Editing Speed Racer (section)

====English-language adaptation====
The English-language rights to ''Mach GoGoGo'' were acquired by syndicator [[Trans-Lux]] and ''Speed Racer'' premiered on American television in the summer of 1967.<ref>"Television," ''New York Times''. (Sep 22, 1967) Page 95.</ref> In the series, Speed's full name was Go Mifune, in homage to Japanese film star [[Toshiro Mifune]]. His name, Americanized, became '''Speed Racer'''.<ref>{{Cite news|title= Return Laps for the First Voice of Speed Racer|work= New York Times|date= May 10, 2008|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/movies/10speed.html?scp=28&sq=astro%20boy&st=cse|access-date= 2010-08-12|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151017140134/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/movies/10speed.html?scp=28&sq=astro%20boy&st=cse|archive-date= October 17, 2015|url-status= live}}</ref> His adventures centered on his powerful [[Mach Five|Mach 5]] car, his girlfriend [[Trixie (Speed Racer character)|Trixie]], his little brother Spritle, Spritle's pet chimpanzee Chim-Chim, his father "Pops" Racer, and his mysterious older brother, Racer X,<ref>CD liner notes: Saturday Mornings: Cartoons’ Greatest Hits, 1995, MCA Records</ref> whose real name was Rex Racer.

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For American consumption, major [[editing]] and [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dubbing]] efforts were undertaken by producer Peter Fernandez, who likewise not only wrote and directed the English-language dialogue but also [[voice acting|provided the voices of]] many of the characters, most notably Racer X and Speed Racer himself. Fernandez was also responsible for a rearrangement of the [[theme music|theme song]]'s melody, written and composed by Nobuyoshi Koshibe, and he subsequently also wrote its English lyrics.<ref>{{Cite news|title= 'Americanizing' a cartoon classic|work= Japan Times|url= https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2008/07/03/films/americanizing-a-cartoon-classic/|access-date= 2021-07-04|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190108051557/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2008/07/03/films/americanizing-a-cartoon-classic/|archive-date=2019-01-08|url-status= live}}</ref>

A ''Speed Racer'' daily comic strip written and drawn by [[Mort Todd]] ran in the ''[[New York Post]]'' from 2000–2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2011_07_17_archive.html |title=Stripper's Guide: 7/17/11&nbsp;– 7/24/11 |website=Strippersguide.blogspot.com |access-date=2016-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191356/http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2011_07_17_archive.html |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=live }}</ref> IGN ranked the original Speed Racer series at #29 on its "Best 100 Animated Series" list.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

At [[Otakon]] 2015, [[Funimation]] announced that it had acquired the license to ''Speed Racer'' from Tatsunoko and would release it on [[Blu-ray]] for the first time.<ref name="Anime News Network">{{cite web | url = https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-25/funimation-licenses-speed-racer-noein-anime/.90893 | title = Funimation Licenses Speed Racer, Noein Anime | work = Anime News Network | date = 2014-07-25 | access-date = 2015-07-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150726050332/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-07-25/funimation-licenses-speed-racer-noein-anime/.90893 | archive-date = 2015-07-26 | url-status = live }}</ref> Funimation gave ''Speed Racer'' two separate home video releases: a standard release for the English version on May 30, 2017, and a collector's edition for the Japanese version with English subtitles on November 7, 2017, the first such North American release.