YAMUSUME PEDAL THE MOVIE" collaborates with "J SPORTS", a sports channel!　Overlap of actual bicycle races and teams with the anime!

J SPORTS collaborated with the anime film "YAMUSUME PEDAL THE MOVIE" which will be released in the summer. The collaborative webpage "Grand Tour Kansen Juku" was opened to the public on April 20.

The anime "YAMUSUME PEDAL" is based on the manga by Wataru Watanabe, which is serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion. It is a sports story about an otaku boy who enters the world of cycling after meeting his friends and aims for the Inter-High School Championships. The first season was broadcast over a three-cour period and gained high popularity as a dark horse. In September 2014, a newly edited version of the Inter High Arc, "Weak Pedal Re:RIDE," was shown in theaters for two weeks only, and from October to March 2015, the second TV anime season, "Weak Pedal GRANDE ROAD," aired. was broadcasted from October to March 2015. In the summer of 2015, "YAMUSUME PEDAL THE MOVIE", the first full-length feature film of the series, will be released.

This time, the TV station collaborated with "J SPORTS," a sports TV station with four channels. J SPORTS broadcasts many cycle road races, including the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España Grand Tours, and will introduce the actual cycle road races to anime fans on the collaboration webpage "Gekijoban YAMUSUME PEDAL x J SPORTS Grand Tour Spectator School". The collaboration webpage () introduces the actual cycle road races to anime fans. The collaboration webpage (http://www.jsports.co.jp/cycle/yowapeda) provides easy-to-understand explanations of professional cycle road race teams, riders, and their roles (ace, assistant, etc.) that are active around the world, overlapping with the anime teams and the development of the race. The explanation is easy to understand. It also explains how to watch the race on TV, including information that can be checked in advance to better enjoy the race and how to view various data displayed on the screen (remaining distance, time difference between the group including the overall leader and the leader, etc.). This content is useful even for those who already enjoy watching races.

In addition, during the 19th stage of the "Giro d'Italia" broadcast in May, voice actors made guest appearances to watch the actual race from the same perspective as the viewers. The content is easy to understand for beginner-level viewers.