The first Japanese anime to find lasting success in the U.S., Speed Racer (known in Japan as Mach GoGoGo) may not represent the artistic pinnacle of that form, but it somehow manages to remain popular ...

Welcome to MangoBot, a column about Asian futurism by TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama. Way before Speed Racer became fodder for one of the season’s most highly anticipated blockbusters, it was a ...

Speed Racer is a teenage driver who races around the world in his super-technological car, the Mach 5, created by his father, a former racer. The car has several special features that help Speed ...

First translated and broadcast in English as a children's show in 1967, Speed Racer quickly established a place in American pop culture. The series was originally released in Japan by Tatsunoko ...

Was Speed Racer ahead of his time? Could a real version of his car be made? According to a University of Cincinnati's School of Design professor and her students, yes. Brigid O’Kane's transportation ...

Amid the current push by filmmakers to deny photo-reality in favor of animated impressionism comes Speed Racer, a Wachowski Brothers motion picture derived from a ’60s Japanese cartoon television ...

The first Japanese anime to find lasting success in the U.S., Speed Racer (known in Japan as Mach GoGoGo) may not represent the artistic pinnacle of that form, but it somehow manages to remain popular ...