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Speed Racer

52 Episodes
25 min each
SPRING 1967

Synopsis

The Mach 5 is one of the fastest and most technologically advanced race cars built by man. Equipped with various gadgets and a powerful engine, it provides a challenge for anyone who would dare race against it. The driver of this amazing vehicle is Gou Mifune, a teenager who dreams of breaking into the world of professional racing. In spite of this, Gou's father and the creator of the Mach 5, Daisuke Mifune, does not want his son anywhere near a racetrack. Undeterred, his girlfriend Michi, younger brother Kurio, and Kurio's monkey sidekick Sanpei become Gou's biggest fans as he sets out to become the greatest racer of all time. However, Gou soon learns that becoming a professional racer is not easy. From the underhanded plots of corrupt businessmen to stiff competition in the form of his rival, Racer X, Gou faces many obstacles on the road ahead, and has a lot to prove before he can cross the finish line.

Action Adventure Sports
Format
Unknown
Episodes
52
Per Episode
25 min
Source
Unknown

Episodes

52 / 52 Episodes
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Episode 1

Episode 1

A gang of crooks comes after Pops and Speed, trying to steal the design for Pops`s new car.
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Episode 2

Episode 2

Speed tries to protect the new car`s design from thieving crooks while racing against the dastardly Zoomer Slick.
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Episode 3

Episode 3

Racer X appears to compete in Speed`s next race. Meanwhile, Pops reveals to Speed why his older brother left the family.
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Episode 4

Episode 4

The Trans-Country Race begins! The Alpha Team plays some dirty tricks to try to keep Racer X from winning.
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Episode 5

Episode 5

A chance encounter with an old man and a Ford Model T gets Speed and the others tied up with the mob!
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Episode 6

Episode 6

Speed is kidnapped by mobsters but is still determined to help solve the mystery of the inheritance. Will his friends be able to help him in time?
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Episode 7

Episode 7

In the next race, Speed and the others are up against the humongous Mammoth Car! There`s something strange about this car and its crew...
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Episode 8

Episode 8

The mystery of the gold smugglers deepens as Speed and Trixie face off with the Mammoth Car!
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Episode 9

Episode 9

Speed is called out by Snake, one of the members of the Car Acrobatic Team. Will he ignore his friends` advice and enter the Big Alpine Race?
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Episode 10

Episode 10

The Big Alpine Race begins! Speed, Racer X, and the members of the Car Acrobatic Team must face the devastating Yawning Chasm Pass.
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Episode 11

Episode 11

Speed attempts to find his way out of Yawning Chasm Pass. Will he be able to get back to the race in time to win?
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Episode 12

Episode 12

A terrifying race car emerges from the past and begins attacking members of the racing community.
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Episode 13

Episode 13

The Melange appears in Speed`s race! Who is behind the car`s murderous streak? Speed is determined to find out...
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Episode 14

Episode 14

Speed and the others head to Flathill Country to race in the desert, but are framed for sabotage! Speed aims to clear his name. He may get more than he bargained for...
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Episode 15

Episode 15

Taken by the Flathill Army, Speed agrees to face Kim in a no-brakes race through the desert. Meanwhile, the saboteur continues his plot!
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Episode 16

Episode 16

Speed is invited to participate in the Fire Festival Race. His opponent is Kabala, an unbeatable racer with a trail of dead racers in his wake.
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Episode 17

Episode 17

Speed races under a live volcano! While other racers are tempted by the treasures hidden within, will Speed make it out alive?
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Episode 18

Episode 18

Speed encounters a lovely acrobat and attempts to save her circus with a stunt over Niagara Falls. Unfortunately, the promoter has other plans...
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Episode 19

Episode 19

Twinkle and Speed plunge into the churning waters of Niagara Falls. Even if they escape, they`ll still have to best the notorious criminal Brotch!
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Episode 20

Episode 20

A powerful engine is brought back from Pops`s past. He`s determined to get rid of it, but Speed is lured to its power...
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Episode 21

