Speed Racer

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Speed ​​, also known as Mach GoGoGo (Japanese: < span lang = "ja"> "GoGoGo , Hepburn: Mahha G? G? ) , is a Japanese media franchise about racing car. Mach GoGoGo originally serialized in print in Shueisha's 1966 Sh? nen Book . It was released in the form of a tank-bon book by Sun Wide Comics, and was subsequently re-released in Japan by Fusosha. Adapted into anime by Tatsunoko Productions, 52 episodes aired on Fuji TV from April 1967 to March 1968. The anime was then broadcast again at Tokyo MX from July 1st to September 25th, 2008.

The selected chapter of the manga was released by NOW Comics in the 1990s under the title Speed ​​. It was later released by Wildstorm Productions, a division of DC Comics, as Racer: The Original Manga Speed. In 2008, under the American title, Speed ​​Racer Mach GoGoGo was reissued as a whole in the United States by Digital Manga Publishing and released as a set a box to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the franchise, and serve as a tie-in with the 2008 film. The television series itself is a prime example of an anime that became a successful franchise in the United States, generating a lot of spin-offs in print and broadcast media.

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Media

Manga

Mach GoGoGo was first created and designed by the anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida (1932-1977) as a manga series in the 1960s and made the leap to TV as an anime series in 1967. The real manga was inspired by Comics racing Yoshida car before, and more popular, Pilot Ace . The main storyline of Pilot Ace will form a structure for Mach GoGoGo, which follows the adventures of an ambitious young man who became a professional racer.

The character design on the Ace Pilot will be the main basis for character design on Mach GoGoGo. Yoshida got his idea for the story after seeing two very popular films in Japan at the time, Viva Las Vegas and Goldfinger. By combining the look of the Elvis Presley race - a picture of a driving car, complete with neckerchief and black pompadour, and James Bond gadget filled with Aston Martin, Yoshida has inspired his creation. Soon, Mach GoGoGo hit the shelves in the early 1960s. The central character in anime and manga is a young racer named G? Mifune ( Mifune G? ).

The name of the series, Mach GoGoGo has triple meaning: "Mahha-g?" ( ???? ) is the name of the car; the main character name is G? Mifune; and finally, it contains the English word, go. In the American adaptation, Mach 5 starts at number 5 on the door. Although, in Japanese, go (? ) is the word for number 5, the character Kanji g? (? ) used in car names actually means "item number" (ie this is ordinal ending). In addition, gogogo, used as a common Japanese sound effect for rumbling. Together, the title of the program means, "Mach-g ?, G? Mifune, Go!". In the American version, this will translate to "Go, Speed ​​Racer, Go!"

The manga (compiled into two deluxe volumes for Fusosha's re-release) has several story lines such as "The Great Plan", "Challenge Racer Mask", "The Fire Race", "The Secret Engine" and "Race for Revenge" adapted to the anime. However, minor changes occur between the original manga and the anime series, as is the difference between the story behind some characters and places.

A few years after the volume was released, Yoshida decided to release the manga series as an anime program, adding an additional plot. 52 episodes aired in Japan, each mimicking fast-paced action manga.

The selected chapters from the original manga series Mach GoGoGo are reprinted by Now Comics as Speed ​​Racer Classics and by DC Comics/Wildstorm Productions as Speed â € <â € . In 2008, a set of hardcover boxes from the full manga series was released by Digital Manga Publishing as Speed ​​â € .

Anime

This manga gave birth to an anime adaptation that actually became a bigger success. In 1997, Tatsunoko produced a modern version of Mach GoGoGo broadcast on Tokyo TV, which lasted for 34 episodes. The English adaptation of this remake was produced by DiC titled Speed ​​, which was broadcast in 2002 in Nickelodeon. Only the first 11 episodes were adapted due to licensing disputes between DiC and Speed ​​Racer Enterprise. Mach Girl is a web-based series by Tatsunoko Productions, created by Tatsuo Yoshida's daughter, Suzuka.

