Speed Racer: The Next Generation
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Speed Racer: The Next Generation is an animated television series based on the classic Japanese Speed Racer franchise, in which the internal events take place decades after those in the 1967 Japanese series. It is the fourth television adaptation of the franchise, and is executive produced by Lions Gate Entertainment, Larry Schwarz, and Ken Katsumoto. Animation Collective produced the series, while the Flash character animation was handled by the now-defunct Collideascope Studios as their last project.[1] It aired on Nicktoons in the United States.[2] The last episode of Season 1 features the voice of NASCAR racer Jeff Gordon, who voices Turbo McCalister.
Speed Racer: The Next Generation | |
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Created by | Larry Schwarz |
Based on | Speed Racer by Tatsuo Yoshida |
Written by | Ben Gruber Allan Neuwirth Marv Wolfman Susan Kim Justin Gray Jimmy Palmiotti Aaron Bergeron Daniel Schofield Mike Yank Walt Gardner James Harvey |
Directed by | Stephen Moverley (pilot episode) John Holt (Season 1) Jay Surridge (Season 2) |
Voices of | Kurt Csolak Sahra Mellesse Carter Jackson Peter Fernandez (Season 1) Michael Sinterniklaas Robbie Sublett (Season 1) David Zen Mansley Greg Abbey (Season 2) Bryan Tyler (Season 2) |
Opening theme | "Go Speed Racer Go!", rearranged by John Angier |
Ending theme | "Go Speed Racer Go!" (instrumental) |
Composer | John Angier |
Country of origin | United States Canada |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Larry Schwarz James Rocknowski John Rocknowski |
Producers | Larry Schwarz Ken Katsumoto James Rocknowski John Rocknowski Sergei Aniskov Sean Lahey Christopher Fauci Michael Gold Doug MacLennon |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production companies | Speed Racer Enterprises Animation Collective (Season 1) Telegael (Season 2) Toonz Entertainment (Season 2) Lionsgate Television |
Original release | |
Network | Nicktoons |
Release | May 2, 2008 (2008-05-02) ā August 25, 2013 (2013-08-25) |
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This series was partly made to promote the live-action film, and the pilot movie premiered on Nicktoons on May 2, 2008, a week before the feature film adaptation was released in theatres.[3] However, both projects were produced independently from one another and featured different generations of "Speed Racers" (with the film featuring the original generation), though both featured a Mach 6. Five three-part specials aired on Nickelodeon from March 14, 2009 to April 11, 2009.