Restol, The Special Rescue Squad

RESTOL Special Rescue Squad (Korean: 레스톨 특수구조대) | (Japanese: 装甲救助部隊レストル) is a 1999 South Korean science-fiction animated television series was created by Seoul Movie (Subsidiaries company with TMS Entertainment).
== Plot ==
Short Description
In 2034, the future world experienced serious natural disasters. In 2035, GEONOID was established as a company in order to protect the earth against natural calamities. Furthermore, the organization set up SRS (Special Rescue Services) that consists of the orbiting rescue station R-SAT, five RESTOL units, and the Shell Diver carrier ship.
Kang Maru, a 14-year-old boy, was chosen by GEONOID via a simulation video game competition to pilot RESTOL unit 03, as he demonstrated superb skills.
Long Description
It is the year 2035, a world filled with advanced science and technology, sophisticated computer systems, audio/video multimedia converstions, world government unification, network wars by hackers, and the future world controlled by one huge multinational company. A 14-year old named Kang Maru, a boy with excellent manuevering skills in a RESTOL simulation game, was chosen by GEONOID, a company with the task of protecting the earth against natural calamities, to pilot RESTOL 03, one of the 5 RESTOLs, to rescue people in different calamities. Now, he and his teammates faces different challenges in their duty, including being hacked their space-based rescue station R-SAT.
== Synopsis ==
In 2034, as human beings engaged in chaotic development and environmental destruction, abnormal natural disasters were occurring frequently in many parts of the world. Then, in 2035, 'Geonoid' will start as a small venture company and will be listed on the world government's attention due to the 'Acupuncture Point Project'. The 'Acupuncture Point Project' is a project to find the 'Acupuncture Points', which are seven enormous energy points on Earth, and build a tower there to control them. In addition, SRS (Special Rescue Services) was established, an organization for disaster relief and exploration of acupuncture points. The SRS consists of a control command base located in satellite orbit (R-Sat), five rescue robots of the Wrestol rescue from the disaster site, and a carrier shell diver that quickly transports the Wrestol from outer space to the disaster site. .
'Acupoints' causes natural disasters and extreme weather events all over the world, and if we don't stop them all, we conclude that humans will disappear from the earth like the old dinosaurs. They make a robot unit, which is the 'Restol Special Rescue Team'. The leaders 'Theo', 'Funky', 'Mia', and 'Oh Ming' are in charge of Units 1, 2, 4, and 5 respectively as starters. Kang Maru, who joins later, is in charge of Unit 3 with his excellent game skills. The Restol Special Rescue Team, with all five members, does their best to track the acupuncture points, but their plans are severely disrupted by the interference of Cain, a key figure in the past network war. Later, while investigating a Western-style castle, Cain in the castle heard that the acupuncture points did not prevent disasters, but caused disasters, and fell in shock, controlling the geonoids and abusing the 'acupuncture points project' to dream of conquering the world. Leaving the word 'Lucifer', the key character, Cain disappears. Heron, waiting for an opportunity, dominates all acupuncture points and when his identity is discovered, he goes to the 'Lucifer Tower' in the Bermuda Triangle and executes world conquest, but realizes the error of the 5th acupoint and dies by the acupoint.
== Castings ==
The following castings are based on Korean version.
* Kang Maru (강마루)—Choi Won-Hyeong
* Oming (오밍)—Kim Hye-Mi
* Mia (미아)—Kim Soo-Gyeong
* Punky (펑키)—Seong Byeong-Sook
* Heron (헤론)—Choi Byeong-Sang
* Lucifer (루시퍼)—Choi Byeong-Sang
* Victor (빅터)—Choi Byeong-Sang
* Reth (레스사령관)—Choi Moon-Ja
* Kou (코우선장)—Jang Gwang
* Kain (카인)—Kang Goo-Han
* Jin (진)—Kim Il
* Hanse (한스)—Lee Jeong-Goo
* Jei (제이)—Lim Eun-Jeong
== Characters ==
The voice actors are in the order of the original version and the Japanese dubbed version.
