The manga has also inspired two anime compilation films, as well as an anime film with an original story, the latter of which opened in August 2015.
Manga news website Comic Natalie revealed the main staff for the upcoming live-action drama of Wataru Watanabe’s Yowamushi Pedal manga on Thursday.
The Spare Bike spinoff will also receive an anime adaptation with a two-week run in theaters this September.
Wataru Watanabe launched the manga in Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine in 2008, and the story inspired stage plays, two television anime adaptations, and a spinoff manga, Yowamushi Pedal: Spare Bike.