Akudama Drive Anonymous 01/04/21(Mon)21:45:22 No. ]]�* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:She suspends both Master and Pupil for an unspecified amount of time for failing to capture/kill the Akudamas. Even moreso with this being a ThanatosGambit that causes the entire city to rise up against the Executioners, and gives Brother and Sister a chance to escape. What initially seemed like nothing more than a stylish brawlfest, and Akudama Drive … ]]�* ButtMonkey: He's genuinely the loser member of the Akudama, but can get really show it when pushed far.�* CoolShades: He has circular orange glasses.�* CowardlyLion: He's generally a cowardly individual, but when he's inspired by Brawler's (misguided) admiration for him in Episode 4, he's compelled to stay behind with him and Cutthroat to hold the line against the Executioners. Urakata!! 兄：内田真礼 妹：市ノ瀬加那 市ノ瀬加那さんからのコメントも届きました！", "Too Kyo Games, Studio Pierrot Reveal Akudama Drive Original Anime", "Akudama Drive Anime Delayed to October Due to COVID-19", "Danganronpa Writer's Akudama Drive Breaks Out New PV and Release Date", "Funimation to Stream Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World, Naruto, More Anime", "21 Simulcasts this Fall on Wakanim: that's a record! Yet spiritually they are extremely similar, because Akudama Drive follows the three tenets of Cyberpunk almost to the T. About Akudama Drive any years ago, a Great Civil War ravaged Japan, leaving the country fragmented between two regions: Kansai and Kanto. Courier. [21], Art director Yoshio Tanioka received aid from the directors of each episodes in regards to storyboards. This would result in the Kansai public uniting together to end their murderous streak.]] … They both share the same age, height and even three sizes. So long as you're paying him, he'll deliver your (most likely illegal) packages or even get involved in insane, history making heists. In Episode 4, he considered switching Brawler as his best friend in favor of [[ProfessionalKiller Cutthroat]]. She's willing to actually risk her life just to return a 500 yen coin to a guy who literally said he doesn't want it.�* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: She ends up arrested after refusing to pay with money that Courier dropped, and gets labeled a Swindler afterwards.�* NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: Gives one when [[spoiler:when she tries paying Courier with the 500 yen for him to take the kids to safety, and he responds with his usual bad luck line. �* KickTheSonOfABitch: �** [[spoiler:She slashes a gangster's eye with a can lid when he tries to take Sister away for their sex slave ring. Tanioka denied a cyberpunk comparison and instead referenced "Japan, Kansai, and Showa". �* CoolMask: He has a black face mask that covers the lower half of his face.�* HeroAntagonist: He is [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal an accredited government agent assigned to assassinate the anarchic Akudama]]. Story, setting, characters, the world building and ect. Pierrot and Too Kyo Games are credited with the original work. ]]�* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[https://twitter.com/kazkodaka/status/1334524926166851585 According to]] [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Monomi's]] speculation in Kodaka's weekly roleplay livetweeting, [[spoiler:the growing halo he sees on Swindler is formed from genuine affection. [49][50] Multiple writers from the former site also listed Akudama Drive as one of their favorite series from 2020,[51][52] while readers from the same site also voted it as the 9th best anime of the year.[53]. When Master catches up with the Akudama, Brawler fights him willingly, while the others are forced to do so as they try to make their escape. Akudama Drive Episode #12 Anime Review (Season Finale) 4 min read. ", "A dangerous journey unfolds… Akudama Drive is now simulcasting on AnimeLab! [...] Bad luck doesn't even begin to cover it. When asked to fight alongside her to reunite the siblings, Courier allies with Swindler. [14], The anime was delayed from July 2020 to October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. �* BadassBiker: He rides a futuristic motorcycle that can travel at high speeds and be used for combat. ]]�* KnightTemplar: He might be NewMeat, but he's fully indoctrinated into the Executioners' Akudama-hating ideal, going as far as to say that Akudama don't have hearts and should therefore all die. [[spoiler: When he had to deliver a charm to Sister from Brother there was no reason for him to wait for Swindler to regain consciousness to finish the job, and the next episode has him cooking for Swindler and Sister as well as giving advice to Swindler as an Akudama. