Restol, The Special Rescue Squad

RESTOL Special Rescue Squad (Korean: 레스톨 특수구조대) is a 1999 South Korean animated television series created by Seoul Movie.

Restol, The Special Rescue Squad
Genre	Science fiction, mecha
Created by	KBS Diamond AD Seoul Movie
Written by	Taekwan Kim
Directed by	Dongik Lee
Country of origin	South Korea
Original languages	Korean (KBS) Japanese (NHK)
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Producer	Joonghwan Lee
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	Seoul Movie
Original release
Network	KBS2 (South Korea) NHK BS2 (Japan)
Release	January 21 (1999-01-21) – July 23, 1999 (1999-07-23)

Plot

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.

Releases

Country	Release Date	Title
South Korea	January 29, 1999	레스톨 특수구조대 (KBS)
Japan	October 5, 1999	装甲救助部隊レストル (NHK BS2)
Hong Kong	October 17, 2000	Telecast Station (TVB)
Philippines		Restol (ABC-5)
Serbia		Restol (Kanal D)

Castings

The following castings are based on Korean version.

• Kang Maru (강마루)—Choi Won-hyeong
• Oming (오밍)—Kim Hye-mi
• Mia (미아)—Kim Su-gyeong
• Punky (펑키)—Seong Byeong-suk
• Heron (헤론)—Choi Byeong-sang
• Lucifer (루시퍼)—Choi Byeong-sang
• Victor (빅터)—Choi Byeong-sang
• Reth (레스사령관)—Choi Mun-ja
• Kou (코우선장)—Jang Gwang
• Kain (카인)—Kang Gu-han
• Jin (진)—Kim Il
• Hanse (한스)—Lee Jeong-gu
• Jei (제이)—Lim Eun-jeong

External links

• Restol, The Special Rescue Squad (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia