<Li> Racer X (Tommy Yune prequel) </Li> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Anime and Manga portal </Td> </Tr> <P> Speed Racer, also known as Mach GoGoGo (Japanese: マッハ GoGoGo, Hepburn: Mahha GōGōGō), is a Japanese media franchise about automobile racing . Mach GoGoGo was originally serialized in print in Shueisha's 1966 Shōnen Book . It was released in tankōbon book form by Sun Wide Comics, and later re-released in Japan by Fusosha . Adapted into anime by Tatsunoko Productions, its 52 episodes aired on Fuji TV from April 1967 to March 1968 . The anime was later re-broadcast on Tokyo MX from July 1 to September 25, 2008 . </P> <P> Selected chapters of the manga were released by NOW Comics in the 1990s under the title Speed Racer Classics . These were later released by Wildstorm Productions, a division of DC Comics, as Speed Racer: The Original Manga . In 2008, under its Americanized title, Speed Racer, Mach GoGoGo was republished in its entirety in the United States by Digital Manga Publishing and was released as a box set to commemorate the franchise's 40th anniversary, as well as serving as a tie - in with the 2008 film . The television series itself is an early example of an anime becoming a successful franchise in the United States, spawning multiple spinoffs in both print and broadcast media . </P>

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