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Riding Bean (OAV)

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[ adapted from Riding Bean (manga) ]

Alternative title:
ライディング・ビーン (Japanese)
Genres: action, adventure, comedy
Themes: police
Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Plot Summary: Bean Bandit and his partner Rally Vincent are couriers for hire - transporting clients and delivering goods in his custom sports car "Roadbuster" for a hefty price. But when they are hired to escort a kidnapped girl named Chelsea to her home, they don't realize they're being framed for kidnapping as their former clients Semmerling and Carrie plan their escape with Chelsea's father and the ransom money.
User Ratings: 230 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 8 votes (sub:4, dub:3, Ger.sub:1)
 Excellent: 18 votes (sub:9, dub:8, Por.sub:1)
 Very good: 46 votes (sub:28, dub:17, Ger.sub:1)
 Good: 80 votes (sub:53, dub:22, Ger.sub:3, ?:1, Por.sub:1)
 Decent: 41 votes (sub:21, dub:17, Ger.sub:2, ?:1)
 So-so: 16 votes (sub:7, dub:7, Ger.dub:1, Ger.sub:1)
 Not really good: 7 votes (dub:5, sub:2)
 Weak: 7 votes (sub:6, Ger.sub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (sub:1, Ger.sub:1, dub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 409 users, rank: #1264
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.756 (Good-.24), std. dev.: 1.73, rank: #2180
Weighted mean: 6.699 (Good-.30), rank: #2150 (seen all: 6.71 / seen some: 6.32)
Bayesian estimate: 6.733 (Good-.26), rank: #1814
Running time: 46 minutes
Number of episodes: 1
Vintage: 1989-02-22
Releases: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Road Buster" by Phil Perry
Ending Theme:
"Runnin' the Road" by Phil Perry
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 5
Comment:
Along with Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01, Riding Bean was AnimEigo's first anime release.
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    Riding Bean (DVD) 2002-03-22 (from $6.99)
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Director: Yasuo Hasegawa
Character Design: Kenichi Sonoda
Art Director: Hiroaki Sato
Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Konishi
Executive producer: Junji Fujita
Artboard: Ley Yumeno
Audio Director: Noriyoshi Matsuura
Mechanical animation Director: Shinya Ohira
Supervision: Kenichi Sonoda
Technical Director: Yasunori Ide
Theme Song Composition:
Larry Klimas ("Bad Girl")
Phil Perry ("Road Buster")
Ray Wolff ("King of the Road")
Theme Song Performance:
Andrea Robinson ("Bad Girl")
Phil Perry (OP, ED, "King of the Road")
 
Hideyuki Tanaka as Bean Bandit
Naoko Matsui as Rally Vincent

Chieko Honda as Chelsea Grimwood
Kei Tomiyama as Percy
Mami Koyama as Semmerling
Nobuo Tobita as Dick (Percy's Assistant)

Jun Hazumi as George Grimwood
Kazumi Tanaka as Guard
Kôzô Shioya as Guard
Michitaka Kobayashi as
Morris
Robber
Tomoko Maruo as Waitress
Yuusaku Yara as Chief
Japanese companies 

Distributor: Toshiba EMI
DVD Distribution: Bandai Visual
Music Production: Toshiba EMI
English cast 
English staff 
Director: Michael House
Dialogue Editing: Roe R. Adams III
Dubbing Production:
Chuck Agresta
Randy Drew
Production Assistant: Nancy Powell
Production Coordination: Natsumi Ueki
Voice Direction: J. Randolph (Dubbed)
Brennan MacKenzie as Rally Vincent
J. Patrick Lawlor as Bean Bandit

Adam Guzman as Dick (Percy's Assistant)
Barbara Lewis as Semmerling
David Kraus as Percy
Mary Boucher as Chelsea Grimwood
Susan McQueen as Carrie

David Arnold as George Grimwood
Jean Hrdlicka as Waitress
John Peckham as Guard
Mark Garber as
Morris
Robber
Timothy J. Walsh as The Chief

English companies 
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)
MVM (UK)
Licensed by: AnimEigo
Italian staff 
Italian companies 
(none)
 
Distributor: Dynit
Italian cast 
(none)
German staff 
German companies 
(none)
 
Distributor:
ACOG
OVA Films
German cast 
Bruno Niederprüm as Bean Bandit
 
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