English adaptation

The English rights for Mach GoGoGo were acquired by the Trans-Lux syndicator, and Speed ​​Racer aired on American television in the fall of 1967. In this series, the name Full Speed ​​is Go. Mifune, as a tribute to Japanese movie star Toshiro Mifune. His name, Americanized, became Speed ​​. His adventure centered on his Mach 5 car, his girlfriend Trixie, his younger brother Spritle Racer, Chrit-chim, and his older brother mysterious, Racer X, whose real name is Rex Racer. > For American consumption, major editing and dubbing efforts were made by producer Peter Fernandez, who also not only wrote and directed English dialogue but also provided the voice of many characters, especially Racer X and Speed ​​Racer own. Fernandez was also responsible for rearranging the melody of the theme song, written and composed by Nobuyoshi Koshibe, and he later also wrote the lyrics of his English. This theme is done, in the opening and closing titles, by Danny Davis and Nashville Brass; However, Davis and Nashville Brass are not credited on screen.

In a 2008 interview with Chicago Tribune DVD columnist Louis R. Carlozo, Fernandez recalled that he got a job working on Speed ​​Racer after the ghost-writing script for Astro Boy and Gigantor. Fernandez also voiced the main character and wrote an English script for another anime series, Marine Boy, sometimes recording both shows on the same day in New York City. Fernandez admits that he can not predict Racer's long-lasting Speed ​​or at any time in the following decades. Reflecting on the capacity of the event, he commented: "There is a family connection.You know about the Speed ​​family, you know them well, they are all involved in every race, and we all play in cars as small children, we love cars. is a hot car, and there are all sorts of cars in all episodes.I still think Mach 5 is ahead of its time. "In an effort to squeeze complicated plots into the movement of the existing lips, the rapid pace of dubbing makes Speed ​​â € < â € is well-known (and notoriously parodied) for its unique "quick" dialogue.

The series reached territory outside the United States: at the same time the American series aired, the Latin American adaptation of the series, re-titled Meteoro, which aired on Argentina's TV screen as well as in Mexico. on TV XHGC 5.

In the early 1990s this series made a comeback as a rerun of MTV broadcast in the morning. In 1993, the series was re-broadcasted simultaneously along with a new American-made remake of the newly established Speed ​​Racer Enterprises, with distribution by the international Group W unit. But in this version, all references to Trans-Lux deleted, with the opening sequence including a redesigned logo, and episode titles and credit closings are also regenerated. The re-closing credit includes three typographical errors: Jack Grimes is a misspelled Jack "Crime," Hiroshi Sasagawa is a misspelled Hiroshi "Sasacawa," and "Yomiko" misspelled "Yumiko." This version was then aired on Cartoon Network in the afternoon (and later in the late night/night), as well as a version released in Region 1 DVD. Motor Corporation's news-centric chain outlet, Speed ​​Channel, also broadcast this series during the morning hours of 2003. Likewise, it can also be seen in Hulu's upstream video streaming service, where the entire series has been available.

In addition, the daily Racer comic strips written and drawn by Mort Todd ran in the New York Post from 2000-2001. IGN put the Speed ​​series â € <â €

At Otakon 2015, Funimation announced that it has obtained a license for Rats Speed ​​ from Tatsunoko and will be releasing it on Blu-ray for the first time. Funimation will provide Speed ​​ two separate home video releases: a standard release for the English version on May 30, 2017, and a collector edition for the Japanese version with an English subtitle on 07 November 2017, the first such North American release.

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Development

Name

The large red M on the Mach 5 hood, as well as on the G helmet, is the epitome of Mifune Motors, a family business, and a tribute to Japanese movie star Toshiro Mifune. In North America it is assumed to stand for Mach 5, and in the Latin American version, for Meteoro. The given name, G ?, is the Japanese homophone for number 5 (the number on his racing car) which is also represented by the yellow letter G embroidered on his short-sleeved blue shirt. The tradition of symbolism on the character shirts will also be used on Michi (Trixie) and Sabu (Sparky), which have the letters "M" and "S" on their respective shirts.

