An early preview of the Japanese manga magazine Shonen Champion has revealed that a live-action adaptation of Yowamushi Pedal is slated to begin airing in August. Wataru Watanabe's 2008 manga, which focuses on a high school cycling club has already enjoyed a two-season anime which was recently announced to have a third season premiering this January. A spin-off anime, which will be a prequel that focuses on the freshman year of the current team's third years, will have a two-week run in Japanese theaters this September.
Sakamichi Onoda is a cheerful otaku looking to join his new school's anime club, eager to finally make some friends. Unfortunately, the club has been disbanded and he takes it upon himself to revive it by finding students who are willing to join. Without much luck, Onoda decides to make a round trip to Akihabara on his old, bulky city bicycle, a weekly 90-kilometer ride he has been completing since fourth grade.
This is when he meets fellow first year student, Shunsuke Imaizumi, a determined cyclist who is using the school's steep incline for practice. Surprised by Onoda's ability to climb the hill with his specific type of bicycle, Imaizumi challenges him to a race, with the proposition of joining the anime club should Onoda win. And thus begins the young boy's first foray into the world of high school bicycle racing!