90 Minutes: Story Of A Legend

90 Minutes: Story Of A Legend is a Japanese animated television series produced by Studio Acesky. It is created by the director/writer team of Yashiro Toichi and Himura Joben, who previously directed/wrote Grand Prix Stories and the subsequently film. It is another sports show, now focusing on a coming of age sports drama show. It will be animated by Shibuya Corps and Studio Pigeon and produced by Studio Acesky.

Kirishima Zeshin acts as the producer for the first season on behalf of Studio Acesky.

Development
Development started when Yashiro Toichi and Himura Joben ended production of the GPS film, they began a short hiatus while they went on vacation to Europe, to mainly watch various Association Football matches, and interview some of the players for a future project.

After the vacation, they went to Acesky to get some partial funding for the project, of which they accepted in turn for production and Japanese distribution rights. The two agreed and Acesky approached Shibuya Corps and Studio Pigeon to animate the project.

Writing, storyboarding, and in between cuts were done from September 2021 to March 2022. Main animation and key animation started to take place in March 2022 and supposed to end when production ends.

At New York City Comic Con, it was announced that Comet Distribution has picked up Asian distribution and broadcasting rights, and the first episode will air in December of 2022. The show will last 89 episodes with a theatrical film acting as the series finale.

Broadcasting
AnimeCore in Japan and South Korea has picked up the series for East Asia broadcasting.

Licensing
Firebasket Media Publishing & Distribution has picked up the anime for global distribution.