Audience

A feature seen from Speed ​​Racer is the physical appearance, clothing, and mentality of westernized characters, to some extent, a mentality. This is partly due to Tatsuo Yoshida's affinity for the United States through the depiction of American life in many films, but it can also be seen as an example of mukokuseki ("stateless"), although the term is usually related to more abstract anime , and can take an unconventional form. It can be seen more easily in anime then from the fantasy and mecha genres, where characters may have hair with unusual colors (pink, blue, etc.), enlarged eyes, and dysmorphic humanoid bodies (such as Tetsuo and Espers in i> Akira ). The reasons for mukokuseki can diversify the list of characters and differentiate between individuals, but can have cultural implications as well. The disproportionate nature of large eyes is also used to promote kawaii ("cuteness"), as seen in many sh anime? Jo.

Despite Westernization, the series falls into a known manga-anime storyline, which is a form of Japanese expression. Speed ​​ embodies a typical manga characterization of a teenage boy with superior skills facing unreal hardships and many criminals. Despite always doing his best, he receives a helping hand from his older brother (Racer X) whenever he fails to achieve his goal. Such sustained support can be easily identified in the "Challenge of the Masked Racer" episode. Another persistent manga component is the overreaction of many characters. The long and protracted dialogue without pause is very different in Speed ​​Racers, from Pops who speaks his thoughts to Ace Deucey's actors in the "Big Plan" to the monologue Racer X about his thoughts on Speed ​​after crashing "Racer Challenge Masked. "

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Vehicles

Many show cars have special abilities in this series. * Note: The names of cars that have appeared in the original manga and anime have been completed with Bold Italics .

The Mach 5

The Mach 5, Speed ​​car Racer ("Mahha G ?," or "Mahha," in the Japanese version), is a technological marvel, which contains useful tools. G? Mifune/Speed ​​Racer easily apply this gadget by pressing the button marked "A" via "G" on the steering wheel hub (though there are buttons on the steering wheel in the manga, exclusive letters for anime and live action 2008 film ). This uniquely designed car, built with a slim Coke bodystyle bottle, has a large white "M" exterior on its hood, a logo for family business, Mifune Motors (transformed into Pops Motors in anime and Racer Motors in live action film). Two-seat car has an interior that is mostly red. Number 5 is posted on both sides of the car door. In manga and anime this is the number of race cars; in the movie, it is because it is the fifth car built on the "Mach" Pops series of racing vehicles. Though technically inferior to other racing vehicles such as Mammoth and GRX Cars, Mach 5 managed to win most of the races due to its superior driving skills.

The Mach 5 has been stolen from Speed ​​several times, once when Cornpone Blotch took the car to add it to his car collection in the saga "Girl Daredevil". However, Speed ​​always gets back at the end of the episode. At one point, the car was replicated, functioning and all, by Dr. Nightcall. However, this replica includes other new capabilities that will inspire later car functions in the event remake, one of which is Aero-Jacks, used instead of Jack Auto at Racer X. In manga continuity, Mach 5 is destroyed and rebuilt. See Manga and Anime Differences for more information on Mach m3 continuity.

In both the continuity of American comics and films, Pops is described as having built "Mach" Series which consists of other variants such as Mach 4 and Mach 6 in addition to Rex Racer's Mach 1 and Mach 5.

Shooting Star

The Shooting Star is a bright, yellow Racer X car with a black front bumper and numbered 9 on the hood and sides. The car engine is located behind, and it is a very lively machine, often featuring capabilities similar to and even above Mach Five's capabilities. Many high-tech features allow Racer X to keep an eye on Speed ​​Racer, who is his younger brother.

In the next comics written by Tommy Yune, Rex acquired a car that he named "Star Shooting" from Prince Kabala from Kapetapek. During his training time with the royal leader, Rex was told that he was the ninth student of Kabala, then number 9. Rex also built another 9th car with the same paint scheme and named it with a variant like "Falling Star".

In the 2008 film adaptation, the car made an appearance but was not named. The car is the only car built in addition to Mach Five for movies, and has weapons such as machine guns mounted on the cockpit and under the chassis. In addition to this car, Racer X is also driving a car built for the competition in the movie, T180. This car is entitled "Augury" in the movie's video game partners. Like an unnamed Racer X streetcar, it has a number 9 and has a black and yellow color scheme, with a large black "X" on the front bumper. The T180 only made one appearance in the film, when Racer X competed to protect Speed ​​in Fuji's race after he declined Royalton's offer.