Episode 21

Speed struggles to resist the awesome power of the GRX engine and its overwhelming speed.
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Episode 22

Episode 22

Someone uses the Mach 5 to steal documents from the Secret National Science Institute! Speed is framed for the job, and when his alibi falls apart, he`s in real trouble!
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Episode 23

Episode 23

Speed finds out that the man who framed him was using a fake Mach 5! But what will happen when the fake is more advanced than the real thing?
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Episode 24

Episode 24

It`s a case of swapped identities when Spritle is mistaken for the young Prince Jam... by a group of assassins!
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Episode 25

Episode 25

Spritle gets caught up in a plot to assassinate Prince Jam and disrupt his succession. Will Speed be able to save Spritle and the royal line?
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Episode 26

Episode 26

Speed Racer, his girlfriend Trixie and all the gang are in a desperate race to save hundreds of lives from the evil clutches of The Car Hater.
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Episode 27

Episode 27

A mysterious man uses his last words to ask Speed to find his daughter, who has gone missing deep in the heart of Egypt.
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Episode 28

Episode 28

Speed races to save Trixie from a woman whose injury has caused her to believe that she`s Queen Cleopatra. Worse yet, an entire army believes her, too!
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Episode 29

Episode 29

Speed saves Trixie in time, but are made slaves and ordered to dig up the treasure. While escaping, Speed is captured and driven into the Nile in the Mach 5. He survives and returns with the police to rescue Trixie and battle a giant stone robot. As Splint Femur tries to escape with the gold on a plane. Speed and Calcia, who regain her memories, stowaway on the plane to stop Splint Femur.
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Episode 30

Episode 30

Speed is training for the Super Car Race on the Snack Track which is a new course that has seven curves. After a day of training Speed meets Rock Force who outmaneuvers some gangsters by driving his car on two wheels. While talking to Rock Force Speed notices that the car has a special automatic transmition. After the gangsters wreck his car Mr. Force comes to Pops Racer to have it fixed. Speed and Mr. Force get into a fight and Mr. Force reveals that he cannot use his right arm and wears a metal brace on it. Mr. Force tells how he accepted money to throw a race but won it anyhow. The gangsters then crippled his right arm to prevent him from racing and have now wrecked his car. While Pops fixes the car Speed challenges him to drive the Mach Five with its manual transmition to help 'wake up' his right arm. The next day Mr. Force wins the Snake Track race but the gangsters come forward and reveal that he cannot use his right arm. Mr. Force proceeds to punch out the gangsters and Speed gr
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Episode 31

Episode 31

A group of deadly ninjas begin assassinating ambassadors visiting Japan for the International Piecemeal Conference. Who is behind it, and why? Speed is on the case!
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Episode 32

Episode 32

The plot thickens as the leader of the ninjas tries to recruit Speed. Naturally Speed says no, but the ninjas have a shocking ally in another racer! Can Speed stop them?
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Episode 33

Episode 33

Speed figgers that the statues must be under some sort of remote control. Then, the statues fire pistols at him. When the smoke clears, Speed is okay, but then the assassins drop in. Speed fends off their attack, but he's met by Gat Gunsel, the leader of the local division of assassins. The organization is world-wide. Speed is ordered to walk to a statue. Behind the statue is a secret entrance to the assassins' headquarters. In a cell, the diplomats from the sightseeing boat are locked up. Speed watches the assassins demonstrate their skills. One shoots the pips out of a five of spades. Others walk through a fire; another cracks a rock with a karate chop; and another walks on the ceiling. Then the assassins show off their driving skills. The cars they drive are specialized weapons. Speed is taken to the leader of the entire assassin organization, Professor Anarchy. Speed is offered a job with the gang. Speed refuses. Professor Anarchy is going to let Speed be his 2,708th kill, a great
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Episode 34

