The New Adventures of Speed Racer

The New Adventures of Speed Racer
Created by	Fred Wolf Films Dublin
Based on	Speed Racer by Tatsuo Yoshida
Voices of	Jonathan Potts Thom Pinto Jeannie Elias Daniel DeSanto Jim Cummings
Music by	Dennis C. Brown Maxine Sellers Larry Brown
Country of origin	Japan United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer	Fred Wolf
Producer	Michael Algar
Original release
Network	first-run syndication
Release	1993 – 1994

The New Adventures of Speed Racer was an update of the Speed Racer cartoon series. This new Americanized version was designed as a single 13-episode season (the first episode was entitled “The Mach 5’s First Trial”), with the intent of launching a feature film adaptation. Issues with Warner Bros. having the live action rights (which resulted in the 2008 release) forestalled negotiations and investments for the film and the series ended accordingly, though it did provide a massive merchandising reboot for the intellectual property, which found a resurgence thanks to a major toy line. The series concept was born out of a pitch from PANGEA to then property-owners, John and James Rocknowski of Speed Racer Enterprises, Inc. Fred Wolf of Fred Wolf Films, had also pitched the notion of rebooting the franchise. PANGEA, having worked developmentally with Playmates Toys in association with Fred Wolf Films on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, worked with Speed Racer Enterprises on the series development, including the merchandising, which included a toy line from Ace Novelty Toys, comic books by NOW Comics, and novelties by NJ Croce. The series also proved to be popular with the Russian audience. A new theme song was written.

The “New Adventures” part of the title comes from official documents used for TV listings. The show itself is referred to onscreen as simply “Speed Racer.” Coincidentally, Speed Racer X is known in Brazil as “As Novas Aventuras de Speed Racer,” which literally translates into “The New Adventures of Speed Racer.”

Cast

• Jonathan Potts as Speed Racer
• Thom Pinto as Sparky, Racer X
• Jeannie Elias as Trixie, Moms Racer, Spritle
• Daniel DeSanto as Chim-Chim
• Jim Cummings as Pops Racer

Episodes

• The Mach 5's First Trial
• The Pleasantville Terror
• The Race Against X
• B.O.S.S.
• The Creature from the Sombra Lagoon
• Trouble in Deep Twelve
• The Mach-5 Is Missing
• Race to the Future
• Escape from the Past
• Samurai Racers
• Dawn of the Mutants
• Return to the Future
• Attack from the Future

External links

• The New Adventures of Speed Racer at IMDb