SEVEN SEAS REVS UP WITH SPEED RACER!

(Los Angeles, January 25, 2006) - Seven Seas Entertainment announced today its agreement with Speed Racer Enterprises to release an all-new original comic based on Speed Racer, the famous animated TV series from the 1960’s. Like Speed’s race car, the Mach 5, the series will zoom into stores monthly as a 5-issue mini-series starting July, 2006.

"Speed Racer is such an icon that I’m thrilled to be able to release new comics based on the legendary series," enthused Seven Seas president Jason DeAngelis. "There are lots more stories left to tell in the Speed Racer mythos; stories that today's readers will find both fresh and exciting while staying true to the classic series that has kept fans spellbound since the very first day the Mach 5 roared onto their TV screens."

In 2005, Seven Seas carved a name for itself in the manga industry for producing original English language manga with high quality art and stories. The Speed Racer mini-series will mark Seven Seas’ first foray into traditional 32-page color comics. For this latest incarnation of Speed Racer, Seven Seas promises an engaging cinematic storyline written by a prominent Hollywood screenwriter, along with dynamic artwork by a top-notch manga artist -- both to be announced shortly.

"When Seven Seas approached us with the idea of extending the Classic Speed Racer storylines by creating a new comic book series, we were very intrigued. We feel confident Seven Seas will put out a line of comics that the millions of Speed Racer fans can relate to and will want to purchase for their collections," said James Rocknowski, executive vice president of Speed Racer Enterprises.


The full press release can be found here:
http://www.gomanga.com/news/press_019.php

That's interesting.

I haven't seen that show for years.

Me neither. But i did love it.

I expect I shall love this mini series! =D

=O!!!!!!!!!!

New Speed Racer!! Yay!!

I haven't watched the show in a little over a year ;_; I wish it came on during the day again instead of late night on Speed >.>


Its nice to hear theres a manga coming out of it ^_^ I hope its great!

"Prominent Hollywood screenwriter," eh? I'm hoping it's not that hack who wrote that Speed Racer movie script; that script was painful on the eyes and the ears!
As for the artist, maybe a little clue dropping is needed here? Say whether or not this particular artist has worked on an SSE title....
First it was the Boogiepop annoncement, now this... you're definitely movin' on up!

I'm pretty sure there already is a speed racer comic book. I saw one on store shelves ages ago. Will this one look similar in art style to the show, or be different? And, I just have to ask, will they say paragraphs worth of stuff per speech balloon (like their motor-mouthed show incarnations did)? One last thing, will the comic be hard to find, or can I hope to find it at my local convenience store?

-Matt

This should be interesting, I haven't seen the anime in years so this would both be new and exciting to me to see in print.

I am also interested to see who the "prominent Hollywood screenwriter" and "top-notch manga artists" might be so am eagerly awaiting that announcement.

Out of curiousity, since the english title is being used, can I assume its based off the English version of the franchise?

You would be correct.

Again, this is going to be a 32-page, color comic book. Expect more details soon.

Go speed racer, go speed racer, Go speed racer GOOOO!!!!

I catch it on TV sometimes....

Is it going to be more modern? you know, not all 60's like?

What ever happened to this topic?

I just read this and really loved it! With the new movie out, you think Seven Seas will be doing any more of these?

I picked up one of the books today...not sure if this is the first one or not, it's about the "frankenstein" driver Adam 2.

It was good, but I don't like they way Trixie is drawn...too sexy and a reference from her that the new car is "better than sex" is VERY out of character from the show this is based on.

Plus, where is Mom Racer? She's always got a scene to be in, adds balance to the boys.

Other than that, an enjoyable read!