ÉX-Driver
| éX-Driver | |
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エクスドライバー (Ekusudoraibā) |
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| Genre | Racing, Postcyberpunk |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Jun Kawagoe |
| Written by | Shinzo Fujita |
| Music by | Hikaru Nanase |
| Studio | Bandai Visual, Actas |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | 25 July 2000 |
| Episodes | 6 |
| Anime film | |
| éX-Driver The Movie | |
| Directed by | Akira Nishimori |
| Written by |
Shinzo Fujita Takeshi Mochizuki |
| Music by | Hikaru Nanase |
| Studio | Bandai Visual, Actas |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | 20 April 2002 |
| Runtime | 62 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| éX-Driver: Danger Zone | |
| Directed by | Shinichi Watanabe |
| Studio | Bandai Visual, Actas |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | 20 April 2002 |
éX-Driver (エクスドライバー Ekusudoraibā?) is an anime series, designed by Kōsuke Fujishima and produced by Bandai Visual and Actas. The anime series spanned 6 episodes, as well as a feature movie, entitled éX-Driver: The Movie. The complete anime series, including the movie, were broadcast by the anime television network, Animax, across its respective networks around the world, including East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and other regions.
In the distant future people no longer drive cars themselves, instead relying on AI (artificial intelligence) computers to drive their cars for them. But when these AI systems start losing control and running wild somebody has to stop them. éX-Drivers are the people who are able to operate the older mechanical non-AI dependent cars who chase down the AI cars and stop them.
A good amount of future and near future technology is featured throughout the series, including automated highway systems and A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) technology. Automated highway systems have been proposed as a solution to the traffic congestion problems.
In the series, anybody, regardless of age, can be an éX-Driver as long as they possess the required skills. For example, one of the main characters is only 13 years old and drives. The premise of the show is that there are éX-Drivers all over the world but the focus is on the team operating in Japan.
Cars used by éX-Drivers are marked with an éX-D decal. Typically an éX-Driver car would be an older mechanical type car and almost always would be rear-wheel drive with the exception of an AWD (4WD) Subaru Impreza WRC since éX-Drivers usually employ techniques such as drifting when bringing down runaway cars, which is much more difficult with front wheel drive (FWD) cars and in an all wheel drive (AWD) car.
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