Collaborative Illustrations with a Famous Bicycle Maker - Junta Teshima from Yowamushi Pedal Rides a Cannondale

The TV anime to Yowamushi Pedal which is serializing in Weekly Shonen Champion (Akita Shoten) is becoming hugely popular. The second season, Grande Road, began broadcasting on TV Tokyo and other networks on Oct. 6. Because it’s an anime themed after bicycle racing, it is said to be a catalyst for people to take up the hobby of road biking. Now, in celebration of the start of Season 2, famous American bicycle maker Cannondale has collaborated with Yowamushi Pedal.

For the collaboration project, illustrations were created themed after popular character Junta Teshima and Cannondale. The concept is that Junta’s favorite bikes are the newest model Cannondales.

Junta is a second-year at Sohoku High whose favorite bike is a road bike made by Cannondale. Fans can enjoy two illustrations in which Junta rides the 2015 models Supersix Evo Ultegra and Hooligan Road.

The anime Yowamushi Pedal has picked up considerable attention since the first season due to the development of a wide variety of collaborations such as this one.

Cannondale will also be holding a collaboration campaign in its retail stores beginning on Oct. 25. For the campaign, these illustrations will be given out as A2-size posters on a first-come-first-served basis at licensed Cannondale retailers across Japan with a qualifying purchase of 10,000 JPY or more. Posters are limited, and the campaign will end without warning once quantities have been exhausted. It seems we can expect this collaboration with a famous bicycle maker to bring even more excitement to Season 2 of the anime.

The second season of the anime, Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road, picks up after the finale of Season 1, right before the relay race on the second day of the interhigh competition, and kicks off with Sohoku High, Hokone Academy, and Kyoto Fushimi in a fierce threeway battle.

In other news, screenings of the re-cut movie edition of the series called Yowamushi Pedal Re:Ride have been favorable, and its screening period has been extended in all theaters.

Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road Official Site

Source article written by Katsunori Takahashi

© Wataru Watanabe (Weekly Shonen Champion) / Yowamushi Pedal RR Production Committee
© Wataru Watanabe (Weekly Shonen Champion) / Yowamushi Pedal RR Production Committee
© Wataru Watanabe (Weekly Shonen Champion) / Yowamushi Pedal RR Production Committee
© Wataru Watanabe (Weekly Shonen Champion) / Yowamushi Pedal RR Production Committee
© Wataru Watanabe (Weekly Shonen Champion) / Yowamushi Pedal RR Production Committee
© Wataru Watanabe (Weekly Shonen Champion) / Yowamushi Pedal RR Production Committee

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