As the final trailers emerge for Speed Racer, it’s still looking like a cross between an insane 3D cartoon (fitting, considering the source material is, er, a cartoon) and Tron’s brain on drugs.

The Speed Racer anime took the freewheeling, car-obsessed 1960s era and mixed it with action and adventure. As it crossed the ocean to America, it was tailor-made for Saturday-morning fun.

And an adventure it has been for Len and Lenny Mosco — the father and son who own a street-legal replica of the iconic Speed Racer cartoon car of the late-1960s.

'Speed Racer' Film a Far Cry from Its Anime Roots The movie Speed Racer opens Thursday. It's based on the Japanese animated series that was a hit with American kids in the late 1960s.

March 07, 2023 at 4:47 pm PST. HOLLYWOOD PICK: Fifteen years ago, Lana and Lilly Wachowski were waiting to see how the world would react to Speed Racer (2008), their joyfully demented adaptation ...

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In embracing artifice, Speed Racer triumphs in conjuring up a sense of transportation (ahem) absent from its uncanny-valley successors. The Wachowskis’ filmography is packed with prophetic works.

Fans will be able to get an early look at this new take on the fan-favorite world of Speed Racer on Free Comic Book Day (May 3), which will see the release of Mad Cave Studios' Speed Racer #0.This ...