Rideback
Rideback (Japanese: ライドバック, Hepburn: Raidobakku), stylized as RIDEBACK or RideBack, is a Japanese manga series created by Tetsurō Kasahara. It was serialized in Shogakukan's monthly Ikki magazine from March 2003 to January 2009, spanning a total of ten volumes. Set in Japan in 2020, it follows the story of female student Rin Ogata as she comes across a two-wheeled automobile robot known as a Rideback. In 2009, it was adapted into an anime TV series by Madhouse. At Anime Central 2010, anime distributor Funimation announced that they have licensed the series for North America with its release planned for 2011.
Plot
In the year of 2025, an organization called the GGP has taken control of the world. Rin Ogata was a promising up-and-coming ballet dancer, but suffered a serious injury while dancing and decided to quit. Years later in college, she comes across a club building and soon finds herself intrigued by a transforming motorcycle-like robotic vehicle called a "Rideback". She soon finds 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.
Rideback (song)
"RIDEBACK" is the fifth single of I've Sound singer, Mell. It was released on March 4, 2009 which serves as the opening theme for the anime series Rideback. The single has a Japanese version, a remix version and the instrumental version of the titular track in addition to the original English track.
The single came in a regular CD-only edition (GNCV-0016) and a limited CD+DVD edition (GNCV-0015) which contained the PV for RIDEBACK.
Track listing
- Lyrics: Mell
- Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
- Lyrics: Mell
- Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase
- Lyrics: Mell
- Composition: Kazuya Takase
- Arrangement: Ken Morioka
Sales trajectory
References
RideBack
Their Bond Fuels The Engine Of Rebellion.
Cast
- Tia Lynn Ballard
- Stephen Hoff
- Bryan Massey
- Terri Doty
- Nana Mizuki
- Megumi Toyoguchi
- Romi Pak
- Megumi Matsumoto
- Yûji Ueda
- Rikiya Koyama
- Jin Horikawa
- Takeo Sobami
- Teppei Akahira
- Kohei Shiotsuka
- Kazutoshi Hatano
- Tomonori Yoshida
- Komina Matsushita
- Akiko Matsuzaki
- Naoko Koda
- Season 1
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Episode 1: Shinku no tetsuma
Japan:11 January 2009...
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Episode 2: Tamayo jôtô!? S.L.F: Supureddo reggusu fômu
Japan:18 January 2009...
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Episode 3: Soshite furaggu wa furareru
Japan:25 January 2009...
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Episode 4: Shôko, kiki ippatsu
Japan:1 February 2009...
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Episode 5: Nazo no raidobakku shôjo
Japan:8 February 2009...
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Episode 6: Denkô sekka raido
Japan:15 February 2009...
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Episode 7: Tsumi to x
Japan:22 February 2009...
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Episode 8: Get ride! Ebareshi mono
Japan:11 January 2009...
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Episode 9: Hidamari no niwa de
Japan:8 March 2009...
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Episode 10: Master of the War
Japan:15 March 2009...
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Episode 11: Kumori nochi hare toki doki...
Japan:22 March 2009...
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Episode 12: Hikari no daichi e
Japan:29 March 2009...
Podcasts:
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Music / Words – Reifert
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Pissing his Pants as he Drinks in a Ditch
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Coat Full of Rats and Shorts Full of Slop
Ratbag Ratbag Half Dead Shit Pile on the Street
Ratbag Ratbag Mental Case with a Pungent Reek
Ratbag Bastard You're Fucked in the Head
Scrape for a 40 or a Cigarette
Pitiful Waste of a Soul and a Mind
Sucked off Another Bum for a Sorry ass Dime
Ratbag Ratbag Half Dead Shit Pile on the Street