YAWARA! a fashionable judo girl! is a tV series anime that premiered in fall 1989, produced by MADHOUSE.

About the production: the story comes from a manga, there are 124 episodes of about 25 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are action, comedy, drama and sports, with themes such as Coming of Age, Athletics, Female Protagonist and Martial Arts.

On AniList, YAWARA! a fashionable judo girl! has an average score of 71%, a good score, and appears on 8,408 users' lists.

The franchise continues in or follows from: YAWARA! Sore Yuke Koshinuke Kids!!.

Yawara! is a sports anime laced with comedic and romance elements. It starts off with Yawara Inokuma, a high school girl who is most interested in doing the things that your average Japanese high school girl does. However, she has been trained in Judo for years by her grandfather, Jigorou (A former Japan Judo Champion), who has much grander plans in store for her as a Judo superstar. He manipulates matters so that Yawara ends up having to perform in matches and tournaments. His final plan is for Yawara to "Win the Gold Medal in the Olympics and be awarded the Nation Medal of Honor". (Source: AniDB)

Official synopsis from AniList.