All Episodes of Real Drive
Browse all episodes of Real Drive
All Episodes of Real Drive
Browse all episodes of Real Drive
Season 1
5.6/1011 votesUnderwater Island Drive
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/9/2008
Construction of an artificial island is disrupted by an unexplained phenomenon known as "burning sea". Masamichi Haru is injured by burning sea during a test of early Meta-Real technology, leaving him comatose for fifty years. Now elderly and wheelchair-bound, he still hopes to solve the mystery of burning sea. His friend Eichiro Kushima now hopes to use the Meta-Real, also known as the Metal, to research the burning sea phenomenon.
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Writer: Junichi Fujisaku
- 6.1/109 votes
Girl
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/16/2008
Aoi Minamo is hired to be Haru's assistant. When burning sea causes a power outage that threatens life support systems on the artificial island, Minamo rushes to the electrical substation, while Haru uses his cyberbrain to dive into the Metal Network.
Director: N/A
Writer: Junichi Fujisaku
- 5.7/108 votes
Re-dive
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/23/2008
Haru struggles to become proficient enough at Metal diving to help Kushima's research. During his final test, he experiences braindown.
Director: Toshiyuki Kono
Writer: Junichi Fujisaku
- 6.0/108 votes
Atoll of Desire
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/30/2008
Haru has become an official investigator and is asked to dive into the Metal to rescue the consciousness of an Artificial Island shareholder who has experienced braindown.
Director: Koichi Hatsumi
Writer: Junichi Fujisaku
- NaN/100 votes
Sous Marin
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/7/2008
Minamo searches for a pair of antique Sous-Marin sunglasses as a gift to congratulate Haru on becoming an official investigator. During the search, Minamo and Sota have a run-in with champion fighter Iron Schwartz.
Director: Toshiyuki Yahagi
Writer: Yasuyuki Muto
- NaN/100 votes
Love Letter
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/14/2008
Because of her lack of a cyberbrain to read online texts, Minamo must find a physical book for a book report. Her discovery reveals the true story of a lost love.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
Hand in Hand
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/21/2008
Minamo and Haru discover a dog whose consciousness was swapped with that of his owner. They hurry to find the owner's body before it becomes too late for them to switch them back.
Director: N/A
Writer: Midori Goto
- NaN/100 votes
No Friend
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/28/2008
Minamo and Sota investigate reports of ghost sightings at Minamo's school.
Director: N/A
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
- NaN/100 votes
Employment
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/4/2008
Minamo and Sota's father shuts down the core server to minimize damage from a virus intrusion, putting his job on the line.
Director: Norihiro Naganuma
Writer: Junichi Fujisaku
- NaN/100 votes
Supremacy Negotiations
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/11/2008
Those who contact a mysterious oracle in the Metal named Eliza end up with lost memories. During the investigation, Minamo realizes that Haru has been talking to none other than Eliza.
Director: Masayuki Yoshihara
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
- NaN/100 votes
Just Intonation
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/18/2008
Minamo tries to help violinist Ichinose, who has been discouraged ever since Kushima suddenly quit playing violin long ago.
Director: Koichi Hatsumi
Writer: Masahiro Kawashima
- NaN/100 votes
Morning Without Light
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/25/2008
Minamo meets Amy, a girl who has just received cybernetic eyes to cure her blindness, but learns that Amy is struggling to adjust to being able to see. Meanwhile, Haru is asked to investigate the disappearance of a highly sought-after artist in the Metal.
Director: Hiromitsu Hagiwara
Writer: Yasuyuki Muto
- NaN/100 votes
Another Sea
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 7/2/2008
Haru reminisces about his youth, from his parents' struggles with poverty that led to trouble with the yakuza, to his meeting a dolphin that inspired his fascination with the sea, and finally to his exploration of the ruins of his city, now underwater because of climate change, which led him to become a test diver for early Meta-Real experiments.
Director: Hideyo Yamamoto
Writer: Yasuyuki Muto
- NaN/100 votes
Wave and Wind
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/9/2008
Minamo goes for a dive in the sea. This episode is a recap of the series so far.
