Speed Racer X

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name = Speed Racer X


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ja_name = マッハGoGoGo
ja_name_trans = Mach GoGoGo
genre = Action, RacingInfobox animanga/Anime
title =
director = Hiroshi Sasagawa
writer =
studio = Tatsunoko Productions
licensor = flagicon|United StatesDiC Entertainment
status = Cancelled
network = flagicon|Japan TV Tokyo
flagicon|United States Nickelodeon
network_other =
first = January 9, 1997
last = September 10, 1997
episodes = 34 [http://www.tatsunoko.co.jp/works/archive/machgogogo_1997.html 作品データベース ] ]
episode_list =

"Speed Racer X", known in Japan as nihongo|"Mach GoGoGo"|マッハGoGoGo|Mahha Gogogo, is a remake of the original 1967 series produced by Tatsunoko Productions, the same studio that did the original. The show originally aired in Japan in 1997 in TV Tokyo and lasted 34 episodes. [cite web|url=http://www.tatsunokousa.com/mggg2.html|title=Mach Go Go Go '97 on the Tatsunoko US Fan Club]

An English adaptation was later produced by DiC Entertainment and aired in the United States on Nickelodeon's short-lived action block, Slam. This show was quickly taken off the air (with only eleven episodes dubbed) due to a lawsuit between DiC and the Santa Monica-based Speed Racer Enterprises, the company which owns the American rights of the franchise.

Differences from the original series

In this version, Rex Racer does not run away, but is presumed dead after an accident while testing out the Mach 5. His father, Pops, later rebuilds the Mach 5 with a new safety system called "Safety Seven", which protects its driver. Rex's younger brother and Pops' second son, Speed, decides to follow up on his brother's footsteps. Trixie appears in this series as a reporter who befriends Speed, with Spritle being her younger brother now (as opposed to being Speed's younger brother in the original). [ [http://www.tatsunoko.co.jp/english/box09.html#2 Tatsunoko Pro ] ]

There are also differences that exist even in the original Japanese version. Aside from Gō's different last name (Hibiki), other characters were replaced entirely, but have similar roles. For instance, Mai Kazami is the "Michi Shimura" (the original Trixie) of this series, with her younger brother Wataru representing "Kurio Mifune" (the original Spritle). Although Gō's father is still called Daisuke, his mother (Aya Mifune in the original) is now known as Misuzu.

Voice cast

"Mach GoGoGo" Japanese version

*Koichi Tochika - nihongo|Go Hibiki|響剛|Hibiki Gō
*Kazusa Murai - nihongo|Mai Kazami|風見舞|Kazami Mai
*Motoko Kumai - nihongo|Wataru Kazami|風見ワタル|Kazami Wataru
*Minori Inaba - nihongo|Daisuke Hibiki|響大輔|Hibiki Daisuke
*Yōko Sōmi - nihongo|Misuzu Hibiki|響美鈴|Hibiki Misuzu
*Toshiyuki Morikawa - nihongo|Masked Racer|覆面レーサー|Fukumen Rehsaa/nihongo|Ken'ichi Hibiki|響健一|Hibiki Ken'ichi

"Speed Racer X" English version

*Dave Wittenberg (David Lelyveld) - Speed Racer
*Dan Woren (Jackson Daniels) - Pops Racer
*Tifanie Christun Chris Chaney - Trixie; Spritle
*Michelle Ruff - Mom Racer
*Joshua Seth - Sparky

References

External links

* [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117885056.html?categoryid=22&cs=1 DIC takes 'Speed' to court]
* [http://animeadmirers.com/spdpages/spdracersty.html Anime Admirers]
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