"Mahha GoGoGo" (1967) TV series 1967-1968

Creator:

Tatsuo Yoshida
(more)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

23 September 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi | Sport

Tagline:

Faster, Speed!

Plot:

Teenager Gô Mifune aspires to be the world's best race-car champion with the help of his friends, family and his father's high-tech race-car, the Mach 5.

Plot Keywords:

Anime | Cult Cartoon | Racing | Manga | Cult TV

Cast

Katsuji Mori

...

Gô Mifune (52 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Directed by
Hiroshi Sasagawa		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Peter Fernandez		(unknown episodes)
Tadashi Hirose		(unknown episodes)
Tatsuo Yoshida		(unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Nobuyoshi Koshibe		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Mitsuki Nakamura		(unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mineo Fuji	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Seitarô Hara	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Ippei Kuri	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Takashi Nishioka	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Hisaishi Toriumi	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Jûji Mizumura	....	animation director (unknown episodes)
Takashi Nishioka	....	animation director (unknown episodes)
Takashi Saijô	....	animation director (unknown episodes)
Masami Suda	....	animation director (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Peter Fernandez	....	voice director (unknown episodes)
Jinzô Toriumi	....	planner (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Tatsunoko Productions Company
• Yomiko Advertising

Distributors

• Tatsunoko Productions Company (1967) (Japan) (all media)
• Fuji Television Network (1967) (Japan) (TV)
• Trans Lux (1967) (USA) (TV) (dubbed)
• Club Super 3 (2000) (Spain) (TV)
• Lions Gate Films (2003) (North America) (all media) (dubbed version)

Other Companies

• Tatsunoko Productions Company  animation
• K. Fujita Associates Inc.  production supervision
• Zavala-Riss Productions  production coordination (US version)

Also Known As:

Mach GoGoGo (Japan) (alternative transliteration)
Speed Racer (USA)

Runtime:

30 min (52 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7 | Brazil:Livre

Company:

Tatsunoko Productions Company

Trivia:

Speed actually lost three races during the run of the show. His first loss came in the episode "The Snake Track", his second loss was by disqualification in the episode "The Desperate Racer" and his third loss came in the episode "Dangerous Witness" when he failed to complete the race he was in.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the second part of the episode "Race for Revenge", Trixie's shoes change from pink to white.

Quotes:

Speed: If we crash I can't win!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (#9.12)" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Go Speed Racer, Go!

Action and adventure in early anime.

One of the most complex early anime series to be dubbed for American audiences. Speed Racer is the teenaged son of a car designer, whose Mach 5 can jump, go underwater, clear a path of trees and do other tricks. Besides winning various races, Speed and his family (girlfriend Trixie, kid brother Spritle and pet monkey Chim-Chim) run into spies, saboteurs, criminals and other bad-guy types.

What raises the show above simple adventure is the family background. Speed's brother Rex, suffering dishonor and shame, adopts the identity of Racer X, secretly aiding his brother and goading him into becoming the world's best racer. The series has its dark moments, and the use of gunfire and explosives kept it off American TV for years ("too violent for kids").

The show is far better than the 1994 version, a simple licensing of the character for a "kid-friendly" racing show. However, a new anime version (under the Japanese title "Mach A Go Go") has been made; it may surface in a well-dubbed English version in a few years.