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Season 1 – Speed Racer

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An 18-year-old driver from a family of motorsport fans competes in various international races with his high-tech Mach 5.
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Speed Racer — Season 1

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Noel Murray AV Club 05/01/2019
The show is crude, and hampered by inconsistent character modeling, but it's also an energetic concoction of mod kitsch, teenage kicks, and a sense of design that rivals the work of American superhero artists like Jim Steranko and Steve Ditko. Go to Full Review
Eric Henderson Slant Magazine 05/01/2019
3/5
It's anyone's guess whether people responded to the show for its vaguely futuristic, Hanna-Barbara spin on Japanimation or for its spectacularly Batman-like camp aesthetic. Go to Full Review
IGN Staff IGN Movies 05/01/2019
2.5/5
In retrospect, the show comes off as campy and low-budget, but back in the '60s and '70s it was the new hotness, and its legend grew even more with syndication. Go to Full Review
Lisa Katayama io9.com 05/01/2019
[Tatsuo Yoshida and Tsuyoshi Sasakawa] knew how to craft a good story. The near-impossible challenges imposed on the protagonist by evildoers were the perfect setup for themes like revenge, competition, and honor to play out over and over again. Go to Full Review
Kyle Anderson Nerdist 05/01/2019
You might think a show about Grand Prix car racing couldn't possibly be enthralling week to week, but you'd be wrong; Speed Racer always managed to keep the excitement at a high with its inventive new villains and threats and constant danger. Go to Full Review
Bill Gibron PopMatters 05/01/2019
Speed (along with Gigantor and a few others) laid the groundwork for our Eastern appreciation. Go to Full Review
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06/23/2022 The greatest 52 episodes in Anime history!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 year= 52 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Read all reviews
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Episode 1 Aired Sep 23, 1967 The Great Plan Speed Racer attempts to help Pops with his plans to improve the fabulous and powerful Mach 5 racing car. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 23, 1967 The Great Plan Speed Racer must win a dangerous mountain race against Ace Ducey to save his father's plans to improve the Mach 5. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 30, 1967 Challenge of the Masked Racer Racer X arrives to compete in Speed's next race; Pops tells Speed why his older brother left the family. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 30, 1967 Challenge of the Masked Racer After being injured in a rain-marred race, Speed is mistaken for The Masked Racer by gunmen from a rival team. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 7, 1967 The Secret Engine The son of a deceased gangster drives a Model T that contains a code for a missing haul of stolen money. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 7, 1967 The Secret Engine Tongue Blackguard captures Speed, Pops and Trixie Shimura to find the missing loot; Blackguard's gang is assaulted by The Masked Racer. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 14, 1967 The Race Against the Mammoth Car Gangster Cruncher Bloch enters a 600-foot-long vehicle in a race through a mountain area to help smuggle out $50 million in gold. Details Episode 8 Aired Oct 14, 1967 The Race Against the Mammoth Car Speed and Trixie continue to pursue the Mammoth Car, believing it is carrying the stolen gold, but are captured in the mining tunnel. Details Episode 9 Aired Oct 21, 1967 The Most Dangerous Race Speed enters "The Great Alpine Race," a brutally dangerous mountain contest, after being challenged by belligerent stunt driver Snake Oiler. Details Episode 10 Aired Oct 21, 1967 The Most Dangerous Race Heavy rain washes out parts of the course; drivers are forced to jump the dangerous chasms, leading to a crash. Details Episode 11 Aired Oct 21, 1967 The Most Dangerous Race Speed survives the crash but suffers hysterical blindness; Racer X pretends to be injured to help navigate Speed to safety. Details Episode 12 Aired Oct 28, 1967 Race for Revenge A mysterious race car is driven by a robot with a threatening message. Details Episode 13 Aired Oct 28, 1967 Race for Revenge Speed must stop the daughter of a murdered driver from avenging her father's death. Details Episode 14 Aired Nov 4, 1967 The Desperate Desert Race Speed's brother, Sprittle, is blamed when an opponent's car is destroyed prior to a race in the desert. Details Episode 15 Aired Nov 4, 1967 The Desperate Desert Race Kim uncovers the person behind the bombing; members of the Rebel Army kidnap Trixie and place a scorpion in Speed's car. Details Episode 16 Aired Nov 11, 1967 The Fire Race To get the country of Kapetepek to open its boarders, the world agrees to a race with Kabala, a racer who is rumored to cause accidents. Details Episode 17 Aired Nov 11, 1967 The Fire Race Speed discovers that Racer X has impersonated Kabala to repay Kabala for his kindness in teaching him mountain racing skills. Details Episode 18 Aired Nov 18, 1967 Girl Daredevil A female daredevil attempts to drive a car, balanced on two ropes, over Niagara Falls. Details Episode 19 Aired Nov 18, 1967 Girl Daredevil Speed and Twinkle discover a treasure hidden in a cave behind Niagara Falls. Details Episode 20 Aired Nov 25, 1967 The Fastest Car on Earth Speed takes a test drive in a car with a high-speed engine that Pops thinks is dangerous. Details Episode 21 Aired Nov 25, 