The currently airing fifth season of Yowamushi Pedal has made way for both rugby and soccer throughout its run, but now the series gets to take a proper, well-deserved break for the holidays. Episode 11, which was originally due to broadcast on Sunday, January 1, will now air on January 8 due to being replaced by the "Old Year, New Year" program on NHK.

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Based on the manga by Wataru Watanabe, Yowamushi Pedal Limit Break is directed by Osamu Nabeshima (D.Gray-man) at studio TMS Entertainment, with scripts by Kurasumi Sunayama (86 EIGHTY-SIX) and character designs by Yukiko Ban (Fruits Basket chief animation director).

If you're a fan of blood-pumping sports anime, check out the previous two seasons or the currently airing fifth of Yowamushi Pedal, right here on Crunchyroll!

With the team's combined strength, the Sohoku High bicycle racing club beat reigning champions Hakone Academy at the Interhigh national race and achieved an impressive overall victory. Now that their hot summer has ended and third-years Kinjou, Makishima, and Tadokoro have retired from the team, first-year participants in the Interhigh Onoda Sakamichi, Imaizumi Shunsuke, and Naruko Shoukichi, along with their new captain second-year Teshima Junta and vice-captain Aoyagi Hajime begin preparing as a "new team" for their second consecutive championship at the next Interhigh.

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