; Teo
Voiced by: Late Kim Il / Hiyama Nobuyuki
The 16-year-old is the leader of the Restol Special Rescue Team and the pilot of Unit 1. He always leads the team with a bright personality and has great control skills.
; Funky
Voiced by: Sung Byung - sook / Ikezawa Haruna
He is 15 years old, pilot of Restol Unit 2, and his hobby is sports. She plays the role of scolding Maru, who is always in trouble.
; Kang Maru
Voiced by: Wonhyung Choi / Takayuki Yamaguchi
He joined late and became the pilot of Unit 3. Although he is the best in the team, Restol often breaks down due to his somewhat wild controls and erratic adventures. Games are almost addictive and I think of most of my life as games. Although he likes Mia in his heart, he fights often, but the restol crew plays a decisive role in preventing accidents by finding solutions that no one could have imagined.
; Mia
Voiced by: Kim Soo - kyung / Orikasa Fumiko
The 14-year-old is the pilot of Restol 4 and is responsible for most of the delicate work. Mia also shows interest in Maru and fights all the time.
; Oming
Voice- gimhyemi / Miki Nagasawa
As the youngest pilot at the age of 10, he pilots Unit 5. He is responsible for complex tasks such as communication and navigation, and is the most knowledgeable member of the team and is loved by his teammates. Maru is persuading innocent Oh-ming to get into the game. Oh-ming follows Maru with respect.
; Captain Kou
Voiced by: Kwang Jang / Iemasa Kayumi
He is the captain of the Restol transport ship 'Shell Diver' and is like the father of the Restol team. Although he always handles situations with excellent judgment, he often has a conflict with Commander Ress because he disagrees with him. In the last episode, after sending all the people in the Shell Diver down, he remains alone in the Shell Diver, collides with the Lucifer Tower and commits suicide. 40 years old.
; Commander Less
Voiced by: Choi Moon - jae / Minaguchi Yuko
He is the commander of the Restol base 'Alsat' and is responsible for all major functions. Because of his cold judgment, he has many conflicts with Captain Kou and is sometimes mistaken for Lucifer. 29 years old.
; Dr. Victor
Voiced by: Byung - sang Choi / Tomohisa Aso
As a developer of Restol, he specializes in making weird machines, playing pranks on Maru, and making low-quality records. He is mainly in charge of information and technology fields. His behavior is similar to that of Maru, and he secretly makes an album to see if he is interested in singers and plays it during meetings to embarrass people. 58 years old.
; Heron Vice President
Voiced by: Byung - sang Choi / Toshiyuki Morikawa
As the vice president of Geonoid, he is called the third genius after Lucifer and Cain during the Network War, but his true identity is Lucifer. While dreaming of the ambition of world domination through acupuncture points, he dies due to the collapse of the Lucifer Tower.
; Hans
Voiced by : Lee Jung - gu / Sakaguchi Koichi
Heron's secretary is a character who scouts Maru and chases Cain, but he dies together with Lucifer.
; Cain
Voiced by : Goo - han Kang / Toshitaka Hirano
As a key figure in network warfare, he uses technology to commit crimes such as terrorism. He interferes with the Acupuncture Point project and is initially portrayed as a complete villain, but later does good things, such as sending information about Lucifer to Alsat.
; Jay
Voiced by: Lim Eun - jung / Masuda Yuki
As Dr. Victor's assistant, he is mistaken for dating Maru, and a love triangle is formed with Mia.
; Ginga Minga
Voiced by : Hong Young - ran
It's a duck robot made by Dr. Victor, but he knows he's an individual and barks. It becomes Mia's property at Mia's request.
=== Appearing robots ===
* Restol Unit 1
* Restol Unit 2
* Restol Unit 3
* Restol Unit 4
* Restol Unit 5
== Appearing songs ==
* See articles: Restol Special Rescue Team (album) .