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. '''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkioOhtsuka (Japanese), Creator/DCDouglas (English)�[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/masterprofile.png]] ��Master is one of the high-ranking Executioners who was sent to go after and eliminate the Akudama group created by Black Cat. For a BloodKnight as extreme as him, it's the perfect way to go. It is later revealed that Brother has a healing factor. What initially seemed like nothing more than a stylish brawlfest, and Akudama Drive certainly is some of that, turned out to be waaaay more punk than anyone expected. [[spoiler:She also reveals that she started the Master-Pupil system to lower their shockingly high casualty rate, banking on the Executioners bonding with their partners and being less willing to throw their lives away. She's also on the receiving of this with her bosses, who threaten a far worse punishment if she keeps on failing them.]]�[[/folder]]��! With a good setter, he is able to spike the ball perfectly. ]]�* BerserkButton: Do not overestimate hacking by thinking it is that easy.�* BigDamnHeroes: He pulls this off [[spoiler:posthumously through a program he left in Swindler's phone]]:�** Just as Courier, Brother and Sister are cornered by the Executioners, [[spoiler:it manages to start an uprising of civilians against the Executioners through ManipulativeEditing of Swindler's death livestream to make it look like PoliceBrutality on an innocent civilian. Character Name Generator Whether it's a daring leader, a creature of fantasy or an evil villain, we'll find the perfect name for your character. When they start to appear in larger groups, they are degraded to {{Elite Mook}}s that the protagonists can beat with relative ease.�* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:It's revealed that this was actually a large problem when they started out, with a lot of Executioners being perfectly willing to throw away theirs live to kill Akudama, leading to a 80% casualty rate due to said willingness. [[spoiler:This gets deconstructed in later episodes as their willingness to kill anyone who's labeled as an Akudama, regardless of what they're like, gets scrutinized by the general public. ]]�* {{Hammerspace}}: She carries several operation kits worth of scalpels and other medical instruments in her longcoat, as well as dozens of bottles of different chemicals. It took my normal life and made it the absolute worst. ]]�* BewareTheSillyOnes: �** [[spoiler:He attacks Pupil after he sees Brawler's corpse. His skill with technology is prodigious - by the beginning of the series, hacking into governments and private banks were merely light challenges for him. Hacker sacrifices himself to save the children who reunite with Swindler. We talked and decided to make a 90's crime action cyberpunk. '''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShunHorie (Japanese), Y. Chang (English)�[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_b5f956980c2be8d00e4b7c7f55f0b4e4_170e3a80_1280.png]] ��An apathetic boy known for his ability to hack any computer system.�----�* AmbiguousSituation: After his departure to Kanto, it's unknown if he somehow survived the Decontamination Area. Akudama Drive (Japanese: アクダマドライブ, Hepburn: Akudama Doraibu) is a 2020 Japanese cyberpunk anime television series produced by Pierrot and Too Kyo Games.Set in a dystopian future in Kansai, the story follows criminals known as Akudama who are pursued by the government though one of them is an ordinary citizen who decides to take a fake identity to survive. ]]�* AGoodWayToDie: [[spoiler:He dies realizing that he scored a MutualKill with the ultimate WorthyOpponent in front of the guy he hero-worships. To a lesser degree this eventually extends to [[spoiler: Swindler, who is going out of her way to protect Sister. ]]�* GuileHeroine: How the other Akudama sees her as given she�s a "swindler". They also have very clashing personalities and morals (or lack therof) with Cutthroat being very childish and Courier being overly serious when it comes to their own specialized fields.�* HandicappedBadass: [[spoiler:The injuries he sustained from Doctor's betrayal don't make him any less of a threat, with him being able to perform his killings like normal, even being able to make a giant pile of corpses in Executioners' HQ and briefly neutralize Courier. There is another protagonist, but she is not really an Akudama. ORDINARY PERSON / SAGISHI / SWINDLER / IPPANJIN . Akudama Drive . I can tell theres the potential for something great there, but it seemed like episode one danced around it. Unless—and this might. This led to the casualty rate dropping to 30%. M She specializes in close combat.�----�* ActionGirl: She has the endurance and strength to give the Akudama a hell of a fight.�* TheApprentice: A student working directly under the Master.�* BoyishShortHair: She has a pixie cut that sharply frames her face. �* MadScientist: Her doctor-esque career mixed with her blood lust make her akin to this.�* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:Her core motivation. The Cutthroat (殺人鬼, Satsujinki) is one of the main characters in Akudama Drive. ]]�* DistressedDude: [[spoiler:Doctor places a needle onto his heart and threatens to kill him unless Pupil complies to her demands. Her being a female protagonist and her pink color scheme also brings [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Kaede Akamatsu]] to mind.