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éX-Driver (OAV)

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© Kosuke Fujishima • ExD• Bandai Visual /D.G.A.

Alternative title:
éX-D (Japanese)
エクスドライバー (Japanese)
極速戰警 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Ex-Driver is set in the future, when all transportation is easily controlled by AI. Though like all machines they tend to break down or lose control or re-programmed. This is where three high schoolers with non AI cars, Subaru WRX, Super 7, Lotus comes in to save the day and make sure the public is safe at all times.
User Ratings: 310 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Excellent: 27 votes (sub:13, dub:13, raw:1)
 Very good: 44 votes (dub:22, sub:21, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 97 votes (sub:55, dub:36, ?:1, others:5
2 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Decent: 64 votes (sub:35, dub:27, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 28 votes (sub:20, dub:6, ?:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Not really good: 16 votes (dub:7, sub:7, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Weak: 15 votes (sub:11, dub:1, ?:1, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
)
 Bad: 13 votes (sub:6, dub:4, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 689 users, rank: #1689 (of 9585)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.400 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.8018, rank: #6057 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 6.393 (Decent+), rank: #5993 (of 9708) (seen all: 6.69 / seen some: 5.47 / won't finish: 2.91)
Bayesian estimate: 6.440 (Decent+), rank: #5402 (of 7289)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 6
Episode titles: We have 6
Vintage:
2000-07-25 to 2001-09-25
2005-01-09 (Latin America - Locomotion)
Opening Theme:
"Kaze ni Nare" by JAM Project featuring Rica Matsumoto and Hironobu Kageyama
Ending Theme:
"Akogina Futari Tabi Daze!!" by Hironobu Kageyama & Masaaki Endoh (ep 5)
"Sogekite (Sniper)" by MILK
Insert song:
"Crazy Revolution" by JAM Project featuring Rica Matsumoto & Hironobu Kageyama (ep 2)
"DESTINY" by Masaaki Endoh (ep 1 & ep 6)
"ex-Rider" by ASAKO (ep 4)
"It's Emotion" by M-Rie (ep 2)
"Maria" by M-Rie (ep 3)
Trivia: We have 2
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 1
Review:
eX-Driver DVD 1 (Aug 2, 2002)
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DVD (Region 1)
    éX-Driver - Downshift (DVD 1) 2002-07-30 (from $6.58)
    éX-Driver - Crossroads (DVD 2) 2002-10-29
    éX-Driver - Perfect Collection (DVD 1-2) 2003-08-26
VHS
    éX-Driver - Downshift (Dub.VHS 1) 2002-07-30
    éX-Driver - Crossroads (Dub.VHS 2) 2002-10-29

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Jun Kawagoe
Screenplay: Shinzō Fujita
Storyboard:
Masahiko Murata
Toshiya Shinohara (eps 4-6)
Music:
Hikaru Nanase
JAM Project
Original creator: Kousuke Fujishima
Character Design:
Ken'ichi Hamazaki (OAV)
Kousuke Fujishima
Art Director: Jiro Khono
Animation Director:
Fumio Matsumoto (eps 2, 4-6)
Ken'ichi Hamazaki (OP; ep 1)
Yōichi Ueda (ep 3)
Yoshio Mizumura (OP)
Mechanical design:
Hidefumi Kimura
Takeshi Takakura
Toshiharu Murata
Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
Director of Photography: Takashi Atsuhata
Executive producer:
Hiroshi Katō
Kazumi Kawashiro
Kazuo Hatakeyama
Masatoshi Miyamoto
Producer:
Jun Yukawa
Ken Matsumoto
Tsuyoshi Katagiri
Wataru Tanaka