Mammoth Car

It only appears in the anime, it is said to be the largest racing vehicle in the world. Similar in design to very long trailer trucks, Mammoth Cars are mostly red and built by Speed ​​Racer villain Cruncher Block. Mammoth cars are built almost entirely from $ 50 million in stolen gold bars. The amount of this gold, however, will actually occupy only 74 cubic feet, based on the current gold price of $ 35 per ounce. By putting it in 'The No Limit World Race', Crunchers want to smuggle gold abroad. The main engine of Mammoth Car has 7,500 horsepower (5,600 kW). Each wheel also has a machine with 1,500 horsepower (1,100 kW), resulting in a total of 30,000 horsepower (22,000 kW). It can travel at 500 mph (800 km/h), in any kind of road or terrain. It makes a shrill voice reminiscent of Godzilla. It has a magnetic brake, and over 200 meters (180 m) in length, making the Mammoth Car one of the most exciting cars in the series. It was crushed after crashing into the oil refinery and melting into its original gold by a great heat.

The Mammoth car made a small cameo in the 2008 movie in a scene where Cruncher Block interrogated Taejo Togokhan (a character created only for the film) after he rejected Royalton Industries in the race racing business. They are interrupted by Racer X, who fights against Mammoth and saves Taejo. The Mammoth car in this film is shown to have a port for the driver to exit, as in the original series, and is shown to fire the missile from its roasting.

The Mammoth Car also made an appearance along with Flash Marker Jr.'s X3 at Speed ​​Racer: The Next Generation in the second and third episodes of "The Fast Track" saga, as an enemy program from showing the virtual racing track. Although the Mammoth Cars were made in CGI after the original anime design, this car lacked grill and many other details that appeared in the original anime. The Mammoth car in this episode makes the same sound as it does in the anime. It paid homage to the original series by using a signature attack from the surroundings and circling rivals.

The Melange and the X3

The Melange is a numbered topless topless car with "3", driven by Flash Marker. While investigating the mysterious car, Speed ​​reminded that the name Melange is the name of the Napoleon horse, which saved his life several times in battle. (The name is actually Marengo, but it becomes Melange because of the wrong transliteration from Japanese to English.) When Speed ​​recalls his knowledge of French history, an appearance of Jacques-Louis David's painting of Napoleon Crossing the Alps, Napoleon drove Marengo, taken in the episode. Pops Racer, however, identified the name "Melange" as a car driven fifteen years earlier by a young racer named Flash Marker. The Melange chassis is colored with two purple colors and has an open engine on the hood. During the 'Race at Danger Pass', Melange, along with Marker, was finally destroyed in an accident caused by the Three Roses Club.

Since then, Flash's son, Flash Marker Jr., has planned revenge at the Three Roses Club by building a car with a slender black body marked "X3". The car is pushed through the remote control and the robot doll is placed in the driver's seat, broadcasting the phrases "Melange still races" and "Melange alive" to haunt them from the Three Roses Club. X3 is used primarily to accidentally crash and kill those affiliated with the Three Roses Club, leaving a card marked X3 to haunt the remaining members. Speed, who volunteered to help the police, chased X3 to almost avoid a train with a robot doll left in a crossing semaphore.

Speed ​​paid attention to his robotic "driver" and brought him back to the police for further investigation. Meanwhile, Flash Marker Jr. quietly brings back the damaged car and replaces its body with a genuine Melange replica, placing it on top of the X3 chassis in its underground secret car factory, to prepare for the next Hazard Race Pass. Since it is the same car as the Melange chassis, the car can still be controlled remotely. The new melange is still numbered "3", but has the ability to be changed via remote control to "X3", making the drivers of the Three Roses Club realize that the new "Melange" is actually X3 . I. The car, controlled by Flash Jr. in his helicopter, was used to crash fatal two Three Roses riders before being destroyed when he lost control and crashed into the last of the Three Roses Club.