Director: Soh Hye-jin
Writer: Junichi Fujisaku
- NaN/100 votes
Last Dinner
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/16/2008
Haru investigates cyberbrain deterioration in a group of food connoisseurs.
Director: Heo Jong
Writer: Midori Goto
- NaN/100 votes
Clear Power
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/23/2008
Sota tries to train enough to defeat Holon in battle. Meanwhile, Haru investigates a case of a female android being illegally used for prostitution.
Director: Toshiyuki Yahagi
Writer: Masahiro Kawashima
- NaN/100 votes
Home Sweet Home
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 7/30/2008
Minamo's family comes to visit.
Director: Koichi Hatsumi
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
- NaN/100 votes
Green Rebellion
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 8/6/2008
Haru, Minamo, Sota, and Holon go to a distant jungle island to investigate a mysterious background noise in the Metal. All seems well until ionization in the rainforest disrupts Holon's cyberbrain.
Director: Hirokazu Hanai
Writer: Midori Goto
- NaN/100 votes
Returning Water Drops
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 8/13/2008
Holon collapses, and the others attempt to complete their investigation without her help.
Director: N/A
Writer: Midori Goto
- NaN/100 votes
With These Feet
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 8/20/2008
At the jungle island, Haru realized that he can learn to walk again, and he begins to practice in secret to avoid jeopardizing his job as a Metal diver. Meanwhile, Minamo gets tested for suitability to receive a cyberbrain.
Director: Norihiro Naganuma
Writer: Yasuyuki Muto
- NaN/100 votes
Eternity
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 8/27/2008
Following the success of weather particle experimentation, the Secretary-General and Jeni En want to install weather particle plants as soon as possible. Kushima is opposed to the plan, suspecting that the weather particles will cause complications that threaten the Artificial Island. Meanwhile, Sota goes on a date with Holon.
Director: Heo Jong
Writer: Junichi Fujisaku
- NaN/100 votes
Peaceful Death
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 9/3/2008
Kushima goes missing, and is later found without his cyberbrain. Brain death will occur within twelve hours, so Sota and Holon search for his cyberbrain while Haru searches the Metal for his consciousness. Meanwhile, with Kushima missing from the Trustee meeting, the Secretary-General has no choice but to approve Jeni En's motion to begin bringing the weather particle plants online.
Director: Hideyo Yamamoto
Writer: Junichi Fujisaku
- NaN/100 votes
Human Commandments
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 9/10/2008
With help from the Secretary-General, Sota deciphers the clues to bringing Kushima's cyberbrain back online, but instead of Kushima, an emergency AI awakens. The AI explains Kushima's suspicion that the weather particles cause the burning sea phenomenon, convincing the Secretary-General to halt weather particle production until Kushima can prove his theory. However, Jeni En temporarily revokes the Secretary-General's authority with a vote of no confidence.
Director: Koichi Hatsumi
Writer: Junichi Fujisaku
- NaN/100 votes
Earth Commandments
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 9/17/2008
Sota breaks into the weather particle facility with help from Haru in the Metal, but before he can reach the control room where the weather particle launch can be halted, Sota must fight Jeni En.
Director: Yasuhiro Geshi
Writer: Taiki Sakurai
- NaN/100 votes
Last Dive
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 9/24/2008
After the spread of weather particles, drastic weather changes occur across the planet, and the burning sea phenomenon returns. Haru decides to use the experimental deep dive suit in an attempt to make contact with Kushima.
Director: N/A
Writer: Junichi Fujisaku
- NaN/100 votes
Real Drive
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 10/1/2008
Haru makes contact with Eliza and receives Kushima's proof that the weather particles will cause worldwide disaster. Haru broadcasts the proof on the Metal, and the world's leaders quickly agree to shut down the Metal to kill the weather particle nanomachines. Kushima's consciousness then contacts Haru and explains that the ocean itself will replace the functionality of Metal via the salt water in the human body. Haru, restored to his younger self, is safely returned to the surface, where he reunites with Minamo.
Director: Kazuhiro Furuhashi
Writer: Junichi Fujisaku