Akudama Drive (2020)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Tomoyo Kurosawa
Ordinary Person (voice)
Yuuichirou Umehara
Courier (voice)
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Brawler (voice)
Shun Horie
Hacker (voice)
Megumi Ogata
Doctor (voice)
Jonah Scott
Courier
Subaru Kimura
Hoodlum (voice)
Macy Anne Johnson
Ordinary Person
Takahiro Sakurai
Cutthroat (voice)
Yoshifumi Sasahara
Assistant Director / Storyboard Artist / Director / Assistant Director / Writer
Cindy H. Yamauchi
Character Designer / Animation Director / Key Animation / Character Designer
Sho Yamamoto
Mechanical Designer / Mechanical Designer / Key Animation
Haruo Miyagawa
Mechanical Designer / Key Animation / Mechanical Designer
Shinobu Tsuneki
Mechanical Designer
Yoshio Tanioka
Art Direction
Akinori Mishima
Editor
Kazuhiro Yamada
Director of Photography
Yukio Nagasaki
Sound Director
Tomohisa Taguchi
Series Director / Series Composition / Storyboard Artist / Director / Series Director / Writer / Series Composition
Saori Goda
Color Designer
Rui Komatsuzaki
Character Designer
Shigekazu Aida
Original Music Composer
Norimitsu Kaiho
Series Composition / Writer / Series Composition
Kaoru Aoki
Art Designer
Satomi Okuhara
Assistant Director of Photography
Hiromune Kurahashi
Sound Effects
Maiko Fuchie
Associate Producer
Akimichi Tsugawa
Producer
Kazuaki Takahashi
Producer
Yoshihiko Tominaga
Producer
Yoshito Danno
Producer
Takeshi Kawakita
Associate Producer
Kazutaka Kodaka
Original Concept
Arisa Sato
Special Effects
Naotaka Fujihira
Music Producer
Hidenori Fujitani
CGI Director
Maiko Iuchi
Original Music Composer
Shinobu Tagashira
Storyboard Artist
Hikaru Murata
Storyboard Artist / Director / Writer
Wataru Yamamoto
Storyboard Artist / Key Animation
Eri Niimi
Background Designer
Norifumi Nakamura
Background Designer
Lee Seon-gi
Background Designer
Yoshinori Odaka
Director
Yuta Suzuki
Director
Takumi Doyama
Director
Haru Watanabe
Key Animation / Animation Director
Yoshimi Iwata
Key Animation
Saeko Ozawa
Key Animation / Animation Director
Takashi Koizumi
Key Animation
Chie Kinoshita
Key Animation
Tamaki Ishii
Key Animation
Kumiko Numata
Key Animation / Animation Director
Seiji Tachikawa
Key Animation / Animation Director
Fumiyo Kimura
Key Animation
Michio Hasegawa
Key Animation / Animation Director
Han Seung-ah
Key Animation
Aika Sato
Key Animation
Kazumi Inadome
Key Animation / Animation Director
Tamako Horiuchi
Key Animation
Yasuko Miyazaki
Key Animation
Hikaru Asami
Key Animation
Kumiko Takayanagi
Animation Director / Key Animation
Kaori Do
Key Animation
Ranko Nakabayashi
Key Animation
Naomi Sakata
Key Animation
Maki Kouno
Animation Director / Key Animation
Chiharu Kataoka
Key Animation
Izumi Kondo
Key Animation
Tsuguyuki Kubo
Key Animation
Elton Takumi Kawamorita
Key Animation
Maiko Kamijo
Key Animation
Tomoko Hayashi
Key Animation
Kazuha Oki
Key Animation
Yuka Ooya
Key Animation
Junichi Inakagata
Key Animation
Kazunori Ozawa
Key Animation
Eiji Fukuyama
Key Animation
Ryota Obana
Key Animation
Naoya Ishihara
Key Animation
Satoshi Sakai
Key Animation
Yoshihiro Kanno
Key Animation
Akira Wakabayashi
Key Animation
Minoru Ezaki
Key Animation
Teruko Takejima
Key Animation
Akiko Sato
Key Animation
Taketomo Ishikawa
Key Animation
Torio Muratsubaki
Key Animation
Yuko Kusumoto
Key Animation
Maria Ichino
Key Animation
Taisho Yoshikawa
Key Animation
Yoshifumi Wada
Key Animation
Keisuke Okura
Key Animation
Tomoko Kitagawa
Key Animation
Kazuyuki Fujita
Key Animation
Masaiku Tayori
Key Animation
Fumika Kimura
Key Animation
Saki Hasegawa
Key Animation
Katsuji Matsumoto
Key Animation
Mitsue Fukue
Key Animation
Masaharu Morinaka
Key Animation
Daiki Nishihara
Key Animation
Tadakatsu Yoshida
Key Animation
Daigo Furufuku
Key Animation
Kazuo Takigawa
Key Animation
Shinichi Iimura
Key Animation
Rika Kanetaka
Key Animation
Zhang Wenhao
Key Animation
Yuichi Kondo
Key Animation
Koutarou Tsuchida
Key Animation
Moe Suzuki
Key Animation
Hibika
Key Animation
Ai Mochida
Key Animation
Masashi Kudo
Key Animation
Yuma Nomura
Key Animation
Eiji Abiko
Key Animation
Hideo Maru
Key Animation
Jang Jae-young
Key Animation
Satoru Koshiishi
Key Animation
Reiko Nozaki
Key Animation
Kenichi Kangawa
Key Animation
Isamu Suga
Key Animation