GRX

The GRX is technically a machine, but has become more identified with a gold colored car that puts the machine in the episode of the series "The Fastest Car on Earth." The machine was designed by Ben Cranem, and was responsible for the collision and death of four test racers and inventors because of the impossible speed that could be achieved. Cranem died and the GRX engine was buried with him, but Oriana Flub and his men dug the engine and put it in the car with a slender, golden, unmarked body.

Oriana convinces Speed ​​to test drive the car with GRX and Speed ​​sprayed with a special serum known as V-gas to sharpen its reflexes artificially. V-gas causes the driver to become very thirsty and if the driver consumes any water-containing compounds, they will develop a strong speed phobia. The car got a new driver, son of Cranem, Curly. Curly was given V-gas and immediately experienced side effects. The GRX and its engine were destroyed when he fatally hit the car because of Curly's drinking water during the pit stop.

The GRX episode marks one of several continuity errors introduced by English dubbing. In the first episode, the GRX speedometer with a maximum speed of 400 kilometers per hour (250 mph) above it is shown at the beginning of the episode; however, due to continuity errors in Japanese animation, as Speed ​​moves it, the peak speedometer at 440 kilometers per hour (270 mph) This will make GRX slower than Mammoth Cars by an English dialog.

In the 2008 film adaptation, the name emerged as a car developed by Royalton Industries and driven by Jack "Cannonball" Taylor. This car does not save the back story of its anime partner. It was numbered 66 and was purple and gold and changed from two chairs to a single seat. In Grand Prix races closing the film, GRX is a major competitor to Speed ​​in the Mach 6 and features a secret weapon called "spears" that are illegal in professional racing. After Taylor deploys the device against Speed ​​during the Grand Prix, Speed ​​uses an auto-jack Mach 6 to turn the car and open the hook to the track camera, automatically disqualifying Taylor and helping the case built by Inspector Detector against Royalton.

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Differences manga and anime

Like most manga series adapted to the anime, changes occur in both time series of the Speed ​​Racer series. In addition to the obvious characterization of the names of the original Japanese characters, other changes include the backstory of characters and new characters. (Section View Manga for more information )

Continuity changed

• Most of the manga stories are slightly changed in the anime version. There are also stories that have never been adapted into the anime series, thus making them an exclusive manga.
• In the manga, Speed ​​Go Mifune always wore her standard outfit, even on special occasions. In the case of anime, however, Speed ​​wearing special clothing, exclusive for official occasions. The same goes for Trixie.
• The meeting between Spritle (Kurio) and Racer X occurs twice (once in each volume) in the manga along with other scenes that precede and follow it. However, some dialogue changes are present and the outcome of each meeting is very different.
• The manga has a much different ending to the anime. In the manga, Rex Racer (Kenichi Mifune) reunited with Speed, revealing to him that he is a mysterious masked racer, Racer X. In "The Trick Race," Speed ​​confronts him, asking if he is his sister, pushing Rex (as Racer X) to hit her belly, make her faint, then declare that she can never go home again. In both cases, Speed ​​finally learned that his brother was a masked racer.

Character backstores

• It is mentioned in passing that Trixie's father (Michi) is the president of Shimura Aviation (Shimura is a Michi/Trixie family name in the Japanese release). This is not mentioned in the anime.
• Some characters, such as Snake Oiler, are exclusive to anime, which also contains some original stories not found in the manga.
• Prince Kabala is considered a separate character in the manga and in no way affiliated with Racer X (in the anime, Prince Kabala died and his guise was used by Racer X to help defend his homeland in Kapetapek). X racer, on the other hand, posing as someone else in the manga.

