SPEED RACER airing on J:Com

By: Rob M. Worley
Date: Friday, October 10, 2008
Source: Variety

If you live in Japan then you'll soon be able to watch the Wachowski's noisy ode to anime, 'Speed Racer' on demand via J:Com. Vareity reports that the country's biggest cable provider will launch the movie on November 19th, simultaneous to it's DVD release there.

J:Com will also be offering 52 epsiodes of the original 1967 anime, and 34 episodes of the 1997 version of the show.

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Comments/Responses

WISEGUY562 • Oct 10, 2008, 10:25am •

Well fuck, I'm booking my flight to Japan right now.
Can't miss this for the world.

herbyneo • Oct 11, 2008, 11:49am •

its really a shame that speed racer was a flop. i finally ended up watching it on dvd this week, and i was quite impressed with it. i thought it was really good. but thats just me. and who the frak am i?

gauleyboy420 • Oct 11, 2008, 04:17pm •

totally agree with you herbyneo
Just saw it on a plane and wished I'd went to the theaters to see it. It was actually really well done.

WISEGUY562 • Oct 11, 2008, 05:14pm •

Yeah, that's about where this movie belongs, on a plane.
I'm sure people were kissing the ground once they landed.

Dazzler • Oct 13, 2008, 04:51am •

I was happy with movie also. Needed a better shorter edit is my problem with it.

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