Episode 34

Speed is in Mexico and must obtain a serum to save the life of a the mayor of a village that is in danger of falling into the hands of the man whom poisoned him.
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Episode 35

Episode 35

Speed`s flight is hijacked, and one of the passengers is kidnapped! After the plane goes down, Speed finds himself stranded in a jungle full of mysterious tanks! Will he make it out alive?
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Episode 36

Episode 36

Speed discovers a strange island in the middle of a lake in the jungle. The kidnappers are using it as a base of operations for the revival of an evil empire! How can Speed stop them?
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Episode 37

Episode 37

Speed gets knocks off a cliff by gorillas.
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Episode 38

Episode 38

Speed is mistaken for a secret agent and ends up in the crosshairs of a group of spies who are plotting to assassinate a prince and princess.
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Episode 39

Episode 39

Speed manages to save the prince and princess, but the spies won`t give up easily. Luckily, Racer X is there to help as well!
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Episode 40

Episode 40

A madman in a weird mask wires the Mach Five into a bomb to use it and Speed to steal art treasures.
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Episode 41

Episode 41

A man uses small cars which allow him to control real cars that he then melts down and uses to build a forest complete with robotic animals. He is destroying cars because his son was crippled by a hit and run driver, but it is reveled that his son can really walk and was kept in the wheelchair by his father.
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Episode 42

Episode 42

Speed has entered the Pineapple Grand-Prix, where each driver has to carry a pineapple in his car. Someone has hidden a diamond in one of the pineapples, so criminals are stealing the fruits from the drivers.
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Episode 43

Episode 43

Speed, Trixie, Spritle and Chim Chim are flying to Hong Kong for the Hong Kong International Race. Speed notices a woman passenger acting mysteriously as she plays with her compact. The compact is actually a sophisticated weapon which fires a poisoned dart at a another passenger sitting further back in the plane. As Speed tries to question the woman, she collapses because she has been hit with a similar poisoned dart. We see the stewardess in the back of the plane with an evil smirk. Chim Chim hands Speed an invitation to one of Hong Kong's floating restaurants. The invitation fell out of the woman's purse. Speed is accosted by a group of reporters as he gets off the plane, but they split immediately when Princess Petal's plane lands. She is a mysterious princess from the Kingdom of Blossombow in the Middle East. Speed puts his foot in it when he admires the princess for her elegance. An assassin has her sights on the princess, but she is restrained by the stewardess who cautions her t
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Episode 44

Episode 44

Leaving a race Speed has just won Speed and Trixie are shot at by Omar's men. Arriving in Hawaii Spittle and Chim Chim get involved in an another attack by Omar's men. Speed figures out that he and Trixie were not the real targets the first time but they were given something in Hawaii that has made them targets. Speed examines the lay given to him by a girl and discovers some microfilm. Taking it to the library he finds out that the film are the plans for a new laser gun and is saved by the Kana from more of Omar's men. Kana is captured by Omar's men and taken to an island on which they are building the laser gun. Spittle and Chim Chim are captured. They all escape when Omar tries to test the gun on them. They then have to escape a laser tank Speed Racer disables the tank with the homing robot. The tank and island then blow up. Trixie says that they still have time to make Speed's next race.
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Episode 45

Episode 45

Speed enters the Mach Five in a demolition derby to convince a once-famous racer to be a real racer again.
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Episode 46

Episode 46

In the American West, a convoy of trucks is crossing the desert. A group of motorcycles scream down the mountainside and attack the convoy. Meanwhile, Speed wins the Southwest Grand Prix. One of Speed's fans is admiring the Mach Five when Speed walks into the garage. He says that he wanted to be a professional racer himself but didn't make it. He doesn't give his name. That evening, Speed and the gang are dining with Mr. Skyhigh from the Office of Space Development. Later, in a ghost town Skyhigh is trying to enlist Speed's help to protect the construction of an international space development base. The crews and equipment are being attacked by motorcycle Apaches. The Mach Five is needed to transport a shipment of uraniumtane, an element that will give nuclear missiles an explosive power greater than an H-bomb. Sparky, Trixie, Spritle and Chim Chim show up ready to help Speed. After Spritle is told he can't go along with Speed, he decides to play cowboys in the ghost town. Spritle enco
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Episode 47

