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Rideback (TV)



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Alternative title:
Ride Back 
ライドバック (Japanese) 
Genres: science fiction 
Themes: motorcycle 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: In a future world where an organization called the GGP has taken control of the world, Rin Ogata was a promi-and-comming ballet dancer, but suffered a serious injury and decided to quit. Years later in college she comes across a club building and soon finds herself intrigued by a transforming motorcycle like vehicle called a Rideback. She discovers that her unique ballet skills with balance and finesse make her a born natural on a Rideback. However, those same skills also get her into serious trouble with the government. 
Ratings: 1803 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 161 votes (sub:146, dub:11, raw:1, others:3
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Mandarin subtitled
)
 Excellent: 399 votes (sub:361, dub:34, raw:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Czech subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 624 votes (sub:564, dub:49, raw:2, ?:1, others:8
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Chinese mandarin subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Good: 382 votes (sub:327, dub:42, ?:3, raw:3, others:7
5 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Tagalog dubbed
)
 Decent: 143 votes (sub:108, dub:31, ?:1, others:3
3 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 40 votes (sub:38, dub:2)
 Not really good: 26 votes (sub:24, dub:2)
 Weak: 18 votes (sub:16, dub:1, raw:1)
 Bad: 8 votes (sub:5, dub:2, ?:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 2342 s, rank: #484 (of 9997)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.820 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.4092, rank: #1041 (of 10155)
Weighted mean: 7.751 (Very good−), rank: #1075 (of 10155) (seen all: 7.80 / seen some: 7.15 / won't finish: 4.67)
Bayesian estimate: 7.749 (Very good−), rank: #787 (of 7635)
Running time: half hour per episode 
Number of episodes: 12 
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2009-01-11 
Release dates: We have 3
Opening Theme:
"RIDEBACK" by MELL 
Ending Theme:
"Kioku" by Younha feat. GOKU 
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 2
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Rideback - Complete Series (BD+DVD) 2011-06-28 (from $103.97)
    Rideback - Complete Series [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2011-06-28 (from $46.35)
    RideBack - The Complete Series [S.A.V.E.] (BD+DVD) 2016-11-29 (from $22.49)
DVD (Region 2)
    Rideback - The Complete Season (DVD) 2011-10-31
DVD (Region 4)
    Rideback - Series Collection (DVD) 2011-09-14

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Atsushi Takahashi 
Series Composition:
Ken Iizuka 
Screenplay:
Ken Iizuka (eps 7-12) 
Storyboard:
Tsutomu Kamishiro (ep 11) 
Episode Director:
Kanji Wakabayashi (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 10, 12
)Yoshifumi Sueda (eps 2, 4, 8) 
Music: Takafumi Wada 
Original creator: Tetsuro Kasahara 
Character Design: Satoshi Tasaki 
Chief Animation Director: Satoshi Tasaki 
Animation Director:
Takeshi Baba (ep 6) 
Sound Director: Toshihiko Nakajima 
Cgi Director: Tomohisa Shitara 
Director of Photography: Hiroshi Saitō 

CG Animation:
Tomohisa Shitara (OP) 
Cg Artist:
Akira Suzuki (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 11-12
)Daisuke Kusaka (8 episodes
eps 1-2, 4-6, 9-11
)Yuuji Sakamoto (ep 6) 
CG Production Advacement: Amana Iida 
Color design: Satoshi Hashimoto 
Design Cooperation: Yasunori Miyazawa (ep 3) 
Editing: Takeshi Seyama 
Finishing:
Sung Hee Seo (ep 2) 
In-Between Animation:
Young Hee Jung (ep 2) 
Key Animation:
Yuuko Kamiyama (ep 1) 
Photography: Myoung Joo Kang (ep 2) 
Theme Song Arrangement: Kazuya Takase (OP) 
Theme Song Composition: Kazuya Takase (OP) 
Theme Song Lyrics: MELL (OP) 
Theme Song Performance:
Younha (ED) 
VFX Supervisor: Michiya Katō 
Nana Mizuki as Rin Ogata 
Rikiya Koyama as Tenshirou Okakura 
Romi Park as Tamayo Kataoka 

