2025 • TMDB 7.8 • 1h 47m • Animation, Drama
Overview
In elementary school, Togashi is the fastest boy on the track, a natural sprinter who runs because it is simply what he does best. Komiya, his classmate, is anything but fast, yet he refuses to accept that his limits are fixed. When Komiya asks Togashi to teach him how to run, the gifted boy agrees without thinking twice, unaware that he is shaping his own greatest rival. Over the years that follow, from childhood into adulthood, their friendship is tested again and again on the starting line, where a race is decided in seconds and a lifetime of effort comes down to a few centimeters. Directed by Kenji Iwaisawa and adapted from Uoto’s manga, 100 Meters follows two boys who keep meeting at full speed, each pushing the other further than he could ever go alone. Its hand-drawn, rotoscope-influenced animation gives every stride weight, turning sprinting into something intimate and emotional rather than just a contest of speed.
Director and Main Cast
100 Meters is directed by Kenji Iwaisawa, with a screenplay by Yasuyuki Muto, based on the manga by Uoto, the creator of Orb: On the Movements of the Earth. Tori Matsuzaka voices Togashi, Shota Sometani voices Komiya, and the supporting cast includes Yuma Uchida as Kabaki, Koki Uchiyama as Zaitsu, Kenjiro Tsuda as Kaido, Jun Kasama as Nigami, and Rie Takahashi as Asakusa.
Film Snapshot
100 Meters premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 9, 2025, before opening in Japanese theaters on September 19, 2025. In the United States, it premiered at Beyond Fest on October 5, 2025, played in limited theatrical release from October 8, 2025 in New York City and October 10, 2025 in Los Angeles, and expanded theatrically on October 12, 2025. The film arrived on Netflix on December 31, 2025, and has grossed about $3.6 million worldwide.
Why Watch 100 Meters?
Most sports films celebrate winning; 100 Meters is more interested in what rivalry does to a friendship. Togashi and Komiya need each other to become who they are, and the film never lets either of them off the hook for that. Iwaisawa’s animation style, loose, physical, and strikingly human, makes the running itself feel like an argument, a confession, and a reunion all at once. At under two hours, it is a compact, quietly devastating story about talent, effort, and the people who make us faster.
Trailer
Watch the official trailer on YouTube: 100 METERS | Official Trailer | Netflix
Where to Watch
In the US, 100 Meters streams on Netflix, including with ads. Availability was checked against JustWatch US listings on October 30, 2026, and may change over time.
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