�* FirstBlood: [[spoiler:She kills two thugs who sold people on the black market to protect Sister.]] Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Notably, he doesn't stand out as much as it would seem as in later episodes, some Executioners can be seen with dark skin and other non-Asian features.�* BadassBaritone: Being voiced by Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchi certainly helps.�* TheBigGuy: Obviously. ]]�* EmotionlessGirl: She hardly shows any emotions. Some of the things he says seems to make it like he enjoys inciting some kind of reaction from people, mostly Swindler. They are bound to the laws of Kanto and can't attack anyone unless they're declared to be a criminal or Akudama. [[CharacterDevelopment She gets better from this]].�* MadLove: She ''exasperatedly tries'' to push all of Cutthroat's advances towards her away. Norimitsu Kaihō and Taguchi oversaw the series scripts. Akudama Drive will air … �* ThinkNothingOfIt: Played with. ]]�** [[spoiler:She kills Cutthroat after tricking him, cutting off his arm and stabbing him. Ippanjin = Citizen (Ordinary Person) 20 years. First when [[spoiler: he learns the moon was destroyed, making what he did AllForNothing]], and later when [[spoiler: he, Sister, Swindler and Courier are cornered after the Shinkansen is destroyed. Welcome to the Ten Count Wiki! Akudama Drive characters with Japanese and English names and official ages. Very similar to your avid spy movie, such as james bond or spy kids. Other characters, such as Hoodlum, would then exaggerate her reputation as a remarkable criminal.�* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: This is her whole shtick and her main title apart from Swindler.�* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: She�s usually on the receiving end of most of the physical comedy more often than the male characters�barring Hoodlum.�* TheTeamNormal: At first, she�s the only one of the Akudama to not have a particular skill, due to starting out as a mere citizen. And thanks to her pretending to be an ordinary person who was "wrongfully" executed, the public decides to rise up and fight against the Executioners. [[spoiler:Boss tries to bypass this the first time by pressuring the Chief of Police to declare the rioters in Episode 9 as Akudama which grants them permission to kill them. �* TokenEvilTeammate: Even in a group full of criminals, he somehow manages to be this. ]]�* IWorkAlone: [[spoiler:She attempts to pull this after Master gets killed, but fails due to the system in place and Boss forces her to accept a new partner. '''Bunny's voiced by:''' Kurumi Mamiya (Japanese), Creator/MichaelKovach (English)�!!! Kimagure Orange Road: Shonen Jump Special, Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day. Considering that she was a VillainProtagonist to begin with, her characterization by revealing herself as a traitor did not change anything beyond her affiliation. Swindler uses this during her BatmanGambit in Episode 12 to showcase how the Executioners are just dirty cops and that they can murder any civilian. ― Akudama Drive's premiere was full of colorful characters and neon-bathed background art. ]]]]�* ChallengeSeeker: Ultimately, he's bored with how easy it is for him in Kansai and desires to go to Kanto in hopes that it'd be more exciting. Many years ago, a Great Civil War ravaged Japan, leaving the country fragmented between two regions: Kansai and Kanto. While all the other Akudama have their own self-interests that drives their personal goal and moral standards they abide to, Cutthroat on the other hand just kills for the sake of it and doesn’t seem to register his own actions as 'immoral' at all.²* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He loves marshmallows. Master is strong enough to fight several Akudama at the same time, while the Pupil despite being weaker was still a threat in a 1 to 1 battle. What initially seemed like nothing more than a stylish brawlfest, and Akudama Drive certainly is some of that, turned out to be waaaay more punk than anyone expected. In Kansai, the power of police and government has reduced. However she does try to keep her fellow Akudama alive and help out as much as she can despite it all. In Episode 10, she is [[DeaderThanDead killed]] by being trampled over by an out-of-control mob of civilians trying to stitch herself back up. The latter being questionable if it�s affectionate or not.�* BigBrotherWorship: She truly looks up to Brother and [[spoiler:Swindler as a big sister. [[spoiler:The most egregious example is when Boss forces the Chief of Police to declare the rioters Akudama, and the two Executioners with her show absolutely no regard for killing unarmed civilians, one of which only complaining about how they just had their uniform cleaned. But this time one they can't stop as the Chief of Police [[DrivenToSuicide kills himself]] instead of giving them permission. �* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has pink hair with the tips dyed blue.