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{{Short description|Japanese anime television series}}
{{Short description|Japanese anime television series}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2009}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2009}}

{{Infobox animanga/Header
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| name = Immortal Grand Prix
| name = IGPX
| image = Immortal Grand Prix DVD vol 1.jpg
| image = Immortal Grand Prix DVD vol 1.jpg
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| caption = Japanese cover of the first DVD volume
| image_size = 230px
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| ja_kanji = IGPX インモータル・グランプリ
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| caption = Japanese cover of the first DVD volume
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| ja_romaji = Ai Jī Pī Ekkusu: Inmōtaru Guranpuri
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| ja_kanji = IGPX インモータル・グランプリ
| genre = [[Action movie|Action]], [[sports]], [[racing]], [[mecha]]
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| ja_romaji = Ai Jī Pī Ekkusu Inmōtaru Guranpuri
| genre = [[Action movie|Action]], [[sports]], [[racing]], [[mecha]]
| creator = {{ubl|[[Production I.G]]|[[Cartoon Network]]}}
| creator = [[Production I.G]]<br>[[Cartoon Network]]
}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Video
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| type = tv series
| type = tv series
| title = Immortal Grand Prix (microseries)
| title = Immortal Grand Prix (microseries)
| director = [[Koichi Mashimo]]
| director = [[Koichi Mashimo]]
| producer = Maki Terashima-Furuta <br> Kaeko Sakamoto<br>Eric P. Sherman<br>Satoshi Kanuma
| producer = {{ubl|Maki Terashima-Furuta|Kaeko Sakamoto|Eric P. Sherman|Satoshi Kanuma}}
| writer = Koichi Mashimo<br>Yuuki Arie<br>Eric P. Sherman<br>[[Dave Wittenberg]]<br>Jason DeMarco<br>Sean Akins
| writer = {{ubl|Koichi Mashimo|Yuuki Arie|Eric P. Sherman|[[Dave Wittenberg]]|Jason DeMarco|Sean Akins}}
| music =
| music = [[Ninja Tune]]
| studio = Production I.G<br>[[Bee Train]]
| studio = {{ubl|Production I.G|[[Bee Train]]}}
| licensee = {{English anime licensee|NA=[[Discotek Media]]}}
| licensee = {{English anime licensee
| NA = [[Discotek Media]]
}}
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| network_en = {{English anime network
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| network = [[TV Asahi]]
| network_en = {{English anime network | US= Cartoon Network ([[Toonami]])}}
| US = Cartoon Network ([[Toonami]])
}}
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| first = September 15, 2003
| last = September 19, 2003
| first = September 15, 2003
| episodes = 5
| last = September 19, 2003
| episode_list =
| episodes = 5
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}}
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| type = tv series
| type = tv series
| director = [[Mitsuru Hongo]]
| director = [[Mitsuru Hongo]]
| producer = Hidekazu Terakawa<br>Jason DeMarco<br>Kenji Ōta<br>Kunihisa Oki
| producer = {{ubl|Hidekazu Terakawa|Jason DeMarco|Kenji Ōta|Kunihisa Oki}}
| writer = Mitsuru Hongo
| writer = Mitsuru Hongo
| music = [[Ninja Tune]]
| music = [[Ninja Tune]]
| studio = Production I.G
| studio = Production I.G
| licensee = {{English anime licensee|NA=Discotek Media}}
| licensee = {{English anime licensee
| NA = Discotek Media
| network = TV Asahi
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| network_en = {{English anime network | US= Cartoon Network/[[Adult Swim]] ([[Toonami]])}}
| first = November 5, 2005
| last = August 25, 2006
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| episodes = 26
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| episode_list = List of Immortal Grand Prix episodes
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| network = {{ubl|[[TV Asahi]] {{small|(#1–24)}}|[[Cartoon Network (Japanese TV channel)|Cartoon Network]] {{small|(#25–26)}}}}
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| network_en = {{English anime network
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{{nihongo|'''''Immortal Grand Prix'''''|IGPX インモータル・グランプリ|Ai Jī Pī Ekkusu Inmōtaru Guranpuri|lead=yes}} refers to two [[anime]] series co-produced by [[Production I.G]] and [[Cartoon Network]]. The first is a "microseries" consisting of five 5-minute episodes, and the second is a 26-episode animated series loosely related to the first.
| US = Cartoon Network/[[Adult Swim]] ([[Toonami]])
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| first = October 5, 2005
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| last = July 2, 2006
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| episodes = 26
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| episode_list = List of IGPX episodes
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{{Nihongo|'''''IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix'''''|IGPX インモータル・グランプリ|Ai Jī Pī Ekkusu: Inmōtaru Guranpuri|lead=yes}} refers to two [[anime]] series co-produced by [[Production I.G]] and [[Cartoon Network]]. The first is a "microseries" consisting of five 5-minute episodes, and the second is a 26-episode animated series loosely related to the first.


