Yowamushi Pedal
| Yowamushi Pedal | |
First volume of Yowamushi Pedal, featuring the main protagonist Sakamichi Onoda
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弱虫ペダル (Yowamushi Pedaru) |
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| Genre | Sports (Road bicycle racing), Comedy-drama |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Wataru Watanabe |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
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| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Champion |
| Original run | February 21, 2008 – present |
| Volumes | 49 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Osamu Nabeshima |
| Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
| Music by | Kan Sawada |
| Studio | TMS Entertainment |
| Released | August 8, 2013 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Osamu Nabeshima |
| Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
| Music by | Kan Sawada |
| Studio | TMS/8PAN |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo, TVh, TVO, TSC, TVA, TVQ, AT-X |
| Original run | October 7, 2013 – July 1, 2014 |
| Episodes | 38 |
| Anime film | |
| Yowamushi Pedal Re:RIDE | |
| Directed by | Osamu Nabeshima |
| Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
| Music by | Kan Sawada |
| Studio | TMS/8PAN |
| Released | September 19, 2014 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road | |
| Directed by | Osamu Nabeshima |
| Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
| Music by | Kan Sawada |
| Studio | TMS/8PAN |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo, TVh, TVO, TSC, TVA, TVQ, AT-X |
| Original run | October 6, 2014 – March 30, 2015 |
| Episodes | 24 |
| Manga | |
| Yowamushi Pedal: Spare Bike | |
| Written by | Wataru Watanabe |
| Published by | Akita Shoten |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Champion |
| Original run | December 8, 2014 – present |
| Volumes | 3 |
| Game | |
| Yowamushi Pedal Asu e no High Cadence | |
| Developer | Bandai Namco Games |
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| Genre | Adventure |
| Platform | Nintendo 3DS |
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| Anime film | |
| Yowamushi Pedal Re: ROAD | |
| Directed by | Osamu Nabeshima |
| Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
| Music by | Kan Sawada |
| Studio | TMS/8PAN |
| Released | June 12, 2015 |
| Runtime | 89 minutes |
| Anime film | |
| Yowamushi Pedal: The Movie | |
| Directed by | Norihiro Naganuma |
| Written by | Reiko Yoshida |
| Music by | Kan Sawada |
| Studio | TMS/8PAN |
| Released | August 28, 2015 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Takayoshi Tanazawa |
| Written by | Kōta Fukihara |
| Original network | BS SKY PerfecTV! |
| Original run | August 26, 2016 – October 7, 2016 |
| Episodes | 7 |
| Anime film | |
| Yowamushi Pedal: Spare Bike | |
| Directed by | Osamu Nabeshima |
| Music by | Kan Sawada |
| Studio | TMS/8PAN |
| Released | September 9, 2016 |
| Anime television series | |
| Yowamushi Pedal: New Generation | |
| Directed by | Osamu Nabeshima |
| Written by | Kurasumi Sunayama |
| Music by | Kan Sawada |
| Studio | TMS/8PAN |
| Licensed by | |
| Original run | January 10, 2017 – present |
| Episodes | 25 |
Yowamushi Pedal (Japanese: 弱虫ペダル Hepburn: Yowamushi Pedaru?, lit. "Weakling Pedal," also translated as "Cowardly Cyclists") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Wataru Watanabe. It began serialization in the 12th issue of Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shōnen Champion in 2008, and as of November 8, 2016, has published 48 compiled volumes. An anime television series adaptation began airing on October 7, 2013 and currently has two seasons of which both are licensed by Discotek Media. A live-action television drama adaptation aired in August 2016, while a third season of the anime series began airing on January 10, 2017.
Sakamichi Onoda is an otaku who has just entered high school. In middle school, Onoda did not have any friends with whom he could talk about his interests, and hopes to change that by joining his new school's anime club. However, he is crushed when he discovers the anime club has been disbanded due to lack of interest, and in order to reestablish the club, four new members must join.
Since he was a little boy, Onoda has ridden his city bicycle (referred to as a "Mommy Bike" in the anime) – a simple and bulky bicycle designed for short rides – for transportation and fun. A fellow freshman, and much more serious cyclist, named Shunsuke Imaizumi notices Onoda riding his mamachari and mocks him inwardly until he sees Onoda riding up a steep hill with little effort. Another student named Naruko visits Akihabara to get some plastic Gundam models for his younger brothers and meets Onoda, who catches his attention because of his cycling skill on the mamachari. Later on, both Naruko and Imaizumi try to convince him to join the bicycle racing club at their high school, Sohoku.
Sohoku is a hard-working team that acts as the main school in the story. The team is characterized as being able to overcome internal conflicts and brutal training. For example, Sohoku hosts an intense and gruelling 1000 km training camp every year to determine who will advance to the main race of the series, the Inter-High.
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