Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go
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| Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! | |
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| 爆走兄弟レッツ&ゴー!! (Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!!) |
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| Genre | Shōnen, Sports |
| TV anime : Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! | |
| Directed by | Tetsuro Amino |
| Studio | XEBEC |
| Network |  TV Tokyo |
| Original run | 8 January 1996 – 30 December 1996 |
| No. of episodes | 51 + 1 special |
| TV anime : Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! WGP | |
| Directed by | Takao Kato |
| Studio | XEBEC |
| Network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | 6 January 1997 – 22 December 1997 |
| No. of episodes | 51 |
| TV anime : Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! MAX | |
| Directed by | Takao Kato |
| Studio | XEBEC |
| Network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | 5 January 1998 – 21 December 1998 |
| No. of episodes | 51 |
| Manga: Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! | |
| Authored by | Tetsuhiro Koshita |
| Publisher | Shogakukan |
| Serialized in | Coro Coro Comics |
| Original run | June 1994 – October 1999 |
| No. of volumes | 13 (original) + 7 (MAX) |
Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! (爆走兄弟レッツ&ゴー!! Bakusō Kyōdai Rettsu Endo Gō!!?) is a manga by Tetsuhiro Koshita that appeared in CoroCoro Comic centered around Mini 4WD racing. It was later adapted into an anime series, and was also made into several games.[1] The series also released various merchandise, including CDs, trading cards, and stickers.
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[edit] Manga
- The manga series ran serially in CoroCoro Comic starting in the June 1994 issue through the October 1999 issue.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Main characters
- Retsu Seiba (星馬 烈 Seiba Retsu) - Yuriko Fuchizaki
- Retsu is one of the two title characters. He is a fifth-grade student who is 11 years old, and Gou's older brother. Although he is able to control his patience better than his brother, he still lets out his annoyance with someone once in a while. Retsu sports a green hat as his trademark. His primary color is red, which is the color of his hair, eyes, gloves, shirt, and Mini 4WD cars: Sonic Saber, Vanguard Sonic, Hurricane Sonic, and Buster Sonic. In WGP, he is the captain of the TRF Victorys [sic] team.
- Gou Seiba (星馬 豪 Seiba Gō) - Haruna Ikezawa
- Gou is the second of the two title characters. He is Retsu's younger brother by one year, and he is in the fourth grade. Gou is rash, impulsive, careless, impatient, and brash. He is usually seen wearing goggles, but they are on his forehead most of the time as opposed to covering his eyes. His primary color is blue, which is the color of his hair, eyes, gloves, and boots, as well as his cars: Magnum Saber, Victory Magnum, Cyclone Magnum, and Beat Magnum.
[edit] Supporting characters
- Jiroumaru Takaba (鷹羽 二郎丸 Takaba Jirōmaru) - Ikue Ohtani
- Jiroumaru is Ryou Takaba's younger brother. He likes Ryou a lot, and follows him around everywhere. In his speech, he always mispronounces "desu" (です, meaning "is" or several other forms of "to be") as "dasu" (だす), and calls Ryou "anchan" (あんちゃん), a cross between "aniki" (兄貴) and "oniichan" (お兄ちゃん), both ways of referring to one's older brother in Japanese. His cars, which he named "Jiroumaru Special", "Jiroumaru Special Special", "Jiroumaru Special Special Special", "Jiroumaru Special Special Special Special", and "Jiroumaru Special Special Special Special Special" are constantly damaged in races. Most of these cars resemble Ryou's first car, Tridagger X.
- Jun Sagami (佐上 ジュン Sagami Jun) - Chinami Nishimura
- Jun has been a friend of the Seiba brothers since they were infants. She is an ace pitcher in baseball, and plays for a team named "Jun Chanzu" (ジュンちゃんず). At first, she is a novice at Mini 4WD racing, but improves in her skill through the influence of the Seiba brothers and others. Jun's name, combined with those of Retsu and Gou, is a reference to 1970's Japanese comic Yoshiji Watanabe, who went by the stage name Jun Retsugou (レツゴー じゅん Retsugō Jun). Her cars are named Wild Home Run, Home Run Manta Ray, and Super Home Run Manta Ray.
- Tamotsu Sagami (佐上保 Sagami Tamotsu) - Hidenari Ugaki
- Tamotsu is Jun's father and the manager of the Sagami Model Shop that the Seiba brothers frequent.
