FINISHED
Oban Star-Racers
26 Episodes
25 min each
SPRING 2006
Synopsis
Eva's birthday has just passed, and she hasn't heard from her father. Despising the Boarding School she attends, she escapes using her Rocket Bike that she just completed. Taking on the alias "Molly," Eva sneaks with the Earth team to Alwas for the Great Race because the winner of the race gets any one wish granted. Little does the Earth Team know what danger awaits them...
Adventure
Mecha
Sci-Fi
Format
Unknown
Episodes
26
Per Episode
25 min
Source
Unknown
Episodes
26 / 26 Episodes
1
Episode 1
Episode 1
Twenty-five years after a mysterious being called 'The Avatar' averted war between Earth and the Crogs, Earth is invited to participate in "The Great Race of Oban", a competition held once every 10,000 years. Meanwhile, a young girl escapes from her boarding school on a journey to find the father she hasn't seen in 10 years...
2
Episode 2
Episode 2
The race championships are about to begin, and Eva is impressed by one Prince Aikka, but when the Earth team's turn comes up, Eva has a strange dream showing that Rick and Jordan are about to crash. Can she find some way to help keep this dream from coming true?
3
Episode 3
Episode 3
The Earth team is without a pilot, so Molly decides to practice and take the controls. Don Wei tries all the other team members instead, but when Molly sneaks into the race, he is unable to stop her. Will Molly and Jordan be able to win the rematch against an angry Grooor who feels they cheated him out of his win?
4
Episode 4
Episode 4
Don Wei discovers that if the Earth team withdraws, then the Earth could be destroyed, so he reluctantly places Molly in charge of the piloting duties. But as round two begins, it's clear that the Earth team is at a disadvantage, as mysterious obstacles keep jumping in their way. Can Molly find some way to turn the tide of the race?
5
Episode 5
Episode 5
Ceres, a creature made of sound, is the Earth team's opponent in the third round, but he won't be up against the regular team. Rick has returned and appears to be better than ever. However, when mysterious nerve attacks begin bothering Rick, it's up to Molly to find some way to resume piloting duties in the middle of the race. Can she find some way to get her team the win?
6
Episode 6
Episode 6
Jordan believes that he and Molly need a rest from all of the intense racing they've survived. Para-dice, a cat-like creature and a racing prodigy, deceives the two of them into a racing arcade. They are unaware of the arcade being linked up to the Arrow II, and they almost destroy it while it is in the garage. Even with a damaged Star-Racer, can Molly out-race Para-dice in the arena?
7
Episode 7
Episode 7
When Don Wei breaks it to Eva that he's found out she is his daughter, Eva is infuriated with his attempts to run away from his life after Maya's death. And the next race also will impact their emotions...
8
Episode 8
Episode 8
In the previous episode, Molly (Eva) and Jordan had fallen deep into the ravine. They journey across Oban in order to get back to the temple before the start of the next race. During their trek, they have another encounter with the native beings of Oban. A shattering secret concerning the Ultimate Prize is learned as well...
9
Episode 9
Episode 9
Nothing is clear to Eva anymore. Personally, she doesn't see why she would want to race anymore, since she is unable to revive her mother because of what the Ultimate Prize's nature reveals. However, she can't throw everything away, since a Crog victory would lead to Earth being obliterated. Eva must stop Kross from winning.
10
Episode 10
Episode 10
After discovering the reality of the Ultimate Prize, Kross goes on a rampage and takes all of the racers down in the final race. Eva is the only one who stands against him in his path to victory.
11
Episode 11
Episode 11
Canaletto is free, and in order to stop him from destroying everything that "interferes with destiny," as he says, the remaining racers team up to stop him. Canaletto releases his fury, and it's up to one racer to sacrifice themself to save the galaxy and stop Canaletto.
12
Episode 12
Episode 12
As Eva, Jordan, and Aikka make their way through the temple and try to survive against Canaletto's ungodly evil, they must also try to get to the Creators to stop Canaletto. Canaletto is after Eva, and startling revelations and epilogues take place.
