Ōban Star-Racers (2006)

Original title

オーバン・スターレーサーズ

Genre

comedy television series, anime-influenced animation, science fiction television series

Country

France, Japan

Length

1 season, 26 episodes

Rated

TV-Y7

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 79 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl joins an intergalactic racing tournament to find her missing mother. She pilots a powerful starship against alien competitors while uncovering secrets about the race and her family.

fast-pacedadventuroushopefulemotionalunderdogwhimsicalsuspensefulenergetic

What happens

Ōban Star-Racers is an English-language French-Japanese animated television series created by Savin Yeatman-Eiffel of Sav! The World Productions in association with multiple international companies. Originally produced as a short movie titled Molly, Star-Racer, a television series was developed in cooperation with Jetix Europe, with animation production by Hal Film Maker and Pumpkin 3D, a large portion of which was done in Tokyo, Japan. It aired in more than 100 countries including Japan. In the US, the series aired on the Jetix blocks on ABC Family and Toon Disney between June and December 2006. In Canada, the series aired on Family Channel. For the 15th anniversary of the series, a public event was held in Paris on December 4, 2021 and a Blu-ray Kickstarter campaign was launched in February 2022 to "release Oban in its original HD format" and "encourage the development of new Oban related projects", raising a total of €377,056 (approximatively 410,000 US dollars). The blu-rays were released at the beginning of 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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