Speed Racer in my opinion, is the best anime series I've ever seen. I first saw the show on DVD from a very young age with my dad. At the time, I didn't care much about the story, and was mostly in it for the races. But just today I watched them again for the first time in 6 years, and realized that the races were just the icing on the cake.
It's always easy to get into the story, and the end races are enjoyable as hell too. So far, I have two personal favorite episodes: The World's Most Dangerous Race, and the Mammoth Car. The Mammoth Car in particular fascinated me so much, it was the only one I'd watch. As a kid, it was surreal seeing something as huge as that, and to this day it still looks impressive.
Coming from the late 1960s, some might call the animation weak by today's standards, but given the time and technology (and maybe some budget issues too), it's understandable that some footage was replayed or that the sprites look a bit off at times. Just like the Spiderman 1960s cartoon, I appreciate that. However reused sprites are used a lot less here than the Spiderman cartoon. As for soundtrack, it's really, really good. Sometimes I actually wish they'd release the soundtrack on a CD, because if they did, I'd be first in line to buy it. With the show, I also appreciate the running gag of Speed's brother and his chimp friend sneaking in the trunk of the Mach 5, Speed's car name. It's funny because as a kid, sometimes I wished I could do the exact same thing.
So as a whole, I find pretty much no negative things to say about this show. The dubbing may not be at its best at times, but I can name a hundred and one shows where its worse. Speed Racer will always have a place in my heart, and I have a permanent cult following towards it.
10/10.
It's always easy to get into the story, and the end races are enjoyable as hell too. So far, I have two personal favorite episodes: The World's Most Dangerous Race, and the Mammoth Car. The Mammoth Car in particular fascinated me so much, it was the only one I'd watch. As a kid, it was surreal seeing something as huge as that, and to this day it still looks impressive.
Coming from the late 1960s, some might call the animation weak by today's standards, but given the time and technology (and maybe some budget issues too), it's understandable that some footage was replayed or that the sprites look a bit off at times. Just like the Spiderman 1960s cartoon, I appreciate that. However reused sprites are used a lot less here than the Spiderman cartoon. As for soundtrack, it's really, really good. Sometimes I actually wish they'd release the soundtrack on a CD, because if they did, I'd be first in line to buy it. With the show, I also appreciate the running gag of Speed's brother and his chimp friend sneaking in the trunk of the Mach 5, Speed's car name. It's funny because as a kid, sometimes I wished I could do the exact same thing.
So as a whole, I find pretty much no negative things to say about this show. The dubbing may not be at its best at times, but I can name a hundred and one shows where its worse. Speed Racer will always have a place in my heart, and I have a permanent cult following towards it.
10/10.