Editing Speed Racer (section)

==Development==

===Names===
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The large red M on the hood of the Mach 5, as well as on Gō's helmet, is the emblem of Mifune Motors, the family business, and an homage to Japanese film star [[Toshiro Mifune]]. In North America it was assumed to stand for Mach 5 and in the Latin American version for Meteoro. His given name, Gō, is a [[Japanese language|Japanese]] [[homophone]] for the number 5 (the number on his race car) which is also represented by the yellow letter G embroidered on his short-sleeve blue shirt. The tradition of symbolism on characters' shirts was also used on Michi (Trixie) and Sabu (Sparky), who had the letter "M" and "S" on their shirts, respectively.

===Audience===
The overall purpose of the anime was to please a growing fan base worldwide with exciting stories that involved facing adversity on the race track and beyond.<ref>"[http://maxpages.com/speedracer/Characters A Brief Description of the Racer Family/Go Team]." ''The Speed Zone''. 29 November 2002. 19 October 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060618100014/http://maxpages.com/speedracer/Characters |date=June 18, 2006 }}</ref> Review of the episodes in the ''Speed Racer: Collector's Edition'' of Japanese and English-language episodes reveals frequent changes to the sound-track (dialogue and the addition of an off-screen narrator) but very little editing of the image-track. Most significantly, the names of villains are often changed to be more cartoony, e.g. Professor Anarchy in episode 31 ("Lightning-Quick Ninja Cars" in Japanese, "Gang of Assassins" in English).