History Manga / RideBack

* BareYourMidriff: Tamayo Kataoka

* AcePilot: The three most notable Rideback operators are Rin Ogata, [[BikerBabe Tamayo Kataoka]] and Kiefer.

* {{Meganekko}}: Suzuri.

* ReverseMole: [[spoiler:Kalenback's second-in-command in the anime. She's not a warmonger and shown to question his aggressive behaviour, following his orders only to the end when she forces him to stand down--and then shoots him when he tries to kill Kiefer.]]

* WhamEpisode: Episode ten.

''Rideback'' is a {{manga}} written by Tetsurō Kasahara and first published by Shogakukan from 2003 to 2009. It was made into a TwelveEpisodeAnime produced by Studio Creator/{{Madhouse}} in 2009. [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture In the near future]], an organization called the [[TheEmpire Global]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Government Plan]], or GGP, (known as the Global Government Force, or GGF, in the manga) had taken control of the world. As they maintained order in society, the citizens quietly accepted their existence. However, a smaller resistance group, the [[LaResistance Border Military Alliance (BMA)]] wished to overthrow the GGP and their authoritarian rule.

''Rideback'' is a {{Manga}} that was made into a TwelveEpisodeAnime produced by Studio Creator/{{Madhouse}} in 2009, based on a manga published in 2003. [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture In the near future]], an organization called the [[TheEmpire Global]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Government Plan]], or GGP, (known as the Global Government Force, or GGF, in the manga) had taken control of the world. As they maintained order in society, the citizens quietly accepted their existence. However, a smaller resistance group, the [[LaResistance Border Military Alliance (BMA)]] wished to overthrow the GGP and their authoritarian rule.

* ThreeDEffectsTwoDCartoon: The Ridebacks and other vehicles are clearly CG compared to other elements in the show.

* ConspicuousCG: The Ridebacks and other vehicles are clearly CG compared to other elements in the show.

''Rideback'' is a {{Manga}} that was made into a TwelveEpisodeAnime produced by Studio Creator/{{Madhouse}} in 2009, based on a manga published in 2003. [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture In the near future]], an organization called the [[TheEmpire Global]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Government Plan]], or GGP, (known as the Global Government Force, or GGF, in the manga) had taken control of the world. As they maintained order in society, the citizens quietly accepted their existence. However, a smaller resistance group, the [[LaResistance Border Military Alliance (BMA)]] wished to overthrow the GGP.

''Rideback'' is a {{Manga}} that was made into a TwelveEpisodeAnime produced by Studio Creator/{{Madhouse}} in 2009, based on a manga published in 2003. [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture In the near future]], an organization called the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName GGP]] (known as the GGF in the manga) had taken control of the world. As they maintained order in society, the citizens quietly accepted their existence. However, a smaller resistance group, the [[LaResistance BMA]] wished to overthrow the GGP.

Following Rin Ogata, a promising up-and-coming ballet dancer, ''Rideback'' chronicles her story after she suffered a serious injury and subsequently quit ballet. Years later, during university, she came across a club building and soon finds herself intrigued by a transforming motorcycle-like vehicle called a [[CoolBike Rideback]]. She finds that her unique ballet skills with balance and finesse make her a born natural on a Rideback; as Rin becomes entangled in the government's affairs, she finds herself struggling to come to terms with both herself and the world around her.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: ''Music/PicturesAtAnExhibition" is a frequently played as Rin's motif.

* BadassBiker: Rin, plus most of the Mushashino Rideback Club.

* FellIntoTheCockpit: An interesting variation as Rin did not come across the Rideback via fighting. She just wandered into a school club's warehouse and was given the opportunity to ride it, becoming nearly an InstantExpert.
* FinalBattle: One DanceBattler against [[spoiler:a squad of enemy robots.]] Sadly, we don't see as much of the fight, only just described, as an amazed news crew gives a play-by-play account.
* ForeignLanguageTheme: The anime's opening is a Mell song (who also did the ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' intro); ''presumably'' it's in English. Good luck deciphering the lyrics on your own, though.

* FellIntoTheCockpit: An interesting variation as Rin did come across the Rideback via fighting. She just wandered into a school club's warehouse and was given the opportunity to ride it, becoming nearly an InstantExpert.

* FourIsDeath: The show takes a darker turn after the fourth episode and culminates with [[spoiler: Suzuri's death]] in episode 10.

* GracefulInTheirElement: Rin is unsure of herself in the time [[spoiler:after her injury that compels her to leave dancing.]] But her discovery that [[spoiler:a Rideback responds to her commands as her own body in dance]] re-energizes her.

* LaResistance: A notable nested example, as the GGP was originally a resistance group which opposed [[AmericaTakesOverTheWorld American interventionism]]. No one was more surprised than the GGP when they ''won'', taking America's place as the world's only superpower. However, in the ten years since then, increasing abuses on their part has made many of its former supporters(among them [[spoiler:[=RideBack=] Club president Tenshiro Okakura AKA "Goblin"]]) realize that it was a FullCircleRevolution. This has, in turn, led to the rise of the BMA.

