Speed Racer · Episode 49: The Car in the Sky
The Car in the Sky
1968-03-0125 min
Speed and his family are on the way to the Grand Prix (which is the key race for the World Racing Championship) and their plane is forced down on to an island by a storm. On the island they find out: that the both the plane's and Mach Five's radios have been smashed; every other passenger is in a hurry to get where they are going; there are no plants on the island, and that the island is a likely a forgotten top secret base used during a war. Since the island is uncharted Speed has no idea where to send the homing robot nor if the oxygen would last long enough to get help. Speed learns that…
1The Great Plan (Part 1)25 minA gang of crooks comes after Pops and Speed, trying to steal the design for Pops`s new car.2The Great Plan (Part 2)25 minSpeed tries to protect the new car`s design from thieving crooks while racing against the dastardly Zoomer Slick.3Challenge of the Masked Racer (Part 1)25 minRacer X appears to compete in Speed`s next race. Meanwhile, Pops reveals to Speed why his older brother left the family.4Challenge of the Masked Racer (Part 2)25 minThe Trans-Country Race begins! The Alpha Team plays some dirty tricks to try to keep Racer X from winning.5The Secret Engine (Part 1)25 minA chance encounter with an old man and a Ford Model T gets Speed and the others tied up with the mob!6The Secret Engine (Part 2)25 minSpeed is kidnapped by mobsters but is still determined to help solve the mystery of the inheritance. Will his friends be able to help him in time?7The Race Against the Mammoth Car (Part 1)25 minIn the next race, Speed and the others are up against the humongous Mammoth Car! There`s something strange about this car and its crew...8The Race Against the Mammoth Car (Part 2)25 minThe mystery of the gold smugglers deepens as Speed and Trixie face off with the Mammoth Car!9The Most Dangerous Race (Part 1)25 minSpeed is called out by Snake, one of the members of the Car Acrobatic Team. Will he ignore his friends` advice and enter the Big Alpine Race?10The Most Dangerous Race (Part 2)25 minThe Big Alpine Race begins! Speed, Racer X, and the members of the Car Acrobatic Team must face the devastating Yawning Chasm Pass.11The Most Dangerous Race (Part 3)25 minSpeed attempts to find his way out of Yawning Chasm Pass. Will he be able to get back to the race in time to win?12Race For Revenge (Part 1)25 minA terrifying race car emerges from the past and begins attacking members of the racing community.13Race For Revenge (Part 2)25 minThe Melange appears in Speed`s race! Who is behind the car`s murderous streak? Speed is determined to find out...14The Desperate Desert Race (Part 1)25 minSpeed and the others head to Flathill Country to race in the desert, but are framed for sabotage! Speed aims to clear his name. He may get more than he bargained for...15The Desperate Desert Race (Part 2)25 minTaken by the Flathill Army, Speed agrees to face Kim in a no-brakes race through the desert. Meanwhile, the saboteur continues his plot!16The Fire Race (Part 1)25 minSpeed is invited to participate in the Fire Festival Race. His opponent is Kabala, an unbeatable racer with a trail of dead racers in his wake.17The Fire Race (Part 2)25 minSpeed races under a live volcano! While other racers are tempted by the treasures hidden within, will Speed make it out alive?18Girl Daredevil (Part 1)25 minSpeed encounters a lovely acrobat and attempts to save her circus with a stunt over Niagara Falls. Unfortunately, the promoter has other plans...19Girl Daredevil (Part 2)25 minTwinkle and Speed plunge into the churning waters of Niagara Falls. Even if they escape, they`ll still have to best the notorious criminal Brotch!20The Fastest Car on Earth (Part 1)25 minA powerful engine is brought back from Pops`s past. He`s determined to get rid of it, but Speed is lured to its power...21The Fastest Car on Earth (Part 2)25 minSpeed struggles to resist the awesome power of the GRX engine and its overwhelming speed.22Mach 5 vs. Mach 5 (Part 1)25 minSomeone uses the Mach 5 to steal documents from the Secret National Science Institute! Speed is framed for the job, and when his alibi falls apart, he`s in real trouble!23Mach 5 vs. Mach 5 (Part 2)25 minSpeed finds out that the man who framed him was using a fake Mach 5! But what will happen when the fake is more advanced than the real thing?24The Royal Racer (Part 1)25 minIt`s a case of swapped identities when Spritle is mistaken for the young Prince Jam... by a group of assassins!25The Royal Racer (Part 2)25 minSpritle gets caught up in a plot to assassinate Prince Jam and disrupt his succession. Will Speed be able to save Spritle and the royal line?26The Car Hater1967-12-1525 minSpeed Racer, his girlfriend Trixie and all the gang are in a desperate race to save hundreds of lives from the evil clutches of The Car Hater.27Race Against Time (Part 1)25 minA mysterious man uses his last words to ask Speed to find his daughter, who has gone missing deep in the heart of Egypt.28Race Against Time (Part 2)25 minSpeed races to save Trixie from a woman whose injury has caused her to believe