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Scream! Studios announced on Thursday that it will release the Speed Racer (Mach Go Go Go) anime on digital platforms on June 1. The company is releasing both the English dub and original versions. Japanese Mach Go Go Go on video on demand.
Funimation previously released the anime on Blu-ray Disc/DVD in 2017. Its original release only had English audio, but a later Collector's Edition included both the original English and Japanese versions.
Funimation announced the license of the series in 2015. At that time, the company announced that it would release the anime for the first time on Blu-ray Disc and in Japanese with English subtitles. The collection includes volumes not yet released in North America.
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.
Entertainment news websites Variety and The Hollywood Reporter reported in May 2022 that the Speed Racer anime will be adapted into a live-action series at Apple by JJ Abrams (Star Wars, Star Trek).
In 2008, the Wachowskis (The Matrix, Cloud Atlas, Jupiter Ascending) directed an American live-action film adaptation of Speed Racer.
Source: Press release