A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Premiere:
April 9, 2008
# of Seasons: 1
# of Episodes: 26
Finale:
October 1, 2008
Original Title:
RD 潜脳調査室
Alternate Titles:
RD Sennou Chousashitsu
RD Sennō Chōsashitsu
Genres:
Action & Adventure | Animation | Crime | Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production Companies:
Production I.G
Countries:
JP
The story takes place in 2061, 50 years after humanity developed the "Net society" that depended on information networks despite their security issues. To improve security, a new network called Meta Real Network — or "Metal" for short — was developed. People's personal memories are reduced to information and placed within "protected virtual stand-alone organic cyber enclaves" called bubble shells online. The result was a virtual "explosion" of creative freedom as people felt safe enough to explore instincts and desires on Metal that they would not otherwise explore in real life. This "friction" between the Metal's alluring lack of restrictions and rules-bound reality led to trouble and incidents that investigators known as "cyber divers" must handle. Masamichi Haru is one such cyber diver.
Art Designer:
Shinji Sugiyama
Art Direction:
Mio Isshiki
Character Designer:
Tetsuro Ueyama
Director of Photography:
Koji Tanaka
Original Music Composer:
Hideki Taniuchi
Yoshihisa Hirano
Original Story:
Masamune Shirow
Series Composition:
Junichi Fujisaku
Series Director:
Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Sound Director:
Chiaki Yamada
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