Over Drive

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Synonyms: OverDrive
Japanese: オーバードライヴ


Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 4, 2007 to Sep 26, 2007
Premiered: Spring 2007
Broadcast: Wednesdays at 01:30 (JST)
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Xebec
Source: Manga
Genre: SportsSports
Theme: RacingRacing
Demographic: ShounenShounen
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.521 (scored by 2089920,899 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #18582
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #3413
Members: 45,415
Favorites: 210

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Synopsis

Mikoto Shinozaki is a high school student lacking in social awareness. In addition, due to his untidy appearance and low self-esteem, he is an easy target for bullies. Regardless, any misfortune that falls upon Mikoto is partly his own fault—at least, that is what Yuki Fukuzawa, the most popular girl in class, believes. With this assumption, Yuki invites Mikoto to join the school's bicycle club, in hopes he can improve himself and gain new friends. Motivated by feelings he has for Yuki, Mikoto has no reason to decline her offer—except for the fact that he does not know how to ride a bicycle.

Despite his lack of even the fundamentals, Mikoto cannot get over the image of himself on a bicycle. Eventually, he succumbs to his curiosity and sneaks into the school grounds at night to practice. This begins Mikoto's journey as he pedals his way through the vast world of cycling, where the scenery of his life changes in ways he never thought possible.

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"WINDER ~Boku wa Koko ni Iru~" by Shonen Kamikaze
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Ending Theme

1: "Saihate no Parade" by Merry (eps 1-13)
2: "Koi Suzumi" by DEL (eps 14-26)




Reviews

May 25, 2020
I love CYCLING, travelling to different places. :D

OVER DRIVE is a show based on Professional CYCLING.

What happens when a fundamentally coward, weak guy gets involved with something simply because of a person he has a crush on? His only motivation is his dream to ride with her on a bicycle in the near future. Let's see if he has enough guts to move forward. "The first step is the hardest" they say. LET'S CHEER HIM UP ON HIS JOURNEY TO GET HIS DREAM GIRL. Even if our friend doesn't get his desired girl, he may at least get something of equal importance, at ...
Apr 17, 2017
Mixed Feelings
So, I haven't done a review on MAL and I feel like I should have done this a while back after how many times I have put animes I completed after I watched them. I just felt like doing this one because this was to be fair, my friend recommended this to me for months and I thought it'd be alright, and well... actually it was pretty bad.

Overall, the story in the least spoiler way possible but telling you the basic ways of it works is, the main character is the typical shounen anime character (especially in certain sports animes) who isnt particularly good at ...
Oct 15, 2014
Ah, the puberty. A time in which we obsess over teen idols, or get angry about nothing, but above all, a time where we want to be acknowledged. So how does one get acknowledged? The best way, of course, is to prove anyone to be the best in something. After all, victors write history.

But it’s losers like Shinozaki Mikoto who are history.

Over Drive follows the protagonist and his journey on the bike, alongside the other members of the Sakura Bicycle Club. Their big dream is to participate in the Tour de France. But of course, it’s a long way until then – first, there ...

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