Long Riders!

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Long Riders!
Cover of Long Riders! volume 1 by Ichijinsha
ろんぐらいだぁす!
(Rongu Raidāsu!)
GenreSport (Road bicycle racing), Slice of life, Comedy
Manga
Written byLongriders
Illustrated byTaishi Miyaki
Published byIchijinsha
MagazineComic Rex
DemographicShōnen
Original run2012 – present
Volumes9
Anime television series
Directed byTatsuya Yoshihara
Produced byKoichi Ishii
Kei Fukura
Atsushi Sugita
Masafumi Kasai
Fuminori Yamazaki
Yōhei Kisara
Masakatsu Omuro
Written byNatsuko Takahashi
Music byHiroaki Tsutsumi
StudioActas
Licensed by
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, KBS, SUN, BS11
Original run October 8, 2016 February 5, 2017
Episodes12 (List of episodes)

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. An anime television adaptation by Actas aired in Japan between October and December 2016, with the remaining episodes to airing on February 5, 2017.

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.

Characters

Ami Kurata (倉田 亜美, Kurata Ami)
Voiced by: Nao Tōyama[1][2]
A slightly clumsy college student who takes up cycling. She owns a red Pontiankh folding bicycle, which she nicknames "Ponta-kun", and later gets a road bike.
Aoi Niigaki (新垣 葵, Niigaki Aoi)
Voiced by: Hiromi Igarashi[1][2]
Ami's best friend who owns a Gignt bicycle.
Hinako Saijō (西条 雛子, Saijō Hinako)
Voiced by: Rumi Ookubo[1][2]
A cyclist whose family runs a Chinese restaurant.
Yayoi Ichinose (一之瀬 弥生, Ichinose Yayoi)
Voiced by: Yurika Kurosawa[1][2]
Hinako's friend who often rides with her.
Saki Takamiya (高宮 紗希, Takamiya Saki)
Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa[1][2]
Hinako's friend, who often rides to various places instead of taking public transport.
Miya Saeki (佐伯 美弥, Saeki Miya)
Voiced by: Aina Kusuda
Ami's colleague at college who becomes inspired by her to take up cycling herself and later joins Team Fortuna.
Emi Kurata (倉田 恵美, Kurata Emi)
Voiced by: Yui Watanabe
Ami's younger sister.
Alpaca Cycle Manager (アルパカサイクル店長, Arupaka Saikuru Tenchō)
Voiced by: Sayako Tōjō[1]
The manager of a local bicycle shop who always wears an alpaca motif.

Media

Manga

No. Release date ISBN
1 March 27, 2013[3]978-4-7580-6367-8
2 October 26, 2013[4]978-4-7580-6414-9
0 May 27, 2014[5]978-4-7580-6445-3
3 July 26, 2014[6]978-4-7580-6446-0
4 December 27, 2014[7]978-4-7580-6482-8
5 May 27, 2015[8]978-4-7580-6506-1
6 December 26, 2015[9]978-4-7580-6561-0
7 June 27, 2016[10]978-4-7580-6596-2
8 November 26, 2016[11]978-4-7580-6633-4

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[12][13][14][15] and Anime Network.[16] Due to production delays, the final two episodes aired on February 5, 2017.[17] 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.[18]

Episode list

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No. Title[a] Original air date[19]

Notes

  1. ^ All English episode titles are taken from Daisuki.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f 「ろんぐらいだぁす!」TVアニメ化、2016年秋より30分枠で放送決定 (in Japanese). Natalie. November 6, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Characters" (in Japanese). Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  3. ^ ろんぐらいだぁす!1 (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  4. ^ ろんぐらいだぁす!(2) (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  5. ^ ろんぐらいだぁす!0 (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  6. ^ ろんぐらいだぁす!(3) (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  7. ^ ろんぐらいだぁす!(4) (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  8. ^ ろんぐらいだぁす!(5) (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  9. ^ ろんぐらいだぁす!(6) (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  10. ^ ろんぐらいだぁす!(7) (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
  11. ^ ろんぐらいだぁす!(8) (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  12. ^ "Long Riders! Cycling Anime's Main staff, Fall 2016". Anime News Network. November 6, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  13. ^ "Girls & Panzer's Actas to Animate Long Riders Cycling Anime". Anime News Network. December 30, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  14. ^ "Long Riders Cycling TV Anime's New Visual, October 8 Premiere Revealed". Anime News Network. August 12, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  15. ^ "Daisuki to Stream Long Riders!, Magic of Stella, March comes in like a lion, Occultic;Nine Anime". Anime News Network. September 30, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  16. ^ http://www.theanimenetwork.com/Blog/20161027814/press-release-qlong-ridersq-to-stream-on-anime-network-online
  17. ^ "Long Riders! TV Anime's Last 2 Episodes Delayed Until February". Anime News Network. December 8, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  18. ^ "Sentai Filmworks Licenses Long Riders! Anime". Anime News Network. October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  19. ^ "ろんぐらいだぁす!の放送情報" (in Japanese). Tokyo MX. Retrieved October 27, 2016.

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