Now, see, that’s why Yowamushi Pedal is so damn great, right there. Sometimes in anime we get episodes that so perfectly capture the charms of the show they represent that it’s hard to imagine any fan wouldn’t be won over. I mean, we’re at 33 episodes here – if you […] Read more
This is a perfect time to reflect on why I love Yowapeda so much. In case you haven’t heard the news, this week Yowamushi Pedal was officially greenlit for a second season starting in October. Neither the result or the timing will have been a surprise if you’ve been following […] Read more
There are a lot of questions about Yowamushi Pedal’s future, but none about this: it’s one of the best anime of the last year. Without a doubt, there are plenty of reasons to feel optimistic about Yowameda’s future as an anime. It’s sold quite well (it will likely average about […] Read more
Enter the dragon. Well – the freak, anyway. Way back in the Fall Preview post I said of Yowamushi Pedal that “There’s everything here that should make a series appealing to a broad audience – it just happens to be sports-themed.”, and after watching a few episodes, in the Check-in […] Read more
Bumping into someone on a bike at high speed is dangerous, you know… I had a feeling about how this “stage” of the inter-highs would turn out, indeed it turned out to be right. With Sohoku winning the sprint and Makishima having exerted an awful lot of energy making up […] Read more
For sports anime fans, things are so good right now it’s almost embarrassing. Thank goodness Ace of Diamond puked up a recap ep to keep us from losing it. The results of the Weekly Shounen Champion character poll for Yowapeda were released this week – with a cool 23,000 respondents […] Read more
This sounds like a job for “Hime, Hime!” I’ve been trying to think of another time when the anime landscape for sports manga fans has been like this. Yowapeda, Ace of Diamond, Baby Steps, Ping Pong, Haikyuu – five manga adaptations, five different sports, five radically different narrative styles, all […] Read more
That was one wild ride. OP 3: “Be As One” by Team Sōkita Eventful? Oh hell, yes. As if the gauntlet had been thrown down by a couple of impressive sports premieres, Yowamushi Pedal staked its claim to ride at the head of the peloton with a fantastic and exciting […] Read more
“Chimera Ant” has nothing on Yowamushi Pedal. Forgive the briefness of this post, as it’s pushing Midnight here already and tomorrow is another full day of travel. Time is a theme here, because this episode of Yowapeda continues the presentation of perhaps the longest 400 meters in sports history. The […] Read more
This just in: both of Izumida’s pecs have been suspended for blood doping. Abs! Abs! Abs! Abs! This was definitely the week Yowamushi Pedal got its freak on. It was certainly entertaining, but I confess this isn’t the side of the series I like best – with guys talking to […] Read more