Q 01/05

What is Speed Racer's original Japanese title?

A) Pilot Ace

B) Mach Girl

C) Mach GoGoGo

D) Racer Go

Answer · why

C) Mach GoGoGo

Mach GoGoGo. The comic version came first, launched in 1966 to show wary TV sponsors that a racing cartoon had an audience; the anime followed in 1967...

Q 02/05

Who wrote and illustrated the original Speed Racer manga?

A) Tatsuo Yoshida

B) Osamu Tezuka

C) Go Nagai

D) Shotaro Ishinomori

Answer · why

A) Tatsuo Yoshida

Tatsuo Yoshida. Superman comics brought to occupied Japan by American soldiers made him want to draw, and in 1959 he was hired to draw a Superman seri...

Q 03/05

Which studio produced the 1967 Speed Racer anime?

A) Toei Animation

B) Tatsunoko Production

C) Mushi Production

D) Studio Ghibli

Answer · why

B) Tatsunoko Production

Tatsunoko Production. Its name means 'seahorse', and its founders mortgaged their family land in Kyoto to turn a comics studio into an animation house...

Q 04/05

Which two hit films gave Speed Racer's creator the idea for his racing hero?

A) Grand Prix and Dr. No

B) Viva Las Vegas and Goldfinger

C) Bullitt and Thunderball

D) Le Mans and From Russia with Love

Answer · why

B) Viva Las Vegas and Goldfinger

Viva Las Vegas and Goldfinger. The hero got Elvis Presley's race-driver look, black pompadour included, and his car got gadgets in the spirit of James...

Q 05/05

Speed Racer's Japanese surname honours which film actor?

A) Takashi Shimura

B) Ken Takakura

C) Toshiro Mifune

D) Tatsuya Nakadai

Answer · why

C) Toshiro Mifune

Toshiro Mifune. In Japan the hero's family name is Mifune, and the American dub simply renamed him after its new title.