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Top 16 Cycling anime you should watch right now. [2024 List]
- 16. Yowamushi Pedal
- 15. Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road
- 14. Long Riders!
- 13. Rinkai!
- 12. Yowamushi Pedal: LIMIT BREAK
- 11. Yowamushi Pedal: Glory Line
- 10. Minami Kamakura Koukou Joshi Jitenshabu
- 9. Idaten Jump
- 8. Minami Kamakura Koukou Joshi Jitenshabu: Kita yo, Taiwan!
- 7. Yowamushi Pedal: Special Ride
- 6. Over Drive
- 5. Nasu: Andalusia no Natsu
- 4. Nasu: Suitcase no Wataridori
- 3. Long Riders! Recap
- 2. 48x61
- 1. Yowamushi Pedal: Re:RIDE
16. Yowamushi Pedal
Sakamichi Onoda is a cheerful otaku looking to join his new school's anime club, eager to finally make some friends. Unfortunately, the club has been disbanded and he takes it upon himself to revive it by finding students who are willing to join. Without much luck, Onoda decides to make a round trip to Akihabara on his old, bulky city bicycle, a weekly 90-kilometer ride he has been completing since fourth grade.
This is when he meets fellow first year student, Shunsuke Imaizumi, a determined cyclist who is using the school's steep incline for practice. Surprised by Onoda's ability to climb the hill with his specific type of bicycle, Imaizumi challenges him to a race, with the proposition of joining the anime club should Onoda win. And thus begins the young boy's first foray into the world of high school bicycle racing!
Yowamushi Pedal has finished airing and it has 38 Episodes. It is also Known as: 弱虫ペダル, Yowapeda
15. Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road
Second season of the Yowamushi Pedal series.
Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road has finished airing and it has 24 Episodes. It is also Known as: 弱虫ペダル GRANDE ROAD, Yowamushi Pedal 2nd Season, Yowapeda 2nd Season
14. Long Riders!
Ami Kurata, a first-year university student who has no athletic ability, suddenly falls in love with a folding bicycle after seeing it in front of a train station. Inspired by her newfound love, she starts saving up to buy a bicycle and to learn cycling.
Long Riders! has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: ろんぐらいだぁす！, Longriders!
13. Rinkai!
The story centers on the sport of women's cycling, which debuted in Japan shortly after World War II. However, organized competitions folded after just 15 years and laid dormant for several decades. Then the Rinkai! League launched to revive the sport.
Rinkai! has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: リンカイ！, Rinkai!
12. Yowamushi Pedal: LIMIT BREAK
The fifth season of Yowamushi Pedal.
Yowamushi Pedal: LIMIT BREAK has finished airing and it has 25 Episodes. It is also Known as: 弱虫ペダル LIMIT BREAK, Yowamushi Pedal: LIMIT BREAK
11. Yowamushi Pedal: Glory Line
Fourth season of the Yowamushi Pedal series.
Yowamushi Pedal: Glory Line has finished airing and it has 25 Episodes. It is also Known as: 弱虫ペダル GLORY LINE, Yowapeda 4th Season, Yowamushi Pedal 4th Season
10. Minami Kamakura Koukou Joshi Jitenshabu
Maiharu Hiromi has moved to Kamakura Nagasaki, and rides a bicycle to school everyday. Then she meets Akizuki Tomoe, the leader of the girls cycling club. She therefore joins the club and her life gradually begins to change.
Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 南鎌倉高校女子自転車部, Minami Kamakura Koukou Joshi Jitenshabu
9. Idaten Jump
Sho liked MTB very much and he always practiced at the practice field, “X-Zone”, with his friends, Takumi and Makoto. Takumi was a good mechanic and Makoto was a competitive girl rider.
One day, he was challenged by a MTB team, “Shark Tooth”, of Samejima brothers’ betting the X-Zone. For Sho, X-Zone was a memorable place where he had spent days with his dead father, and he couldn’t lose the game.
The day came, and during the race with the leader of Shark Tooth, black smoke suddenly covered around, and they were sent to another world. When he came to, he found Kakeru, Makoto, and his MTB, “Flame Caesar”, were also there.
While they were wondering what had happened, MTB riders came.
They challenged Sho to a MTB bout. They said Sho had to collect 10 pieces of emblems by winning MTB bout, “Idaten Battle”.
