In august of that year the original series was licensed by funimation.
Speed racer anime reboot. I really miss the campiness of the original speed. They really used the limitations of the early anime to their advantage. Speed racer drives the fabulous mach 5 in race after race although the prize money isn t his true goal. Speed racer x known in japan as mach go go go マッハgogogo mahha go go go is a remake of the original 1967 series produced by tatsunoko production the same studio that did the original the show originally premiered in japan on january 9 1997 on tv tokyo and concluded on september 24 lasting only 34 episodes of an originally planned 52.
Mahha gōgōgō is a japanese media franchise about automobile racing. Mach gogogo was originally serialized in print in shueisha s 1966 shōnen book it was released in tankōbon book form by sun wide comics and later re released in japan by fusosha adapted into anime by tatsunoko productions its 52 episodes aired. Instead they tend to involve the countryside. 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.
Funimation gave the english version of the series its first blu ray release and a dvd re release on may 30. Speed racer is an anime that aired apr 2 1967 to mar 31 1968 and has had many spin offs live action and cartoons made about it but i believe it is time th. On may 25 2015 tatsunoko announced that they were developing a new speed racer anime series in addition to a new licensing program to reintroduce the franchise. This new americanized version was designed as a single 13 episode season the first episode was entitled the mach 5 s first trial with the intent of launching a feature film adaptation.
Japanese action series such as gatchaman and battle for the planets made their way to the u s. In the 1970s and the 80s exploded. With emile hirsch matthew fox christina ricci nicholas elia. An honest to goodness anime.
Anyone else want speed racer anime reboot. Speed racer also known as mach gogogo japanese. There were supposed to be 52 episodes but the series was cut short. Speed racer proved to be incredibly influential to animation.
The new adventures of speed racer is a 1993 update of the speed racer animated series. Not the 3d cartoon we got a few years ago. Directed by lana wachowski lilly wachowski.
Related topic:Directed by lana wachowski lilly wachowski. Not the 3d cartoon we got a few years ago. The new adventures of speed racer is a 1993 update of the speed racer animated series.