Akio Suyama as Douta Kawai 
Hidenobu Kiuchi as Ryuunosuke Kataoka 
Kazuma Horie as Kenji Ogata 
Megumi Matsumoto as Suzuri Uchida 
Megumi Toyoguchi as Shouko Uemura 
Risa Hayamizu as Misao Yokoyama 
Sanae Kobayashi as Megumi Yoda 
Shinichirō Miki as Romanof Karenbak 
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kiefer 
Yūji Ueda as Haruki Hishida 

Akiko Matsuzaki as Female Student (ep 1) 
Anri Katsu as Chimpira (ep 6) 
Asako Dodo as Female Caster 
Biichi Satō as
GGP Soldier (eps 11-12) 
Police Officer (ep 10) 
Chikara Ōsaka as Gallery (ep 3) 
Dai Matsumoto as Commander 
Fuminori Komatsu as
Demonstrator (ep 10) 
GGP Soldier (ep 11) 
Hidekatsu Shibata as Nanpuu Kataoka 
Hikaru Hanada as Male Caster 
Hiroshi Tsuchida as Munakata 
Jin Horikawa as
Caster (eps 1-2) 
SNN caster 
Kazunari Tanaka as Cobra Brother (ep 3) 
Kazutoshi Hatano as
Classmate (ep 5) 
Photographer (ep 12) 
Tennis Member B (ep 1) 
Kenta Miyake as Riki Yamamoto 
Kiyoshi Katsunuma as
Host (ep 4) 
Staff (ep 3) 
Kohei Shiotsuka as Tennis Member A (ep 1) 
Komina Matsushita as Female Student (ep 1) 
Kouji Watanabe as
Information Officer A (ep 8) 
Policeman A (ep 6) 
Signaller B (eps 11-12) 
Kunio Ida as
Demonstrator (ep 10) 
Information Officer Leader (ep 8) 
Policeman B (ep 6) 
Signaller A (eps 11-12) 
Makoto Yasumura as Akira Sato 
Masahito Yabe as Bosozoku / Motoki (ep 6) 
Michio Nakao as Editor-in-chief Suzuki 
Mie Sonozaki as Yuki Ogata 
Minoru Hirota as Robert (ep 10) 
Naoko Kōda as Miyuki Ogata 
Noriko Fujimoto as
Female Reporter (ep 4) 
Information Officer B (ep 8) 
Interviewer (ep 3) 
Nurse (ep 2) 
Ooki Sugiyama as
Cobra Brother (ep 3) 
Kizaki (eps 5-6) 
Rio Natsuki as Female Caster (ep 5) 
Saori Seto as Female Reporter (ep 4) 
Takehiro Murozono as
BMA-A (ep 4) 
Detective (ep 7) 
Takuma Suzuki as
English Teacher (ep 3) 
Runaway Leader (ep 6) 
Tamio Sobami as President (ep 1) 
Teppei Akahira as Staff (ep 1) 
Tomonori Yoshida as Student (ep 1) 
Yutaka Aoyama as Hugh Gatobu 
Yuu Amano as Classmate (ep 5) 
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Madhouse 
Backgrounds:
Studio Jack  (eps 2-3) 
Broadcaster:
Tokyo MX (2009-01-14) 
CG Production: Cyclone Graphics inc 
CG Production Cooperation:
Tatsunoko Production (eps 2-12) 
DVD Distribution: Geneon Entertainment, Inc. 
In-Between Animation:
Wao World 
Key Animation:
Triple A 
Paint:
Wish 
Photography: MADBOX 
Production:
NEC Interchannel 
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Terri Doty 
Script:
Christopher Bevins (5 episodes
eps 1, 4, 6, 9, 12
) 
Patrick Seitz (6 episodes
eps 3, 5, 7-8, 10-11
) 
Translation: Clyde Mandelin 
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga 
Producer:
Justin Cook 

