History Anime / RidingBean

''Riding Bean'' is an {{Anime}} {{OVA}} produced by studio Creator/{{AIC}}, created by Creator/KenichiSonoda and directed by Yasuo Hasegawa, released in February 22, 1989 with a run-time of 48 minutes.

* ScreamDiscretionShot: After failing to wake up bean with ''a taser to the neck'', Rally decides to place ''the underside of a pan, fresh from the stove'' ontop of his face to wake him up. The camera pans away from their apartment as Bean lets out a loud pained yell.

* VagueAge: Carrie, young-looking enough to convincingly impersonate an 11-year old girl, old enough to be Semmerling's paramor. Lampshaded by the kidnapped CEO, and later on Bean. Intrestingly, in the concept art both Carrie and the girl were stated to be 13.

* RatedMForManly: Exemplified by Bean Bandit. His typical breakfast includes a salami the width of a normal person's arm and an entire pineapple (with Rind!). A taser blast to the neck can't even ''wake him up.'' '''He crushes shelled walnuts with his teeth.'';

* RareGuns: Well it is a work by Creator/KenichiSonoda so it's a given. In fact this is probably the only form of media where guns such as [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Semmerling_LM-4 Semmerling LM-4]], [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Solothurn_S-18_20mm_Anti-Tank_Rifle Solothurn S-18 20mm Anti-Tank Rifle]] and [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Ithaca_Mag-10_%22RoadBlocker%22 Ithaca Mag-10 "RoadBlocker"]] were actually shown, there's also the aforementioned [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Riding_Bean#Calico_M100 Calico M100 Rifle]].

* AntiHero: As Rally puts it "He's a Scoundrel at heart, but he dreams to be a good guy."

* BadassesWearBandanas: Bean is a great example, and if the climax of the film is to believed. [[spoiler:The bandana is ''also'' bulletproof]].

* BigBadassRig: The Scania T-142 M driven by Semmerling and one of her mooks.
* BigEater: We see Bean eat an eighth of salami, cut a pineapple in half and eat a chunk of it--including the rind!--and DOWN A WHOLE CARAFE OF COFFEE!!! At the diner he orders ''thirty'' ribs and a case of Bud. Percy, too is a big eater as well, as we see him eating a hamburger, presumably a quarter pounder, and chug a 2 liter bottle of Pepsi, in his GT500, no less. Those boys must have some mighty nutrition.

* BoomHeadshot: Some random rent-a-cop gets it from Semmerling in the opening scenes. The fact Semmerling uses a shotgun means the top of the poor guy's head ''is ripped off the rest of his body'' and [[TheSociopath Semmerling]] just laughs at her handiwork.

* CoolCar: Bean's especially so. With Bulletproofing, Gun Ports, [[BladeBrake Blade Braking]] and the ability to turn it's wheels 90 degrees and drive that way. In ''Manga/GunsmithCats'', Bean worked hard and paid millions of dollars to make the car and christened it as "The Buff".

* DomesticAbuse: Semmerlings to Carrie
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: after the opening car chase, Bean takes his payment from his clients and says that it's entirely on them for accidentally stealing only $10 bills, leaving them with basically nothing, and also says that he's not going to work with them ever again because one of their accomplices is a child, showing early in the runtime that Bean makes good on his promises as a transporter regularly working with shady characters but also that he has standards.

* FriendToAllChildren - Bean may be a scoundrel but he's got a soft spot for children.

* {{Gorn}}: In the start of the film, we see a pretty roughed up corpse of a security guard and another security guard has his head blown off with a shotgun.

* LanternJawOfJustice: While the Justice part is debatable, Bean's got a pretty good jawline.

* MasterOfDisguise: Semmerling and Carrie.

* MoreDakka: Standard for Kenichi Sonoda.

* RedBaron: Bean "The Road Buster" Bandit.

* SunglassesAtNight: Bean, in the intro wears one, it doesn't damper his BadassDriver capabilities one bit.

* VagueAge: Carrie: Young-looking enough to convincingly impersonate an 11-year old girl, old enough to be Semmerling's paramor. Lampshaded by the kidnapped CEO, and later on Bean. Intrestingly, in the concept art both Carrie and the girl were stated to be 13.

%% Doens't explain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: Don't diss or mess with Bean's car.

%% Doens't explain what the reaction is. * Berserk Button: Don't diss or mess with Bean's car.

* BerserkButton: Don't diss or mess with Bean's car. And do not mess with kids if he's around your general vicinity.

* VagueAge: Carrie: Young-looking enough to convincingly impersonate an 11-year old girl, old enough to be Semmerling's paramor. Lampshaded by the kidnapped CEO, and later on Bean.

* Gorn: In the start of the film, we see a pretty roughed up corpse of a security guard and another security guard has his head blown off with a shotgun.

* BadBoss: Semmerling. Anyone under her employ is completely expandable to her plans. To wit, she kills one underling that was meant to be the driver of her big rig out of town just use his body to weight the gas pedal (apparently never hearing of cruise control) and uses Carrie as a hostage when Bean closes in to kill her just to get him to back off. Keep in mind, Carrie's her ''assistant'' and not unsubtly implied to be her '''lover'''.