13
Episode 13
Episode 13
14
Episode 14
Episode 14
15
Episode 15
Episode 15
The second race of Oban is starting, and Molly and Jordan have a skirmish and a disagreement with Lord Furter, an alien pirate. Will he resort to crude tactics in the race?
16
Episode 16
Episode 16
Molly and Jordan have quite a time in the fourth race, can they overcome their internal and external conflicts to gain at least one point?
17
Episode 17
Episode 17
Molly vows to win the next race at the snow territory of Planet Oban. However, a machine racer, Ondai, has other ideas. Meanwhile, the plot thickens for Don Wei when he learns that his daughter had ran off from the boarding school back on Earth. How long until he finally finds out that Molly and Eva are one and the same?
18
Episode 18
Episode 18
The finals continue as the Earth Team has finally begun to catch up in the rankings. They soon face a bug racer, whose quest for the Ultimate Prize may not be so different from Molly's. Meanwhile, Don Wei is still haunted at the possibility that Molly may very well be his long-forgotten daughter Eva, and how such a possibility could effect the purpose of why they're racing in the first place.
19
Episode 19
Episode 19
The next race takes place in Oban's center, where the stakes are high, as future planets exist around them. Will Molly be able to win, or is the drama involving Aikka's change toward her too much to bear? Will Jordan finally have the courage to ask Molly if she likes him?
20
Episode 20
Episode 20
Prince Aikka forms a pact with two other teams to take out the leading racer, Sul, from the rankings. However, a hidden force behind the scenes may already have that planned as the sixth race commences...
21
Episode 21
Episode 21
When Don Wei breaks it to Eva that he's found out she is his daughter, Eva is infuriated with his attempts to run away from his life after Maya's death. And the next race also will impact their emotions...
22
Episode 22
Episode 22
In the previous episode, Molly (Eva) and Jordan had fallen deep into the ravine. They journey across Oban in order to get back to the temple before the start of the next race. During their trek, they have another encounter with the native beings of Oban. A shattering secret concerning the Ultimate Prize is learned as well...
23
Episode 23
Episode 23
Nothing is clear to Eva anymore. Personally, she doesn't see why she would want to race anymore, since she is unable to revive her mother because of what the Ultimate Prize's nature reveals. However, she can't throw everything away, since a Crog victory would lead to Earth being obliterated. Eva must stop Kross from winning.
24
Episode 24
Episode 24
After discovering the reality of the Ultimate Prize, Kross goes on a rampage and takes all of the racers down in the final race. Eva is the only one who stands against him in his path to victory.
25
Episode 25
Episode 25
Canaletto is free, and in order to stop him from destroying everything that "interferes with destiny," as he says, the remaining racers team up to stop him. Canaletto releases his fury, and it's up to one racer to sacrifice themself to save the galaxy and stop Canaletto.
26
Episode 26
Episode 26
As Eva, Jordan, and Aikka make their way through the temple and try to survive against Canaletto's ungodly evil, they must also try to get to the Creators to stop Canaletto. Canaletto is after Eva, and startling revelations and epilogues take place.
Characters
Voice Actors
Junko Noda (japanese)
Eva Wei
Main
Voice Actors
Keiichirou Satomi (japanese)
Jordan Wilde
Main
Voice Actors
Junichi Suwabe (japanese)
Rick Thunderbolt
Main
Voice Actors
Unshou Ishizuka (japanese)
Don Wei
Main
Voice Actors
Hiroaki Hirata (japanese)
Aikka
Main
Voice Actors
Keisuke Oda (japanese)
Koji
Supporting
Staff
Savin Yeatman-Eiffel
Original Creator
Taku Iwasaki
Music
Kiyoko Sayama
Episode Director (eps 1, 26)
Kiyoko Sayama
Storyboard (eps 2, 5, 12, 20, 26)
Souichi Masui
Storyboard (eps 15-18, 22-25)
Tomomi Shimazaki
Key Animation
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Information
Aired
Apr 11, 2006
to Dec 05, 2006
Season
SPRING 2006
Source
Unknown
Format
Unknown
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