is an original Japanese

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television series about the

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produced by

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and animated by

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. It is directed by

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and written by Ayumi Sekine, and aired from October to December 2023.

Characters

Main characters

; : :A Formula 4 driver with Komaki Motors who is a quiet high school student. ; : : A freelance photographer. He finds himself in a slump due to a certain reason.

Komaki Motors

; : : The mechanic of Komaki Motors. He grew up like a close brother to Haruka. ; : : The team owner of Komaki Motors, a small privateer team. Father of Kotarou.

Belsorriso

; : : The first driver of the Belsorriso's F4 team. : A cheerful and talented driver who already has many female fans. His talent is highly praised, and Ena is developing him to move up to F3 and then F2. He admires the former F1 driver

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. ; : : The second driver of the Belsorriso's F4 team. : He is considered to have the same potential as Satsuki. But having crushed into Haruka's car during his driver's audition by the team, it led to him being hired as Satsuki's support driver. Thus, he is not satisfied with the role, and has a grudge against Haruka. ; : : A grid girl of Belsorriso. She admires Satsuki but is too shy to talk with him without being embarrassed. : She is a childhood friend of Kotarou and attends the same high school as him and Haruka. Thus, she also supports Komaki Motors. ; : : The team owner of Belsorriso. : Though the team itself is focused on the

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's GT500 and GT300 classes, Ena is passionate about developing young drivers and leads the F4 team himself. : Also, he highly appreciated Kouya's abilities as a photographer, and kindly informs him about F4.

Others

; : : The chief editor of "Monthly Kyouka", a

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for women. She is the ex-wife of Kouya, and helps him recover from his trauma by supporting him with offering him work. : She introduces "Mikazuki", a beverage company, to Komaki Motors as a sponsor.

Production

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and animated by

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assisted Troyca in the production of the anime by ensuring scenes of F4 racing are portrayed as realistic as possible. Original character designs were provided by

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, while Masako Matsumoto adapted the designs for animation. Katsuhiko Takayama is credited for supervision. Kana Utatane composed the music. The opening theme song, "Tailwind", is performed by the

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Kanae, while the ending theme song is "Good Luck" by

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. The series aired from October 1 to December 17, 2023, on AT-X and other networks.

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licensed the series outside of Asia.

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licensed the series in South, Southeast Asia and Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand) and will be streamed on

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via Ani-One Asia. All of the episodes will be publicly screened at Tachikawa Cinema City, with Ei Aoki and Anan Furuya, as guests on February 24, 2024. The first home video volume was released on December 22, 2023; the second on January 24, 2024; and the third and final one on February 28 of the same year.

Episodes

Notes

References

External links

Anime official website
* {{Troyca Animated television series about auto racing Anime with original screenplays AT-X (TV network) original programming Crunchyroll anime Medialink Motorsports in anime and manga Troyca