Hey Everyone!

[kaysuiko]

Hi guys! My name is Kay and I'm a huge Speed Racer fan! I'd know about it for a while, but only recently started actually watching the show (hooray for the internet, hehe). I had a dream a few weeks ago where I was driving the Mach 5 (but it was actually an old muscle car painted as the Mach 5) and it was crazy. I woke up with a strong desire to

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Speed racer, hit the gas, smell the rubber burnin'

[shortypenguin]

Oh man, I love the old japanese speed racer theme song. Don't get me wrong, the american one is catchy, but the japanese one is so fun to sing along to. :D

Re: Speed racer, hit the gas, smell the rubber burnin'

[kaysuiko]

It's so awesome! I catch myself at work singing "Ma-ha go go! Ma-ha go go! Ma-ha go go gooooo!" Luckily I work in a noisy plant so no one can hear me ^_~

I would love to see original Japanese episodes... As one who studied Japanese in college, I love to hear the Japanese voices and catch the differences in the translations, hehe. Culture differences are fun. :) Especially since one long word in Japanese can equal a whole sentence in English (hence the really fast talking in the English version. ^_~

[so_swankified]

Ohmigoodness, the second time I saw the movie in theaters, my friend and I were singing along to the entire song, including all the random dialogue bits.

"Okay ChimChim go!"
"Speed, are you alright?"
"Never mind that Trixie, I've gotta get you outta here!"

etcetc.

[comicaze]

I danced along to the theme song every time. ;) I still do it.

And welcome to the community!