== ''IGPX'' microseries ==
== ''IGPX'' microseries ==
The Immortal Grand Prix is a tournament between teams of gun-wielding mechs. As Team Velshtein is injured, the random drawing chooses Team Suzaku, led by pilot Takeshi Noa, as the one to face Team Sledge Mamma, a trio of cybernetically enhanced cyborgs. At first, Team Suzaku does not have weapons because their mechanic U-Matsu forgot them. Amy delivers weapons from Velshtein, but Team Suzaku has a hard time controlling them. Amy's cat co-pilot Luca takes control and knocks Timmer out of his mech. Liz, out of ammo, uses her [[capoeira]] image training. She is eventually at the mercy of an opposing pilot and surrenders. The Sledge Mamma mechs shoot at Takeshi, but Amy jumps in to save him and is knocked out of the game. After being kicked around by the Sledge Mamma mechs, Takeshi reveals his plan. Using his [[ninjatō]] and shuriken, he knocks Dimmer and Yammer out of their mechs and wins. However, the series ends on a bitter note as Velshtein's owner Hamgra blackmails Team Suzaku to merge their teams and allow him to add cybernetic enhancements to their pilots, or else he will make them pay for the weapons they borrowed. This conflict is never resolved due to the end of the microseries.
The Immortal Grand Prix is a tournament between teams of gun-wielding mechs. As Team Velshtein is injured, the random drawing chooses Team Suzaku, led by pilot Takeshi Noa, as the one to face Team Sledge Mamma, a trio of cybernetically enhanced cyborgs. At first, Team Suzaku does not have weapons because their mechanic U-Matsu forgot them. Amy delivers weapons from Velshtein, but Team Suzaku has a hard time controlling them. Amy's cat co-pilot Luca takes control and knocks Timmer out of his mech. Liz, out of ammo, uses her [[capoeira]] image training. She is eventually at the mercy of an opposing pilot and surrenders. The Sledge Mamma mechs shoot at Takeshi, but Amy jumps in to save him and is knocked out of the game. After being kicked around by the Sledge Mamma mechs, Takeshi reveals his plan. Using his [[ninjatō]] and shuriken, he knocks Dimmer and Yammer out of their mechs and wins. However, the series ends on a bitter note as Velshtein's owner Hamgra blackmails Team Suzaku to merge their teams and allow him to add cybernetic enhancements to their pilots, or else he will make them pay for the weapons they borrowed. This conflict is never resolved due to the end of the microseries.


=== Cast ===
=== English cast ===
* [[Beau Billingslea]] – Yammer
* [[Beau Billingslea]] – Yammer
* [[Steven Blum]] – Cunningham
* [[Steven Blum]] – Cunningham
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== ''IGPX'' TV series ==
== ''IGPX'' TV series ==
{{Main|List of Immortal Grand Prix characters|List of Immortal Grand Prix episodes}}
{{Main|List of IGPX characters{{!}}List of ''IGPX'' characters|List of IGPX episodes{{!}}List of ''IGPX'' episodes}}
The ''IGPX'' TV series made its hour-long premiere on November 5, 2005, at 10/9c. The series is set in 2049 and revolves around the Immortal Grand Prix, or IGPX, which is a mecha [[racing]]/battle circuit. The sport is so popular that an entire city has been built for the racing industry, where competitions take place on a huge {{convert|60|mi|km|adj=on}} track. In the IGPX, two teams of three mechs, high-tech fighting machines driven by humans, race at speeds greater than {{convert|350|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}. The IGPX also contains fighting elements; attacking the opposing team to disable their mechs (thus preventing them from winning the race) is not only legal, but also expected. Team Satomi, a crew of amateur pilots, has just won a minor-league championship, the IG-2, vaulting them into the sport's highest level, the IG-1. Now, the untested rookies of Team Satomi must overcome impossible odds and beat the world's most skilled and ruthless pilots.
The ''IGPX'' TV series made its hour-long premiere on November 5, 2005, at 10/9c. The series is set in 2049 and revolves around the Immortal Grand Prix, or IGPX, which is a mecha [[racing]]/battle circuit. The sport is so popular that an entire city has been built for the racing industry, where competitions take place on a huge {{convert|60|mi|km|adj=on}} track. In the IGPX, two teams of three mechs, high-tech fighting machines driven by humans, race at speeds greater than {{convert|350|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}. The IGPX also contains fighting elements; attacking the opposing team to disable their mechs (thus preventing them from winning the race) is not only legal, but also expected. Team Satomi, a crew of amateur pilots, has just won a minor-league championship, the IG-2, vaulting them into the sport's highest level, the IG-1. Now, the untested rookies of Team Satomi must overcome impossible odds and beat the world's most skilled and ruthless pilots.


