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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 (Manga)|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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=== This series provides examples of: ===
 
[[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.
* [[EverythingsEverything's Better Withwith 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 (Manga)|Chihiro and Urd]].
* [[Fingerless Gloves]]: Standard equipment for an éX-Driver.
* [[Free -Range Children]]: Their parents are never seen, but more than likely know about this.
* [[Foot Focus]]: Episodes 2 and 4. Though every episode has at least one clothed one.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Episode 4 has innuendos galore. Also ends up combining with [[Unfortunate Implications]].
** It's also implied that motorcycle repair equals sex.
* [[Hey, ItsIt's That Voice!]]: In both English and Japanese:
** Japanese - [[Yumiko Kobayashi|The]] [[Miki Nagasawa|three]] [[Yoko Asada|teens]] are also [[Soul Eater|Black Star]], [[Vampire Princess Miyu|Miyu]] and [[Digimon Tamers|Juri Katou]] (respectively). Also, [[Unsho Ishizuka|Munakata]] is [[Cowboy Bebop|Jet Black]], [[Michiko Neya|Nina's]] [[Gunsmith Cats|Rally Vincent]] and [[Ryotaro Okiayu|Cain]] is [[Gundam Wing|Treize Khushrenada]]. The movie has [[Kenichi Suzumura|Chika]] [[Zombie Loan|Akatsuki]], [[Steamboy|Eddie Steam]], [[Shinichiro Miki|Lockon]] [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Stratos]], [[Kotono Mitsuishi|Sailor]] [[Sailor Moon|Moon]], [[Wataru Takagi|Wataru]] [[Detective Conan (Manga)|Takagi]], [[Kozo Shioya|Majin]] [[DragonballDragon Ball|Buu]], [[Miyuki Sawashiro|Mint]] [[Galaxy Angel (Animeanime)|Blancmanche]] and [[Kenji Nomura|Largo]] [[Valkyria Chronicles|Potter]].
** The English dub was by [[Bang Zoom]]. [[Wendee Lee|And]] [[Philece Sampler|as]] [[Richard Epcar|such]], [[Kirk Thornton|expect]] [[Lex Lang|several]] [[Steve Blum|of]] [[Mela Lee|these]] [[Dave Wittenberg|through]][[Michael McConnohie|out]].
* [[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 ''[[DragonballDragon 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 Onon 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 (Film)|Hal 9000]].
** ''[[Duel (Filmfilm)|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 DriversDriver'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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