Animation:
Akihito Dobashi
Akira Inoue
Atsushi Sakai
Fumio Matsumoto
Hideki Takahashi
Hiroaki Nakajima
Hiromi Maezawa
Hiroshi Motoyama
Hiroyuki Tanji
Hisashi Shimokawa
Hitoshi Kagiyama
Hitoshi Kamata
Jun Fujiwara
Kazuhide Shikama
Kazuhiko Tamura
Kazuhiro Oki
Kazuya Saitō
Keizou Ichikawa
Ken'ichi Hamazaki
Kenji Shimada
Kiyotoshi Aoi
Koichi Hatsumi
Masahiro Shida
Masako Onozawa
Masashi Morimoto
Masumi Hattori
Mitsuru Sōma
Naoki Aisaka
Naoki Ōhira
Noboru Furuse
Noritoshi Yoshizawa
Osamu Satō
Seiki Tanaka
Shigeru Katō
Shigeru Uchihara
Shigeyuki Miya
Shigeyuki Suga
Shinichi Miyamae
Shinichi Tachida
Shinichiro Minami
Shinji Morimoto
Shōji Hara
Takahiro Ōmori
Takayuki Inagaki
Takeshi Imai
Takeshi Itou
Takuji Yoshimoto
Tatsuya Oka
Tetsuya Saeki
Tomoaki Chishima
Tomohiro Kawahara
Tōru Yoshida
Toshihiro Nakajima
Toshiomi Iizumi
Wataru Abe
Yasunari Nitta
Yōichi Ueda
Yoshiaki Kameda
Yoshiaki Kubokawa
Yoshiaki Mizukawa
Yoshiaki Mizuno
Yoshio Mizumura
Yūichi Nakazawa
Yuichiro Miyake
Yukiko Nakajima
Animation Check:
Katsunori Kaneko
Masashi Morimoto
Shinichi Tachida
Tomohisa Ishiyama
Yoshitomo Miura
Animation producer:
Kazunori Hashimoto
Yoshinaga Minami
Assistant Animation Director:
Fumio Matsumoto
Haruo Sotozaki
Kazuhiro Oki
Masahiro Sekiguchi
Meiju Maeda
Takao Maki
Takeaki Yutaka
Takeshi Itou
Toshiharu Murata
Yūichi Tanaka
Assistant producer: Jun Yukawa
Background Art:
Chikako Shibata
Emi Suzuki
Hiroki Tsuji
Hiroshi Yoshikawa (ep 2)
Kazuo Okada
Kinichi Okubo
Kiyohiro Iwasaki
Kunio Kaneshima
Masaki Kaoru
Masato Shibata
Minoru Yasuhara
Takanobu Sugano
Tetsuhiko Nagashima
Yukiko Harada
Check:
Kyōko Ōtake
Satomi Katagiri
Taro Kitagawa
Tomoko Matsubara
Color Selection:
Michiyo Iriomote
Satoko Asai
Cooperation:
Hiroyuki Yamada
Tetsuya Watanabe
Toshihide Tamada
Yoshishige Kishimiya
Dramatization:
Masahiko Murata
Toshiya Shinohara
Yasuhiro Geshi
Yuji Himaki
Editing: Jun Takuma
Editing Assistant:
Ayako Nakagawa
Kenta Katase
EX Car Design: Toshiharu Murata
Final Line:
Etsuko Sumimoto
Tomoko Satō
Insert Song Arrangement: Kiyoshi Murakami
Layout:
Mitsuru Sōma
Noboru Furuse
Satoru Hirayama
Shuhei Tamura
Takahiko Shobu
Takeshi Itou
Yutaka Kawasuji
Logo Design: Daisuke Umino
Mechanical animation Director: Yoshio Mizumura
Mechanical Director: Tama Suzuki
Music producer:
Shuji Inoue
Shunji Inoue
Negative Cutting: Hiromi Komine
Packaging Design: Chizuko Sugano
Photography:
Akiko Watanabe
Atsuo Tsukioka
Fumio Kogawara
Kazusumi Takahashi
Kosuke Machida
Shinichi Sasano
Tatsuji Fukumoto
Yuta Sasayama
Planning: Kousuke Fujishima
Privilege Cooperation:
Katsuhiko Mihashi
Kazuhiro Arai
Masaru Matsumoto
Naoki Ōhira
Samiko Tamagawa
Production Assistant:
Hiroshi Kuroiwa
Manabu Santō
Shun Kaneizumi
Production Design: Jirō Kōno
Production Desk: Akira Hasegawa
Production manager: Noriko Seto
Publicity Producer:
Sachiko Iijima
Yoshiaki Yoshizawa
Recording Assistant: Emi Otsubo
Recording Production: Tadayuki Kozuka
Sound Effects: Masahiro Shōji
Special Effects:
Takashi Maekawa
Yutaka Hoshiba
Supervision: Ken Matsumoto
Teamster Cooperation:
Koichi Kikumoto
Kousuke Fujishima
Masami Kataoka
Takeaki Tanishima
Takeshi Miyakawa
Yasuhiro Shimizu
Tele Cine: Makoto Imazuka
Theme Song Arrangement:
Hajime Hyakkaku (ed)
Kenichi Sudo (eps 3, 4 INS)
M-Rie (eps 2, 3 INS)
Masaki Iizuka (ep 1 INS)
Yōgo Kōno (OP; ep 2 INS)
Theme Song Composition:
Kenichi Sudo (ep 4 INS)
M-Rie (ep 2 INS)
Masashi Chizawa
Masatoshi Sakashita (ep 1 INS)
Ritsuko Miyajima (ed)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Karen Shiina
Kenichi Sudo (ep 4 INS)
Theme Song Performance:
Asako (ep 4 INS)
Hironobu Kageyama (JAM Project)
JAM Project
M-Rie (eps 2, 3 INS)
Masaaki Endoh (Ep. 1 INS, EP. 5 ED)
MILK (ed)
Rica Matsumoto (JAM Project)
VTR Editing:
Shinetsu To
Tetsuro Fujita
Miki Nagasawa as Lisa Sakakino
Yōko Asada as Lorna Endou
Yumiko Kobayashi as Souichi Sugano

