Speed Racer: The Next Generation

Speed Racer: The Next Generation is an animated TV series based on the classic Speed Racer, taking place decades after the original 1967 Japanese series. The original Speed Racer has disappeared but it hasn’t stopped the elite Racing Academy from continuing the training of the next generation of racers. Speed, an orphan teenager, wants to become a famed car racer like his namesake and possible father Speed Racer. He enrolls in the Racing Academy only to find it much more difficult to fit in, especially when the competition is the best racer and Speed Racer’s son, X. Speed tries to solve the mysterious disappearance while he builds a new generation of the Mach 5, the gadget-filled car from the original series. The biggest issue though is the new racing track, the Virtual World, where students can race against each other in a virtual racing environment, a place where teachers can add as many obstacles as the safety regulations allow. It’s an amazing training tool, allowing a racer to remain unharmed in the potential risks of crashes. That is, of course, unless no one hacks or infests the programs with viruses. Can Speed, X, and their friends, strategist Lucy and mechanical genius Conor, figure out just who or what is trying to trap the students in that virtual track? It's an all-out ride that'll get you hooked before you can say "Go, Speed Racer"! MORE