Mach GoGoGo/Speed Racer - New Series

[Allio]

"Speed Racer" is revving up for an animated revival.

According to "Total Licensing" magazine, Tokyo-based Tatsunoko Production is developing a new series based on the popular manga and anime franchise. Anime News Network confirmed the announcement, but the company was unable to provide any additional details.

Created in 1966 by Tatsuo Yoshida, the car-racing manga quickly inspired the popular television series "Mach GoGoGo" that, as "Speed Racer," became one of the first anime to secure a foothold in the United States.

Tatsunoko produced a modernized version of the series in 1997 that was adapted for U.S. television in 2002 as "Speed Racer X." However, only the first 11 of the 34 episodes were adapted for Nickelodeon because of a licensing dispute.

"Speed Racer" was also rather infamously turned into a live-action movie in 2008 by the Wachowskis; it was box-office failure and garnered mixed reviews.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/ar...for-new-series

wonder how it will stick up with the other Tatsunoko recent reboots

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anything better than that terrible Next Generation cartoon

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by Allio

anything better than that terrible Next Generation cartoon

Agreed. Hope this turns out well.

[ZariusTwo]

Tatsunoko were actually livid with Next Generation, they took the rights back as a result

[sdp]

I thought Next Generation was a fairly decent cartoon? That's what I heard from animation fans at least, I never watched it. I did rewatch the original Speed Racer and to be honest it's a decent show but nothing ground breaking, even for the time. I'm still oddly interested in the show though.

This whole Tatsunoko was livid with the next generation sounds like pure bullcrap that people make up and others repeat it like its a fact which happens often on the internet. If I remember correctly it was Nick who decided not to order a third season, and even with two seasons it has as many episodes as the original show which not even the Japanese revival was able to do, I'd wager that this IP is even more popular in the west than in the east.

[oldmanwinters]

My kingdom if there had been a Speed Racer cameo in the Wii version of T. vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars ? Eh... maybe.

[Ninjinister]

That Yatterman opening actually has very distinct elements of Yatterman while looking like something new. The protagonist looks like Doronjo, her buddies, although completely different looking, do have that hint of Doronjo's henchmen. And those zombie-things they fight definitely look like undead Yattermen.

(This must be the "Doronjo's descendent" series I once read about).

However...

I can't identify anything at all Gatchaman related in that other video. If it didn't have "Gatchaman" in the name, I'd have no idea it was even based on any pre-existing series.

If this new GoGoGo series is anything like the latter, I'd expect to have mech racing or something like IGPX.

[Leo656]

I adore the original series and haven't really liked any of the reboots or extensions, other than the NOW comics from the 1980s and the movie. None of the stuff like "New Adventures", "Next Generation", or the newer comics have really been that great, in my opinion.

We'll see how this one goes.