Rideback (manga)

Rideback
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Rin Ogata and her Rideback, Fuego
Genre
Manga
Written byTetsurō Kasahara [ja]
Published byShogakukan
ImprintIkki Comix
MagazineMonthly Ikki
DemographicSeinen
Original runApril 25, 2003October 25, 2008
Volumes10
Anime television series
Directed byAtsushi Takahashi
Produced by
Written by
  • Hideo Takayashiki
  • Ken Iizuka
Music byTakafumi Wada
StudioMadhouse
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkChiba TV, TV Saitama, tvk, KBS, Sun TV, Tokyo MX, AT-X
English network
Original run January 12, 2009 March 30, 2009
Episodes12
Novel
Rideback: Cannonball Run
Written byBoncho Kuga
Illustrated byTetsurō Kasahara
Published byShogakukan
ImprintGagaga Bunko
DemographicMale
PublishedJanuary 21, 2009

Rideback (stylized as RɪᴅᴇBᴀᴄᴋ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tetsurō Kasahara [ja]. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Monthly Ikki from April 2003 to October 2008, with its chapters collected in ten tankōbon volumes. Set in Japan in the 2020s, it follows the story of college student Rin Ogata, as she comes across a two-wheeled automobile robot known as a Rideback. It was adapted into a 12-episode anime television series by Madhouse broadcast from January to March 2009. In North America, Funimation licensed the anime series for English release.

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