Episode 47

Dr. McFife creates a car that can think for itself which he orders to terrorize the countryside of Burrup County al la Frankenstein's monster. After the car has withstood everything thrown at it Dr. McFife reveals that the car also has a bomb that will go off in the center of town. Adding to the problem the Car kidnaps a little girl. Using knowledge gained earlier Speed (with help from Chim Chim and Spritle) rescues the little girl and destroys the car.
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Episode 48

Episode 48

A rich man named Baron von Vondervon is giving a race for 17 year old girls in memory of his daughter (Ivonna) who disappeared 5 years ago; the winner of the race will be treated as his daughter. A greedy man named Mr. Free Load elists the aid of a driver named Lolly. After trying to past himself as a woman during the race Mr. Free Load discovers that one the other drivers is Ivonna and proply kidnaps her. After Speed saves Ivonna, Trixie and her finish the race with Trixie first and Ivonna second. The Baron recognizes Ivonna as his daughter but she does not want to leave her family at the orphanage. So the Baron gives half his fortune to Ivonna, the other half to the orphanage and invites the children of the orphanage to live on his estate.
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Episode 49

Episode 49

Speed and his family are on the way to the Grand Prix (which is the key race for the World Racing Championship) and their plane is forced down on to an island by a storm. On the island they find out: that the both the plane's and Mach Five's radios have been smashed; every other passenger is in a hurry to get where they are going; there are no plants on the island, and that the island is a likely a forgotten top secret base used during a war. Since the island is uncharted Speed has no idea where to send the homing robot nor if the oxygen would last long enough to get help. Speed learns that one of the other passengers has brought advertizing balloons. Using hydrogen from the base Speed turns the Mach Five into a dirigible, then they draw lots to see which three people will go to get help. After the drawing, Trixie gives her lot to a girl whose mother is dieing, and the rich man buys a lot from one of the other winners. Spritle and Chim Chim stow away and force Speed to throw everything
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Episode 50

Episode 50

This is a sequel to the 'The Most Dangerous Race' and takes place one year after the events related in that episode. It involves a group of international spies tricking the Car Acrobatic Team and Speed Racer into having a race. The race is to lure out Racer X who the spies have figured out is Speed's older brother. In addition the spies have planted bombs in the cars of the Car Acrobatic Team to blow up Speed. In the end it is the spies who get blown up. Also Speed figures out that Racer X is his brother Rex and asks him. Racer X knocks out Speed, removes his mask, and vows to stop being a racer and become a full time secret agent.
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Episode 51

Episode 51

Speed enters the biggest race in history—a race around the world with cars, boats, and planes... not to mention treacherous competition!
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Episode 52

Episode 52

The Around the World Grand Prix comes to a thrilling conclusion! Will Speed realize his dream of becoming the world champion?

Characters

Go Mifune
Voice Actors
Katsuji Mori (japanese)

Go Mifune

Main

Kurio Mifune
Voice Actors
Junko Hori (japanese)

Kurio Mifune

Main

Kenichi Mifune

Kenichi Mifune

Supporting

Staff

Tatsuo Yoshida
Tatsuo Yoshida
Original Creator
Hiroshi Sasagawa
Hiroshi Sasagawa
Director
Jinzou Toriumi
Jinzou Toriumi
Script
Hisayuki Toriumi
Hisayuki Toriumi
Episode Director
Ippei Kuri
Ippei Kuri
Episode Director
Masami Suda
Masami Suda
Animation Director

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Information

Aired Apr 01, 1967 to Mar 30, 1968
Season SPRING 1967
Source Unknown
Format Unknown

Studios

Tatsunoko Production

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