The series was Toonami's first original series.
The anime is Toonami's first ever original television series.


=== Cast ===
=== English cast ===
* [[Haley Joel Osment]] – Takeshi Jin
* [[Haley Joel Osment]] – Takeshi Jin
* [[Hynden Walch]] – Amy Stapleton
* [[Hynden Walch]] – Amy Stapleton
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=== ''IGPX'' promotions ===
=== ''IGPX'' promotions ===
*A promotional DVD featuring the Comic-Con early cut of episode 1 ("Time to Shine"), the ''IGPX'' trailer, music, and a screensaver was distributed with [[Anime Insider]] v. 26 (November 2005) and [[Nintendo Power]] v. 198 (December 2005).
* A promotional DVD featuring the Comic-Con early cut of episode 1 ("Time to Shine"), the ''IGPX'' trailer, music, and a screensaver was distributed with [[Anime Insider]] v. 26 (November 2005) and [[Nintendo Power]] v. 198 (December 2005).
*Special editions of the U.S. DVD volume 1 release came with a puff pack artbox, a Team Satomi T-shirt, the first episode from the microseries and team stickers, one for each of the teams from season one.
* Special editions of the U.S. DVD volume 1 release came with a puff pack artbox, a Team Satomi T-shirt, the first episode from the microseries and team stickers, one for each of the teams from season one.


=== Allusions ===
=== Allusions ===
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* In the eighth episode of ''[[Reideen]]'', a banner titled "Satomi" hangs in the city that Saiga Junki (the main protagonist) lives in. Production I.G's studio created both the ''IGPX'' and ''Reideen'' anime series. Both series were directed by [[Mitsuru Hongo]].
* In the eighth episode of ''[[Reideen]]'', a banner titled "Satomi" hangs in the city that Saiga Junki (the main protagonist) lives in. Production I.G's studio created both the ''IGPX'' and ''Reideen'' anime series. Both series were directed by [[Mitsuru Hongo]].


==Production==
== Production ==
[[Koichi Mashimo]] co-wrote and directed the microseries, while [[Bee Train]] and [[Production I.G]] animated it, and [[Bandai Entertainment]] acted as the North American distributor. The full-length anime series was handled by director and writer [[Mitsuru Hongo]] and was animated by Production I.G, with Bee Train returning for in-between animation. Production I.G president [[Mitsuhisa Ishikawa]] joined on as [[Television producer|producer]] for the series. It was the first time he had worked on a joint U.S. Japanese production, due to the ''[[Pokémon (TV series)|Pokémon]]'' companion franchise.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.japansociety.org/innovatorsindex.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=2|title=Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (石川光久) President, Production I.G.|access-date=2009-07-27|publisher=U.S.-Japan Innovators Network}}</ref>
[[Koichi Mashimo]] co-wrote and directed the microseries, while [[Bee Train]] and [[Production I.G]] animated it, and [[Bandai Entertainment]] acted as the North American distributor. The full-length anime series was handled by director and writer [[Mitsuru Hongo]] and was animated by Production I.G, with Bee Train returning for in-between animation. Production I.G president [[Mitsuhisa Ishikawa]] joined on as [[Television producer|producer]] for the series. It was the first time he had worked on a joint U.S. Japanese production, due to the ''[[Pokémon (TV series)|Pokémon]]'' companion franchise.

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The series' English dub was produced by [[Williams Street]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]] and [[Bang Zoom! Entertainment]] in [[Burbank, California]]. Both studios collaborated on the English script and casting, Bang Zoom directed and recorded the actors, and Williams Street handled the final mixing for the dub.