Vehicle backstories

• Although many of the special features of Mach 5 are visible in the manga, including buttons on the steering wheel, they are not marked with letters, except large keys, marked with the letter M (instead) of G).
• In the manga, Mach 5 is destroyed once. When rebuilt, Mach 5 comes with technologically upgraded gadgets from existing gadgets in old Mach. The auto-jack is replaced by aero-jack, which does not make an appearance in the original anime series.. (This idea will be used in the 1990s Japanese remakes, replacing auto-jacks.) The new Mach 5 is also equipped with regeneration tires, called auto-spare, which do not appear in the original anime. However, the concept of regeneration tires is used in live-action movies 2008. The new Mach 5 also features a small aerodynamic wing, to help Speed ​​in a longer and farther leap. This idea will later be adapted to the original anime version, although the reasons behind the increase are different from the original manga.
• At the end of the manga, Rex Racer is pictured driving Mach 5 - a scene that might inspire the car's backstory in a live action film, where it originally belonged to Rex who relinquished ownership to his younger brother, Speed.
• The car, E-RX, appeared in the manga chapters but did not appear in the anime. It functions similarly to the anime GRX, which is described as the fastest car in the world. Although it does not appear in the anime, E-RX appears in many American comics.
Speed ​​Racer Enterprises Speed ​​<

The mainstream success of this event in the United States spawned an ongoing Racer Speed ​​franchise, ranging from comics, video releases, merchandise, live action movies, and new series to either reboot or continue the original series. Franchising began in the early 1990s when a company, Speed ​​Racer Enterprises, acquired rights to the original series. By the time this series was released, very few items were released in the United States. However, during this series aired during the 1990s, Speed ​​Racer Enterprises is responsible for making real Speed ​​Racer merchandise, from die- cast small collection, up to action figures, to home videos. release episodes from the original series. Speed ​​Racer Enterprises is also involved in making American originals in the Japanese series such as New Adventures of Speed ​​Racer and Speed ​​â € <â € .

Because of Speed ​​Racer Enterprises, the original 1967 series made a comeback via reruns on MTV, broadcast in the morning. In 1993, the series was re-aired simultaneously with a new American-made remake. Since all rights are now under Speed ​​Racer Enterprises, all references to the original rights holder, Trans-Lux, have been deleted. Therefore, the opening sequence includes a fully created logo, which most people are familiar with today; but when Speed ​​Racer Enterprises authorized Volkswagen to use Speed ​​Racer in a GTI advertisement July 1996, J.J. Sedelmaier faithfully mimics the look of the original episode title card, including the original logo.

This is a later version aired on Cartoon Network in the afternoon (and later on late at night/night), and is also a version released in Region 1 DVD. This version can also be seen in Upstream video streaming service.

In December 2013, Tatsunoko acquired all rights to the franchise Racer franchise retroactively in May 2011 as part of the settlement of the lawsuit between Speed ​​Racer Enterprises and animation studio. Tatsunoko claims that SRE has exceeded its contractual rights in resuming property licenses after 2011.

American adaptation comics

NOW Comics launches the American comic series Speed ​​Racer in 1985. The series is a hit with the high production value of Ken Steacy airbrush artist. Comics continues for nearly 40 problems and includes spin-offs Racer X series and crossovers. A miniseries that adapted The New Adventures of Speed ​​Racer was also released, including art by Oscar González Loyo. NOW Comics also publishes a crossover of four issues between Speed ​​Racer and the character of Ben Dunn's Ninja High School in the 1990s.

In 1999, Wildstorm Productions released the new Speed ​​Racer comics series, which became the industry's first choice of Wizard magazine. The manga style of writer/artist Tommy Yune recaptured the original anime look that was soon followed by the revival of comic adaptations around the world from other classic animated series. The prequel comic storylines were also released as graphic novels Racer: Born to Race and Racer X miniseries featuring works of art from Chinese manga artist Jo Chen.

IDW Productions re-releases the Wildstorm series as Speed ​​ and publishes previous editions of NOW Comics as Speed ​​ Racer Vol. 1-5 . A new miniseries Racer: Chronicles of the Racer is also produced.

Seven Seas published an adaptation by Dwayne Alexander Smith in 2007 with artwork by Elmer Damaso.

Latin American comic adaptation

Editorial Abril, an Argentine company CÃÆ' Â © sar Civita, published a Spanish comic book in 1970, soon after, his brother Victor Civita published a magazine in Brazil by Editora Abril, In 2000, Editora Abril published a series of Tommy Yune.

American TV Series

In 1993 an American-produced series called The New Adventures of Speed ​​Racer has a much more contemporary art style. It was not a direct continuation of the original series; therefore, this is considered a reboot. While the original series has more realistic themes such as gang violence and family ties, this series introduces science fiction themes such as robots and mutants. The series airs after only 13 episodes. Tatsunoko does not authorize the production of this series.

