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{{work}}{{DISPLAYTITLE:''éX-Driver''|noerror}}[[File:Ex-driver.jpg|thumb|From left to right: Lorna, Souichi, and Lisa. And this isn't the first time a [[Cool Car|Super Seven]] has shown up in [[You're Under Arrest|a Kosuke Fujishima work]].]]
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In the future, [[Automated Automobiles]] are used by people to get around. Unfortunately, the cars end up going [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot|going haywire at times]]...
 
And that's when the eponymous force comes in.
 
''éX-Driver'' (often abbreviated simply to ''éX-D'') is a six-episode [[OVA]] series, based on a manga created by [[Kosuke Fujishima]] (''[[You're Under Arrest]]'', ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'', ''[[Piano]]'') and animated by [[Actas]], [[A-Line]] and [[Xebec]], released early in the [[Turn of the Millennium]] (whether it was 2000 or 2001, however, is a matter of debate between the OVAs and the internet). The series focused around three teens (Lisa Sakakino, Lorna Endou and Souichi Sugano) and their attempt to corral the out-of-control vehicles using manually-driven ones.
 
Had a movie in 2002, filled with [[Conspicuous CG]]. [[Needs More Love]].
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[[Needs More Love]].
* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: Pretty much the whole point of the series.▼
 
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▲* [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: Pretty much the whole point of the series.
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Lisa has a slightly darker complexion than her teammates.
* [[Art Evolution]]: Inverted somewhat; the first episode is more detailed than the others. Played straight with the movie.
* [[Author Appeal]]: This is Kosuke Fujishima we're talking about here - this is not the first story that he put a <s> Lotus</s> Caterham [[w:Lotus Seven|Super 7]] into.. You'll see more [[Cool Car]]s than you thought possible to animate in a single show without CG.
* [[Automated Automobiles]]: They technically serve as villains for the first four episodes, despite only malfunctioning (they do endanger the lives of bystanders and the people inside, even if unintentionally).
* [[Badass Driver]]: Anyone with an actual driver's license, except for [[Badass Biker]] Rei.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Lisa
* [[Beach Episode]]: Episode 5, subverted in that it never happens for different reasons.
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* [[Biker Babe]]: Rei
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Lisa.
* [[Child Prodigy]]: Souichi is years younger than Lisa and Lorna ... and he's still the best driver on the team.
* [[Conspicuous CG]]: The Movie and ''Danger Zone''. Episodes 3 and 5 also contain some CG (albeit through computer displays).
* [[Cool Car]]: An obvious trope.
* [[Cool Bike]]: Rei's Ducati 900 SS
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Episodes 5 and 6, in which a former éX-Driver and his crew try to ''kill'' the three heroes (they only manage to injure two of them though). The Movie also.
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: Largely intentional for the job. Lisa does play this straight on numerous occasions, though., Asas do the AI cars when malfunctioning. Ditto the rivals in episodes 5 and 6.
* [[Eagle Land]]: Appears in the movie as a mix between a Type 2 and a Mixed Flavor (mostly the former).
* [[Every Car Is a Pinto]]: Averted, when cars crash, they don't explode. The AI cars that do were rigged.
* [[Every Car Is Rear Wheel Drive]]: With the exception of Lisa's Subaru in the first episode, this is largely played straight with the manually driven cars.
* [[Everything's Better with Plushies]]/[[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]]: Nina's workspace (and later revealed in ''Danger Zone'', her apartment) has dozens of plushies. A bonus: Count the plushies on Nina's desk - that's the episode number.
* [[Expy]]: To an extent, Lisa and Lorna resemble the designs of [[Ah! My Goddess|Chihiro and Urd]].
* [[Fingerless Gloves]]: Standard equipment for an éX-Driver.
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* [[JAM Project]]: Provided most of the music, it was one of their earlier projects.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Played with. The main team have several outfits while all supporting cast members are only seen in one outfit.
* [[Merchandise-Driven]]: Not to the extent of a more popular anime like ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' per se (nor was anything ever advertised within). But the series did have its fair share, including coffee mugs, art books, model kits and [[CD|CDs]]s.
* [[Motorcycle on the Coast Road]]: Episode 4 ends with this.
* [[The Movie]]: With [[Conspicuous CG]]!
* [[Nosebleed]]: Episode 4, after Souichi looks at a naked Rei (in the bathroommen's shower room, of all places). He also wentfell unconscious.
* [[Off-Model]]: The designs take a slight decline between the first episode and the second episode on.
* [[Shower Scene]]: Episode 4, [[Played for Laughs]].
* [[Shout-Out]]: The AI Cars have a singular red eye, akin to that of [[2001: A Space Odyssey|Hal 9000]].
** ''[[Duel (film)|Duel]]'' gets this treatment twice - Once in episode six, and again in the movie.
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Lorna's descriptions of her advanced driving maneuvers in episode 3. One of the extras on the North American release shows the animation team going to a track and watching drivers of real-world cars of the same make and model (and colour!) as the cars in the anime performing the same advanced maneuvers.
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Occurs in episode 5, The Movie and the Mini-Movie (with AI -controlled vehicles).
* [[Turn of the Millennium]]: Released sometimeJuly after25, [[Y2000 2through K]]-2001April 20, 2002 (which may explain the AI[[A.I. isIs a Crapshoot]] trope above).
* [[Universal Driver's License]]: This might be one of the reasons that allows anyone (even as a child/early teen) to become an éX-Driver (the other being the ability to actually operate a manually -controlled vehicle).
* [[Women Drivers]]: Heavily averted, as two-thirds of the main cast are female. Also, there are other female éX-Drivers, as the movie confirms.
 
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[[Category:Anime]]
[[Category:Ex Driver{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Xebec]]
[[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]]
[[Category:Anime of the 2000s]]
[[Category:Works by Kosuke Fujishima]]
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