Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru
English title: Run with the Wind
Japanese title: 風が強く吹いている
Alternative titles: Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuite Iru, Kazetsuyo
Type: TV
Source: Novel
Episodes: 23
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 3, 2018 to Mar 27, 2019
Broadcast: Wednesdays at 01:29 (JST)
Duration: 23 min per ep
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Studios: Production I.G
Producers: Movic, Nippon Television Network, TOHO animation, Toy's Factory, Cygames, Yomiuri Shimbun, MediaLink Entertainment Limited
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Genres: Drama, Sports
Themes: Adult Cast, Racing

Former ace runner of Sendai Josei High School, Kakeru Kurahara is chased away from a convenience store for shoplifting. Shaking off his pursuer, he runs into Haiji Kiyose, another student from his university. Haiji is impressed by Kakeru's agility and persuades him to live in Chikusei-sou, the run-down apartment where Haiji resides along with eight other students. Having lost his entire apartment deposit at a mahjong parlor, Kakeru accepts the offer reluctantly.

However, Haiji reveals a secret during Kakeru's welcoming party: the apartment is actually the dormitory of the Kansei University Track Club. He unveils his ultimate goal of participating in the Hakone Ekiden—one of the most prominent university marathon relay races in Japan. Unfortunately, all the residents apart from Haiji and Kakeru are complete running novices. Worse still, none of the inhabitants are even remotely interested in being involved with Haiji's ridiculous plan! With only months before the deadline, will the fourth-year student be able to convince them otherwise and realize his elusive dream of running in the Hakone Ekiden?

[Written by MAL Rewrite]