Yamaha Motor Collaborated on Original Sci-Fi Anime, Netflix Series Tokyo Override - Set in a world 100 years in the future, featuring concept motorcycle designed by Yamaha -

IWATA, November 22, 2024 -- Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces it has collaborated with Netflix, one of the world's leading entertainment services, on the production of Tokyo Override, an original anime streamed globally, exclusively on Netflix on November 21, 2024.

Tokyo Override is set in Tokyo 100 years in the future where AI has been integrated into daily life and all aspects of urban living is automated. In this sci-fi anime full of motorcycle action, existing and originally designed motorcycles roar through the streets of Tokyo.

Yamaha Motor's collaboration with Netflix for this project began when we received their request for permission to select and use Yamaha motorcycles in the anime. We cooperated by providing 3D data, images, and sound recordings of the YZF-R1, superbike, and the VMAX, muscle cruiser. In addition to these iconic models, hoping that we could attract the audience to become interested in the world of motorcycles, we also assisted in building the anime's world of 100 years in the future, offering ideas for mobility, designing the race machine concept "Y/AI", and providing other support such as supervising the sound effects.

The YZF-R1, VMAX, and Y/AI are all featured in the anime series. We also created a full-scale concept model of the Y/AI, to be world premiered at the Motor Expo 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand running from November 29 to December 10.

Riding scene of the main character "Y/AI"

Concept model "Y/AI"

■Tokyo Override
Website : https://global.yamaha-motor.com/showroom/tokyooverride/
Netflix Title Page : https://www.netflix.com/jp-en/title/81153111

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