Yowamushi Pedal: New Generation Anime Premieres on January 9

The official website for the Yowamushi Pedal anime revealed on Thursday that Yowamushi Pedal: New Generation, the third anime season based on Wataru Watanabe's original manga, will premiere on January 9 at 25:35 (effectively on January 10 at 1:35 a.m.) on TV Tokyo. The timeslot is the same as the previous two seasons of the anime.

Osamu Nabeshima is returning to direct the series and Kurasumi Sunayama (Bakuon!!), who worked on scripts for the first two seasons, is taking over series composition. Yukiko Ban (Yowamushi Pedal movie) is designing the characters and Hiroyuki Horiuchi is designing the bikes. Kan Sawada is returning to compose the music. TMS Entertainment is again producing the animation.

The story of the third season is set after the previous two seasons and the August 2015 film, and after the previous third-year students have graduated.​