Minor changes have occurred in the Mach Five in this series. The second episode features the rebuilt Mach 5 designed as it appeared in the original anime, only animated in CGI, like all of the other cars in the show's racing sequences. List of Speed Racer: The Next Generation Characters Mach Five and Mach Six However, like all programs, the virtual track can be infested with viruses and/or hacked, causing anyone trapped in the Virtual World to be affected. Whenever a racer is defeated in the track, they automatically get dispensed back onto the real one, unharmed. School faculty have the ability to add as many of their own obstacles as they wish, complying to school safety regulations. The most pivotal plot device is the virtual track, a race track that transports racers to virtual racing environments known as the Virtual World. Through the rest of the series, Speed and his new allies set out on a quest to get through the courses, discover the mystery of Speed Racer's disappearance, and try and build the Mach 6, a car that captures the spirit and gadgets of the Mach 5 for new generations, and the first car to contain a gasless engine. In the pilot movie, Speed discovers that he is the other son of Speed Racer, meaning that X is his brother. He takes a bus to the elite Racing Academy, founded by the Racer family, and soon experiences the difficulties of fitting in and competing with X, the best racer/student in the school, and Speed Racer's son.
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The series follows the adventures of an orphan teenager named Speed who dreams of being a famed car racer like the one he is named after.
The rest of the original cast are unseen, and their whereabouts are unknown. Speed Racer is seen briefly at the end of The Note and more recently in Plot for Teacher. Only one of the original characters, Spritle, has a major role in this show. Prior to the events of the series, the original Speed Racer has disappeared for unknown reasons, but the main characters know that he is alive. However, both projects were produced independently from one another and featured different generations of "Speed Racers" (with the film featuring the original generation), though both featured a Mach 6. Regardless as to whether or not this series is canonical, references to the original show are amazingly accurate. Animation Collective produced the series, while the Flash character animation was handled by the now-defunct Collideascope Studios as their very last project. This series was partly made to promote the live-action Speed Racer film. It is executive-produced by Lions Gate Entertainment, Larry Schwarz, and Ken Katsumoto. The series is based on the classic Speed Racer franchise, and the internal events take place decades after those in the 1967 Japanese series. It aired on Nicktoons Network in the United States (alongside Kappa Mikey, another show produced by Animation Collective). Speed Racer: The Next Generation is an animated series produced by Animation Collective.