Riding Bean (ライディング・ビーン) is a 1989 anime original video animation following the exploits of courier-for-hire Bean Bandit and his partner, gunwoman and ace investigator Rally Vincent.
A manga was also published in the Japanese magazine Monthly Comic Noizy (月刊コミックノイズィ) that was left unfinished (due to the closure of the magazine) after its fourth chapter. The manga is included in the final volume of the Revised Edition of the Gunsmith Cats manga.
Plot
The anime follows one day in the life of Bean Bandit and Rally Vincent, as they find that they have been framed for the kidnapping of Chelsea Grimwood, the daughter of Mr. Grimwood, president of the Grimwood Company/Grimwood Conglomerate. However, it is Bean's longtime nemesis, criminal mastermind Semmerling, by way of various disguises, tricks, and manipulations, who is the real kidnapper—and the real target is Mr. Grimwood himself.
While the police are in hot pursuit of Bean and Rally, along with Chelsea in tow, Semmerling and her teenage helper Carrie plan to make a secret getaway with Mr. Grimwood as hostage.
Cast
Production
Only one episode of Riding Bean was produced and the planned series was never made, due, it is said, to a falling out between writer