This is how Sho came down to compete in Idaten Battle at various courses, such as, volcanos, ruins, deserts, snowy montains, and grave yards.
Whether will show win the race to come back to his world?
Idaten Jump has finished airing and it has 52 Episodes. It is also Known as: 韋駄天翔(ジャンプ), Idaten Jump
8. Minami Kamakura Koukou Joshi Jitenshabu: Kita yo, Taiwan!
Unaired episode included with the special edition BD release.
Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club: Here We Come has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 南鎌倉高校女子自転車部 特別編「来たよ、台湾!!」, Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club: Here We Come, Taiwan!
7. Yowamushi Pedal: Special Ride
Sakamichi Onoda is an otaku who just wants to find more people to join the recently disbanded anime club with him. However, when a couple cyclists spy his skill in riding the bulky mamachari bike he's had since youth, they attempt to convince him to join the bicycle racing club instead.
An OVA bundled with the 29th volume of the comic book.
Yowamushi Pedal: Special Ride has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 弱虫ペダル SPECIAL RIDE, Yowamushi Pedal OVA
6. Over Drive
Tour de France, it is the biggest bicycle race in the world. Now, a new achievement is about to be recorded in the history of Tour de France. The top racer is a Japanese boy named Shinozaki Mikoto.
"Why don't you join our bicycle club?" said Fukazawa, Shinozaki Mikoto's secret love.
Unfortunately, despite being a high school student, he doesn't know how to ride a bike. With no real idea of what the bicycle club is, he earnestly practices. After he overcomes this challenge, while he pedals along, something that was smoldering in his mind for 15 years ignites.
"I want to devote myself to bike riding."
Experiencing failure with his friends and rivals, he pedals towards becoming the top racer.
Over Drive has finished airing and it has 26 Episodes. It is also Known as: オーバードライヴ, OverDrive
5. Nasu: Andalusia no Natsu
Pepe is a Spanish cyclist competing in an multi-stage Iberian cycling race similar to the Tour de France. He is a support rider for one of the teams competing in the race, and his role is to assist the team's top rider in winning the overall race. As the story unfolds, the racers are set to ride through Pepe's home town in Andalusia on the same day as the wedding of his elder brother Angel to his former girlfriend Carmen. Their relationship was a factor in his decision to leave the town to pursue professional cycling, and the wedding is a frustrating reminder that his career hasn't turned out as he would have liked. Now, with the sponsor planning to drop him from the team and his family and friends cheering him on, Pepe abandons his assigned role and strives for glory.
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 茄子 アンダルシアの夏, Nasu: Andalusia no Natsu
4. Nasu: Suitcase no Wataridori
Team Pao Pao Beer travel east to participate in the Japan Cup in what is very likely to be their final season together. Pepe Benengeli and teammate Jean Luigi Ciocci face an uncertain future and are also yet to come to terms with the suicide of one their heroes, Marco Rondanini. What follows is an introspective into the important things in life from the perspective of the professional cyclist.
Nasu: A Migratory Bird with Suitcase has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 茄子 スーツケースの渡り鳥, Nasu 2, Nasu: Migratory Bird's Suitcase
3. Long Riders! Recap
Recap of the first four episodes of the Long Riders series.
Long Riders! Recap has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: ろんぐらいだぁす! 特別編｢わたしのサイクルアルバム｣, Long Riders Episode 4.5, Long Riders! Episode 4.5
2. 48x61
48x61 is a short movie made by the famous director Rintaro (Astro Boy, Metropolis, ...) for the Japanese manga artist and director Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Mushishi, ...). It was produced by Studio Madhouse. This movie was made when Rintaro was 61 years old and Katsuhiro 48 years old. Hence the title.
Main characters in this movie are Rintarou and Katsuhiro. The story is about a bicycle race between the two them.
48x61 has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 48x61 四拾八x六拾壱, 48x61 (Rintaro x Katsuhiro Otomo)
1. Yowamushi Pedal: Re:RIDE
Experience the first season of Yowamushi Pedal in Re:RIDE, a compilation movie to get you pumped for Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road.
Yowamushi Pedal Re:RIDE has finished airing and it has 1 Episodes. It is also Known as: 弱虫ペダル Re:RIDE, YowaPeda Re:RIDE