�[[/folder]]��[[folder:Hoodlum]]�!!Hoodlum�!!! ]]�* {{Yandere}}: He becomes one of these for Swindler briefly after meeting her because [[spoiler:she has a red halo invisible to all but her, causing him to see her as his angel.]] This means that the Executors now treats her as another Akudama, which is further cemented in episode 5 [[spoiler:when she is on the Executioners' "Most Wanted" list with the others]].�* HonorBeforeReason: Instead of simply paying for her takoyaki with the 500 yen Courier dropped, she's still insistent on returning it and tries to reason with the vendor that's she'll pay her back later, who responds by calling the police and her being sent down to the station, with the front desk robot even explaining that her actions[[note]]Having money but not paying[[/note]] are essentially fraud. Akudama Drive (Japanese: アクダマドライブ, Hepburn: Akudama Doraibu) is a 2020 Japanese cyberpunk anime television series produced by Pierrot and Too Kyo Games. I haven't played it myself yet, but I have watched some VTubers do so, which I'm assuming explains the anime characters in these images. Despite being an ordinary citizen with no outstanding criminal record, she hits it off strangely well with the other Akudama except maybe Doctor.�* OnlySaneWoman: She seems to be the only one in the group with a normal track of mind, though it's to be expected.�* PinkMeansFeminine: She wears a pink dress and acts fairly feminine.�* PluckyGirl: No matter how bad a situation gets, she always keeps going on. ]]�* EnergyWeapon: His bike comes equipped with one. The region is filled with crime and criminals known as ‘Akudama.’ Due to certain circumstances, these Akudama gather in one place. We don’t have specific character names but persons specified with what they do. But the second time it happens in Episode 12, the Chief of Police kills himself out of guilt leaving Boss and her Executioners at the mercy of the rioting masses. The release date for episode 10 is not known yet. [17] On December 2, 2020, Funimation announced that the series would receive an English dub. ]]�* CharacterDevelopment: Starting off as your run-of-the-mill EmotionlessGirl, she gets more emotive after [[spoiler:she's separated from Brother and bonds more with Swindler. Akudama Drive Season 2 release date prediction: Likely a long wait. ]]�* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite being a violent BloodKnight, he backs up Swindler when she calls out Doctor on "bullying" [[spoiler:Brother and Sister. Anime, Manga, Top List, Top List 2020 best anime, akudama drive, anime, best anime of 2020, best manga, Deca-Dence, Dorohedoro, Fire Force, Food Wars!, Fruits Basket, great pretender, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Keep Your hands off eizouken, shoukugeki no soma, Top 10 anime of 2020, top anime list �* RedBaron: {{Invoked|Trope}} and {{exaggerated|Trope}}. Yumeiro Patissiere: Mune Kyun Tropical Island! Despite Doctor ultimately being thwarted, Junior still ends up getting hospitalized. �* ItAmusedMe: He enjoys hacking computer/security systems for funsies. ]]�* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: [[spoiler:She teaches Hoodlum how to accurately cut the carotid artery while using him as her reluctant minion against Swindler. ]]�* CharacterizationMarchesOn: [[spoiler: In the beginning of Brother�s introduction, he shows that he�s very apathetic to the Akudamas and hadn�t empathized with Brawler�s death at all casually shrugging it off and saying he didn�t expect everyone to survive. Careful: This wiki contains SPOILERS, read with caution! Magical Emi, the Magic Star: Finale! ]]�** In Episode 10, [[spoiler:her expression turns delightfully horrified when Hoodlum slits her throat using the technique she taught him. �----�* ArtificialLimbs: He has a robotic right arm. He swears to stay by her side and never let anyone hurt her. They also have very clashing personalities and morals (or lack therof) with Cutthroat being very childish and Courier being overly serious when it comes to their own specialized fields.�* FreudianExcuse: His belief that picking up dropped money is bad luck stems from [[spoiler:him taking a "tip" his employers dropped on the ground and returning home to discover a woman, likely his mother or caretaker, dead and his hand subsequently being shot off by the killer. Put him down, and he'll be right back a minute later demanding more.�* DumbMuscle: He isn't very bright compared to his cohorts. ]]�* TheCracker: His primary role in the group. �* BaitTheDog: Despite being a dangerous criminal, at first his affection for Swindler seems genuine to the point of harming himself in order to save her. ]]�* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler:After he learns of Brawler's death, he more or less shrugs it off by claiming he wasn't guaranteeing anyone's survival, pissing Hoodlum off.