Trixie Tapestries
Description: Speed Racer. Aka Mach GoGoGo, was first released as a manga that ran from 1966 - 1968 in the black and white pages of Sun Wide Comics' Shonen Book, and then quickly followed as the colorfully incredible Tatsunoko animated tv production that so many of us all over the world are familiar with from 1967 - 1968. Tatsuo Yoshida's timeless tale of a teenage race car driver vs. all sorts of crazy villains and super car competitors still holds up today as one of the most exciting, and endlessly entertaining Japanese cartoon series imports ever-
Description: Speed's father, Pops, (Daisuke Mifune) is a former wrestler-turned race car owner and builder. After quitting his job in a corporate car manufacturing company, he founded his own company, Mifune Motors. (In America, the company was changed to Racer Motors.) He is portrayed as a hothead who is overprotective of his family. His eldest son, Rex, ran away (although he would return as Racer X). In addition to Spritle and Chim-Chim, Pops' attitude is a running gag in the anime series as well as the live-action film. Overweight, he wears an athletic red shirt and a beige mechanic's cap. Despite his build, Pops is nearly unmatched in combat, as he was once a champion heavyweight wrestler.