- Kaizou Seiba (せいばかいぞう Seiba Kaizō) - Hidenari Ugaki
- He is the father of the Seiba brothers. Kaizou quickly developed an interest for Mini 4WD and likes to race together with his sons.
- Yoshie Seiba (せいばかいぞう Seiba Yoshie) - Shinobu Adachi
- The mother of the Seiba brothers, she has a bighearted and courageous personality. At first, she dislikes Mini 4WD racing, mostly due to her annoyance with Retsu and Gou constantly fighting about them, but she eventually grows used to it.
[edit] Name translations
| Japanese (Original) | Philippine | Italian |
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| Retsu Seiba (星馬 烈) | Jet | Ricky |
| Gou Seiba (星馬 豪) | Joey | Ghigo |
| J | Jay | J |
| Ryou Takaba (鷹羽 リョウ) | Ryan | |
| Jiroumaru Takaba (鷹羽 二郎丸) | Jericho | Gerolamo |
| Toukichi Mikuni (三国 藤吉) | Timothy | Edoardo |
| Dr. Hirotsugu Tsuchiya (土屋 博嗣) | Dr. Hendricks | Mr. Gyp |
| Dr. Seitaro Ohgami | Dottore Orlando | |
| MAX | ||
| Retsuya Ichimonji (一文字 烈矢) | Robin | |
| Gouki Ichimonji (一文字 豪樹) | George | |
[edit] Anime
- Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! aired on TV Tokyo from January 8, 1996 through December 30, 1996
- Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! WGP aired on TV Tokyo from January 6, 1997 through December 22, 1997
- Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! MAX aired on TV Tokyo from January 5, 1998 through December 21, 1998
- The show is scheduled to be re-released as a DVD box set in Japan in summer 2007. [2]
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Let's & Go!!
| # | Japanese | Translation |
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| 1 | ミニ四駆兄弟登場走れセイバー! | Enter Mini 4WD Brothers! Go Saber! |
| 2 | ウインターレース波乱の決勝戦!! | Disturbance of the Winter Finals! |
| 3 | 謎のフルカウルマシン! | Mysterious Fully-Cowled Machine! |
| 4 | 嵐の兄弟対決! 爆走ダウンヒルレース! | Stormy Confrontation! Roaring Downhill Race! |
| 5 | 再対決! トライダガーX地下水路の戦い! | Rematch! Culvert Tridagger X Battle! |
| 6 | 危うしマグナム! 稲妻走りの新マシン!! | Dangerous Magnum! The New Lightning Fast Machine! |
| 7 | 激突! コーナー勝負ソニックセイバーVSスピンアックス | Crash! Corner Game: Soinc Saber vs. Spin Axe! |
| 8 | かっ飛べマグナム! スプリングレースをめざせ! | Fly, Magnum! Aim at the Spring Race! |
| 9 | 強敵大集合! 火花を散らすスプリングレース | Large Gathering, Powerful Oppenent! The Sparking Spring Race! |
| 10 | 必殺マグナムトルネード | Surefire Magnum Tornado |
| 11 | 烈の危機! 残されたチャンス | Retsu's Crisis! Remaining Chance |
| 12 | 豪の挑戦! マグナムを取り戻せ!! | Gou's Challenge! Recover the Magnum! |
| 13 | 6人目のフルカウルレーサー | Fully Cowled Racer of Public Attention! |
| 14 | 驚異の最強マシン大神博士の野望! | Dr. Oogami's Ambition: The Strongest Miracle Machine! |
| 15 | ギャングと対決! ご先祖様を守れ!! | Confronting the Gang! Protect Grandpa! |
| 16 | 火山口の死闘! セイバー絶体絶命! | Volcanic Crater Deathmatch! Saber's Desperate Situation! |
| 17 | Vマシン誕生! 勝利の明日に賭けろ | V Machines Born! Bet on Tomorrow's Victory! |
