Date Posted:21:06:58 05/21/08 Wed Author: Rick Subject: Re: Welcome to Speed Racer, the Web Site! In reply to:
Jason Keating
's message, "Re: Welcome to Speed Racer, the Web Site!" on 19:07:08 05/21/08 Wed
Hi Jason!
I thank YOU for finding my Speed Racer website! There's nothing like having a great group of dedicated fans to gather together to discuss something they have a passion for. I'd had thought about building a SR site, but I was working on others since 2000 that are well-known. I've had those long days and hours in and around it all. I thought, just one more I'm going to do and it's gotta be Speed Racer. It has so much depth, heart and a special place in my heart. I hadn't watched the show in several years, but managed to buy all the DVDs on the first day they came out. It was time and I got in there and did it all. I had some very emotional moments at times. I felt good again. It was easy to match all the actors to the characters as I grew up with the show and later on VHS.
I took the 2001 dvd set as "work discs" and had to go through 52 episodes to do the voice-character listings. I did them in a few different sequences for the listings. The main characters I'd list first. The bad guys and other characters I had to do as they would first appear in their screentime. Only speaking roles. In another case, I'd have to list some minor characters out of sequence that I'd missed the first time around or if I thought they were minor characters. Some characters didn't have names in the US version, so I'd give them names that were correct. And I wanted the listings to really look good and was always on cue for the narrator and announcers voiced in by Jack Curtis. It was FUN!
Re: Welcome to Speed Racer, the Web Site!