Yowamushi Pedal (Weak Pedals) Images

Author & Illustration (Manga, Original character design): Watanabe Wataru
Illustration (Anime): Yoshida Takahiko




Yowamushi Pedal - PV

Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road - PV






General Information

Yowamushi Pedal is a Japanese sports manga series both written and illustrated by Wataru Watanabe.
Yowamushi Pedal was published in Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shonen Champion since February 2008.
Yowamushi Pedal manga still continues as of today with 36 published volumes thus far.
It was long after then that TMS and 8PAN Studios decided to work on the anime adaptation of Yowamushi Pedal with Osamu Nabeshima working on the show as the overall director.
Yowamushi Pedal made its grand debut last October 2013 and ended its first season last July 2014 with 38 adrenaline-packed episodes.
Yowamushi Pedal was broadcasted on several Japanese TV networks including TV Tokyo, TVO, and AT-X.

Plot:

"Yowamushi Pedal follows Sakamichi Onoda, a wimpy high school freshman who loves anime.
After entering high school, Onoda initially decided to join the school’s anime club but winds up joining the cycling club after meeting two of his classmates who were then famous cyclists: Shunsuke Imaizumi and Shoukichi Naruko.
The two later convinces Onoda to join the cycling club after witnessing first hand his hidden talent when it comes to cycling.
Ever since he was a boy, Onoda has always ridden his mamachari (a bulky city bike later dubbed as the “mommy bike) which he uses to pick up groceries or go to Akihabara every week to check out otaku things.
Thus begins the grueling training for Onoda to hopefully make a spot to compete in races together with the team and discover his very own talent in cycling."

UPDATE:

Yowamushi Pedal has received positive reviews for being one of the few sports anime with themes around road bicycle racing.
Osamu Nabeshima, the same man who directed the first season of Yowamushi Pedal, has officially announced that he is working on the second season of Yowamushi Pedal and is scheduled to release last October 2014.
The second season of Yowamushi Pedal entitled “Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road” is broadcasted on TV Tokyo, TSC and TVQ networks with 9 episodes released thus far.


There are only quite a few shows with themes around the road bicycle racing sport including Over Drive and Idaten Jump both of which are cycling anime shows.


source: Zerochan; written by carllustre87

*(2016-12-02)/sub

Aliases

• Yowamushi Pedal: Spare Bike
• Weakling Pedal
• Weak Pedals
• 弱虫ペダル
• 飆速宅男