Real Drive
Encyclopedia
is an anime
TV series, created by Production I.G and Masamune Shirow
. Real Drive is produced in collaboration with broadcaster Nippon Television
(NTV), and premiered in Japan on NTV on 8 April 2008.
surface. People still must rely heavily on the Network and are unable to abandon it.
In due course, a new Network realm with more effective security measures was developed. This was called Meta Real Network, nicknamed "The Metal."
The Metal holds personal memory data in bubble shells. These are supposedly protected virtual online organic cyber-enclaves. The Metal eventually pervades the everyday lives of people.
People gradually learned to release and explore their instincts within the environment of the Metal. The unleashed instincts cause some individual's consciousness to drown in the sea of information and to be exposed to the pressures of desire.
Meanwhile, norms and regulations continue to bind their real world lives. Friction between the two worlds manifests as troublesome aberrations.
Cyber Divers are experts who investigate and decipher these aberrations in the Metal.
Interaction with the Metal is always two way that means more control means more vulnerability, people without cyberbrains cannot be affected by the metal directly but can likewise not interact with the metal directly themselves.
Anime
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TV series, created by Production I.G and Masamune Shirow
Masamune Shirow
is an internationally renowned manga artist, born on November 23, 1961.Masamune Shirow is a pen name, based on a famous swordsmith, Masamune. He is best known for the manga Ghost in the Shell, which has since been turned into two theatrical anime movies, two anime TV series, an anime TV movie, and...
. Real Drive is produced in collaboration with broadcaster Nippon Television
Nippon Television
is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,...
(NTV), and premiered in Japan on NTV on 8 April 2008.
Storyline and setting
Real Drive is set in 2061 AD, fifty years after the development of the Network society. The new infrastructure was to create a utopia where people could directly connect at the level of consciousness. But new social problems, such as personal data leaks and disinformationDisinformation
Disinformation is intentionally false or inaccurate information that is spread deliberately. For this reason, it is synonymous with and sometimes called black propaganda. It is an act of deception and false statements to convince someone of untruth...
surface. People still must rely heavily on the Network and are unable to abandon it.
In due course, a new Network realm with more effective security measures was developed. This was called Meta Real Network, nicknamed "The Metal."
The Metal holds personal memory data in bubble shells. These are supposedly protected virtual online organic cyber-enclaves. The Metal eventually pervades the everyday lives of people.
People gradually learned to release and explore their instincts within the environment of the Metal. The unleashed instincts cause some individual's consciousness to drown in the sea of information and to be exposed to the pressures of desire.
Meanwhile, norms and regulations continue to bind their real world lives. Friction between the two worlds manifests as troublesome aberrations.
Cyber Divers are experts who investigate and decipher these aberrations in the Metal.
Interaction with the Metal is always two way that means more control means more vulnerability, people without cyberbrains cannot be affected by the metal directly but can likewise not interact with the metal directly themselves.
Characters
- Age: 81
- The protagonist of the series. A diver of "The Metal" and long time friend of Eiichiro Kushima. Masamichi was in a diving accident while testing an early Meta-Real technology and was in a coma for 50 years before awakening as a paraplegic old man. He eventually regains his ability to walk towards the end of the series.
- Age: 15
- An intern hired by Masamichi Haru and sister of Souta Aoi. Originally hired to replace Holon during a leave for maintenance, she became a permanent employee after she helped guide Masamichi back from a dive gone wrong. Unlike the other humans and some animals in the story, she does not possess a Cyberbrain augmentation, and requires electronic accessories to access The Metal.
- Age: 22
- Employee of the EISF and brother of Minamo Aoi. He begins to have feelings for Holon towards the end of the series.
- Age: 1
- An android who helps Masamichi Haru with daily life in his old age and assists him in his search for the answer in the sea.
- Age: 82
- Director of the EISF and friend of Masamichi Haru. While as old as Masamichi, his body has the appearance of a twenty-eight year old man. It was revealed later in the series that Kushima chose to replace his original body with a prosthetic one, allowing him to continue his work beyond the limits allowed by the human body. He has a spare body to which he transfers his consciousness during his usual body's maintenance, one which might be modeled after the young Haru (Minamo remarked in episode 20 that his spare's appearance reminded her of Haru in his youth).
Staff
- Original concept: Production I.G, Masamune ShirowMasamune Shirowis an internationally renowned manga artist, born on November 23, 1961.Masamune Shirow is a pen name, based on a famous swordsmith, Masamune. He is best known for the manga Ghost in the Shell, which has since been turned into two theatrical anime movies, two anime TV series, an anime TV movie, and...
- Original concept assistance: CROSSROAD
- Original creator: Masamune ShirowMasamune Shirowis an internationally renowned manga artist, born on November 23, 1961.Masamune Shirow is a pen name, based on a famous swordsmith, Masamune. He is best known for the manga Ghost in the Shell, which has since been turned into two theatrical anime movies, two anime TV series, an anime TV movie, and...
- Director: Kazuhiro FuruhashiKazuhiro Furuhashiis a Japanese anime director and supervisor, born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. He is amongst anime's most foremost directors, having directed and helmed the entire Rurouni Kenshin series , the You're Under Arrest series, GetBackers, Hunter x Hunter, Zipang, Le Chevalier D'Eon,...
- Series Composition: Junichi FujisakuJunichi Fujisakuis the chief game director and game writer for Production I.G's Game Production Department. He is a graduate of Production I.G's think-tank "Oshii Academy", used to train the next generation of staff for the company.-Works:...
- Character Design: Tetsuro Ueyama
- Music: Yoshihisa HiranoYoshihisa Hiranois a Japanese composer.- Biography :Yoshihisa Hirano studied composing at Juilliard School in 1992, and later at Eastman School of Music. Some of the awards he has received include first prize in the Axia Tape Competition in Japan during his high school years and New York's New Music for Young...
, Hideki Taniuchi - Animation Production: Production I.G
- Broadcaster: Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV)
- Production Assistance: CROSSROAD