Go, Speed Racer, Go!

[lhb412]

Just finished the original series.

Speed Racer, like many, many, many anime has that problem where they ran out of budget and/or time in the final run of episodes. Just take episode 50, which valiantly ties up a lot of loose ends from the series and is sort of a sendoff of Racer X, but is also crazy rushed and feels like it's mostly stock footage (where you see how much better the animation was in the earlier episodes firsthand). Luckily, they do pull out all the stops in the final two-parter to produce the craziest, most over-the-top race (Formula-one cars! Boats! Planes! Submarines!) and give a chance for almost every member of the main cast to shine. Would have liked to have seen a victory kiss between Speed and Trixie like in the movie, but I suppose that kind of thing may have been off-limits in a boys adventure cartoon of the time.

[lhb412]

http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... new-series

I am certainly down for a new Speed Racer show!

[Specium Ray]

I'm certainly down for a good one! A shame no one liked the movie, I thought it was a pitch-perfect adaptation of the original.

[lhb412]

^You'll find a lot of love for the Wachowski's Speed Racer movie on this board.

[jellydonut25]

A new Speed Racer show would HAVE to be better than that awful, AWFUL movie. Right?

[sentaison]

I'm certainly up for a new series. It's been quite a few years now since that great movie!

[Specium Ray]

[mr.negativity]

[lhb412]

It'll be interesting seeing how they approach the dual versions of the show for the release.

[lhb412]

[Specium Ray]

The picture is beautiful on that set. They're having a signing with Corrine Orr in NYC when that set comes out, very tempted to take the day off from work and go.

[EricDent]

I might try to pick it up when the Japanese version comes out from Funimation.
While I enjoyed the American version, it still was pretty silly.
Though I must admit, that the Speed Racer live action movie was good, but it was missing the "fast talking" thing.

[O.Supreme]

Hopefully they release a set that doesn't have the novelty head I'm definitely wanting all the content

[EricDent]

Well I would hope there is a normal version as well, cause yeah that head is rather disturbing looking...

[lhb412]

It's like some weird flashback to the height of DVD when you'd have these insanely shaped box sets.

We just want nice looking box art and a package that takes up relatively little space!