Idaten Jump

Idaten Jump
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Sho Yamato
IDATEN翔
(Idaten Janpu)
GenreIsekai, sports
Manga
Written byToshihiro Fujiwara
Published byKodansha
MagazineComic BomBom
DemographicShōnen
Original run20052006
Volumes5
Anime television series
Directed byTakayuki Hamana
Produced byFukashi Azuma
Tomoko Gushima
Shinsaku Hatta
Kaori Yonashiro
Written byFumihiko Shimo
Music byYasuharu Takanashi
StudioTrans Arts
Licensed by
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo)
English network
Original run October 1, 2005 September 30, 2006
Episodes52

Idaten Jump (Japanese: IDATEN翔 / 韋駄天翔, Hepburn: Idaten Shō) is a Japanese manga series created by Toshihiro Fujiwara. It was serialized in Kodansha's Comic BomBom. The manga tells the story about a boy named Sho Yamato who loves mountain biking. It was adapted into a 52-episode anime series produced by Aniplex, TV Tokyo and TV Tokyo MediaNet, animated by Trans Arts and directed by Takayuki Hamana, with Fumihiko Shimo writing the scripts, Miyako Yatsu designing the characters and Yasuharu Takanashi composing the music. It aired from October 1, 2005, to September 30, 2006. A toyline was also made by Tomy.