CATDOLL: The movie poster of "Yowamushi Pedal" is released, and the mascot Kumamon comes to support

The poster of the movie version of "Yowamushi Pedal" has been released. There will be a new guest this time, that is Kumamon, the mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan! The reason is that the story of this movie version of "Yowamushi Pedal" happened in Kumamoto Prefecture.

In the first poster, Kumamon is wearing the uniform of the Kumamoto Daiichi High School Cycling Club, which will appear in the animated theatrical version, and is desperately chasing after the protagonist Onoda Sakamichi. The two are rivals. In the second poster, Kumamon is wearing the uniform of the Sohoku High School Cycling Club, where Onoda Sakamichi is, and he and Onoda Sakamichi have become teammates.

The original work of "Yowamushi Pedal" is a popular cycling manga serialized by Watanabe Wataru in "Weekly Shonen Champion". It tells the passionate youth story of Onoda Sakamichi, a typical otaku who loves anime, who comes into contact with cycling competition and fights with his teammates.

Yowamushi Pedal the Movie is the first animated theatrical film in the series. The script was written by Watanabe Wataru himself, and the plot is a completely original new story. The general supervisor is Osamu Nabeshima, who was the supervisor of the TV anime version, and the deputy supervisor of Hozuki no Reitetsu is Norihiro Naganuma. This is his first time as a supervisor. In addition, the script of this work is written by Reiko Yoshida, and the characters are Yukiko Ban and Yuko Iwasa. The animation production company is still TMS Entertainment.

Storyline:

In the national competition, the Sohoku High School cycling team, where Onoda Sakamichi is, won the overall championship after a fierce battle. Summer is coming to an end, and third-year seniors such as Jincheng (Weibo), Makishima, and Tadokoro are about to graduate. In order to inherit the spirit of the Sohoku team, "Everyone unites and races", everyone is training hard every day.

One day, the Sohoku team received an invitation letter to the "Kumamoto Fire Country Mountain Race" for teams that have achieved excellent results in previous national competitions. Competitive teams such as Hakone Gakuen, Kyoto Fushimi, and Hiroshima Wunan are burning with the passion to defeat Sohoku, and strong teams such as the local team "Kumamoto Taiichi" where Yoshimoto Susumu, who has the title of "Flame Climbing Type Player", is also participating. Facing this national competition, all the members of the Sohoku team are enthusiastic, but there is only one exception...