Set in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, the anime OVA follows the exploits of [[AwesomeMcCoolName Bean Bandit]], a professional getaway driver (Think ''Film/TheTransporter'') who's been framed for kidnapping the daughter of an electronics CEO. Using a series of tricks, clever plots and disguises, Bean and his friend (and trigger-woman) Rally Vincent attempt to avoid being captured as they work to clear their name. With many a good plot twist and a interesting story and plot, the OVA was well received.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Bean Bandit.

* KnifeNut: Bean, he's pretty adequate with them too.

* ScreamDiscretionShot: When Rally wakes Bean up with a frying egg after failing to do so with a taser, Rally delivers a blood-curdling scream as the camera pans away from the apartment.

* TheChessmaster: Semmerling, at least she would've been if she didn't leave too many clues for Bean and Rally to get their head around.

* RareGuns: Well it is a work by Creator/KenichiSonoda so it's a given. In fact this is probably the only form of media where guns such as [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Semmerling_LM-4 Semmerling LM-4]], [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Solothurn_S-18_20mm_Anti-Tank_Rifle Solothurn S-18 20mm Anti-Tank Rifle]] and [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Ithaca_Mag-10_%22RoadBlocker%22 Ithaca Mag-10 "RoadBlocker"]] were actually shown,, alos there's the aforementioned [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Riding_Bean#Calico_M100 Calico_M100 Rifle]].
* RatedMForManly: Exemplified by Bean Bandit. His typical breakfast includes a salami the width of a normal person's arm and an entire pineapple. A taser blast to the neck can't even ''wake him up.'' ''He crushes shelled walnuts with his teeth.''

* RuleOfSexy: there's not really any other reason for the rather extensive scene of Rally getting dressed in the morning, basically only stopping short of showing her completely naked.

* SpotTheThread: The trailer used to block Bean's escape in the first heist, and the trailer Semmerling is escaping in are on and them same, but Bean doesn't realise this until he sees the bumps on the side from the police cars crashing into this.

* BigEater: We see Bean eat an eighth of salami, cut a pineapple in half and eat a chunk of it, and DOWN A WHOLE CARAFE OF COFFEE!!! At the diner he orders 30 ribs and a case of Bud. Percy, too is a big eater as well, as we see him eating a hamburger, presumably a quarter pounder, and chug a 2 liter bottle of Pepsi, in his GT500, no less. Those boys must have some mighty nutrition.

The anime OVA follows the exploits of [[AwesomeMcCoolName Bean Bandit]], a professional getaway driver (Think ''Film/TheTransporter'') who's been framed for kidnapping the daughter of an electronics CEO. Using a series of tricks, clever plots and disguises, Bean and his friend (and trigger-woman) Rally Vincent attempt to avoid being captured as they work to clear their name. With many a good plot twist and a interesting story and plot, the OVA was well received.

%%[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]

This OVA was supposedly the pilot for a suggested Anime series, but due to a falling out between Kenichi Sonoda and Toshiba EMI over the series left it with only one episode. Quickly moving on, Riding Bean served as a pilot of sorts for the related project ''Manga/GunsmithCats'' that Kenichi Sonoda went on the create in its place. ''GSC'' featured a redesigned Rally as the main character, with Bean making a number of appearances.

A {{Manga}} adaptation of Riding Bean was also produced by Kenichi Sonoda in 1989 but was left unfinished after four chapters due to the cancellation of Monthly Comic Noizy, the Japanese magazine in which it was published.

* BigEater: We see Bean eat an eighth of salami, cut a pineapple in half and eat a chunk of it, and DOWN A WHOLE CARAFE OF COFFEE!!! At the diner he orders 30 ribs and a case of Bud. Percy, too is a big eater as well, as we see him eating a hamburger, presumably a quarter pounder, and chug a 2 liter bottle of Pepsi. Those boys must have some mighty nutrition.

* BigEater: We see Bean eat an eighth of salami, cut a pineapple in half and eat a chunk of it, and DOWN A WHOLE CARAFE OF COFFEE!!! At the diner he orders 30 ribs and a case of Bud. This man sure is a big eater.

* BigEater: We see him eat an eighth of salami, cut a pineapple in half and eat a chunk of it, and DOWN A WHOLE CARAFE OF COFFEE!!! At the diner he orders 30 ribs and a case of Bud. This man sure is a big eater.

--> ''"I'm a tire for hire!"''

* BadassDriver - Take a wild-ass guess.

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Semmerling decides that attempting to murder Carrie for offering to pay Bean their entire ransom in exchange for Semmerling's life is a good idea. Except for the fact that this is the only thing keeping Bean from killing her and taking the money anyway.]]

** Semmerlings BMW 750iL. It's not as outwardly impressive as Beans car, but makes up for it with a [[{{Overdrive}} monstrously powerful V12 engine.]]