I have been watching a little bit more anime recently, because a friend of mine recommended a few series. So this is what I was watching.
Over Drive
I’ve always liked sports series so I was happy to find this one. This time it’s all about cycling. A young student joins a bicycle club at school and turns out to be a very talented rider although he says that he never rode a bike before. The club joins a race in Japan which drags on for almost 10 episodes. That’s basically it. It’s all about enthusiasm for something and following a dream. The usual anime story line. Because this series is about cycling I thought there might be some hints for performance enhancing drugs but that has been left out completly. Instead the Tour de France is the hot topic here and it’s still the pure and marvellous event it used to be. (more…)