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Fields	USA Info	Japanese Info	Image
Title	Idaten Jump	Idaten Jump(韋駄天翔)("Great runner Sho")
· · ·		Great runner Sho
Released	52 TV episodes	52 TV episodes
Dates	December 7, 2006	Oct 1, 2005–Sept 30, 2006
· · ·	January 9, 2007(Canada)
Company	Trans Arts, Production IG(computer effects)	Trans Arts, Production IG(computer effects)
Creator
Director		Takayuki Hamana
Genre	Adventure, Sports	Adventure, Sports
Characters	Arthur
· · ·	Ayumu Yamato
· · ·	Gabu Samejima
· · ·	Hosuke
· · ·	-- more listed below --	-- more listed below --

Last I checked, this anime seemed to be unavailable, but you could check again at the online stores to be sure.

Originally a comic created by Toshihiro Fujiwara and serialized in Comic BomBom, Idaten Jump is about the journey of a young MTB rider named Sho Yamato and his two friends, Kakeru Sakamaki and Makoto Shido, through the strange-yet-very-similar-to-our's world known as the X-Zone; ironically the same name as where Sho spent many days with his father that had passed away AS WELL AS the place where their cookey adventure begins.

Now, in order for Sho, Kakeru, and Makoto to return home, Sho must race in many Idaten Battles (ironically named, seeing as there really isn't any fighting during the races unless you count bad-mouthing) and win to collect 10 emblems (which are the pentagon-shaped things on the front of the riders' bikes) from their opposing teams. The Idaten Battles take place on various courses, such as ghost towns, volcanos, ancient ruins, deserts, and snow-topped mountains. Will the trio make it home? Or will they be stuck in the X-Zone forever?

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• Itdaten Jump Official Website