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+====== éX-Driver ======
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+{{tag>anime otaku}}
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+<dfn>éX-Driver</dfn> is an [[lb:anime]] created by [[lb:fujishima.kousuke]] that takes place in a [[lb:dystopia|dystopian]] reality where self-driving cars are so widespread they are the dominant form of transportation.
+//Horrifying//, I know, but more so than that... some cars just... go crazy sometimes. For reasons unknown, they will just stop following orders. For those situations, a group of specialists who still know how to drive cars come in to stop those cars: the **[[lb:ex-d:éX-Drivers]]**.
+If you're wondering why the cars go crazy...well, you'll never know.
+</div>
+===== Reviews =====
+==== éX-Driver OVA ====
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+The initial OVA has a very impressive chase scene in the first episode...and that's the height of the entire franchise.
+Taking the whole OVA, I think that it's good overall, though that chase scene really is as good as it gets. I think it would have served as a good foundation for a future series...which, well, doesn't exist, so that's a shame.
+All the cars are animated in 2D, which is very //very// nice.
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+Now, what I'd like to point out which I found...odd, is the implication behind AI cars going rogue. The OVA hints at the fact that nobody knows why this happens and, well, an entire organization was created which is dedicated to stopping those cars when they go rogue...and all AI cars move out of the way for that organization when a rogue car is detected. This all implies that it's a //known// defect that nobody can solve for whatever reason. Why isn't anyone trying to solve it? Why isn't the OVA focused on figuring out the truth behind this mystery? It's just...never addressed, which is odd.
+Especially odd is something I noticed later. Self-driving cars have been a thing in this world for a lot longer than it may first appear. My guess is a minimum of 30-40 years.((:fn:>This guesstimate is based on <cite>Nina & Rei Danger Zone</cite> plus the ages of the various characters. [[lb:ex-d:Nina]] & [[lb:ex-d:Rei]] are depicted as being in their teens or, at the latest, early 20s in <cite>Nina & Rei Danger Zone</cite>. Similarly, the two main drivers in the main anime grew up with AI cars being widespread which places the lower limit at around 20.)) But note that that's the minimum required for them being //wide-spread//, which means they must have been around for longer. Though with how the self-driving system actually works, it's unlikely to have been implemented gradually, and had to have been implemented ‘suddenly’.
+</div>
+==== Movie ====
+The movie is serviceable but it really isn't that great. I think the plot was a bit...off, though I don't remember why. Yeah, those notes of mine **don't exist at all** for this, so I don't remember much. I just remember thinking ‘well, that happened’ and, animation-wise, nothing reaches that episode 1 chase scene.
+==== Nina & Rei Danger Zone ====
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+My notes... wait, //**note**//, says that this is better than the movie. I think, now I //think//, this is because the story is better. But I don't remember how. I'll need to re-watch, I guess...
+Though this OVA is a flashback to when one of the workers at the base and a one-off character from the initial OVA worked as éX-Drivers themselves.
+</div>
+===== Speculah & Analysis =====
+==== Self-Driving Cars ====
+The depiction of self-driving cars in this series is interesting...because it's arguably the most accurate prediction of what a world of self-driving cars might look like.
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+Why? Because they're all connected into a centralized system which manages where and how the cars drive. Plus each car has its own sensors built-in just in case the system fails to pick something up somewhere.
+On top of that, we only ever see this operating within cities. Cities are a very controllable environment, which makes it more likely for self-driving cars to exist here.
+</div>
+===== Trivilinks =====
+  * [[anidb>55|aniDB]]
+  * [[anila>377|AniList]]
+  * The dynamic of the main characters reappears, in a way, in <cite>Taihou Shichauzou</cite>.