Masahiro Kase
Key Animation
Yoshiyuki Kishi
Key Animation
Hibiki Yamaguchi
Key Animation
Yuka Suzuki
Key Animation
Yuichi Nakazawa
Key Animation
Rushio Moriyama
Key Animation
Kim Tae-Jung
Key Animation
Masahiro Emoto
Key Animation
Shun Shibata
Key Animation
Tadashi Fukuda
Key Animation
Shigeki Sato
Key Animation
Park Ji-ho
Key Animation
Junko Nakamura
Key Animation
Ten Kiyabu
Key Animation
Akiko Toyoda
Key Animation
Yuichi Endo
Key Animation
Natsue Chibayama
Key Animation
Ryuji Iwata
Key Animation
Chisato Nakata
Key Animation
Toshiyuki Yoshioka
Key Animation
Kiyomu Fukuda
Key Animation
Miki Nakagawa
Key Animation
Takeshi Matsuda
Key Animation
Kiyoshi Komatsubara
Key Animation
Yoshihiro Owada
Key Animation
Kenji Takahashi
Compositing Artist
Ryo Morise
Writer
Yuka Terasaki
Police robot (voice)
Chado Horii
Yakuza (voice)
Tomoyuki Shimura
Kansai Police Chief (voice)
You Taichi
Announcement (voice)
Shoya Ishige
Staff (voice)
Takatsugu Awazu
Staff (voice)
Tatsumaru Tachibana
Guard (voice)
Yoko Fujita
Announcement (voice)
Ruri Arai
Tron (voice)
Nobuo Tobita
Headmaster (voice)
Mitsuru Ogata
Professor (voice)
Natsu Yorita
Executioner (voice)
Mayuko Kazama
Executioner (voice)
Sanae Nakata
Executioner (voice)
Masashi Yamane
Executioner (voice)
Yoko Imaizumi
Kansai Council Top Executive (voice)
Ikuto Kanemasa
Man (voice) / Driver (voice)
Shohei Komatsu
Man (voice)
Shou Okumura
Executioner (voice) / Bus driver (voice) / People (voice)
Takeo Otsuka
Man (voice)
Masaya Fukunishi
Kansai Police Chief (voice) / Yakuza (voice)
Kyouko Yamaguchi
Shopkeeper (voice)
Taisuke Nakano
Kansai Council Top Executive (voice) / Man (voice)
Larissa Tago Takeda
People (voice) / Executioner (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Execution Division Master (voice)
Akane Kumada
Executioner (voice) / Experiment (voice)
Reiko Suzuki
Old lady at the Takoyaki shop (voice)
Mitsuki Nakae
Security robot (voice) / Executioner (voice) / Staff (voice) / Communication (voice)
Hironori Kondoh
Transmission (voice) / Executioner (voice)
Shinya Takahashi
Security guard (voice) / Executioner (voice)
Yumiri Hanamori
Execution Division Pupil (voice)
Kurumi Mamiya
Bunny (voice)
Cho
Shark (voice)
Yoshiko Sakakibara
Boss (voice)
Kana Ichinose
Sister (voice)
Natsumi Fujiwara
Executioner (voice) / Courier (child) (voice)
Hitoshi Bifu
Kansai Council Top Executive (voice)
Taiko Katono
Execution Division Junior (voice)
Aoi Koga
Sentenced child (voice)
Ryunosuke Watanuki
Man (voice)
Maaya Uchida
Brother (voice) / Black Cat (voice) / Black Cat / Brother (voice)
Takuya Makimura
Yakuza (voice)
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 8, 2020
Original Nameアクダマドライブ
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes12
Running Time24m
Content RatingTV-MA
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
Akudama Drive (Japanese: アクダマドライブ, Hepburn: Akudama Doraibu) is a 2020 Japanese cyberpunk anime television series conceptualized by Kazutaka Kodaka and produced by Pierrot and Too Kyo Games. It was written by Norimitsu Kaihō and directed by Tomohisa Taguchi. Set in a dystopian future in Kansai, the story follows a young woman who accidentally finds herself in a situation where she is forced to keep up the appearance of a Swindler to ensure she does not get killed by a group of Akudama, criminals who are pursued by the government. The series aired from October to December 2020. A total of six DVD and Blu-ray box sets collected the twelve-episode series in Japan.
Taguchi was inspired after seeing Kodaka's work in the Danganronpa series and both agreed to work together. Inspired by Quentin Tarantino's 1992 film Reservoir Dogs, Kodaka wrote the original draft of similar villains who acts as the protagonists. After showing his ideas to Too Kyo Games, the project was greenlighted and Pierrot was brought in to create appealing action scenes. A manga adaptation has also been serialized, while a character CD soundtrack was released in Japan.
Critical response to the series was positive based on the cyberpunk setting as well as the handling of the main cast, most notably the lead Swindler. It is widely considered to be one of the best anime of 2020. Reviewers noted that the series primarily centered around the ideals of justice.