This was an enjoyable anime that gives one a great glimpse into cycling and its peculiarities. While giving you information about the sport you also get a pretty common but well build story that is, in its format, quite often used. The main character find a new passion and happens to have a talent because of something he had to do up until now. (This is similar to Initial D and others.)
So the story isn't a deep masterpiece but fits perfectly for the theme of cycling and allows for exposition.
The art and sound design are fine and allow for easy watching and support the action
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Mar 30, 2015
Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road
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The Anime started well with the first season giving a glimpse into cycling. It baffles how uninteressting and simply bad this season was.
Not only was there basicly no character development, no plot twists that seemed in any way interesting nor did the anime feature anything I would like to see in a story. The Animation and Sound were almost the same as the first season so thats fine, but this season felt like a Dragonball Z copy on bicycles. Maybe 50% or even more of an episode are two or more characters screaming each others name, supported by cut ins of them pedaling or leaning over ... |
