Speed Racer (1967 character)

Speed Racer (三船剛, Mifune Gō?)
 * Voiced by: Katsuji Mori (Japanese), Peter Fernandez (English)
 * The focus character of both the anime and the manga is Speed Racer, originally Gō Mifune. He is known for his love of racing and values his family. He drives the Mach 5 (as well as other cars, such as the Mach 6 in the movie) and always manages to wind up in extreme danger (such as encountering thugs, race fixers, gangs, etc.) with his younger brother or his girlfriend Trixie. Speed is shown to miss his older brother, Rex (secretly disguised as the Racer X) in both versions. :Casually, he wears a blue shirt with a yellow "G" (standing for his Japanese first name, Gō) that sports a white collar, a red racing bandanna around his neck, white pants, red socks, brown loafers and yellow gloves. He has a brown Elvis pompadour hairstyle. In racing, he sports a white open-face helmet with an M (representing Mifune Motors) flashed on top. On special occasions, Speed wears a red blazer with a yellow "G" embroidered on. This only happens in the anime. In the manga, he wears his standard outfit on special occasions. In the live action film, he wears a white leather racing jacket unzipped and over his classic outfit, and white pants. He wears his classic outfit (without the embroidered "G") in the first half of the Casa Cristo 5000. To strengthen character backstory between Speed and his older brother Rex, Speed's red socks were considered "lucky socks". :According to Peter Fernandez's introduction in the American release of the Mach GoGoGo manga, he wanted a name that everyone could remember. So he came up with Speed Racer, a name for both the main character and the actual series itself. In the 2008 film, he is portrayed by Emile Hirsch as an adult and Nicholas Elia as a child.

Speed Racer is the central character from the television series and the film. He is a race car driver, who drives the Mach 5. He is the star of the 1967 TV series and the 2008 feature film of the same name. He helped design and build the Mach 6.

Speed Racer is a young man who's whole life is behind a wheel and on a track.Speed races in the Mach 5(and Mach 6 in the 2008 live action movie). Speed also races to get back at the forces of evil that killed his older brother, Rex Racer who dies when Speed was very young in a terrible race that scares the family even today. In the 1967 anime, Rex has a falling out with Pops and runs away from home, vowing not to come back until he is world champion.

According to Emile Hirsch, who played Speed in the 2008 Speed Racer movie,

"Speed is a very, very passionate, serious guy who's completely committed to doing the right thing."

Relationships
Trixie seems to have a crush on Speed Racer in the TV series. This is made more explicit in the movie, with Speed kissing Trixie in the finale.

Speed has two sons: Speed Racer Jr., and X Racer. His son, Speed, would eventually follow in his footsteps and drive the Mach 6. He has a little brother, Spritle Racer. His parents, Mom Racer and his father, Pops Racer, are seen in the show and film. Pops was the one who made the Mach 1 and 5.

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Behind the scenes
Speed Racer has a son of the same name in the new series.

Speed Racer makes a cameo appearance in the newest series Speed Racer - The Next Generation.

The original voice of Speed: Peter Fernandez plays the role of the local announcer in Speed Racer (film) and plays both the voice of Spritle and adult version of himself in Speed Racer - The Next Generation.