Run with the Wind (2018)

10/03/2018 (JP) • 23m

Animation, Drama, Comedy

Overview

Kakeru, a former elite runner at high school, is chased for stealing food. He is saved by Kansei University student Haiji, who is also a runner. Haiji persuades Kakeru to live in the old apartment "Chikuseisou" where he plans to team up with fellow residents to enter Hakone Ekiden Marathon, one of the most prominent university races in Japan. Kakeru soon finds out that all of the residents except for Haiji and himself are complete novices.

Top Billed Cast

Takeo Otsuka

Kakeru Kurahara (voice)

23 Episodes

Toshiyuki Toyonaga

Haiji Kiyose (voice)

23 Episodes

Miyu Irino

Akane Kashiwazaki (voice)

23 Episodes

Hideaki Kabumoto

Musa Kamala (voice)

23 Episodes

Takanori Hoshino

Akihiro Hirata (voice)

23 Episodes

Riki Kitazawa

Youhei Sakaguchi (voice)

23 Episodes

Yuto Uemura

Joujirou Kizuki (voice)

23 Episodes

Kazuyuki Okitsu

Yukihiko Iwakura (voice)

23 Episodes

Koki Uchiyama

Takashi Sugiyama (voice)

23 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

2018 | 23 Episodes

Former ace runner Kakeru grudgingly returns to the sport when college senior Haiji recruits him to an unlikely team with one goal: the Hakoden relay.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

Japanese

Keywords

competition

based on novel or book

training

dormitory

sports

rivalry

tournament

bromance

track and field

high school rivalry

school life

seinen

anime

school club

prodigy

japanese high school

bukatsu

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