Peter Fernandez, 83, who helped introduce the United States to Japanese animation in the 1960s by adapting the series "Speed Racer" for American audiences, died July 15 of cancer at his home in ...

That's right, Speed Racer — a classic animated series created by Tatsuo Yoshida — is back, and it is worse than ever. The plot is based around, to no surprise, Speed Racer, who is played ...

Go Speed Racer, go! TheWachowski brothers fi nallydirect another film after their"Matrix" trilogy, and it’s a liveaction take on the cartoon fave, with Emile Hirsch ("Into the Wild") behind the ...

Now imagine that giant Pixy Stix were made into a movie. I present "Speed Racer." "Speed Racer" is a high-velocity, big-screen adaptation of the Japanese cartoon that landed stateside in the 1970s.