"Yowapeda - Spare Bike" Visual And Character Art Prepare For Fall's Prequel Anime Movie

On September 9th, a Yowamushi Pedal - Spare Bike double movie, adapting Wataru Watanabe's spin-off/prequel about the back stories of the series' third-year cycling competitors, hits Japanese theaters for a limited, two-week run.

The two stories focus on Sohoku High School's Yuusuke Makishima, who, as a freshman, was ridiculed by the upper classmen for his unusual dancing-style technique and Hakone native Jinpachi Toudou, who, in junior-high, was too concerned about the condition of his hair to compete.

A third season of the TV anime is also planned for winter 2017.

staff
Original: Wataru Watanabe (Akita Shoten, Bessatsu Shounen Champions)
Director: Osamu Nabeshima
Character Design: Muratani Takashi
Screenplay: Mitsutaka Hirota and Ayumu Hisao
Art setting: Tomoyuki Aoki
Art Director: Naoki Tate
Color design: Fusako Nakao
CG Director: Toshihiro Sasaki
Director of Photography: Takeshi Katsurayama
Editor: Kumiko Sakamoto
Sound Director: TakeshiTakatera
Music: Kan Sawada
Animation Production: TMS ENTERTAINMENT
Distributor: Toho Video Division

■ cast
Yusuke Makishima: Morikubo Shotaro

Touji Kanzaki: Junichi Suwabe

Shingo Kinjou: Hiroki Yasumoto

Jin Tadokoro : Kentaro Ito

Sakamichi Onoda: Daiki Yamashita

Shunsuke Imaizumi: Kosuke Toriumi
Naruko Akirakichi: Jun Fukushima

Miki Kanzaki: Ayaka Suwa
Jinpachi Toudou: Tetsuya Kakihara

Juichi Fukutomi: Tomoaki Maeno
Yasutomo Arakita Hiroyuki Yoshino
Hayato Shinkai : Satoshi Hino
Touichirou Izumida: Atsushi Abe
Sangaku Manami: Tsubasa Yonaga

Shusaku Itokawa