street racing, but also circuit racing while learning mechanics, independence, and other life lessons. Characters Main characters Supporting characters TEAM39 TEAM39 is the name for the staff who collaborated with Yamaguchi on the manga. Yuji Matsuda (松田勇次) - Co-screenplay writer & technical writer Iwami Yoshiro (岩見吉郎) - Co-screenplay writer Akihiko Tajima (田島昭彦) - Mac Design Hiroto Hirose (広瀬直人) - Editor Media Manga Over Rev! Manga Original Japanese Release – 31 Volumes (1997–2004) Over Rev! Manga Japanese Re-release – 15 Volumes (2008–2009) The original tankōbon manga of the series was created by Katsumi Yamaguchi (山口かつみ) and Team39. It began serialization in seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Sunday and has a total of 31 volumes that were released between May 1997 and November 2004. The manga cover art contains the main characters and featured cars. In 2008, the manga collection was re-released in bunkoban format, which maintained the same story, but with thicker volumes with a total of 15 volumes and different cover art with a black background that focused only on the featured cars. Over Rev! was officially published in traditional Chinese (title: 極速傳說) and Indonesian by Comics World (Hong Kong) and Level Comics, respectively. Sequel On March 14, 2019, a manga sequel called was released online with its first chapter. The setting takes place 10 years after Ryoko returns to Japan and meets a new character named Moto, a high school girl who also loves cars. Live action film The series was adapted into live action film and was released as direct to video (V-Cinema), starring Chika Mitsubayashi (三林千夏) as Ryoko Shino. The movie began its rental release on April 26, 2001 and only available on VHS. It was directed by Atsushi Muroga, who also directed the 2009 Wangan Midnight live action film that is also based on street racing manga with the same name. CD drama Bandai Music Entertainment released a 46-minute CD drama of the manga series on April 21, 1999. Cast Yukiko Mannaka as Ryoko Shino Michiko Neya as Sawako Morita Kumiko Nishihara as Aika Katayama Nana Mizuki as Sari Tachibana Atsushi Kisaichi as Toru Takeuchi Toshiyuki Morikawa as Takao Takeuchi Track listing Chapter 1: これからの助走 Chapter 2: こんなんじゃ迷走 Chapter 3: このまんま疾走 Chapter 4: あたしのスタートライン Anime and OVA There were plans for an anime and original video animation (OVA) adaptation of the manga. Takao Yoshioka, most known for his work on other anime such as Your Lie