For the 40th anniversary of the original series of 2006, a series of flash-based "webisodes" titled Speed ​​ was released. This series is described as a continuation of the original series, which lasts many years afterwards. The series is made available on the Internet solely to promote the new toy line created by Art Asylum company.

In 2008, a new series was released titled Speed ​​Racer: The Next Generation , which was broadcast on Nicktoons. Like Speed ​​, this series is conceived as the years after the original. It focuses on the sons of Speed ​​â € <â € and Three Delivery . Like the 1993 remake, this series is not allowed by Tatsunoko. Pangea Corporation has been working with Speed ​​Racer Enterprises for over 20 years and has created several iterations of new events.

The original series was also revived on MTV for a short time in 1993, then moved to Cartoon Network in 1996, and again to the Boomerang sister network until 2005.

Movies

The Wachowskis wrote and directed the live-action adaptation of Speed ​​, released on May 9, 2008. It was not well received by most critics and was a box office failure, making only under $ 93 million worldwide against a production budget of at least $ 120 million (before printing and advertising). Speed ​​Racer Movie (1993 film) )

In 1993, the episodes "The Car Hater" and "Race Against the Mammoth Car" were combined into a long movie and released briefly in theaters. It was later released on VHS and DVD, and was available in Hulu. The film also features old ads for ready-made cementation of Bondex, National Forest Service (featuring Smokey Bear), Flit insecticide spray, and Pure-Pact milk (featuring Old King Cole), and a cartoon bonus, The Treacherous Pirate >, starring Colonel Bleep.

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In 1994, Pangea Corporation wrote and produced a one-part drama, Spritle: A One Man Show , which debuted at San Diego Comic Con and was a huge success. It notes what happens to all of Speed's characters â € <â € Other appearances

The sequence of the original TV show was used for the entire Ghostface Killah music video for "Daytona 500".

Merchandise

Toy

The first major line of toys from Speed ​​Racer was developed in 1992 by Pangea Corporation for Ace Novelty Toy Company. The product focuses on both the Speed ​​anime program of the classic Racer from Tatsunoko, coupled with a new line based on the Fred Wolf series, The New Adventures of Speed ​​Racer. Lego released the set of Speed ​​construction â € <â € Speed ​​. These include 242 Speeds and Snake Oiler set, 237 piece Racer X and Taejo Togokhan set, 367 piece Racer X and Cruncher Block set, and a set of 595 piece Grand Prix, which includes Trixie, Pops, Speed, Spritle , Chim -Chim, 2 racers, and racing announcers. Mattel has a major toy license for the 2008 Racer Speed ​​movie, including action figures, related vehicles, and accessories. The Mattel Hot Wheels Division produces a miniature replica of Mach 5 called Second Wind, and the Barbie Collector division they release a collection of collector dolls featuring Trixie and Speed ​​as they appear in the movie. Also, Mattel's product called UB FunKeys gets a new patch, which includes the Speed ​​zone of Racer.

Jada Toys holds the right to produce a die-cast replica of Mach 5 from its original animated series.

Play Mantis released a variety of miniature die-cast Speeds Racer, including replicas of car criminals and mini-dioramas under their "Johnny Lightning" line. A limited edition release of the Mach Four of the Wildstorm comic series remains one of the most difficult collections found to date. In 1998, Mantis Play acquired the rights to the Captain Action "Action line, a vintage line about a Crusader adventurer disguising himself as a famous super hero. Play Mantis has planned to produce a new costume from Speed ​​Racer, Racer X, and Captain Terror to change the line, but they never produced. Art controls for costumes Speed ​​Racer appears on several picture packaging, and pictures of the prototype are available online.

Resaurus produces two sets of five-inch (127 mm) action figures, rich in articulations and accessories; and full-size Mach V in 1999. A series of third numbers and full-size Shooting Star has been planned, but lines folded before this can happen. Toynami is currently releasing a large-scale version of the Speed ​​vehicle â € <â €

RC ERTL has produced Speed ​​Racer's Mach 5 in 1:18 Die Cast Form with many features of animated cars, including pop out blade saws, ion jacks, door openers, hood and luggage. These include figures Spritle Racer and Chim-Chim. A special variant made with decals celebrates Racer X and other characters from the series as part of the 35th Anniversary Edition in 2001. The same die-cast version of Shooting Star Racer X was also produced. It has now retired from production and is a much sought-after collection.

