, 1997 |
| Episodes | 30 |
Ganba! Fly High (Japanese: ガンバ! Fly High, Hepburn: Ganba Furai Hai) is a Japanese sports manga series written by Shinji Morisue and illustrated by Hiroyuki Kikuta. It is about high school gymnast Shun Fujimaki as he pursues his goal of competing in the 2000 Olympic Games, and is in part based on Morisue's experiences as an Olympic champion. The series was published in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from June 1994 to October 2000, with its chapters collected into 34 tankōbon volumes.
The series was adapted as a 30-episode anime television series titled Gambalist! Shun, produced by Sunrise and broadcast on Yomiuri TV from July 1996 to March 1997.
In 1998, Ganba! Fly High received the 43rd Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category.
- ^ Sherman, Jennifer (November 19, 2017). "TV Program Discusses Sports Manga's Impact on Athletes". Anime News Network. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
The show also reveals the untold stories of the creation of sports manga. In the past, the program covered manga such as Wataru Watanabe's Yowamushi Pedal, Shinji Morisue and Hiroyuki Kikuta's Ganba! Fly High, and Haruichi Furudate's Haikyu!!.