With this trailer, the project’s official website Rinkai! announced that the anime series premiere will take place on April 9, 2024. In the video we can hear the opening theme “Windshifter” per Rico Sasaki.
We also learn that the animation is from 6th Studio from the TMS Entertainmentthe direction is Takaaki Ishiyama (Fairy Musketeers, Sakura Wars), the argument is Hideki Shirane (Date A Live, Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) and the character design is by Hiromi Ono (key animation of InuYasha, Saber Marionette J).
- Sound direction: Ryō Tanaka
- Art Direction: Niki Higaki
- Color artist: Haruko Nobori
- Cinematography composition direction: Yūko Kamahara
- CG direction: Yuichi Goto
- Editing: Megumi Uchida
- Music: Shuichiro Fukuhiro, Yoshihei Ueda, Mana Hirano
- Music Production: Lantis
Below is a new promotional image and the ending theme will be “Override!” played by the anime’s seiyuu.
In the cast we have:
- Umino Kawamura as Izumi Itō
- Azusa Aoi as Nana Hiratsuka
- Rena Hasegawa as Miko Yahiko
- Saika Kitamori as Sachi Nagoya
- Riho Sugiyama as Kinusa Takamatsu
- Minami Hinata as Ai Kumamoto
- Rich Sasaki as Tsutsuji Kurume
The story focuses on women’s cycling, which began in Japan shortly after World War II. However, organized competitions were closed just 15 years later and remained inactive for several decades. So the Rinkai! League was launched to revive the sport.
The manga will be released on Mango Bang!but the anime’s release date has not yet been revealed.