Speed Racer. Mach GoGoGo

Speed Racer: Mach GoGoGo is the original name for the 1966 manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuo Yoshida featuring Speed Racer. It was published by Shueisha and serialized in Shonen Book from June 1966 until May 1968.

History
Mach GoGoGo was first created and designed by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida (1932–1977) as a manga series in the 1960s and made the jump to TV as an anime series in 1967. The actual manga was inspired by Yoshida's earlier, and more popular automobile racing comics, Pilot Ace. Pilot Ace's main storyline would form the structure for Mach GoGoGo, which followed the adventures of an ambitious young man who became a professional racer.

The characters’ designs in Pilot Ace would set the main ground for the character design in Mach GoGoGo. Yoshida got his idea for the story after seeing two films that were very popular in Japan at the time, Viva Las Vegas and Goldfinger. By combining the look of Elvis Presley's race-car driving image, complete with neckerchief and black pompadour, and James Bond's gadget-filled Aston Martin DB5, Yoshida had the inspiration for his creation. Soon enough, Mach GoGoGo hit shelves in the early 1960s. The central character in the anime and manga was a young race car driver named Gō Mifune (Mifune Gō).

Characters
- Go Mifune (Speed Racer)

- Michi Shimura (Trixie Shimura)

- Sabu (Sparky)

- Ken'ichi Mifune/Masked Racer (Rex Racer/Racer X)

- Kurio Mifune (Spritle Racer)

- Sanpei (Chim-Chim)

- Daisuke Mifune (Pops Racer)

- Aya Mifune (Mom Racer)

- Detective Rokugou (Inspector Detector)

- Genzou Sakai (Skull Duggery/Zoomer Slick)

- Captain Terror

- Snake (Snake Oiler)