anime television series is produced by Production I.G.

and directed by Susumu Mitsunaka, with Taku Kishimoto handling series composition, Takahiro Kishida providing character designs, and Yuki Hayashi and Asami Tachibana composed the music.

[2] It adapted the "Tokyo Expedition" (chapters 72–96) and the first half of "Spring High Preliminary" (chapters 97–149) story arcs from the original manga series of the same name written by Haruichi Furudate.

From episodes 1 through 13, the opening theme song is "I'm a Believer" by Spyair,[4] while the ending theme song is "Climber" by Galileo Galilei.

[3] From episodes 14 through 25, the opening theme song is "Fly High" by Burnout Syndromes,[5] while the ending theme song is "Hatsunetsu (Fever)" (発熱 - はつねつ) by Tacica.