Can Speed survive his daily challenges, and become the greatest race car driver in the world? With the episodes carried over onto five discs, a sixth disc is included, featuring a few minor bonus extras which would seem to be the only consideration for double-dipping here.
Fans who don't already have the complete series on disc which seems doubtful have a nice alternative here in this one-stop, ready-to-go set. Certainly my connection with the original classic Speed Racer program is no different than millions of other guys from my generation who have particularly fond memories of this action-packed cartoon.
Like everyone else, I caught the series in syndication in the early seventies. Watching Speed Racer was like watching a mini-James Bond film, made especially for kids, with nothing like plots, dialogue, or complicated character motivations to get in the way of all the car chases and explosions. Speed Racer moved , man, and it didn't look like anything out there at the time. Watching it today, I wondered how it was going to hold up; I'm sure I hadn't seen it in twenty years or more.
Of course, the first thing that grabbed me was the visual design of the cartoon. Looking like nothing else animated back in the late 60s, Speed Racer , with its extreme, off-center close-ups, whip-pans, and vertiginous racing effects, resembles a comic book as kids we had no idea of its manga origins version of the Cinerama epic Grand Prix which had premiered a year before Mach GoGoGo was produced, and which had many of same kinds of extreme racing visuals - if it was directed by say, Sergio Leone, with his massive, weird close-ups.
For a cheaply produced, limited animation, full-screen cartoon, there's a true sense of scope and scale to the action here, something that still impresses today, despite the budgetary limitations. The action, as well, is more pronounced than even some big-screen thrillers from that time period you'll find more explosions and car wrecks in one half-hour episode here, than in all four of Dean Martin's Matt Helm spy films. What I found particularly gratifying was the dark, determined nature of the violence, as well.
Cars go over cliffs in each and every episode They're obviously dead show me another cartoon from this period that gleefully shows a guy getting stripped to the bone by ravenous piranha??? And that finality adds weight to the often-times dark stories that involve greed, revenge, guilt and plain old murderous intent.
That hyper-realism, mixed with the stories' frequent use of surreal, outsized, fantastical, supernatural threats and villains, creates a delightfully bizarre world that still packs a semiological punch today. Character motivations, alongside the eye-popping action, are equally important to Speed Racer' s success.
What little kid doesn't respond on a deeply submerged level to Speed's constant need to prove himself capable in an adult world?
His drive to master the physical world around him through the Mach 5? His desire to prove himself worthy of a parent and absent brother he idolizes? That's Speed Racer' s hook. The Video: The full-screen, 1. Certainly, quite a bit of the screen anomalies that show up originated in the animation process which was hurried, on the low budget. But it's also apparent that Lionsgate which doesn't have the best reputation for the quality of its transfers hasn't done anything to clean these up.
Colors are muted, the picture can be soft at times, and interlacing is a factor. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Faster, Speed! Did you know Edit. Trivia The original Japanese title "Mach GoGoGo", is a rather elaborate pun: it is the name of the hero Go Mifune as Speed Racer was known in Japan it contains the car's name "Mach-go", or Mach 5 "Go" is Japanese for the number five it contains the English word "go", a staple of racing multilingual puns were becoming vogue back then and "Go-Go-Go" is the Japanese sound effect for the rumbling of tires on a racetrack.
Goofs In several episodes, Speed is wearing a helmet in the long shots when he driving the Mach 5,but not in the close-ups. Crazy credits The series title spins out of the wheel of the Mach 5. User reviews 22 Review. Top review. Speed Racer: The best cartoon ever!!!! I watched this cartoon as a kid and it was one of my favorites. Great opening credits and great show A to Z.
I like the Alpine Race and the Challenge race with the skull head driver. FAQ 8. What is this? What is it about? Was this also made into a film?
Details Edit. Release date September 23, United States. Official site. In another anime of the franchise was released in Japan, but it did not reach the success of the classic series. In , the Wachowski brothers, creators of the Matrix trilogy, directed a movie based on the anime. Even without the participation of the original study of the work, the film even got a good reception from the public.
Since Speed Racer is even more popular in the West than in its country of origin. But the film ended up with results well below the studio's expectations, receiving some criticism and raising little more than million dollars.
Even over the years Speed Racer will always be remembered as one of the first anime to be broadcast and to be successful on Brazilian TV. Opening the door to all subsequent Japanese anime and series. Are you from the TV era? Did you know that Speed Racer is an anime or did you just know the movie? Leave your comments and share the article with friends.
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