* OptOut: When Rin's brother is framed for murder and she realizes that she might have to hurt people, Rin proves unable to bear the burden of being a member of LaResistance and quits just as the rebellion prepares to strike.

* ReverseMole: [[spoiler:Kalenback's second-in-command in the anime. She's not a warmonger and shown to question his aggressive behavior, following his orders only to the end when she forces him to stand down--and then shoots him when he tries to kill Kiefer.]]

* GracefulInTheirElement: Rin is unsure of herself in the time [[spoiler:after her injury that compels her to leave dancing.]] But her discovery that [[spoiler:a Rideback responds to her commands as her own body in dance]] re-energises her.

* LaResistance: A notable nested example, as the GGP was originally a resistance group which opposed [[AmericaTakesOverTheWorld American interventionism]]. No one was more surprised than the GGP when they ''won'', taking America's place as the world's only superpower. However, in the ten years since then, increasing abuses on their part has made many of its former supporters(among them [[spoiler:[=RideBack=] Club president Tenshiro Okakura AKA "Goblin"]]) realise that it was a FullCircleRevolution. This has, in turn, led to the rise of the BMA.

* OptOut: When Rin's brother is framed for murder and she realises that she might have to hurt people, Rin proves unable to bear the burden of being a member of LaResistance and quits just as the rebellion prepares to strike.

* ReverseMole: [[spoiler:Kalenback's second-in-command in the anime. She's not a warmonger and shown to question his aggressive behaviour, following his orders only to the end when she forces him to stand down--and then shoots him when he tries to kill Kiefer.]]

The focus of the story is on Rin Ogata, a girl who was a promising up-and-coming ballet dancer, but suffered a serious injury and quit subsequently. Years later, during university, she came across a club building and soon finds herself intrigued by a transforming motorcycle-like vehicle called a [[CoolBike Rideback]]. She finds that her unique ballet skills with balance and finesse make her a born natural on a Rideback; as Rin becomes entangled in the government's affairs, she finds herself struggling to come to terms with both herself and the world around her.

The focus of the story is on Rin Ogata, a girl who was a promising up-and-coming ballet dancer, but suffered a GameBreakingInjury. Years later, during university, she came across a club building and soon finds herself intrigued by a transforming motorcycle-like vehicle called a [[CoolBike Rideback]]. She finds that her unique ballet skills with balance and finesse make her a born natural on a Rideback; as Rin becomes entangled in the government's affairs, she finds herself struggling to come to terms with both herself and the world around her.

* AmericaTakesOverTheWorld: Subverted. [[spoiler: In fact, the anime suggests that the U.S. government began to fall, starting with an important battle by the fledgling GGP against a missile silo installation in Arizona. The U.S. still stands, as IntrepidReporter Yoda visits Arizona, but it's role as a superpower appears to be over.]]

* BigHeroicRun: To save [[spoiler:Shoko from the TV Tower]], Rin boards Fuego, rides atop a thin train rail, busts into the TV Tower for the rescue...and then breaks through several military blockades with agility only a few others in the series have witnessed.

* ConservationOfNinjitsu: [[spoiler:Rin, alone and aboard Fuego, takes on 12 Grimoire robot Ridebacks simultaneously in an impressive dance of destruction in the final episode.]]

* FalseFlagOperation: Episode 6, "The Lightning-Fast [=RideBack=]" is of the "[[WarForFunAndProfit arm and incite the enemy so you have an excuse to squish them]]" variety. On top of that, it's also a weapons test [[spoiler:which [[GoneHorriblyRight Goes Horribly Right]] in '''every way imaginable'''; the MiniMecha the GGP are testing are ''so'' effective that they [[CurbStompBattle kill most of the "terrorists"]] by ''accident'' and end up torturing and blackmailing the survivor into confessing for one of the deaths just to keep the perceived threat level high. Said survivor just happens to be Kenji Ogata(yes, Rin's younger brother), and the capture and interrogation acts as a catalyst for her eventual recruitment by LaResistance. Oh, and Rin trashes both of the police mechs just as easily as they did the "terrorists" - using a ''damaged'' knockoff, not her AceCustom Fuego - so the test proved the "White Riders" to be a ''complete'' failure: too powerful to use on rioters, mere {{Mooks}} against a skilled opponent.]]
* FamedInStory: Tamayo is known to be a national Rideback champion. Rin is well recognized by her RedBaron title.
* FanGirl: Suzuri Uchida
* {{Fanservice}}: There are subtle traces in the series.

* GracefulInTheirElement: Rin is unsure of herself in the time [[spoiler:after her injury that compels her to leave dancing.]] But her discovery that [[spoiler:a Rideback responds to her commands as her own body in dance]] reenergizes her.