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The program returned to the Toonami block on April 28, 2013, at 2 a.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]] on [[Adult Swim]]. On November 21, 2014, anime distributor [[Discotek Media]] announced their license to the TV series and re-released both cuts (including Toonami cut and Production I.G cut) of the series on DVD on February 9, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-21/discotek-adds-rayearth-tv-saint-seiya-the-lost-canvas-descendants-of-darkness-igpx-lupin-iii-bank-of-liberty/.81314|title=Discotek Adds Rayearth TV, Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, Descendants of Darkness, IGPX, Lupin III: Bank of Liberty|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=November 21, 2014}}</ref> Discotek announced a Blu-ray version on October 17, 2023, which was released on May 28, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|last=Antonio Pineda|first=Rafael|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-16/discotek-licenses-lovely-complex-with-new-english-dub-nanoha-belladonna-of-sadness-chie-the-brat-/.203513|title=Discotek Licenses Lovely Complex With New English Dub, Nanoha, Belladonna of Sadness, Chie the Brat, Rainbow, IGPX, More|website=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 16, 2023}}</ref> Diskotek Media's HD remastered version of the first two episodes of the show were aired commercial-free on Adult Swim on November 5, 2023, as part of the [[Daylight savings time]] bonus hour on the Toonami block to celebrate the show's 18th anniversary since its initial run on Cartoon Network{{efn|This was due to the Toonami block ended pre-maturely on that night.}} and to promote its Blu-ray release. The show returned in full to the Toonami block with the HD remastered version on November 12, 2023.
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The series' English dub was produced by [[Williams Street]] in [[Atlanta, Georgia]] and [[Bang Zoom! Entertainment]] in [[Burbank, California]]. Both studios collaborated on the English script and casting, Bang Zoom directed and recorded the actors, and Williams Street handled the final mixing for the dub. ''IGPX'' was the first ever [[Toonami]] original anime series.


== Media ==
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The program returned to the Toonami block on April 28, 2013, at 2 a.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]] on [[Adult Swim]]. On November 21, 2014, anime distributor [[Discotek Media]] announced their license to the TV series and re-released both cuts (including Toonami cut and Production I.G cut) of the series on DVD on February 9, 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-21/discotek-adds-rayearth-tv-saint-seiya-the-lost-canvas-descendants-of-darkness-igpx-lupin-iii-bank-of-liberty/.81314|title=Discotek Adds Rayearth TV, Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, Descendants of Darkness, IGPX, Lupin III: Bank of Liberty|publisher=Anime News Network|date=2014-11-21}}</ref>. Discotek announced a Blu-Ray version on October 17, 2023, which is slated to release in 2024.<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-16/discotek-licenses-lovely-complex-with-new-english-dub-nanoha-belladonna-of-sadness-chie-the-brat-/.203513</ref> As part of the announcement, the HD remastered version premiered on November 5, 2023 at 2 a.m. ET on Adult Swim, as part of its additional [[Daylight Savings Time|DST]] hour.
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An ''IGPX'' [[video game]] was released on September 12, 2006, for the [[PlayStation 2]] by Bandai Namco.<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Matthew|url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/igpx-immortal-grand-prix/|title=IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix|website=[[Hardcore Gaming 101]]|date=September 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Surette|first=Tim|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/shippin-out-9-11-9-15-hockey-lego-star-wars-mario-hoops/1100-6157484/|title=Shippin' Out 9/11-9/15: Hockey, Lego Star Wars, Mario Hoops|website=[[GameSpot]]|date=September 12, 2006}}</ref>


==Media==
== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}
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An ''IGPX'' [[video game]] was released on September 12, 2006, for the [[PlayStation 2]] by Bandai Namco.<ref>http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/igpx-immortal-grand-prix/</ref><ref>https://www.gamespot.com/articles/shippin-out-9-11-9-15-hockey-lego-star-wars-mario-hoops/1100-6157484/</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/23_/index.html Production I.G official English website ''IGPX'' page]
* {{Official website|https://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/23_/index.html|Production I.G official English website ''IGPX'' page}}
* {{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20060430031806/http://www.production-ig.co.jp/contents/works_sp/1400_/index.html Production I.G official Japanese website ''IGPX'' page]
* {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20060430031806/http://www.production-ig.co.jp/contents/works_sp/1400_/index.html|Production I.G official Japanese website ''IGPX'' page}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{in lang|ja}} [https://www.igpx.jp/ Japanese ''IGPX'' official website]
* {{Official website|https://www.igpx.jp/|Japanese ''IGPX'' official website}} {{in lang|ja}}
* {{in lang|ja}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20051104094513/http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/igpx/ TV Asahi's ''IGPX'' website]
* {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20051104094513/http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/igpx/|TV Asahi's ''IGPX'' website}} {{in lang|ja}}
* [https://www.nreviews.com/igpx/main.html ''IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix'' fan site]
* {{IMDb title|1210338|IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix microseries}}
* {{IMDb title|0487183}}
* {{IMDb title|0487183|IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix TV series}}
* {{IMDb title|1210338|Immortal Grand Prix microseries}}
* {{Anime News Network|anime|2979|IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix microseries|noparen}}
* {{anime News Network|anime|5862||noparen}}
* {{Anime News Network|anime|5862|IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix TV series|noparen}}
* {{anime News Network|anime|2979|Immortal Grand Prix microseries|noparen}}


