
Gurren Lagann(2007)
When a young laborer escapes to the world aboveground, he discovers a violent land in which humans battle robots controlled by a power-hungry noble.


After ex-dancer Rin trades her stage career for college life, she forms an unusual connection with a robotic RideBack motorcycle—Fuego. As a tyrannical new government oppresses the population and crushes civil liberties, Rin may have no choice but to gun Fuego’s engines and speed directly into the heart of the fight for freedom.

Nana Mizuki
Rin Ogata (voice)

Romi Park
Tamayo Kataoka (voice)

Rikiya Koyama
Tenshiro Okakura (voice)

Megumi Toyoguchi
Shouko Uemura (voice)

Megumi Matsumoto
Suzuri Uchida (voice)
Ride Back is a animation, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2009 exploring themes of mecha, science fiction, action. it stars Nana Mizuki, Romi Park, Rikiya Koyama. After ex-dancer Rin trades her stage career for college life, she forms an unusual connection with a robotic RideBack motorcycle—Fuego. As a tyrannical new government oppresses the population and crushes civil liberties, Rin may have no choice but to gun Fuego’s engines and speed directly into the heart of the fight for freedom.
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