Main Title | RD Sennou Chousashitsu (a5538) |
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Official Title | javerified |
Official Title | ko |
Synonym | RD 潜脑调查室, Real Drive |
Short | RD |
First off, the good points of the show: good science fiction episodic plots about androids and the "Metal", which is this series equivalent of cyberspace, or whatever you wanna call the full immersion type of internet present in Ghost in the Shell. The show's structure is similar to GitS: SAC, consisting mostly of self contained episodic stories and one major story arc that develops throughout the season. This show is, however, more light hearted than SAC and I wouldn't categorize it as cyberpunk (both of these aren't issues).
Now for the bad... The science fiction part of the show has an environmental focus. And how they talk about the environment is what I find troubling. The show talks about the "Earth's biorythm" (which is not a real thing) and about how understanding it, alongside human "intuition", is key to learning about how the environment behaves. Nowadays scientists have reached a consensus on what causes climate change, and that consensus has reached the mainstream. The burning of fossil fuels is the biggest contributing factor to climate change. I understand this show was made in 2008, so climate change wasn't as much of a big topic in the mainstream as it is nowadays, but I still find it problematic. So that aspect got in the way of my enjoyment of the show's main story arc. This aspect contributes to making the first 2 or 3 episodes of this show harder to watch, alongside the fact that in the beginning the show is very cryptic and unclear about how all of this biorhythm and intuition business works and why we should care about it. However, towards the end of the show, there is some political intrigue involving one party with private interests and another that actually cares about the environment, which to the series favor is actually very true to the real world, and not only that but is also entertaining.
Also the two main characters are very one-dimensional and don't get much development throughout the show. Some secondary characters do get developed though, and well enough.
So in conclusion, the good episodic stories and the political intrigue make up for some of the other lackluster aspects of the show. If you watched GitS: SAC and are looking for something else like it, you may find it here, although this show is not nearly as good as SAC.
Relation | Song | in Episodes | Rating | Credit | Staff | Comment |
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opening | Wanderland | N/A (2) | Vocals/Performed by (歌手) | 9mm Parabellum Bullet
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Lyrics (作詞) | Sugawara Takurou
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Music Composition (作曲) | Taki Yoshimitsu
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ending | Katahiza no Yogore | N/A (1) | Vocals/Performed by (歌手) | Last Alliance
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Lyrics (作詞) | Matsumura Takahiko
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Music Composition (作曲) | Matsumura Takahiko
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Music Arrangement (編曲) | Last Alliance
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insert song | Jikan yo Tomare | 13 | N/A (0) | Vocals/Performed by (歌手) | Yazawa Eikichi
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Lyrics (作詞) | Yamakawa Keisuke
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Music Composition (作曲) | Yazawa Eikichi
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Dive to You | 14 | N/A (0) | Vocals/Performed by (歌手) | Oki Kanae
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Lyrics (作詞) | Karen
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Music Composition (作曲) | Hirano Yoshihisa
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Last Update |
Name |
State |
N |
Episodes |
HE |
SP |
Languages |
Source |
Rating |
Cmts |
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14.11.2019 | Foxy-Subs |
complete | 26 | 0 | ja it | HDTV | N/A (0) | 0 | ||
18.09.2016 | Requiem |
complete | 26 | 0 | ja fr | HDTV | N/A (2) | 0 | ||
04.04.2011 | SS-A |
complete | 26 | 0 | ja el | HDTV | N/A (3) | 0 | ||
04.04.2009 | MDAN |
complete | 26 | 0 | ja pt-BR | DTV, HDTV | N/A (2) | 0 | ||
11.03.2009 | s4u |
complete | 26 | 0 | ja de | DTV, HDTV | N/A (4) | 0 | ||
24.02.2009 | Inshuheki |
complete | 26 | 0 | ja es | HDTV | N/A (3) | 0 | ||
20.01.2009 | AU |
complete | 26 | 0 | ja es | HDTV | N/A (4) | 0 | ||
22.11.2008 | Ureshii_Saizen |
complete | 26 | 0 | ja en | DTV, HDTV | 8.61 (122) | 20 | ||
05.11.2008 | Shady-Shinsen |
finished | 26 | 0 | ja en | HDTV | 3.83 (10) | 2 | ||
09.11.2010 | TaHiSe |
stalled | 16 | 0 | ja fr | DTV | N/A (0) | 0 | ||
03.01.2009 | C-A |
stalled | 14 | 0 | ja fr | unknown | N/A (0) | 0 | ||
25.09.2008 | The-Metal |
stalled | 14 | 0 | ja en | DTV, HDTV | 8.20 (35) | 15 | ||
22.08.2008 | Subsfactory.it |
stalled | 13 | 0 | it | unknown | N/A (0) | 0 | ||
13.09.2008 | Frozen-Layer Fansub [FLF] |
stalled | 11 | 0 | ja es | DTV | N/A (4) | 0 | ||
17.02.2009 | WnFB-AMF |
stalled | 9 | 0 | ja es | HDTV | N/A (1) | 0 | ||
24.08.2009 | Kanjisub |
stalled | 6 | 0 | ja it | DTV, HDTV | N/A (2) | 0 | ||
11.06.2008 | Shinsen-Subs |
dropped | N | 6 | 0 | ja en | DTV, HDTV | 7.50 (62) | 8 | |
29.05.2008 | Athena no Seinto [AnS] |
dropped | 4 | 0 | ja es | HDTV | N/A (1) | 0 | ||
01.04.2008 | zegzav [zg] |
specials only | T1 | 1 | ja | www | N/A (0) | 0 | ||
no group | complete finished ongoing stalled dropped specials only all |
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