Yowamushi Pedal

Yowamushi Pedal
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Sakamichi Onoda
弱虫ペダル
(Yowamushi Pedaru)
GenreSports (cycling)
Manga
Written byWataru Watanabe
Published byAkita Shoten
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Champion Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Champion
DemographicShōnen
Original runFebruary 21, 2008 – present
Volumes90 (List of volumes)
Further information
Manga
Yowamushi Pedal: Spare Bike[1]
Written byWataru Watanabe
Published byAkita Shoten
ImprintShōnen Champion Comics
Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original run16 August 2012 – present
Volumes13 (List of volumes)
Original video animation
Directed byOsamu Nabeshima
Written byReiko Yoshida
Music byKan Sawada
StudioTMS Entertainment
ReleasedAugust 8, 2013
Runtime20 minutes
Anime television series
Directed byOsamu Nabeshima
Written byReiko Yoshida
Music byKan Sawada
StudioTMS Entertainment
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo, TVh, TVO, TSC, TVA, TVQ, AT-X
Original run October 7, 2013 July 1, 2014
Episodes38 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Yowamushi Pedal Re:Ride
Directed byOsamu Nabeshima
Written byReiko Yoshida
Music byKan Sawada
StudioTMS Entertainment
Licensed by
  • NA: Discotek Media
ReleasedSeptember 19, 2014 (2014-09-19)
Runtime90 minutes
Anime television series
Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road
Directed byOsamu Nabeshima
Written byReiko Yoshida
Music byKan Sawada
StudioTMS Entertainment
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo, TVh, TVO, TSC, TVA, TVQ, AT-X
Original run October 6, 2014 March 30, 2015
Episodes24 (List of episodes)
Video game
Yowamushi Pedal Asu e no High Cadence
DeveloperBandai Namco Games
PublisherBandai Namco Games
GenreAdventure
PlatformNintendo 3DS
Released
  • JP: January 29, 2015
Anime film
Yowamushi Pedal Re:Road
Directed byOsamu Nabeshima
Written byReiko Yoshida
Music byKan Sawada
StudioTMS/8PAN
Licensed by
  • NA: Discotek Media
ReleasedJune 12, 2015 (2015-06-12)
Runtime89 minutes
Anime film
Yowamushi Pedal: The Movie
Directed byNorihiro Naganuma
Written byReiko Yoshida
Music byKan Sawada
StudioTMS/8PAN
Licensed by
  • AUS: Madman Entertainment
  • NA: Discotek Media
ReleasedAugust 28, 2015 (2015-08-28)
Runtime90 minutes
Television drama
Directed byTakayoshi Tanazawa
Written byKōta Fukihara
Original networkBS SKY PerfecTV!
Original run August 26, 2016 October 7, 2016
Episodes7
Anime film
Yowamushi Pedal: Spare Bike
Directed byOsamu Nabeshima
Music byKan Sawada
StudioTMS/8PAN
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2016 (2016-09-09)
Runtime60 minutes
Anime television series
Yowamushi Pedal: New Generation
Directed byOsamu Nabeshima
Written byKurasumi Sunayama
Music byKan Sawada
StudioTMS/8PAN
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo, TVh, TVO, TSC, TVA, TVQ, TSC, NBC Nagasaki, AT-X
Original run January 10, 2017 June 26, 2017
Episodes25 (List of episodes)
Anime film
Yowamushi Pedal: Re:Generation
Directed byOsamu Nabeshima
Music byKan Sawada
StudioTMS/8PAN
ReleasedOctober 13, 2017 (2017-10-13)
Runtime90 minutes
Anime television series
Yowamushi Pedal: Glory Line
Directed byOsamu Nabeshima
Written byKurasumi Sunayama
Music byKan Sawada
StudioTMS/8PAN
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkTV Tokyo, TVh, TVO, TSC, TVA, TVQ, TSC, NBC Nagasaki, AT-X
Original run January 8, 2018 June 25, 2018
Episodes25 (List of episodes)
Live-action film
Directed byKōichirō Miki
Written byKōichirō Miki
Music byMasaru Yokoyama
StudioShochiku
ReleasedAugust 14, 2020 (2020-08-14)
Runtime112 minutes
Anime television series
Yowamushi Pedal: Limit Break
Directed byOsamu Nabeshima
Written byKurasumi Sunayama
Music byKan Sawada
StudioTMS / Die4Studio
Licensed by
Original networkNHK General TV
Original run October 8, 2022 March 25, 2023
Episodes25 (List of episodes)
Manga
Hōkago Pedal High Cadence
Written by
  • Kineko Abekawa
  • ikra
  • Yukiko Tōno
  • Wataru Midori
Published byAkita Shoten
MagazineMonthly Princess
DemographicShōjo
Original runFebruary 6, 2023 – present
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Yowamushi Pedal (Japanese: 弱虫ペダル, Hepburn: Yowamushi Pedaru, lit.'Weakling Pedal') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Wataru Watanabe. It began serialization in the 12th issue of Akita Shoten’s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champion in 2008. The series has been compiled into 90 tankōbon volumes in June 2024. The manga has been licensed in North America by Yen Press in 2015.

An anime television series adaptation aired from October 2013 to July 2014, followed by a second season aired from October 2014 to March 2015, a third season aired from January to June 2017, a fourth season aired from January to June 2018, and a fifth season premiered in October 2022. The first three seasons have been licensed by Discotek Media in North America in 2014. A live-action television drama adaptation aired in August 2016. A live-action film adaptation was released on August 14, 2020.

By September 2022, Yowamushi Pedal had over 28 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series. In 2015, the manga won the Best Shōnen Manga award at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards.

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  2. ^ 主役は東堂尽八!弱ペダ外伝が別チャンで開幕. Natalie (in Japanese). August 12, 2014. Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2020.