Over one year after the initial announcement in August 2015, manga artist Noriyuki Matsumoto confirmed on his official Twitter yesterday that a TV anime adaptation of his Minami Kamakura Koukou Joshi Jitensha-Bu/Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club series is finally set for a premiere in January 2017.

Production materials of the upcoming TV anime will be displayed at the booth (No.3-67) of the anime's production committee in the Cycle Mode International 2016 event to be held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture on November 4-6. Acoording to Matsumoto, more detailed announcements are expected to be revealed there. Susumu Kudo (Mardock Scramble) is currently confirmed to direct, alongside scenario writer Kurasumi Sunayama (Bakuon!!).

The manga has been serialized in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Blade since its August 2011 issue, and

currently eight tankobon volumes are available. The story follows high school girl Hiromi Maiharu, who

transferred from Nagasaki to Kamakura. She needs to go to her new school by bicycle, but she almost

forgets how to ride on. With the help of Tomoe Akitsuki, she gradually becomes able to ride on safely,

then decides to join the Girls Cycling Club.

Manga 1st and 8th tankobon covers

Source: Noriyuki Matsumoto Twitter