The name Mach Go Go Go is a pun, since “go” means “five” in Japanese (hence, “Mach-Go” is “Mach 5”). His car, the Mach 5, was inspired by a combination of the gadget-equipped Aston Martin from the James Bond movies, and other popular race cars in the 1960s. The character was a fusion of Elvis Presley’s racer look in Viva Las Vegas and James Bond (Sean Connery) in Goldfinger. Speed’s original name, Go Mifune, part of his family’s Mifune Motors, pays respect to the Japanese film star Toshirō Mifune. The character, Speed, was based on the original Mach Go Go Go’s character, Gō Mifune.
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An updated series called Speed Racer: The Next Generation appeared in 2008 on NickToonz with a second season in 2011.Īn early example of how Japanese anime could be successful in the United States, Speed Racer is about the adventures of Speed the driver with his car, the Mach 5. from 1967 to 1968, later released as a comic in the 1990s under Speed Racer: Classics and Speed Racer: the Original Manga, and then as a live-action film in 2008, titled Speed Racer. It was originally designed by Tatsuo Yoshida as a manga series (Japanese comics) in the 1960s, inspired by Yoshida’s Pilot Ace.
Speed Racer was an American animated television series adapted from the Japanese anime (Japanese cartoons), Mach Go Go Go, from Shōnen Book, in 1958.
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