"IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix" (2005) TV series 2005-????

Writer:

Kristi Reed (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

5 November 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi

Plot Keywords:

Acronym In Title

Cast

Hynden Walch	...	Amy Stapleton (14 episodes, 2005)
Kozo Mito	...	Takeshi Jinno (13 episodes, 2005)
Vanilla Yamazaki	...	Luca (13 episodes, 2005)
Doug Erholtz	...	Zanak Strauss (12 episodes, 2005)
Megan Hollingshead	...	Judy Valesteros (12 episodes, 2005)

Runtime:

30 min | USA:20 min

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | USA:TV-Y7 | UK:PG

Company:

Bandai Entertainment

Trivia:

This was originally pitched by Production I.G. Cartoon Network rejected it but was glad to use it as a replacement for Toonami's Total Immersion Event in September 2003. However, it was so well-received by viewers, and got high ratings to boot, that they decided to go back to Production I.G. to plan and create a full-fledged TV series.

Movie Connections:

Follows "Immortal Grand Prix" (2003)

About time too!!

I have just seen IGPX for the first time,(on the Cartoon Network in USA) and have to admit to being blown away.

I was a big fan of Battle Of The Planets in my childhood days and loved Akira, mainly for the motorbike scenes, (the rest just baffled me frankly) when it first appeared in the UK. Sadly since then I had been put off by increasingly violent or turgid Japanese cartoons and what with the rise of Pokemon, Hentai and everything including the pseudo spiritual soul searching Ninja kitchen sink, I'd lost hope in finding anything of genuine 'fun' entertainment coming out of Japan..............

So finally a cartoon that simply has enough plot without brooding, action, realised characters and a soundtrack to die for!