1967 The Fastest Car on Earth Oriena persuades Speed to drive the car with the GRX's engine. Details Episode 22 Aired Dec 1, 1967 Mach 5 vs. Mach 5 Speed Racer is framed for a burglary by a renegade scientist who makes an exact copy of the Mach 5 racer. Details Episode 23 Aired Dec 1, 1967 Mach 5 vs. Mach 5 Speed chases Cumulus to his undersea base where he learns that Cumulus plans to destroy all the military bases in the world. Details Episode 24 Aired Dec 8, 1967 The Royal Racer Spritle and a look-alike prince change places. Details Episode 25 Aired Dec 8, 1967 The Royal Racer Minister Offendem convinces the king to have Pops and company arrested for building a defective racing car. Details Episode 26 Aired Dec 15, 1967 The Car Hater A rich man, bitter about by the death of his son in a car crash years ago, hires thugs to sabotage cars around the city. Details Episode 27 Aired Dec 15, 1967 The Terrifying Gambler A famous gambler hijacks the Mach Five during the Monte Carlo Rally. Details Episode 28 Aired Dec 22, 1967 The Race Against Time When an archaeologist is murdered during the Sahara Race, Speed tries to fulfill the dying man's last request, to find his daughter, lost in the Egyptian ruins. Details Episode 29 Aired Dec 22, 1967 The Race Against Time Trixie is held hostage; Speed struggles to retrieve a statue; Speed is driven into the Nile in the Mach 5. Details Episode 30 Aired Dec 29, 1967 The Snake Track Speed helps a racer with a crippled arm, hoping to learn the man's technique for driving on two wheels. Details Episode 31 Aired Dec 29, 1967 The Man on the Lam A bank robber escapes from prison and forces Speed to take him to where he hid the stolen money. Details Episode 32 Aired Jan 5, 1968 Gang of Assassins While sightseeing in Japan, the Mach 5 team crosses paths with a gang of assassins who are out to sabotage an international peace conference. Details Episode 33 Aired Jan 5, 1968 Gang of Assassins The leader of the assassins tries to recruit Speed; naturally Speed says no, but they have a shocking ally in another racer. Details Episode 34 Aired Jan 12, 1968 The Race for Life Speed must obtain a serum to save the life of a Mexican mayor whose village is in danger of falling into the hands of the man who poisoned him. Details Episode 35 Aired Jan 12, 1968 The Supersonic Car When a supersonic car prototype he was driving crashes because of sabotage by a rival car company, Speed is wracked with self-doubt. Details Episode 36 Aired Jan 19, 1968 Crash in the Jungle Speed's plane crashes in an African jungle where he faces off against gigantic animals. Details Episode 37 Aired Jan 19, 1968 Crash in the Jungle Speed must rescue Trixie, Spritle and Professor Carnivore from the clutches of General Smasher, who is creating giant animals and plans to become giant soldiers. Details Episode 38 Aired Jan 26, 1968 The Secret Invaders Speed helps foil an assassination in a small European country where a crime lord suspects him of being an agent of International Police. Details Episode 39 Aired Jan 26, 1968 The Secret Invaders Speed tries to defeat a behind-the-scenes coup in Avalonia, which its vice president and crime lord, Rudolph Elegantor, conspire to pull off. Details Episode 40 Aired Feb 2, 1968 Man Behind the Mask A madman in a strange mask turns the Mach Five into an explosive device to use it -- and Speed -- to steal art treasures. Details Episode 41 Aired Feb 2, 1968 The Car Destroyer A man uses small cars which allow him to control real cars that he then melts down and uses to build a forest complete with robotic animals. Details Episode 42 Aired Feb 9, 1968 The Desperate Racer Speed has entered the Pineapple Grand-Prix, where each driver must carry a pineapple in his car; one pineapple contains a hidden diamond. Details Episode 43 Aired Feb 9, 1968 The Dangerous Witness In Hong Kong, Speed must stop a gang of female assassins from assassinating a visiting Middle Eastern princess. Details Episode 44 Aired Feb 16, 1968 Race the Laser Tank Speed gets involved when spies steal the design for a new laser and outfit a tank with it. Details Episode 45 Aired Feb 16, 1968 Great Car Wrestling Match Speed enters the Mach Five in a demolition derby to convince a once-famous racer to compete again. Details Episode 46 Aired Feb 23, 1968 Motorcycle Apaches Speed is asked to protect the construction of an international space development base in the desert from a biker gang. Details Episode 47 Aired Feb 23, 1968 Car With a Brain Speed battles a giant, heavily armed, indestructible tank created by a mad scientist and programmed to destroy a Scottish city. Details Episode 48 Aired Mar 1, 1968 Junk Car Grand Prix A wealthy man sets up a race for 17-year-old girls in memory of his missing daughter. Details Episode 49 Aired Mar 1, 1968 The Car in the Sky Speed and the group are stranded on an island and must rig the Mach 5 with balloons and a propeller. Details Episode 50 Aired Mar 8, 1968 The Trick Race A group of international spies trick the Car Acrobatic Team and Speed Racer into having a race in an attempt to lure Racer X out of hiding. Details Episode 51 Aired Mar 15, 1968 Race Around the World A wealthy man offers gold and his daughter's hand in marriage to the winner of an around-the-world race. Details Episode 52 Aired Mar 15, 1968 Race Around the World Speed and Sparky survive a crash; Speed provides gas to Lovelace; Racer X appears and lectures Speed. Details
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Season Info

Network
Syndicated
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Kids & Family, Action, Sports, Entertainment, Anime
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date
Sep 23, 1967