Brian Coltrane
01-27-2005, 08:20 AM
Awright, let's see if anybody 'fesses up to ever seeing this one. This is a 60's-era Japanese cartoon, with English voice-overs. The star-car of this show was the "Mach 5", which was a futuristic race car with gadgets galore. Pretty much, it looked more or less like a white, convertible Corvette with a red "M" on the hood and a "5" on the door.
The Mach 5 was supposed to be a race car. ( Did you know, " racecar" spelled backwards, is "racecar?" ) Anyhow, for a racecar, it was equipped iwth ridiculous features that had no practical NASCAR application, yet came in handy in every race.
This is because the young hero of this series had a propensity to attract the attention of sophisticated assassins. Which was the coolest thing about this show. Yes kids, we're talkin' stock cars armed with machine-guns, and merciless ninja motorcycle gangs. Yeeehaaaa.
The animation was average, the plots were cheesy, and the escapes were improbable. But the sound effects were cool. Looking back, the Mach 5 probably paved the way for some of the car-gadgetry ideas later seen in James Bond movies, and of course, Knight Rider.
Brian
The Mach 5 was supposed to be a race car. ( Did you know, " racecar" spelled backwards, is "racecar?" ) Anyhow, for a racecar, it was equipped iwth ridiculous features that had no practical NASCAR application, yet came in handy in every race.
This is because the young hero of this series had a propensity to attract the attention of sophisticated assassins. Which was the coolest thing about this show. Yes kids, we're talkin' stock cars armed with machine-guns, and merciless ninja motorcycle gangs. Yeeehaaaa.
The animation was average, the plots were cheesy, and the escapes were improbable. But the sound effects were cool. Looking back, the Mach 5 probably paved the way for some of the car-gadgetry ideas later seen in James Bond movies, and of course, Knight Rider.
Brian