Riding Bean (Video 1989)

A superhuman outlaw courier and his female partner/manager are framed for the kidnapping of a millionaire's daughter.

Directors:

Yasuo Hasegawa, Osamu Kamijô,

Writer:

Kenichi Sonoda

Stars:

David Arnold, Elizabeth Becka, Mary Boucher

Cast

Credited cast:
David Arnold	...	George Grimwood (voice)
Elizabeth Becka	...	Rally (as Brennan MacKenzie)
Mary Boucher	...	Chelsea Grimwood (voice)
Marc Garber	...	Robber, Morris Grey (voice) (as Mark Garber)
Adam Guzman	...	Dick (voice)
Jun Hasumi	...	George
Megumi Hayashibara	...	Carrie
Chieko Honda	...	Chelsea
Jean Hrdlicka	...	Waitress (voice)
Michitaka Kobayashi	...	Robber & Morris (as Sanshirô Nitta)
Jûrôta Kosugi	...	Guard
Mami Koyama	...	Semmerling
David Kraus	...	Percy (voice)
J. Patrick Lawlor	...	Bean Bandit (english dub) (voice)
Barbara C. Lewis	...	Semmerling (voice) (as Barbara Lewis)

Storyline

Based on the manga (Japanese graphic novels) of the same name, this OAV is set in Chicago and (Original Animation Video) follows the adventures of expert "wheel man" Bean Bandit and his girlfriend Rally as they become mixed up in an intricate kidnapping plot involving a millionaire and his daughter. Riding Bean's creator, Kenichi Sonada, was heavily influenced by the movie The Blues Brothers.

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Plot Keywords:

kidnapping | super strength | frame up | framed for kidnapping | anime | 

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Genres:

Action | Animation

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Company Credits

Production Co:

Artmic, Toshiba EMI, Youmex

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

License plate on the car Semmerling hot-wires in the parking structure is "BDR 529", the same as the Bluesmobile in The Blues Brothers.

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Quotes

Rally Vincent: [Twenty armed guards surround the car] My, my. All those nice men gathering around us. I wonder what they're doing when they're not so busy.
Bean Bandit: Drink, smoke, watch TV, and gamble. It's a tradition.

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Connections

Followed by Gunsmith Cats (1995)

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Soundtracks

"Road Buster"
Music and Lyrics by Phil Perry & David Garfield
Vocals by Phil Perry
Drums by Carlos Vega
Bass by Jimmy Johnson
Keyboards by David Garfield
Guitar by Mike Landau
Background Vocals: Phil Perry (section leader), Paulette Brown, Leslie Smith & Kate Markowitz

User Reviews

"Eat, drink, smoke, watch TV and gamble. It's a tradition."

Based on the manga created by Kenichi Sonoda (who did the mechanical designs for the original Bubblegum Crisis and later created Gunsmith Cats in response to Riding Bean being canceled), this one shot OAV chronicles the antics, shenanigans and misadventures of the title character, [Riding] Bean Bandit.

Bean Bandit, AKA: the Road Buster, is a superhuman outlaw courier who transports pretty much anyone/everyone and anything/everything for the right price (except drugs). His partner in crime is Rally Vincent, a woman with a big gun and a sharp eye on their bank account. Naturally, they're not really villains, they're just good hearted people on the wrong side of the law. When Bean is asked to transport the daughter of a millionaire, he and Rally get framed for kidnapping by a child molester named Semmerling and her little girl slave Carrie. This begins a high speed conspiracy chase with Bean determined to settle the score and reunite the girl with her father. Relentlessly pursuing Bean is Percy, a deranged police officer who's obsessed with either capturing Bean any which way he can or killing him.

Good mindless testosterone fun. Bean's such a lovable goof-ball that it really breaks your heart that his antics were discontinued. A redesigned Rally later became the heroine of "Gunsmith Cats" and a slightly different looking Bean made a few appearances in her alternate universe books.

"My my my, all those nice men pointing guns at us. I wonder what they all do when they're not so busy." - Rally Vincent

"Eat, drink, smoke, watch TV and gamble. It's a tradition." - Bean Bandit