that she`s Queen Cleopatra. Worse yet, an entire army believes her, too!29The Snake Track1967-12-2225 minSpeed saves Trixie in time, but are made slaves and ordered to dig up the treasure. While escaping, Speed is captured and driven into the Nile in the Mach 5. He survives and returns with the police to rescue Trixie and battle a giant stone robot. As Splint Femur tries to escape with the gold on a plane. Speed and Calcia, who regain her memories, stowaway on the plane to stop Splint Femur.30The Man on the Lam1967-12-2925 minSpeed is training for the Super Car Race on the Snack Track which is a new course that has seven curves. After a day of training Speed meets Rock Force who outmaneuvers some gangsters by driving his car on two wheels. While talking to Rock Force Speed notices that the car has a special automatic transmition. After the gangsters wreck his car Mr. Force comes to Pops Racer to have it fixed. Speed and Mr. Force get into a fight and Mr. Force reveals that he cannot use his right arm and wears a metal brace on it. Mr. Force tells how he accepted money to throw a race but won it anyhow. The…31Gang of Assassins (Part 1)25 minA group of deadly ninjas begin assassinating ambassadors visiting Japan for the International Piecemeal Conference. Who is behind it, and why? Speed is on the case!32Gang of Assassins (Part 2)25 minThe plot thickens as the leader of the ninjas tries to recruit Speed. Naturally Speed says no, but the ninjas have a shocking ally in another racer! Can Speed stop them?33The Race for Life1968-01-0525 minSpeed figgers that the statues must be under some sort of remote control. Then, the statues fire pistols at him. When the smoke clears, Speed is okay, but then the assassins drop in. Speed fends off their attack, but he's met by Gat Gunsel, the leader of the local division of assassins. The organization is world-wide. Speed is ordered to walk to a statue. Behind the statue is a secret entrance to the assassins' headquarters. In a cell, the diplomats from the sightseeing boat are locked up. Speed watches the assassins demonstrate their skills. One shoots the pips out of a five of spades…34The Supersonic Car1968-01-1225 minSpeed is in Mexico and must obtain a serum to save the life of a the mayor of a village that is in danger of falling into the hands of the man whom poisoned him.35Crash in the Jungle (Part 1)25 minSpeed`s flight is hijacked, and one of the passengers is kidnapped! After the plane goes down, Speed finds himself stranded in a jungle full of mysterious tanks! Will he make it out alive?36Crash in the Jungle (Part 2)25 minSpeed discovers a strange island in the middle of a lake in the jungle. The kidnappers are using it as a base of operations for the revival of an evil empire! How can Speed stop them?37The Terrifying Gambler1968-01-1925 minSpeed gets knocks off a cliff by gorillas.38The Secret Invaders (Part 1)25 minSpeed is mistaken for a secret agent and ends up in the crosshairs of a group of spies who are plotting to assassinate a prince and princess.39The Secret Invaders (Part 2)25 minSpeed manages to save the prince and princess, but the spies won`t give up easily. Luckily, Racer X is there to help as well!40The Man Behind the Mask1968-02-0225 minA madman in a weird mask wires the Mach Five into a bomb to use it and Speed to steal art treasures.41The Car Destroyer1968-02-0225 minA man uses small cars which allow him to control real cars that he then melts down and uses to build a forest complete with robotic animals. He is destroying cars because his son was crippled by a hit and run driver, but it is reveled that his son can really walk and was kept in the wheelchair by his father.42The Desperate Racer1968-02-0925 minSpeed has entered the Pineapple Grand-Prix, where each driver has to carry a pineapple in his car. Someone has hidden a diamond in one of the pineapples, so criminals are stealing the fruits from the drivers.43The Dangerous Witness1968-02-0925 minSpeed, Trixie, Spritle and Chim Chim are flying to Hong Kong for the Hong Kong International Race. Speed notices a woman passenger acting mysteriously as she plays with her compact. The compact is actually a sophisticated weapon which fires a poisoned dart at a another passenger sitting further back in the plane. As Speed tries to question the woman, she collapses because she has been hit with a similar poisoned dart. We see the stewardess in the back of the plane with an evil smirk. Chim Chim hands Speed an invitation to one of Hong Kong's floating restaurants. The invitation fell out of the…44Race the Laser Tank1968-02-1625 minLeaving a race Speed has just won Speed and Trixie are shot at by Omar's men. Arriving in Hawaii Spittle and Chim Chim get involved in an another attack by Omar's men. Speed figures out that he and Trixie were not the real targets the first time but they were given something in Hawaii that has made them targets. Speed examines the lay given to him by a girl and discovers some microfilm. Taking it to the library he finds out that the film are the plans for a new laser gun and is saved by the Kana from more of Omar's men. Kana is captured by