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6.6/10 IMDb Written by Longriders Magazine Comic Rex Genre Slice of life | 6.6/10 MyAnimeList 5/10 AniDB Illustrated by Taishi Miyaki Original run 2012 – present Release date 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Networks AT-X, Nippon BS Broadcasting, Sun Television, Kyoto Broadcasting System Similar BBK/BRNK, ClassicaLoid, Magic of Stella, Keijo!!!!!!!!, My Wife is the Student Council P | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long Riders! (Japanese: ろんぐらいだぁす!, Hepburn: Rongu Raidāsu!) is a Japanese manga series written by Longriders, with art by Taishi Miyaki, which began serialization in Ichijinsha's shōnen manga magazine Comic Rex from 2012 and has been collected in seven tankōbon volumes. Another volume containing a prequel story was published on May 27, 2014 as volume 0. A television anime adaptation by Actas aired in Japan between October and December 2016, with the remaining episodes to airing on February 5, 2017.
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Plot
Upon seeing someone ride on a bike, college student Ami Kurata buys a folding bike and takes up cycling with her friend Aoi Niigaki. After meeting experienced cyclists Hinako Saijo, Yayoi Ichinose, and Saki Takamiya, Ami starts going further into the world of road cycling and soon forms her own team, Fortuna.
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Anime
An anime television series adaptation has been produced by Actas. The first ten episodes aired in Japan between October 8, 2016 and December 24, 2016 and was simulcast by Daisuki and Anime Network. Due to production delays, the final two episodes aired on February 5, 2017. The opening theme is "♡Km/h" (Heart kilometers per hour) by Ray while the ending theme is "Happy Ice Cream!" (ハッピーアイスクリーム！, Happī Aisukurīmu!) by Team Fortuna (Nao Tōyama, Hiromi Igarashi, Rumi Ookubo, Yurika Kurosawa, and Yōko Hikasa). Sentai Filmworks has licensed the anime in North America.