Underplayed Gems

Mach GoGoGo (1997)

Mach GoGoGo poster
Original title
マッハGoGoGo
Genre
action anime and manga
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 34 episodes
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young race car driver and his family take on rivals and mysteries in high speed car races. The show follows their adventures with the iconic Mach 5 car.

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What happens

Mach GoGoGo (マッハGoGoGo, Mahha GōGōGō), sometimes referred to as New Mach GoGoGo (新・マッハGoGoGo, Shin Mahha GōGōGō), is a 1997 remake of the 1967 anime series of the same name (aired as Speed Racer in the U.S.) by Tatsunoko Production, the original producers. The show aired in Japan in 1997 on TV Tokyo and lasted only 34 episodes of a planned 52. In 1998, Speed Racer Enterprises planned to release an English dub of the series in the United States as Speed Racer Y2K which featured a cover of the original Speed Racer opening theme song Go Speed Racer Go by the rock band Sponge which was featured on the 1995 Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits tribute album, though the project did not succeed and only the third episode, "Silver Phantom", was dubbed. Another English adaptation, Speed Racer X, was produced by DIC Entertainment Corporation & Speed Racer Enterprises and aired in the United States on Nickelodeon's short-lived action block, "SLAM!", in 2002. This show was quickly taken off the air (with only 13 episodes dubbed) due to a lawsuit between DiC Entertainment and the Santa Monica-based Speed Racer Enterprises, the company which owned the American rights to the franchise at the time. The series got a Blu-ray release in Japan on April 21, 2017. Funimation released the series under the name Mach GoGoGo: Restart with English subtitles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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