Speed Racer is the English dub of マッハGoGoGo (1967). It premiered on September of 1967 across US television stations, five months after its debut in Japan.
Cast[]
| Character | Actor[5] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| File:三船剛 (マッハGoGoGo, 1967).png | Speed Racer
|
Peter Fernandez | |
| File:覆面 レーサー (マッハGoGoGo, 1967).png | Racer X
| ||
| File:三船くりお (マッハGoGoGo, 1967).png | Spritle
|
Corrine Orr | |
| File:志村美智 (マッハGoGoGo, 1967).png | Trixie
| ||
| File:三船アヤ (マッハGoGoGo, 1967).png | Mom Racer
| ||
| File:三船大介 (マッハGoGoGo, 1967).png | Pops Racer
|
Jack Curtis | |
| File:六郷警部 (マッハGoGoGo, 1967).png | Inspector Detector
| ||
| File:三平 (マッハGoGoGo, 1967).png | Chim-Chim
|
Jack Grimes | |
| File:サブ (マッハGoGoGo, 1967).png | Sparky
| ||
Narrator
|
Jack Curtis | ||
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| Technical staff | |||
Voice director
Translation & Adaptation |
Peter Fernandez | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Music[]
| Song | Singer(s) | ||
Go Speed Racer Go
|
Danny Davis |
|---|
History[]
Trans-Lux & K. Fujita Associates licensed the US rigths to Speed Racer around 1967, during the show's original run in Japan. To make the show more appropriate for Western audiences, most of the show's violence have to be toned down and the characters names were changed to sound more appropriate to Western-sounding alternatives. Peter Fernandez was responsible for voice-directing and translating the show aside from voicing the titular character and Racer X. Fernandes was given only two days to script and record every episode. By 1969, Trans-Lux exited the television marked and thus, rights were transferred to Alan Enterprises. However, the company was acquired by Color System Technology in 1986. In 1987, the show arrived on home video, courtesy of NOW Video and VidAmerica. In 1991, Speed Racer Enterprises acquired the rights to the show from Tatsunoko Production and the show was put on MTV two years later. In 1996, the show moved to Cartoon Network until 2000, when Speed Channel started airing the show two years later. By the time the show was licensed by SRE, video rights were picked up by Family Home Entertainment and remained there until its absorption into Artisan Entertainment and later Lionsgate. During SRE's lifespan, the popularity of Speed Racer skyrocketed beyond the US. In 2002, SRE sub-licensed the rights to Speed Racer alongside Speed Racer X to DIC Entertainment Corporation. However, DiC sued SRE a year later, halting production on the dub of Speed Racer X. In 2012, Tatsunoko sued three members of SRE, accusing them of exploiting the rights to Speed Racer. Because of this, almost all licensed products regarding the show were halted. On December 6, 2013, all lawsuits between Tatsunoko and SRE were settled and as a result, the rights to Speed Racer reverted to Tatsunoko. The lawsuit also caused the release of Speed Racer: Race to the Future (despite being completed by that time) being moved to 2016. It would be until two years later when Funimation announced that they have acquired the North American distribution rights to the show from Tatsunoko. The show was released on Blu-ray during 2017 making this the first time the show was available on said format outside of Japan and also, the first time the unedited original Japanese version was available outside of said country. Crunchyroll's rights to the show lapsed until 2024. On May 2nd of that same year, MeTV Toons was announced and that Speed Racer would be one of the programs to be featured at launch, which occured on June 25th. A day later, Shout Studios announced that it would release the show on VOD services in North America on June 1st, marking the first time that both the English dub and the original Japanese version were available on VOD services in that region.
References[]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050209102259/http://www.btv.gov.bw/btv/programme_lineup.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130730223810/http://ntvuganda.co.ug/tv-schedule/
- ↑ https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19730327-1.2.108.2
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://archive.org/details/boomerang-coming-up-next-bumpers-collection/2.+Boomerang+-+%E2%80%9CComing+Up+Next%E2%80%9D+Bumpers+Collection+Boomeraction+%5BEnglish%3B+2000-2007%5D+%5BUPDATED%5D.mp4
- ↑ https://dubbing.fandom.com/wiki/Speed_Racer