The 1967 anime Mach Go Go Go, known as Speed Racer in English was an early example of an anime becoming a successful franchise in the United States. The 2008 live-action film adaption by the Wachowski ...

Welcome to MangoBot, a column about Asian futurism by TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama. Way before Speed Racer became fodder for one of the season’s most highly anticipated blockbusters, it was a ...

The first Japanese anime to find lasting success in the U.S., Speed Racer (known in Japan as Mach GoGoGo) may not represent the artistic pinnacle of that form, but it somehow manages to remain popular ...

Anime is fairly ubiquitous in North America these days; Netflix is even commissioning original animation from Japan and Korea, and even though there still tends to be a bit of a stigma surrounding ...

Hiroyuki Fukuda with his self-made copy of the Mach 5 sportscar from the 1960s anime series "Speed Racer" is seen at Maebashi Police Station in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, on Sept. 21, 2022. (Mainichi ...