RideBack

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Japanese: ライドバック
English: Ride Back
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Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 12, 2009 to Mar 30, 2009
Premiered: Winter 2009
Broadcast: Mondays at 00:00 (JST)
Producers: None found, add some
Licensors: Funimation
Studios: Madhouse
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, DramaDrama, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Themes: MechaMecha, SchoolSchool
Demographic: SeinenSeinen
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.251 (scored by 2163121,631 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #31472
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #3394
Members: 49,935
Favorites: 132

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Mar 29, 2014
FunnyFunny
Rideback has perhaps the greatest drop in overall quality that I've ever seen. It starts out on the highest highs with a masterfully crafted first episode, then it slides down on the next two, still a great show with a great premise but not quite living up to the opening. Then the fourth episode drops, and the whole series falls off a cliff. From then on we get to watch our promising mech-racing show drown under all the needless drama and shoehorned war stories that nobody wanted to see. Rideback draws you in with the promise of an engaging, introspective sports series full of potentially ...
May 3, 2020
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Rideback is one of those shows that evokes an odd sense of nostalgia, but perhaps for the wrong reasons. As I write this review I think back to what about this show causes this sensation – is it the animation? No – as a kid I saw perhaps part of one episode. Is it the plot? Couldn’t be, as it wasn’t until last year that even realized this show wasn’t a typical sports flick. My best explanation is that this show is nostalgic for me due to its music, with a good OP and excellent ED that has a plethora of plays on my ...
May 2, 2018
"RideBack" tells the story of a young girl and her friends struggle against a somewhat evil government using cool transforming motorcycles with arms. This anime falls into the "so bad it's laughably good" category, so I'd only recommend this if you like to chuckle at trashy television or if you're a diehard Madhouse fan. Full review follows. It does contain minor spoilers.

Anime that use heavy CG animation tend to be easy targets, but let me start this review by saying the animation quality in this show is fantastic. During my time watching this show, I don't really remember any scenes where I thought "god I ...