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Latest revision as of 19:30, 9 September 2024

IGPX
Japanese cover of the first DVD volume
IGPX インモータル・グランプリ
(Ai Jī Pī Ekkusu: Inmōtaru Guranpuri)
GenreAction, sports, racing, mecha
Created by
Anime television series
Immortal Grand Prix (microseries)
Directed byKoichi Mashimo
Produced by
  • Maki Terashima-Furuta
  • Kaeko Sakamoto
  • Eric P. Sherman
  • Satoshi Kanuma
Written by
  • Koichi Mashimo
  • Yuuki Arie
  • Eric P. Sherman
  • Dave Wittenberg
  • Jason DeMarco
  • Sean Akins
Music byNinja Tune
Studio
Licensed by
English network
Original run September 15, 2003 – September 19, 2003
Episodes5
Anime television series
Directed byMitsuru Hongo
Produced by
  • Hidekazu Terakawa
  • Jason DeMarco
  • Kenji Ōta
  • Kunihisa Oki
Written byMitsuru Hongo
Music byNinja Tune
StudioProduction I.G
Licensed by
  • NA: Discotek Media
Original network
English network
Original run October 5, 2005 – July 2, 2006
Episodes26 (List of episodes)
icon Anime and manga portal

IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix (Japanese: IGPX インモータル・グランプリ, Hepburn: Ai Jī Pī Ekkusu: Inmōtaru Guranpuri) refers to two anime series co-produced by Production I.G and Cartoon Network. The first is a "microseries" consisting of five 5-minute episodes, and the second is a 26-episode animated series loosely related to the first.

IGPX microseries

[edit]

The Immortal Grand Prix is a tournament between teams of gun-wielding mechs. As Team Velshtein is injured, the random drawing chooses Team Suzaku, led by pilot Takeshi Noa, as the one to face Team Sledge Mamma, a trio of cybernetically enhanced cyborgs. At first, Team Suzaku does not have weapons because their mechanic U-Matsu forgot them. Amy delivers weapons from Velshtein, but Team Suzaku has a hard time controlling them. Amy's cat co-pilot Luca takes control and knocks Timmer out of his mech. Liz, out of ammo, uses her capoeira image training. She is eventually at the mercy of an opposing pilot and surrenders. The Sledge Mamma mechs shoot at Takeshi, but Amy jumps in to save him and is knocked out of the game. After being kicked around by the Sledge Mamma mechs, Takeshi reveals his plan. Using his ninjatō and shuriken, he knocks Dimmer and Yammer out of their mechs and wins. However, the series ends on a bitter note as Velshtein's owner Hamgra blackmails Team Suzaku to merge their teams and allow him to add cybernetic enhancements to their pilots, or else he will make them pay for the weapons they borrowed. This conflict is never resolved due to the end of the microseries.

English cast

[edit]

IGPX TV series

[edit]
Main articles: List of IGPX characters and List of IGPX episodes

The IGPX TV series made its hour-long premiere on November 5, 2005, at 10/9c. The series is set in 2049 and revolves around the Immortal Grand Prix, or IGPX, which is a mecha racing/battle circuit. The sport is so popular that an entire city has been built for the racing industry, where competitions take place on a huge 60-mile (97 km) track. In the IGPX, two teams of three mechs, high-tech fighting machines driven by humans, race at speeds greater than 350 mph (560 km/h). The IGPX also contains fighting elements; attacking the opposing team to disable their mechs (thus preventing them from winning the race) is not only legal, but also expected. Team Satomi, a crew of amateur pilots, has just won a minor-league championship, the IG-2, vaulting them into the sport's highest level, the IG-1. Now, the untested rookies of Team Satomi must overcome impossible odds and beat the world's most skilled and ruthless pilots.