Art Asylum created a series of toys that mainly consisted of their Block figures in 2006.

Video game

In 1992, Accolade made Speed ​​Racer at The Challenge of Racer X for DOS. Two years later, the company made Racer in My Most Dangerous Adventures for SNES.

In 1993, Pangea Corporation created and wrote a CD-Rom title featuring game elements, a video clip maker that allows players to create fast-paced moments of Speed ​​Racer, along with other themed interactive content. It was marketed under the name "The Compleat Speed ​​Racer."

Namco created the Speed ​​â € <â € arcade game in 1995.

Game Speed ​​ was released for the PlayStation. It was published in Japan by Tomy (1996) and in North America by Jaleco (1998).

A video game based on the 1997 series, entitled Mach Go Go Go, was released by TOSE and Tomy for Game Boy (with Super Game Boy support) in Japan.

In 2006, the joint production of ironmonkey.com and blitinteractive.com, titled Speed ​​, was released to the Internet as a Shockwave game. The game remains true for the original television show, with all the original sounds, sounds and controls of Mach 5.

A movie-based game is made for Wii, Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2 platforms. Emile Hirsch (Speed) stars, Christina Ricci (Trixie) and Matthew Fox (Racer X) repeat their roles.

DVD release

Artisan/Lionsgate Entertainment released the first 11 episodes of the original series in DVD format in the US and Canada on April 22, 2003. This turned out to be the first in a series of DVD re-releases of the event. The second volume, which contains episodes 12 to 23, went on sale on May 18, 2004. The DVD came in a special package where people could press a button on the cover and the 5 Mach light would light up while some of the English theme song plays were played. Volumes 1 and 2 were re-released as 2-discs set on April 20, 2010. The third volume came out on May 24, 2005, with discs packed in a round metal box made to resemble the Mach 5 steering wheel It contains episodes 24 to 36. The volume is then released to promote live action films in a standard storage box. Lionsgate released the fourth volume, featuring episodes 37 through 44, on March 14, 2006; This volume includes a Mach 5 die-cast toy. The last episode, "Race the Laser Tank," is time-compressed (in other words, accelerated), similar to when Cartoon Network would air a series in the mid-1990s. Although nothing is removed from the episode, the sound is higher than the character and the reduced quality of the episode because the compression of time disappointed some fans. The fifth and final volume was released on October 31, 2006. This volume included the last eight episodes of the series, and for a limited time it came with a miniature number plate with the inscription, "Go-Speed ​​Racer-Go!".

The entire anime series was released in Australia on April 30, 2008, and in the United States later that year, on October 7th. The US release of the entire anime series is a re-packing of five volumes that were released individually into a comic book style comic box, in homage to the Mach GoGoGo manga. In addition, bonus disks containing special featurettes and episodes of Speed ​​â € <â € are included. These discs, six of which are packed in an exclusive die-cast casing that is modeled after Mach 5.

All previous DVD releases were not printed after Tatsunoko gained the world's right to the franchise.

After FUNimation collected rights, they released English versions on separate Blu-Ray and DVD devices on May 30, 2017. On November 7, they released the Blu-Ray DVD Combo Collector Edition of English and Japanese versions as well as the Japanese version > Speed ​​â € <â € known as Mach Go Go Go: Restart on DVD. It has a Speed ​​bust â € <â €



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References

• Johnson, Glen. "Speed ​​Racer." 60's Glen Johnson Anime . 3 April 2007. October 19, 2007.
• Patrick Macias and Tomohiro Machiyami. Drove in Anime City: Outside Guide to Tokyo Neo . Berkeley, California: Stone Bridge Press, 2004.






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External links

• Mach GoGoGo in Tokyo MX (Japan)
• Official website
• Official manga publishing site
• Mach Go Go Go on IMDb

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