Speed Racer, Vol. 4

Speed Racer, Vol. 4
by Hiroshi Sasagawa

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Actor: Corinne Orr, Jack Curtis, Jack Grimes, Katsuji Mori, Peter Fernandez
Director: Hiroshi Sasagawa
Brand: LIONS GATE HOME ENT.
Writer: Peter Fernandez
Writer: Tadashi Hirose
Writer: Tatsuo Yoshida
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 184 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-03-14
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Lions Gate

DVD Reviews of Speed Racer, Vol. 4

DVD Review: Fun Memories
Summary: 5 Stars

I remember watching this as a kid and then getting on my bike and riding as fast as I could singing the song in my head. It still makes me want to do that.

DVD Review: Speed Racer, Volume 4........
Summary: 5 Stars

Though it wasn't the very first Japanese animated cartoon to be released in America, Speed Racer was the first to be successful here. With that in mind; Speed Racer is, as I've said before, considered to be the Godfather of Anime here in the USA. Many of us have fond memories of this show in its' original run which is why we're so excited it is on DVD now. Volume 4 has rolled around but it isn't quite what fans are hoping for. At least, not what I was hoping for, anyway. Volume 4 only includes 8 episodes of the show. They are episodes 37 through 44 of the show. That leaves 8 more for volume 5.

Episodes in this volume has Speed and the gang going up against thieves, crime bosses, and the occasional person out to rule the world. Pretty typical for Speed, actually, for any who've seen the show. Still, as bizarre of adventures that Speed finds himself in, it is so much fun to watch. Thanks to there being only 8 episodes, the quality of visuals looks surprisingly better than the previous volume. No grainy look to this volume, thank goodness. This volume, however, only has one episode that is a two-parter as the rest are single episodes with stand alone stories(which is really unusual for Speed Racer). Sadly, other than the die-cast car of the Mach 5 that was included with this volume, there are no extras to speak of. The least they could have did was spoke to the vocal actors of the show to give their insight on Speed Racer. Unfortunately,no.

All in all, I loved this volume..even though we only got 8 episodes. I really wish Lionsgates had put the remainder of them with this volume. Course, it might have brought down the visual quality of the episodes, I don't know. This volume will probably only appeal to fans of the show but casual fans should get into Speed Racer, it is a true classic.

DVD Review: Speed Racer, vol 4
Summary: 5 Stars

The classic Speed Racer cartoon - on dvd. Great quality and sound, just like I remember.

DVD Review: Awesome
Summary: 4 Stars

I just let a review for the other volume that I have (I have all of them) and so I am not going to tell the whole story again, but if anyone wants to read it just go check out his reviews for volume 3 I believe and you can read it. However, I will state that these dvds that he is selling are in great shape and wonderful quality and I would recommend them to anyone who wants to buy the Speed Racer series.

DVD Review: Only eight episodes, and no special features
Summary: 3 Stars

Speed Racer Volume 4 includes episodes thirty-seven through forty-four of the series. There are only eight episodes on the disc, and no special features were included. I managed to purchase the limited edition that came with the diecast Mach 5. However, the little Mach 5 doesn't make up for the fact that the disc could have had more episodes and it didn't make up for the lack of special features on the disc itself.

However, I have to give kudos for the fact that Lions Gate actually put chapter marks on the DVD that the viewer can actually use to skip over the beginning and ending credits if the viewer so desires. However, I do have to complain about how many trailers were tacked on at the beginning of the disc, as well as the fact that you can't skip over the trailers (even if you fast forward, the disc will start playing again when it hits the next trailer).

Any die-hard fan of the Speed Racer anime series needs to get this disc if they want all the episodes on DVD.

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SPEED RACER - VOLUME 4 (DVD MOVIE)

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