Speed Racer dreams of becoming a professional racer. When meddling crooks keep him from the finish line, he finds a way to make it through. MACH 5 VS.
It really helps when there's good animation behind the action to properly relay the intense speeds these racers travel at, but hey, even without the eye candy, races are still intense to watch. Below is a compilation of nearly all racing anime ever made, old and new. Race on.
Go speed racer go! What can I say? It's the complete original series of the show except a unaired episode! Unfortunately, there are no special features. Peter Fernandez was the voice of Speed AND Racer X, although the end credits never mention that.
THE FIRE RACE (Part 1) Speed is invited to participate in the Fire Festival Race. His opponent is Kabala, an unbeatable racer with a trail of dead racers in his wake. 17. THE FIRE RACE (Part 2)
The full Wachowski experience.
Speed Racer is now streaming on HBO Max.
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Speed Racer premiered on April 26, 2008 at the Nokia Theater, followed by its general theatrical release on May 9, 2008, by Warner Bros. Pictures.
In 1967, "Speed Racer" made its debut, igniting the first Japanese anime cartoon to ever succeed in the United States. Originally titled "Mach GoGoGo," the English-dubbed series "Speed Racer" soon became an instant classic.
Shooting StarShooting Star, is Racer X's yellow and black racing car that apparently has no special features, like the Mach Five. However, Racer X's exceptional driving abaility seems to have no need of anything but a powerful car; he can do the rest. He's Speed's biggest competitor and supporter.
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Speed Racer drives the fabulous Mach 5 in race after race, although the prize money isn't his true goal: he seeks to be the best racer in the world, and to defeat the mysterious Racer X (not knowing that Racer X is actually his long lost older brother, Rex Racer)! The races don't take place upon the boring circular tracks that one might expect; instead, they tend to involve the countryside, and rough and dangerous terrain.
Not all anime classics may be worth watching in full in our current era, but they do make an interesting watch (for a few episodes) to understand the importance they had in the industry and how they serve as an inspiration to later works.
Amid the flurry and popularity of sports anime, racing anime's always been there as the genre's less noticeable, yet just as passionate cousin. Be they in mecha suits, cars or bicycles , there's nothing quite as adrenaline filled as urging a favored character across the finish line.
A young man finds himself living a dream when he obtains a pair of Air-Techs, next-gen roller skates. His dream is to make it to the top and become the 'King', but plenty of opponents stand between him and the title.
With dreams of becoming a great racer, Takaya constructs his own race car. However, inexperience leads to disaster and while he escapes injury, his car is destroyed. The incident proves fortuitous when Takaya is approached by a mysterious driver offering to help Takaya with his destiny.
Retsu and Go Seiba receive racing cars called Mini 4WD and take up the goal of winning the Japan Cup.
Bari Bari Densetsu features four teenage motorcycle racers as they aim for the top.
Science fiction meets racing when mindless, biomechanical creatures called Demoniacs hold modern Germany under siege. A Xenogenesis Assault Team (XAT) is dispatched to address the problem. However, life takes a bizarre turn when humans begin to display Demoniac abilities.
An ingenuitive 4th grade boy restores an old junked racing cart and puts it to the test in actual races. He'll prove he's the best, even without the 'newest and best' model.