Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is an 18-year-old whose life and love has always been racing. Racing is "in his blood": his parents, Pops (John Goodman) and Mom (Susan Sarandon), run an independent business building race cars; and his older brother, record-setting racer Rex Racer (Scott Por...

Speed Racer - The Next Generation is not a spin-off of the live-action film released in 2008. Rather, it's a spin-off of the original animated series. ... and more »

 New Zealand Catwoman or Speed Racer, two other Hollywood movies that took hand-drawn fanboy favourites and turned them into spectacular live-action bombs. "I feel like all movies that adapt some sort of [material], whether it's a book or a manga or a cartoon, ...

This is the very same reason that Speed Racer never fired effectively on all cylinders, despite bravely attempting an inventive new approach. That said, Dragonball: Evolution is perhaps the most successful live-action film to date to utilize costume, ...

 UT As some of you might have noticed there has been a rise in Hollywood's adaptations in Anime/Manga. From Dragon Ball to Speed Racer to Akira. But why is this happening? And is it a good thing? Anime/Manga has some of the greatest storylines in Film and ...

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 MA Hollywood’s attempts to translate anime into live-action American feature films have resulted in some spectacular failures - Fist of the North Star, Guyver, Speed Racer, and most recently Dragonball. Does this mean that the live-action American anime ...

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For, if it does well, then all systems will be set on go for the many projects looming in the background awaiting the sign-off of executives and Hollywood money to bring them to life. And, after the not so hot reception of Speed Racer, many Hollywood ...

and as anime comes into its own, the number of live-action adaptations is growing at an alarming rate -- especially of those titles that were once nothing more than Saturday cartoons, like "Voltron," "Robotech," "Speed Racer" and even "Dragonball. ...

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