Haiji persuades Kakeru to live in the old dormitory "Chikusei-so" where he plans to team up with fellow residents to enter the Hakone Ekiden relay marathon, one of the most prominent university races in Japan.

[1] An anime television series adaptation premiered from October 2, 2018 to March 26, 2019, and was broadcast on NTV, SDT, YTV and BS-NTV.

[1][16] The series is directed by Kazuya Nomura and written by Kohei Kiyasu, with animation by Production I.G.

[1] The series' character designs are provided by Takahiro Chiba and the music is composed by Yuki Hayashi.

A two-disc soundtrack album published by Toho Animation Records was released on December 19, 2018 with a total of 51 tracks.