The anime is Toonami's first ever original television series.

English cast

[edit]

IGPX promotions

[edit]
  • A promotional DVD featuring the Comic-Con early cut of episode 1 ("Time to Shine"), the IGPX trailer, music, and a screensaver was distributed with Anime Insider v. 26 (November 2005) and Nintendo Power v. 198 (December 2005).
  • Special editions of the U.S. DVD volume 1 release came with a puff pack artbox, a Team Satomi T-shirt, the first episode from the microseries and team stickers, one for each of the teams from season one.

Allusions

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  • Fantine Valjean's name is an allusion to the characters Fantine and Jean Valjean in the book Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. Likewise, Team Skylark member Elisa has the same name as the main character of Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw and as the leading lady in My Fair Lady.
  • Andrei Rublev bears the name of a Russian iconographer.
  • In the episode "Cat vs. Dog", the owner of Team Edgeraid bears a striking resemblance to Gendo Ikari from Neon Genesis Evangelion. The man also sits with his hands crossed over his face, which was notably done by Gendo and has since been done in many other anime series. This character insertion was probably due to Production I.G working on both IGPX and the Evangelion movies.
  • In "Cat vs. Dog", the mecha of Team Edge Raid have GITS painted on their arms. This is a reference to Ghost in the Shell, a franchise animated by Production I.G, who also animated IGPX. Team Satomi's mechs have the word Absolute painted on their arms, a nod to the "Absolution" spaceship featured in the Toonami commercial bumpers.
  • In the final episode of IGPX, Team Black Egg's symbol is shown on the TV located on one of the triple towers that surround the track, which only shows team emblems for IG-1. This suggests that Black Egg has regained their spot in IG-1, replacing Team Skylark after they are demoted to IG-2.
  • In the eighth episode of Reideen, a banner titled "Satomi" hangs in the city that Saiga Junki (the main protagonist) lives in. Production I.G's studio created both the IGPX and Reideen anime series. Both series were directed by Mitsuru Hongo.

Production

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Koichi Mashimo co-wrote and directed the microseries, while Bee Train and Production I.G animated it, and Bandai Entertainment acted as the North American distributor. The full-length anime series was handled by director and writer Mitsuru Hongo and was animated by Production I.G, with Bee Train returning for in-between animation. Production I.G president Mitsuhisa Ishikawa joined on as producer for the series. It was the first time he had worked on a joint U.S. Japanese production, due to the Pokémon companion franchise.

The series' English dub was produced by Williams Street in Atlanta, Georgia and Bang Zoom! Entertainment in Burbank, California. Both studios collaborated on the English script and casting, Bang Zoom directed and recorded the actors, and Williams Street handled the final mixing for the dub.

The program returned to the Toonami block on April 28, 2013, at 2 a.m. ET on Adult Swim. On November 21, 2014, anime distributor Discotek Media announced their license to the TV series and re-released both cuts (including Toonami cut and Production I.G cut) of the series on DVD on February 9, 2016.[1] Discotek announced a Blu-ray version on October 17, 2023, which was released on May 28, 2024.[2] Diskotek Media's HD remastered version of the first two episodes of the show were aired commercial-free on Adult Swim on November 5, 2023, as part of the Daylight savings time bonus hour on the Toonami block to celebrate the show's 18th anniversary since its initial run on Cartoon Network[a] and to promote its Blu-ray release. The show returned in full to the Toonami block with the HD remastered version on November 12, 2023.

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An IGPX video game was released on September 12, 2006, for the PlayStation 2 by Bandai Namco.[3][4]

Notes

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  1. ^ This was due to the Toonami block ended pre-maturely on that night.

References

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  1. ^ Loo, Egan (November 21, 2014). "Discotek Adds Rayearth TV, Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas, Descendants of Darkness, IGPX, Lupin III: Bank of Liberty". Anime News Network.
  2. ^ Antonio Pineda, Rafael (October 16, 2023). "Discotek Licenses Lovely Complex With New English Dub, Nanoha, Belladonna of Sadness, Chie the Brat, Rainbow, IGPX, More". Anime News Network.
  3. ^ Smith, Matthew (September 8, 2017). "IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix". Hardcore Gaming 101.
  4. ^ Surette, Tim (September 12, 2006). "Shippin' Out 9/11-9/15: Hockey, Lego Star Wars, Mario Hoops". GameSpot.
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