Real Drive
RD SENNO Chōsashitsu (Japanese RD潜 脳 调查 室), also commonly referred to as Real Drive, is the title of a Japanese anime television series. Parallel to the still ongoing series an eponymous drawn from Momotaro Miyano adaptation as manga is published.
Action
End of 2012, the researchers Eiichiro Kushima leads (久 岛 永 一 朗, Kushima Eiichiro ), various experiments on a new system for the networked society by. Since many of the principles of the system are related to diving, he, together with the diver and friend Masamichi Haru (波 留 真理, Masamichi Haru ) different experiments. In one of these trials, however, there is a serious incident in which Masamichi, often called Haru, is seriously injured and wakes up only about 50 years later in 2061 again. He is now an old man, 81 years old and can move only by a wheelchair. He receives support from Holon (ホロン, Horon ) - a female looking android - and the just arrived on the island 15 years old schoolgirl Aoi Minamo (蒼井 ミナモ, Aoi Minamo ).
Since then, he awoke from a coma humanity has changed completely, because most people are by an implant with the Meta -Real Network (also referred to simply as metal ) in connection, which enables them to share information, thoughts and also feelings and emotions with each other. Controls and monitors, this network is called by an organization, the EISF. In the thus created virtual worlds that people can immerse themselves in order to learn about all sorts of things and try them out. Haru on the other hand initially refuses this network, even though he has the appropriate implant for 50 years. Minamo, however, received no implant, making it quite hard making her part in a world of networking your way. Yet she always tries her best and make it in an incident to restore the power of the island, without which the patient and the dependent from the network people would have died. She was accompanied by Haru, who immerses the first time in 50 years in the metal and thus recovering some of its vitality.
From this point of view, starting many smaller procedural sections are told that accompany Minamo and Haru in their daily lives. It now functions as Haru Cyber Diver of various offenses and phenomena within this network examined on behalf of EISF is involved again in the real world into the Minamo. They are not only supported by Holon but also by Minamos older brother Sota Aoi (蒼井 ソウタ, Aoi SOTA ). This is also an employee of EISF and fixated on martial arts. So he trained repeatedly with Holon, which it is, however, inferior in most battles, which is, ultimately, it established that he has a real woman looks in Holon, which he can not give the final blow or kick.
After that was given to Amusing a sufficiently deep insight into the fictional world through the individual episodes, a final act closes on. In this attempt, some influential persons who have previously repeatedly directed parts of the act, a newly developed technology to control the climate in the world. While not acting in bad faith, they come with Eiichiro Kushima in conflict, which is deprived as a result of a robbery of his artificial brain and died. However, part of his personality lives on in the Metal. Together try to sabotage by Dr. Kushima due to concerns never commissioned system, the people in the circle of friends of Minamo. There they succeed but not to prevent their start and it carves a global catastrophe on. However, Haru Masamichi can track the remaining remnants of Eiichiro and find a way through it the river of the seas, or restore the inner rhythm of the earth.
After the credits of the final episode, a short scene will be shown where the Minamo near the beach in emerging Haru again finds young figure.
Conception
With RD SENNO Chōsashitsu Masamune Shirow continues the ideas from the ghost -in-the - shell universe and formed again a world in which people through a global network are connected to each other, which also harbors but not predictable hazards.
When character design especially the female characters play a special role since 2061 thicker women represent the ideal of beauty in the year. Since they make up almost all the female characters who are well-proportioned, there was very divided reactions among viewers and fans of the series.
Formation and Publications
Anime
The series was co-created by Production IG, the famous mangaka Masamune Shirow and the largest private, Japanese television Nippon Television Network Corporation ( NTV ). Masamune worked with Production IG, the concept of the series out that by Production IG was filmed under the direction of director Kazuhiro Furuhashi. Among the previous works of the director included, among other reactions of the anime Amatsuki, Chevalier: Le Chevalier D' Eon, Rurouni Kenshin and You're Under Arrest! . For the screenshots Junichi Fujisaku was responsible for the previously director of Blood and the author of many episodes of Ghost in the Shell: SAC Solid State Society was. The appearance of the characters designed by the mangaka Tetsuro Ueyama. The music used within the series was produced by Yoshihisa Hirano and Hideki Taniuchi.
Since 8 April 2008, the series ran weekly on the channels NTV, GyaO and Sapporo Television Broadcasting. About a month later, on 9 May 2008, Animax also began airing the series. The broadcast of the series, scheduled for 26 episodes ended on 30 September 2008.
The series was released on DVD as of August 27, 2008. Of which have been published 3 issues, each involving two consequences.
Voice actors:
Manga
Since 26 April 2008, the manga is published within the published by Kodansha Magazine Z. The first tankōbon edition RD SENNO Chōsashitsu ( 1) (RD潜 脳 调查 室(1)), subscribed by Momotaro Miyano Mangas, published on 22 August 2008 and summarized previously summarized published in the magazine single chapter.
With Chokkan shōjo Minamo - RD SENNO Chōsashitsu (直 感 少女 ☆ ミナモ~ RD潜 脳 调查 室~ ) was introduced on 22 August 2008 an offshoot of the manga, which is offered by the publisher Mag Garden. The first edition of it was offered online for free.
Light Novel
On 4 August 2008 the light novel RD SENNO Chōsashitsu appeared: Redeemable Dream ( RD潜 脳 调查 室Redeemable Dream), which was written by Yoshinobu Akita.
Music
Based on the music of the anime series Album RD SENNO Chōsashitsu was on 27 August 2008: Original Soundtrack ( RD潜 脳 調査 室 オリジナル·サウンド トラック) published. On the comprehensive two CD album, a total of 65 different pieces of music, whose average length is slightly more than two minutes were. In addition to many background music pieces from the anime also the title of 9mm Parabellum Bullet and Last Alliance are included.