The story and characters in Speed Racer came from the Japanese manga (Japanese comic book) Mach GoGoGo. Mach GoGoGo was subsequently released as an anime, or Japanese cartoon, also titled Mach GoGoGo. Both manga and anime have a very distinctive visual style quite different from western comics and cartoons. The English rights to Mach GoGoGo were acquired by Trans-Lux, for American syndication. The title Go Mifune was changed to Speed Racer and the lead character's name was changed from Go Mifune to Speed Racer.
These early Speed Racer episodes were dubbed by Peter Fernandez, using his own voice for both Speed Racer and his arch nemesis Racer X. The fast pace of the English dialogue is a result of Fernandez trying to keep up with the original characters lip movements. This effort was further complicated by the complex storylines in comparison to more simplistic Western cartoons. The original dubbed episodes were often parodied due to the extremely fast speech of the characters.
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