On the official site for the anime adaptation of manga written and illustrated by Wataru Watanabe, Yowamushi pedalthe first promotional video for the fifth season of the project, which will be titled, was released Yowamushi pedal LIMIT BREAK. The video confirms that the premiere is scheduled for October 9th in Japan and reveals the theme songs for the project, including:
- The band 04 Limited Sazabys will perform the opening song "Keep Going" while the band Romanhell will play the final theme song "PRIDE".
Watanabe began publishing the manga through the magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion from the publisher Akita shot in February 2008. The work has inspired four anime seasons in total, the first had thirty-eight episodes and premiered in October 2013, followed by a second of twenty-four episodes released in October 2014, a third of twenty-five episodes to premiere in January 2017 and a fourth episode of twenty-five premiered in January 2018.
production team
- Nabeshima Osamu (dr Stone, D. Grayman, Zetman) is responsible for directing the anime at the studios TMSentertainment.
- Kurasumi Sunayama (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Monster Darker Than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha) is responsible for writing and supervising the screenplays.
- Yukiko Ban (Joshikousei no Mudazukai, Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION, DRAMAtical Murder) is responsible for character design and animation direction.
- Kan Sawada (Godzilla: SP, Doraemon (2005), Kaikan phrase) is responsible for composing the soundtrack.
Summary of the Yowamushi pedal
Sakamichi Onoda is a happy otaku who wants to join his new school's anime club to finally make some friends. Unfortunately, the club has disbanded and he takes it upon himself to revive it by finding students willing to join. Out of luck, Onoda decides to take his clunky old town bike for a round trip to Akihabara, a weekly 90-kilometer ride he's been making since fourth grade. He then meets his first-grade classmate, Shunsuke Imaizumi, a determined cyclist who uses the school's steep slope for practice. Surprised by Onoda's ability to scale the hill on his special type of bike, Imaizumi challenges him to a race and suggests joining the anime club if Onoda wins. And so begins the young man's first foray into the world of high school bike racing.
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