; Korean version
* Opening: Restol! (Lyrics: Ahn Jung-il, Composer: Shim Sang-hyun, Song: Han Kwan-hee)
* Ending: Freedom (Lyrics: Ahn Jung-il, Composer: Shim Sang-hyun, Song: Han Kwan-hee)
* Insert Song: A Prayer for You (Lyrics: Ahn Jung-il, Composers: Sang-hyun Shim, Songs: Gwan-hee Han, Yu-byul)
; Japanese version
* Opening: The same lyrics as the Korean version were used, and there was no separate song translation.
* Ending: Crumbry Butterfly
== Broadcast list ==
This animation consists of a total of 26 episodes as follows, and the airing titles below are based on the Korean and Japanese versions.
Number of stories	subtitle 	Storyboard 	Broadcast date (Korea)	Broadcast date (Japan)
1 	Game genius 	Lee Dong-ik 	January 29, 1999 	October 5, 1999
2 	First dispatch 	Lee Dong-ik 	February 5 	October 12
3 	Water wall 	Lee Dong-ik 	February 12 	October 19th
Four 	White danger zone 	Lim Kyung Won 	February 19 	October 26
Five 	Escape from the sky 	Lee Dong-ik 	February 26 	November 2
6 	Cain's Challenge 	Lee Dong-ik 	March 5 	November 9th
7 	Underground maze 	Ko Sung-chul 	March 12 	November 16th
8 	Legend of giants 	Lim Kyung Won 	March 19 	November 30
9 	Restor holiday 	Lee Dong-ik 	March 26 	December 7th
Ten 	Red stream 	Lee Dong-ik 	April 2 	December 14th
11 	The sound of rain calls for a crisis (Part 1)	Lee Dong-ik 	April 9 	December 21
12 	The sound of rain calls for a crisis (Part 2)	Lee Dong-ik 	April 16 	December 28
13 	Nightmare Blooming Island (Part 1) 	Baek Seung-gyun	April 23 	January 4, 2000
14 	Nightmare Blooming Island (Part 2) 	Baek Seung-gyun	April 30 	January 11
15 	A line of light 	Lee Dong-ik 	May 7 	January 18
16 	Another genius 	Baek Seung-gyun	May 14 	January 25
17 	Ascend 	Lee Dong-ik 	May 21 	February 1
18 	Flame rescue unit 	Baek Seung-gyun	May 28 	February 8
19 	Tracking 	Lim Kyung Won 	June 4th 	February 15
20 	Tower secret 	Lee Dong-ik 	June 11 	February 22
twenty one 	betrayal 	Baek Seung-gyun	June 18 	February 29
twenty two 	The devil begins to move 	Lee Dong-ik 	June 25 	March 7
twenty three 	Restor eradication plan 	Lee Dong-ik 	July 2 	March 14
twenty four 	Warrior message 	Baek Seung-gyun	July 9 	March 21
twenty five 	Darkness is approaching 	Lee Dong-ik 	July 16 	March 28
26 	Last flight 	Lee Dong-ik 	July 23 	April 4th
== Rating and reaction ==
Restor's Special Rescue Team is evaluated as a work that upgraded the level of Korean animation to the next level. This animation was made with an emphasis on rescue work such as lifesaving rather than combat type, and it drew attention for its realistic mecha design and setting. In Japan, at the request of local viewers, a video with Japanese subtitles was presented separately at the opening of the Korean version, and the response was good enough.
Although this animation is a Korean cartoon, some videos about Mia's swimsuit part in the Restol Special Rescue Team were deleted by the Korean Film Rating Board.
== Legacy ==
=== Who Framed Miku Web-Media Universe ===
* See articles: Who Framed Miku Short Animation Videos
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== Animation Crew ==
== External Links ==
* Neoadam's Restol SRS (Korean) / Web Archive
* RESTOL International Network
* Restol Special Rescue Team (Korean)