Speed Racer
CampyKnowingly over the top and enjoying every minute of its own excess.This show: 8/10Kids & familyGenuinely watchable for and with children.This show: 8/10Family-safeNothing to worry about with anyone in the room.This show: 8/10NostalgicTrades on longing for a past era, in the story or around it.This show: 7/10AdrenalineAction and thrills as the primary reward.This show: 7/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 7/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Katsuji MoriNelly ValverdeCleonir dos SantosNair AmorimAndré FilhoMilton Luiz
Written by
Tatsuo Yoshida
Starring
Katsuji MoriNelly ValverdeCleonir dos SantosNair AmorimAndré FilhoMilton Luiz
Written by
Tatsuo Yoshida
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| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | E26 | E27 | E28 | E29 | E30 | E31 | E32 | E33 | E34 | E35 | E36 | E37 | E38 | E39 | E40 | E41 | E42 | E43 | E44 | E45 | E46 | E47 | E48 | E49 | E50 | E51 | E52 | ||
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| S1 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 7.2 |
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About
"Gloriously campy proto-anime with turbocharged, gadget-fueled races"
Speed Racer follows a teenage driver in a wildly gadget-loaded car called the Mach 5, racing against saboteurs, spies, and rival drivers across increasingly absurd tracks. Underneath the racing is a globe-trotting adventure series full of secret identities, mysterious benefactors, and cartoonish villains. Watching it feels breathless and repetitive in the best way: short bursts of frantic race action, clunky English dubbing, and plots that lean hard into pulpy melodrama rather than realism. It's a formative piece of anime-in-America history, charming more for its energy and oddities than for polish.
Watch it for
the deliriously over-the-top races packed with absurd car gadgets and death-defying stunts.
Maybe skip if
you need smooth animation or naturalistic dialogue rather than choppy dubbing and repeated footage.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
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Season 11967
7.03K5220h 9m
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | The Great Plan: Part 1 | 7.1 | 167 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | The Great Plan: Part 2 | 7.2 | 138 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Challenge of the Masked Racer: Part 1 | 7.7 | 94 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Challenge of the Masked Racer: Part 2 | 7.9 | 97 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | The Secret Engine: Part 1 | 6.8 | 80 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | The Secret Engine: Part 2 | 6.8 | 77 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | The Race Against the Mammoth Car: Part 1 | 7.4 | 93 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | The Race Against the Mammoth Car: Part 2 | 7.6 | 86 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | The Most Dangerous Race: Part 1 | 6.6 | 74 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | The Most Dangerous Race: Part 2 | 6.4 | 71 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | The Most Dangerous Race: Part 3 | 7.3 | 73 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | Race for Revenge: Part 1 | 7.5 | 65 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | Race for Revenge: Part 2 | 7.2 | 63 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 14 | The Desperate Desert Race: Part 1 | 6.7 | 64 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 15 | The Desperate Desert Race: Part 2 | 7.1 | 64 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 16 | The Fire Race: Part 1 | 6.8 | 65 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 17 | The Fire Race: Part 2 | 6.8 | 62 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 18 | Girl Daredevil: Part 1 | 7.1 | 58 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 19 | Girl Daredevil: Part 2 | 6.7 | 56 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 20 | The Fastest Car on Earth: Part 1 | 8.1 | 70 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 21 | The Fastest Car on Earth: Part 2 | 7.4 | 62 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 22 | Mach Five vs. Mach Five: Part 1 | 7.3 | 57 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 23 | Mach Five vs. Mach Five: Part 2 | 7.6 | 58 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 24 | The Royal Racer: Part 1 | 5.9 | 56 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 25 | The Royal Racer: Part 2 | 6.8 | 53 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 26 | The Car Hater | 5.8 | 57 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 27 | The Terrifying Gambler | 6.6 | 50 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 28 | The Race Against Time: Part 1 | 6.1 | 54 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 29 | The Race Against Time: Part 2 | 6.3 | 55 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 30 | The Snake Track | 6.9 | 52 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 31 | The Man on the Lam | 7.1 | 58 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 32 | Gang of Assassins: Part 1 | 6.8 | 50 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 33 | Gang of Assassins: Part 2 | 7.3 | 53 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 34 | The Race for Life | 5.7 | 52 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 35 | The Supersonic Car | 7.1 | 51 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 36 | Crash in the Jungle: Part 1 | 7.1 | 53 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 37 | Crash in the Jungle: Part 2 | 6.0 | 52 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 38 | The Secret Invaders: Part 1 | 7.2 | 51 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 39 | The Secret Invaders: Part 2 | 7.1 | 52 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 40 | The Man Behind the Mask | 6.9 | 51 | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 41 | The Car Destroyer | 7.0 | 52 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 42 | The Desperate Racer | 6.6 | 52 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 43 | The Dangerous Witness | 7.1 | 47 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 44 | Race the Laser Tank | 6.9 | 47 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 45 | The Great Car Wrestling Match | 6.6 | 53 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 46 | Motorcycle Apaches | 6.1 | 53 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 47 | Car with a Brain | 6.3 | 51 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 48 | Junk Car Grand Prix | 6.5 | 51 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 49 | The Car in the Sky | 6.5 | 51 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 50 | The Trick Race | 7.2 | 57 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 51 | Race Around the World: Part 1 | 6.7 | 51 | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 52 | Race Around the World: Part 2 | 7.2 | 53 | 23 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Katsuji Mori Gô Mifune
Nelly Valverde Trixie
Cleonir dos Santos Speed Racer
Nair Amorim Gorducho
André Filho Corredor X
Milton Luiz Inspetor Detetor
Allan Lima Narrador
Orlando Drummond Pops Racer
Paulo Pereira Pops Racer
Paulo Gonçalves Inspetor Detetor, Inspector Detetor, Inspector Detector
Crew
Tatsuo Yoshida
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