Long Riders!
Long Riders! is a Japanese manga series by Taishi Miyake, which began serialization in Ichijinsha's shōnen manga magazine Comic Rex from 2012 and has been collected in nine tankōbon volumes. Another volume containing material which predated the first Comic Rex chapter was published on May 27, 2014, as Volume 0. An anime television adaptation by Actas aired in Japan between October and December 2016, with the remaining episodes aired on February 5, 2017. A light-novel version by Kei Aramoto began with Volume 1 in August 2020.
Plot
Upon seeing someone ride on a bike, college student Ami Kurata buys a folding bike and takes up cycling with her friend Aoi Niigaki. After meeting experienced cyclists Hinako Saijo, Yayoi Ichinose, and Saki Takamiya, Ami starts going further into the world of road cycling and soon forms her own team, Fortuna.
Characters
;Ami Kurata
;Aoi Niigaki
;Hinako Saijō
;Yayoi Ichinose
;Saki Takamiya
;Miya Saeki
;Emi Kurata
;Alpaca Cycle Manager
Media
Manga
Long Riders! began as a series of comic strips which Taishi Miyake contributed to doujinshi LongRiders starting with issue 2.0 in February 2012. Throughout that year, he also published a number of web comics using the same characters. Publication of the manga version began in Comic Rex magazine from the November 2012 issue, and included a credit to the LongRiders doujinshi for draft/planning cooperation. Publication in Comic Rex ended in 2018, and resumed in Monthly Bushiroad Magazine in 2019 under the title Long Rider Stories!. Volume 0 of the collected editions contained the early strips from the LongRiders doujinshi, plus all of the web comics.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was produced by Actas. The first ten episodes aired in Japan between October 8, 2016, and, December 24, 2016, and were simulcast by Daisuki and Anime Network. After production delays on episodes 3 and 5, the TV station declined to adjust its schedule, and so the final two episodes were not aired in sequence. They were first broadcast during a marathon session on February 5, 2017. The opening theme is "♡Km/h" by Ray while the ending theme is "Happy Ice Cream!" by the principal voice actors. Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime in North America.