ADR Engineer: Joseph Tompkins 
Assistant producer: Michael Harcourt 
Blu-Ray Authoring:
Trace Furniss 
Blu-Ray Compression:
Jacob Martin 
Blu-Ray Editor: Jeremy Jimenez 
Blu-Ray Menu Audio: Austin Black 
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Brian Pippin 
Blu-Ray Producer: Clarine Harp 
Blu-Ray Quality Control:
Rob Schindlbeck 
Commentary:
Trina Nishimura (ep 10) 
DVD Authoring:
Trace Furniss 
DVD Compression:
Jacob Martin 
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez 
DVD Menu Audio: Gino Palencia 
DVD Menu Design: Ian Bailon 
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp 
DVD Quality Control:
Rob Schindlbeck 
Head Writer: John Burgmeier 
Lead Video Engineer: Sarah Mueller 
Line Producer: Mike McFarland 
Mix Engineer: Adrian Cook 
Post-Production Assistant:
Jason Weems 
Production Assistant:
Trenton Jons 
Production Supervision: Susie Nixon 
Senior Video Editor:
Jeremy Jimenez 
Subtitling:
Jon Uzzel 
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams 
Video Editing:
Robert Bell 
Video Engineer:
Michael Rivas 
Video Post-Production Director: Brandon Tyler 
Bryan Massey as Tenshiro Okakura 
Stephanie Young as Tamayo Kataoka 
Tia Ballard as Rin Ogata 

Chris Burnett as Dota Kawai 
Cynthia Cranz as Kei Yoda 
J. Michael Tatum as Ryunosuke Kataoka 
Jason Douglas as Romanov Kalenback 
Jennifer Seman as Misawo Yokoyama 
Josh Grelle as Kenji Ogata 
Kristi Bingham as Shouko Uemura 
Micah Solusod as Haruki Hishida 
Robert McCollum as Kiefer 
Trina Nishimura as Suzuri Uchida 

Alexis Tipton as Megumi Yoda 
Bruce Carey as Yamamoto (5 episodes
eps 3-4, 6-7, 10
) 
Chris Ayres as Race Announcer (ep 3) 
Christopher Bevins as Sato (eps 4-6, 9-10) 
Cris George as Gatobu (eps 6, 8, 11-12) 
Jeff Johnson as Kizaki (eps 5-6) 
Judy Keith as Miyuki (eps 1, 6-7, 11) 
Kent Williams as Suzuki (eps 3, 5, 7) 
Leah Clark as Yuki Ogata 
Maeghan Albach as Sasaki (ep 4) 
T.A. Taylor as Nanpu Kataoka 

Alexis Tipton 
Anastasia Munoz 
Anthony Bowling 
Ben Phillips 
Bruce Carey 
Chad Halbrook 
Charles Campbell 
Chris Ayres 
Chris Cason 
Christopher Bevins 
Christopher Eastland 
Chuck Huber 
Corey Cleary-Stoner 
Cris George 
Daniel Fredrick 
Dustin Smith 
Erik Archilla 
George Manley 
Greg Dulcie 
Hilary Couch 
Ian Sinclair 
J. Michael Tatum 
James Irvin 
Jason Douglas 
Jeff Johnson 
Jeremy Inman 
Jerome Fifty-Seven 
Jerry Russell 
Joel McDonald 
John Gremillion 
John Swasey 
Jonathan Brooks 
Joseph Tompkins 
Keith Kubal 
Kenneth Thompson 
Kevin Leasure 
Kristopher Luce 
Kyle Phillips 
Lindsay Seidel 
Maeghan Albach 
Martha Harms 
Mary Morgan 
Michael Beasley 
Mike McFarland 
Monica Rial 
Newton Pittman 
R. Scott Cantrell 
Rodney Lee 
Ryan Reynolds 
Scott Barber 
Scott Freeman 
Scott Hinze 
Sean Michael Teague 
Shelton Windham 
Sonny Strait 
Stephen Hoff 
Terri Doty 
Trenton Jons 
Tyson Rinehart 
Wendy Powell 
English companies
Broadcaster: FUNimation Channel 
Distributor:
Manga Entertainment (UK & Ireland) 
Internet Streaming:
YouTube 
Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment 

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