Michiko Neya as Nina A Thunder
Unshō Ishizuka as Kei Munakata

Eiji Hanawa as Student E
Fumihiko Tachiki as Teacher Tachiki
Isao Yamagishi as Student B
Jun Tanaka as Navi
Kaori Mizuhashi as Student H
Kōki Miyata as Mr. Operator
Kurumi Mamiya as Make
Masafumi Kimura as Doctor
Mie Odagi as Director
Mitsuaki Madono as Ogawa car mechanic
Ryōtarō Okiayu as Keyne Tokioka
Toshihide Tsuchiya as Electrician
Toshihiko Nakajima as Middle age man

Nanae Katou
Japanese companies
Animation: Anime R (ep 2 uncredited)
Animation Production:
A-Line (eps 4-6)
Actas
Backgrounds: Image Room Jiro
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Checking:
CCR
Oniro
Peacock
Studio Gush
Coloring:
CCR
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd.
M.S.J Musashino Production
Sung San Production
Cooperation: Kodansha
Distributor: Bandai Visual
Final Line:
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd.
M.S.J Musashino Production
Studio Wombat
Sung San Production
Laboratory: Tokyo Laboratory
Logo Design: Dabhand
Music Production: Lantis
Negative Cutting: Ashi Productions
Packaging Design: Dabhand
Photography:
Azuhata Production
J.C. Staff (assist.; eps 2, 4-6)
Trans Arts Co. (assist.; eps 2-6)
Production:
Actas (eps 4-6)
Ashi Productions (ep 1)
Bandai Visual
Dentsu Inc.
GENCO
Shinagy Japan (ep 1)
St. Live (ep 1)
Triangle Staff (ep 1)
Xebec (ep 1)
Recording Production: Omnibus Promotion
Recording Studio: OP Requiem Studio
special effects: Marix
Teamster Cooperation:
Ducati Japan
Kiwa Company
Nissan Sportscar Club
VTR Editing: CUTEC
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Lex Lang
Art Director: Merideth Mulroney
Translation:
Julia Rose (eps 2-6)
Masumi Doeda (ep 1)
Executive producer: John Sirabella
Producer: Eric P. Sherman

