There were few cartoons cooler than Speed Racer. Gen X kids raced off the bus to their home in the ’70s to catch the episodes that aired after school. Because this was the time before the internet, few of us knew that Speed got behind the wheel in 1968 in Japan. Even more important was our lack of knowing there were only 52 episodes. We didn’t care because we just wanted 30 minutes of serious racing and wrecking around the world. The show was so cool. And now the original series is coming to digital platforms thanks to Shout! Studios. This means you can watch the episodes on your time instead of rushing home to beat the UHF signal to the TV in the family room. What’s even cooler is they will also have the Japanese cuts of the show. Did you know the Japanese theme song has more music? Here’s the press release from Shout! Studios:
THE CLASSIC ANIME SERIES
SPEED RACER
STEERS ONTO MAJOR DIGITAL PLATFORMS JUNE 1 FROM SHOUT! STUDIOS
MACH GOGOGO ALSO RIDES ON DIGITAL JUNE 1, 2024
Los Angeles, CA – The innovative car racing anime series Speed Racer will be revving up for all major digital platforms on June 1, 2024 from Shout! Studios. Fans of the iconic racing adventure will be treated to all 52 episodes as it becomes available for video-on-demand.
Mach GoGoGo, the original 1967 Japanese-language television series adaptation from Tatsunoko Production, will also be available for video-on-demand on all major digital platforms.
The popular Japanese franchise originated as a manga series created by anime pioneer, and founder of Tatsunoko Production, Tatsuo Yoshida. The manga’s success in Japan spawned the adapted TV series Mach GoGoGo. It later gained popularity in the United States as Speed Racer, an early genre-defining anime series.
Speed Racer is a young and upcoming racer who dreams of winning with his family. His car, the Mach 5, contains features that enable him to race around the world. The adventures of Speed in exotic settings around the globe prove that quick wits and fair play are always sure winners!
About Shout! Studios
Shout! Studios is a multiplatform media company specializing in film and TV distribution, development, and production. The company has evolved with the changing entertainment landscape to excel in all forms of content distribution, including theatrical, digital streaming, broadcast and in-flight licensing, physical media, and more. Shout! Studios owns and manages a large portfolio of contemporary and classic feature films, series, animation, and documentaries. The company’s creative acquisition mandate has established it as a leading independent distributor, with partners and properties including Aardman Animations, The Carol Burnett Show, GKIDS, LAIKA Studios, Mystery Science Theater 3000 (in partnership with creator Joel Hodgson), and Sesame Street, alongside many others. Shout! Kids focuses on live-action and animated kids and family properties including anime, and the company releases genre and horror films and television shows under the Scream Factory imprint. Shout! Studios also operates the acclaimed streaming service Shout! TV and its family of FAST channels. The company produces, acquires, and distributes new films, including Shout! Studios’ original Old Henry (Tim Blake Nelson), Linoleum (Jim Gaffigan, Rhea Seehorn), What’s Love Got To Do With It (Lily James, Emma Thompson, Shazad Latif), The Kill Room (Uma Thurman, Joe Manganiello, Samuel L. Jackson), Drugstore June (Esther Povitsky), and the upcoming Viggo Mortensen-directed western The Dead Don’t Hurt (Vicky Krieps, Viggo Mortensen). Shout! Studios is based in Los Angeles, California. For more on Shout! Studios, visit ShoutStudios.com
