Originally Posted by
darmog
Just found an older oav anime called Nasu: A Summer in Andalusia. Haven't finished it yet but looks good so far. Only a 50 min movie on a Spanish Rider riding in the Vuelta de Espana. More of a dramatic down to earth type of anime.
From Wikipedia:
directed by Kitarō Kōsaka, the famed animation supervisor of the Oscar-winning anime film Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke and long-time collaborator of Studio Ghibli, and adapted from a short 3-tankōbon manga by Iō Kuroda, entitled Nasu, which was serialized in the Afternoon manga magazine.
Kōsaka became interested in adapting the work after his long-time collaborator, Hayao Miyazaki, a fan of cycling, himself recommended the manga to Kōsaka.
Ok, Ghibli connections galore... My interest is piqued!