Omar's men and taken to an island on which they are…45The Great Car Wrestling Match1968-02-1625 minSpeed enters the Mach Five in a demolition derby to convince a once-famous racer to be a real racer again.46Motorcycle Apaches1968-02-2325 minIn the American West, a convoy of trucks is crossing the desert. A group of motorcycles scream down the mountainside and attack the convoy. Meanwhile, Speed wins the Southwest Grand Prix. One of Speed's fans is admiring the Mach Five when Speed walks into the garage. He says that he wanted to be a professional racer himself but didn't make it. He doesn't give his name. That evening, Speed and the gang are dining with Mr. Skyhigh from the Office of Space Development. Later, in a ghost town Skyhigh is trying to enlist Speed's help to protect the construction of an international space…47Car with a Brain1968-02-2325 minDr. McFife creates a car that can think for itself which he orders to terrorize the countryside of Burrup County al la Frankenstein's monster. After the car has withstood everything thrown at it Dr. McFife reveals that the car also has a bomb that will go off in the center of town. Adding to the problem the Car kidnaps a little girl. Using knowledge gained earlier Speed (with help from Chim Chim and Spritle) rescues the little girl and destroys the car.48Junk Car Grand Prix1968-03-0125 minA rich man named Baron von Vondervon is giving a race for 17 year old girls in memory of his daughter (Ivonna) who disappeared 5 years ago; the winner of the race will be treated as his daughter. A greedy man named Mr. Free Load elists the aid of a driver named Lolly. After trying to past himself as a woman during the race Mr. Free Load discovers that one the other drivers is Ivonna and proply kidnaps her. After Speed saves Ivonna, Trixie and her finish the race with Trixie first and Ivonna second. The Baron recognizes Ivonna as his daughter but she does not want to leave her family at the…49The Car in the Sky1968-03-0125 minSpeed and his family are on the way to the Grand Prix (which is the key race for the World Racing Championship) and their plane is forced down on to an island by a storm. On the island they find out: that the both the plane's and Mach Five's radios have been smashed; every other passenger is in a hurry to get where they are going; there are no plants on the island, and that the island is a likely a forgotten top secret base used during a war. Since the island is uncharted Speed has no idea where to send the homing robot nor if the oxygen would last long enough to get help. Speed learns that…50The Trick Race1968-03-0825 minThis is a sequel to the 'The Most Dangerous Race' and takes place one year after the events related in that episode. It involves a group of international spies tricking the Car Acrobatic Team and Speed Racer into having a race. The race is to lure out Racer X who the spies have figured out is Speed's older brother. In addition the spies have planted bombs in the cars of the Car Acrobatic Team to blow up Speed. In the end it is the spies who get blown up. Also Speed figures out that Racer X is his brother Rex and asks him. Racer X knocks out Speed, removes his mask, and vows to stop being a…51Race Around the World (Part 1)25 minSpeed enters the biggest race in history—a race around the world with cars, boats, and planes... not to mention treacherous competition!52Race Around the World (Part 2)25 minThe Around the World Grand Prix comes to a thrilling conclusion! Will Speed realize his dream of becoming the world champion?
Speed Racer★ 64%Synopsis
The Mach 5 is one of the fastest and most technologically advanced race cars built by man. Equipped with various gadgets and a powerful engine, it provides a challenge for anyone who would dare race against it. The driver of this amazing vehicle is Gou Mifune, a teenager who dreams of breaking into the world of professional racing. In spite of this, Gou's father and the creator of the Mach 5, Daisuke Mifune, does not want his son anywhere near a racetrack. Undeterred, his girlfriend Michi, younger brother Kurio, and Kurio's monkey sidekick Sanpei become Gou's biggest fans as he sets out to become the greatest racer of all time. However, Gou soon learns that becoming a professional racer is not easy. From the underhanded plots of corrupt businessmen to stiff competition in the form of his rival, Racer X, Gou faces many obstacles on the road ahead, and has a lot to prove before he can cross the finish line. (Source: MAL Rewrite)
Characters & Voice Actors
Go MifuneMain
Katsuji MoriJP
Kurio MifuneMain
Junko HoriJP
Kenichi MifuneSupporting
Staff
Peter FernandezADR Director (English)
Peter FernandezScript (English)
Tatsuo YoshidaOriginal Creator
Hiroshi SasagawaDirector
Hisayuki ToriumiEpisode Director
Ippei KuriEpisode Director
Jinzou ToriumiScript
Jinzou ToriumiPlanning
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Machine Hayabusa
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Astro Boy (1980)
Judo Boy
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Hurricane Polymar
Initial D 1st Stage
Grand Prix
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