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Ranked #1320
Real Drive

Real Drive

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: RD Senno Chosashitsu, RD Sennou Chosashitsu, RD Sennou Chousashitsu
Japanese: RD 潜脳調査室

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 8, 2008 to Sep 30, 2008
Producers: Production I.G
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi
Duration: 22 min. per episode
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 7.351 (scored by 1628 users)
Ranked: #13202
Popularity: #747
Members: 5,526
Favorites: 13
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top anime page.

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Popular Tags

cyberpunk drama sci-fi

Synopsis

2061 AD. Fifty years have passed since mankind developed the Network society. It was anticipated that this new infrastructure would realize a utopia where people connected with each other at the level of consciousness. However, new social problems such as personal data leaks and proliferation of manipulated information began to surface. Nevertheless, people still relied on the Network to exchange information, and proved unable to opt to abandon it.

In due course, a new Network realm with more effective security measures was developed. This was called Meta Real Network, usually abbreviated as "the Metal."

The Metal accommodated personal memory data within protected virtual stand-alone organic cyber enclaves called bubble shells and eventually pervaded the everyday lives of people.

However, people gradually learned to release and explode their instincts within the secure environment of the Metal. The unleashed instincts pushed each individual's consciousness to drown in the sea of information and to be exposed to the pressures of desire. Meanwhile, norms and regulations continued to bind their real world lives. Thus, strange friction between the two worlds began to manifest themselves as aberrations beyond the bounds of the imaginable.
Experts who challenged the deep sea of the Metal to investigate and decipher such aberrations were called cyber divers.

This is a story of a cyber diver, Masamichi Haru, who investigates the incidents that lie between Reality and the Metal.

(from Production I.G.)

Characters & Voice Actors

Aoi, Minamo
Aoi, Minamo
Main
Oki, Kanae
Japanese
Oki, Kanae
Kushima, Eiichirou
Kushima, Eiichirou
Main
Fujiwara, Keiji
Japanese
Fujiwara, Keiji
Masamichi, Haru
Masamichi, Haru
Main
Mori, Katsuji
Japanese
Mori, Katsuji
Holon
Holon
Supporting
Kawasumi, Ayako
Japanese
Kawasumi, Ayako

Staff

Furuhashi, Kazuhiro
Director
Ando, Masahiro
Storyboard
LAST ALLIANCE
Theme Song Arrangement, Theme Song Performance
Matsumoto, Norio
Key Animation


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Dec 11, 2008
Akaike
RD is a sci fi/cyberpunk anime that is highly reminiscent of Ghost in the shell. It also sends out the same message in regards to a person's humanity (what is it that makes us human?) and the overall effects of humanity on the world around us. Real Drive is probably one of the more "ethical" animes that I have seen recently.

The show comes with a variety of characters, including androids and "cyber-brained" people. So, unless it's watched from very early on, you can easily confuse between the two. I doubt that this is the sort of anime that you can start read more
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Nov 6, 2008
mecorx
Okay, so after having just completed the whole anime series and seeing that, of the people who wrote reviews, nobody had seen the entire thing prior to writing the them. I have decided to write this! Please be aware, this review details the nature of the various elements of the anime, it does not specifically reference any parts of the anime. I don't think describing an anime is called spoiling, or is it? If so, I apologize, please tell me how to better censor myself in the future.

Without further ado, the review:

This is really one of those Anime that goes into extensive detail to get read more
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Recommendations

Real Drive sometimes focuses on Androids, especially characters such as Holon. Eve no Jikan is a series that centres on humanoid androids and their place in modern society as well as their own desires, and occasionally some parallels can be seen. Eve no Jikan is worth a watch if you enjoy the Android aspect of Real Drive or any other similarly themed anime.
Great works from I.G Productions. Both have great animation and developed characters. Those are must-watch series if you like mystery, supernatural and sci-fi stories.

Opening Theme

"Wanderland" by 9mm Parabellum Bullet

Ending Theme

"Katahiza no Yogore (片膝の汚れ)" by Last Alliance

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