# Overtake!

Overtake! (Japanese: オーバーテイク!, Hepburn: Ōbāteiku!) is an original Japanese anime television series about the F4 Japanese Championship produced by Kadokawa Corporation and animated by Troyca. It is directed by Ei Aoki and written by Ayumi Sekine, and aired from October to December 2023.

## Characters
### Main characters
#### Haruka Asahina (浅雛 悠, Asahina Haruka)

    Voiced by: Anan Furuya, Kana Ichinose (childhood)
    A Formula 4 driver with Komaki Motors who is a quiet high school student.

#### Kouya Madoka (眞賀 孝哉, Madoka Kouya)

    Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi
    A freelancer photographer. He finds himself in a slump due to a certain reason.

### Komaki Motors
#### Kotarou Komaki (小牧 錮太郎, Komaki Kotarou)

    Voiced by: Tasuku Hatanaka
    The mechanic of Komaki Motors. He grew up like a close brother to Haruka.

#### Futoshi Komaki (小牧 太, Komaki Futoshi)

    Voiced by: Kenta Sasa
    The team owner of Komaki Motors, a small privateer team. Father of Kotarou.

### Belsorriso
#### Satsuki Harunaga (春永 早月, Harunaga Satsuki)

    Voiced by: Kengo Kawanishi
    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 James Hunt.

#### Toshiki Tokumaru (徳丸 俊軌, Tokumaru Toshiki)

    Voiced by: Taku Yashiro
    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.

#### Alice Mitsuzawa (蜜澤 亜梨子, Mitsuzawa Arisu)

    Voiced by: Reina Ueda
    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.

#### Kyousuke Ena (笑生 教典, E'na Kyousuke)

    Voiced by: Masayuki Katō
    The team owner of Belsorriso.
    Though the team itself is focused on the Super GT'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
#### Saeko Yukihira (雪平 冴子, Yukihira Saeko)

    Voiced by: Ayumi Tsunematsu
    The chief editor of "Monthly Kyouka", a fashion magazine 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

Overtake! is produced by Kadokawa Corporation and animated by Troyca. Naoki Hattori 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 Takako Shimura, 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 VTuber Kanae, while the ending theme song is "Good Luck" by Tasuku Hatanaka. The series aired from October 1 to December 17, 2023, on AT-X and other networks.
Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia. Medialink licensed the series in South, Southeast Asia and Oceania (except Australia and New Zealand) and will be streamed on YouTube 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

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original air date |
| 1 | "The Man Who Races" Transliteration: "Hashiru Otoko" (Japanese: 走る男 ―I don't need to be cheered on.―) | Ei Aoki Shuu Watanabe | Ayumi Sekine | Ei Aoki | October 1, 2023 (2023-10-01) |
| 2 | "Enthusiasm and Spirit" Transliteration: "Nori to Ikioi" (Japanese: ノリと勢い ―Told ya, roller coaster.―) | Makoto Katō | Ayumi Sekine | Makoto Katō Ei Aoki Hitomi Ezoe | October 8, 2023 (2023-10-08) |
| 3 | "How Many Kilometers to the Winner's Podium?" Transliteration: "Hyōshōdai Made nan Kiromētoru?" (Japanese: 表彰台まで何キロメートル？ ―Why?―) | Kai Hasako | Ayumi Sekine | Kai Hasako Ei Aoki | October 15, 2023 (2023-10-15) |
| 4 | "Pasts and Regrets" Transliteration: "Kako to Kōkai" (Japanese: 過去と後悔 ―His good points? Don't ask me.―) | Shōtarō Kitamura | Ayumi Sekine | Shōtarō Kitamura | October 22, 2023 (2023-10-22) |
| 5 | "Chariots of Fire" Transliteration: "Honō no Rannā" (Japanese: 炎のランナー ―It's just luck.―) | Shōko Shiga | Ayumi Sekine Ei Aoki | Ranzaki Akari Shōko Shiga Ei Aoki | October 29, 2023 (2023-10-29) |
| 6 | "Suzuka, Rain" Transliteration: "Suzuka, Ame" (Japanese: 鈴鹿、雨 ―I don't want you to race.―) | Shuu Watanabe | Ayumi Sekine | Hiroki Hayashi | November 5, 2023 (2023-11-05) |
| 7 | "Underexposure" Transliteration: "Roshutsu Andā" (Japanese: 露出アンダー ―What I really feel…―) | Takayuki Kuriyama | Ayumi Sekine | Kai Hasako Ei Aoki Takayuki Kuriyama | November 12, 2023 (2023-11-12) |
| 8 | "Birds of a Feather" Transliteration: "Onajiana no Mujinatachi" (Japanese: 同じ穴のムジナたち ―Y’know what makes a fast driver？―) | Himari Tamagawa | Katsuhiko Takayama | Hiroki Hayashi | November 19, 2023 (2023-11-19) |
| 9 | "The Day of the Disaster" Transliteration: "Wazawai Wazawai no Hi" (Japanese: 厄災の日 ―What really happened？―) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | November 26, 2023 (2023-11-26) |
| 10 | "Never Say Never" Transliteration: "Nebā Sei Nebā" (Japanese: ネバー・セイ・ネバー ―It's gonna be a long race.―) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | December 3, 2023 (2023-12-03) |
| 11 | "Hop→ Step→" Transliteration: "Hoppu → Suteppu→" (Japanese: ホップ→ステップ→ ―Godspeed! Psych！―) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | December 10, 2023 (2023-12-10) |
| 12 | "Overtake" Transliteration: "Obāteiku" (Japanese: オーバーテイク ―Do your best ! ―) | Unknown | Unknown | TBA | December 17, 2023 (2023-12-17) |