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US-based independent comic book publisher Mad Cave Studios announced on Thursday that it is creating new content, stories, and modern adaptations of Speed Racer (Mach Go Go). by Tatsunoko Production Go) is part of a collaboration with Tatsunoko Production. The announcement did not specify which specific format or medium these new stories would be in.
Mari Yamauchi, Director of International Sales at Tatsunoko Production, said that Tatsunoko is “excited to partner with Mad Cave Studios to bring new and unique stories to fans of all generations.” ” Mad Cave Studios President Mark Irwin said the company “is honored to partner with Tatsunoko Production to bring new Speed Racer stories to fans” and that the company will “explore the rich history and the timeless appeal of these This character also brings new stories.”
Mad Cave Studios previously collaborated with Tatsunoko Production on a Gatchaman manga series in June. Nakama Press, the new publisher of Mad Cave Studios, previously announced at Anime NYC in August that it would publish Ukyō's Infini-T Force: Arc to the Future (Infini-T Force: Mirai no Byōsen) manga Kodachi and Tatsuma Ejiri in English starting from English. summer 2025. Infini-T Force project celebrates Tatsunoko Production's 55th anniversary.
Scream! Studios released the Speed Racer anime digitally on June 1. The company is releasing both the English dub version and the original Japanese version of Mach Go Go Go as video on demand. Funimation previously released the anime on Blu-ray/DVD.
The 1967-68 racing anime Mach Go Go Go was licensed by Trans-Lux and released in the United States in 1967 as Speed Racer. Worldwide rights to the Speed Racer property reverted to Tatsunoko Production from American licensing company Speed Racer Enterprises (SRE) in 2011, although Tatsunoko filed a lawsuit against SRE in favor of the work was reversed and they were not dismissed until 2014.
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