ADR Writer: Lex Lang
Assistant producer: Mami Okada
Co-Producer: Kaeko Sakamoto
Dialogue Editing:
John Hegedes (eps 4-6)
Patrick Rodman (eps 1-3)
Dialogue Recording:
John Hegedes (eps 4-6)
Matthew J. Mondrick (eps 4-6)
Dialogue Recording Engineer:
Patrick Rodman (eps 1-3)
Editing:
Beth Salem (eps 1-3)
Khalid Mills (eps 4-6)
Scott Marchfeld
Graphic Design: Merideth Mulroney
Production Assistant:
Anna Yamamoto (eps 1-6)
Clark Cheng (eps 4-6)
Production manager: Scott Marchfeld
Production Supervision: Sean Molyneaux
Re-Recording Mixing: Doug Andorka
Joshua Seth as Soichi
Lia Sargent as Lisa
Lori Young as Lorna

Mela Lee as Nina
Richard George as Munakata

Dave Lelyveld as
Boy
Operator
David Lucas as Todo
George C. Cole as
Doctor
Todo Thug C
Jane Alan as Rei Kazuma
Julie Pickering as
Mom
PA
Student
Woman B
Lex Lang as
Cain
Student
Todo Thug A
Mela Lee as Waitress
Melissa Williamson as
Akira
Computer
Director
Michael Sorich as Yamazaki
Ron Alen as Ogawa
Ron Allen as Todo Thug B
Sandy Fox as
Girl A
Student
Steve Kramer as
Businessman
Dad
Driver

Love-chan Looping
Steve Cannon
English companies
Casting: Love-Chan Casting
Distributor: AnimeWorks
Dubbing: Bang Zoom! Entertainment
Internet Streaming: Tubi TV
Licensed by: Media Blasters
Production: Media Blasters
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Audio Post-production: Leonardo Chiossone
Diego Brizzi as Souichi Sugano
Lucila Gomez as Lisa Sakakino
María Laura Cassani as Lorna Endou

Hernan Bravo
Hernan Chiozza
Spanish companies
ADR Studio: Media Pro Com
Broadcaster: Locomotion
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Aldo Stella
Cinzia Massironi as Lisa
Jenny De Cesarei as Lorna
Massimo Di Bendetto as Soichi

Marco Pagani as Munakata
Renata Bertolas as Nina

Andrea De Nisco as
doctor (ep 6)
Yamakazi (eps 1-2)
Claudio Moneta as Keyne (ep 3)
Claudio Ridolfo as operator
Daniele Demma as Satoru (eps 5-6)
Eric Alexander as Kenji (eps. 2-5-6)
Gianluca Machelli as Futoshi (eps 5-6)
Gianmarco Ceconi as Manabu (eps 5-6)
Lorenzo Scattorin as Todo (eps 5-6)
Luca Bottale as Ogawa
Luca Sandri as Kento (eps. 2-5-6)
Maddalena Vadacca as Rei (eps 4-6)
Tosawi Piovani as Keiko (eps. 2-3-5-6)
Italian companies
Distributor: Panini Video Italia
Dubbing: Studio PV
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Karin Lehmann
Script: Karin Lehmann
Anja Stadlober as Lisa Sakakino
Fabian Hollwitz as Souichi Sugano
Sonja Spuhl as Lorna Endou

Jan Spitzer as Munakata
Markus Nichelmann as Operator
Michael Deffert as Jou Toudou
Michael Iwannek as Cain Tokioka
Peggy Sander as Nina Anna Thunder
Rainer Fritzsche as Ogawa
Reinhard Scheunemann as Yamazaki

Annika Desch
German companies
Distributor: Panini Video
Dubbing: Hermes Synchron GmbH
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster: Locomotion Brazil (Subbed)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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