* HeroicBSOD: Rin remains in one of these [[spoiler:throughout the second half of the series, but especially after the death of Suzuri]]. She reboots at the end of episode 11.

* InstantExpert: Rin borderlines with this when using an extremely advanced Rideback. Though it took a while to fully master the controls, her ballet skills allowed her to balance and move the vehicle beyond ''automated systems''.

* KilledOffScreen: Rin's mother. As Suzuri implied in her {{Fangirl}} excitement, Rin's mother died in an earthquake 6 years prior. Viewers get to see memories of young Rin with her mother.
* LetsDance: [[spoiler:When Rin is riding Fuego, she is nearly unstoppable and will attempt to dance you to death with the Rideback.]] A lesson learned by several destroyed Grimoire enemy robots. Shoko almost declares this as she watches Rin in one instance.
* LaResistance: A notable ''nested'' example, as the GGP was originally a resistance group which opposed [[AmericaTakesOverTheWorld American interventionism]]. No one was more surprised than the GGP when they ''won'', taking America's place as the world's only superpower. However, in the ten years since then, increasing abuses on their part has made many of its former supporters(among them [[spoiler:[=RideBack=] Club president Tenshiro Okakura AKA "Goblin"]]) realize that it was a FullCircleRevolution. This has, in turn, led to the rise of the BMA.

* MiniMecha: Some of the mini-est in fiction; there's no enclosure, just a motorcycle chassis with arms, with the wheels capable of "standing" to become legs.

* OptOut: When Rin's brother is framed for murder and she realizes that she might have to hurt people, Rin proves unable to bear the burden of being a member of LaResistance and quits just as the rebellion prepares to strike.

* PragmaticAdaptation: The anime shaves off a couple of aspects from the original manga in order for the story to be completed with its 12 episode run, particularly a certain totalitarian feel not quite experienced in the anime.

* ReverseMole: [[spoiler:Kalenback's second-in-command in the anime. She's not a warmonger and shown to question his aggressive behavior, following his orders only to the end when she forces him to stand down--and then shoots him when he tries to kill Kiefer.]]
* ShownTheirWork: Goblin uses proper UNIX-style commands to force enemy robot Ridebacks to shutdown immediately.

* SuperWindowJump: Slightly justifiable since a Rideback and the rider's clothing would block most of the glass...except that Rin usually goes flying through windows in her street clothes.

* FalseFlagOperation: Episode 6, "The Lightning-Fast [=RideBack=]" is of the "[[FalseFlagOperation arm and incite the enemy so you have an excuse to squish them]]" variety. On top of that, it's also a weapons test [[spoiler:which [[GoneHorriblyRight Goes Horribly Right]] in '''every way imaginable'''; the MiniMecha the GGP are testing are ''so'' effective that they [[CurbStompBattle kill most of the "terrorists"]] by ''accident'' and end up torturing and blackmailing the survivor into confessing for one of the deaths just to keep the perceived threat level high. Said survivor just happens to be Kenji Ogata(yes, Rin's younger brother), and the capture and interrogation acts as a catalyst for her eventual recruitment by LaResistance. Oh, and Rin trashes both of the police mechs just as easily as they did the "terrorists" - using a ''damaged'' knockoff, not her AceCustom Fuego - so the test proved the "White Riders" to be a ''complete'' failure: too powerful to use on rioters, mere {{Mooks}} against a skilled opponent.]]

* FalseFlagOperation: Episode 6, "The Lightning-Fast [=RideBack=]" is of the "[[WarForFunAndProfit arm and incite the enemy so you have an excuse to squish them]]" variety. On top of that, it's also a weapons test [[spoiler:which [[GoneHorriblyRight Goes Horribly Right]] in '''every way imaginable'''; the MiniMecha the GGP are testing are ''so'' effective that they [[CurbStompBattle kill most of the "terrorists"]] by ''accident'' and end up torturing and blackmailing the survivor into confessing for one of the deaths just to keep the perceived threat level high. Said survivor just happens to be Kenji Ogata(yes, Rin's younger brother), and the capture and interrogation acts as a catalyst for her eventual recruitment by LaResistance. Oh, and Rin trashes both of the police mechs just as easily as they did the "terrorists" - using a ''damaged'' knockoff, not her AceCustom Fuego - so the test proved the "White Riders" to be a ''complete'' failure: too powerful to use on rioters, mere {{Mooks}} against a skilled opponent.]]

* NamesTheSame: Rin Ogata almost had a namesake by the name of Rina Ogata in ''White Album''; the latter was also voiced by Creator/NanaMizuki.

* [[spoiler:BuryYourGays: The first main character dying during the series is Suzuri]].

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* TheUnfrozenCavemanLawyer: Rin Ogata was a rising ballet star who suffered a GameBreakingInjury. But it turns out ballet training synchs up pretty darn well with MiniMecha piloting.