| 18 | 走れVマシン! 危険がいっぱい遊園地レース | Run, V Machine! Amusement Park Race Full of Danger! |
| 19 | 強敵JBを倒せ!! 友情のVパワー | Defeat JB, the Powerful Opponent! V Power of Friendship! |
| 20 | 消えたマシントライダガーX! | Tridagger X Goes Out! |
| 21 | チイコ大旋風対決! 星馬兄弟 | Chiiko's Whirlwind Confrontation! Seiba Brothers |
| 22 | 帰ってきたあいつ恐怖の切り裂きマシン! | Return of That Dreaded Cutting Machine! |
| 23 | 缶詰工場の決闘! 新たなる旅立ち | Canned Goods Factory Duel! Starting a New Journey! |
| 24 | スピンコブラ発進! ニューマシン開発指令 | Spin Cobra Takes Off! New Machine Devolpment Orders |
| 25 | サマーレース開催ミニ四駆の熱い夏! | The Summer Race where its too Hot! |
| 26 | 傷だらけのゴール! 涙のトライダガー | Goal for the Scar of Being Lazy! Tridagger of Tears! |
| 27 | 炎のニューマシンよみがえれトライダガー | Reviving a New Machine! Tridagger of flame! |
| 28 | 焼結! 驚異のZMC鷹羽リョウ完全復活 | Sinterring! ZMC's Complete Revival of Wonder! |
| 29 | 激流パニック! ミニ四駆救助隊 | Rapid Current Panic! Mini 4WD Rescue Team |
| 30 | 海だ! サルだ! チームワークで大勝負 | It's the Sea! It's the Monkeys! Big Race of Teamwork |
| 31 | ブロッケンG登場! 破壊の重量級マシン | Enter Brocken G! Heavyweight Machine of Destruction |
| 32 | ゆうれいと対決! 学校七不思議レース!! | Confrontation With a Ghost! School Race of Seven Wonders!! |
| 33 | 砂嵐の戦い! ルール無用の大神レース | Sandstorm Battle! Oogami Race's Needless Rules |
| 34 | キャンプで決戦! 追いつめられたJ | Decisive Battle in Camp! J is Chased |
| 35 | 敵はVマシン! レッツゴー奪回作戦 | Enemy V Machince! Let's Go Recapture Maneuvers |
| 36 | 幻のスコーピオン伝説のミニ四駆 | Mini 4WD of Phantom Scorpion Legend |
| 37 | レイスティンガー! 大神の切り札! | Ray Stinger! Oogami's Trump Card! |
| 38 | 復活! マグナムその名はサイクロン | Revival! Magnum, Thy Name is Cyclone |
| 39 | サイクロン上陸! 俺は天才デザイナー | Cyclone Landing! I'm a Genius Designer |
| 40 | 白熱のオータムレース | Climatic Autumn Race |
| 41 | 対立! Jと豪危うしサイクロン | Antagonism! J & Gou, Dangerous Cyclone |
| 42 | ミニ四師匠 豪!? 秋祭りレース開催 | Gou, the Mini 4WD Master!? Autumn Festival Exhibition Race |
| 43 | 王子様とレース! ジュン愛逃避行 | Race With the Prince! Jun Love Elopement |
| 44 | マグナム絶好調! 烈のあせり | Magnum's Best Condition! Retsu's Impatience |
| 45 | 烈の裏切り!? ソニックVSマグナム | Retsu's Betrayal!? Sonic vs. Magnum |
| 46 | 復活のJ! プロトセーバーEVO.（エボリューション） | Revival of J! Proto Seiba EVO. (Evolution) |
| 47 | 火花散るラストチャンス! | The Rusted Chance Which Scatters Sparks! |
| 48 | SGJC開幕!! 波乱のスタート! | SGJC Commencement!! Start of Disturbance! |
| 49 | レッツゴー大苦戦! 爆進! 破壊軍団 | Let's go Have a Bitter Fight! Blast Shin! Destructive Corps |
| 50 | 大激戦! 雪山コース 過酷な第2グラウンド! | Large Fierce Battle! Second Course is a Severe Mountain Ground! |
| 51 | 栄光の表彰台!! 勝利のミニ四駆 | Commendation Stand of Glory!! Mini 4WD of Victory! |
[edit] Theme songs
Note: Title translations are in italics and inside square brackets.
[edit] Let's & Go!!
- Opening themes
- "Winning Run! -Kaze ni Naritai-" [Winning Run! -Become the Wind-] by Yukio Yamagata (Watch Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHePCHOCoK8)
- "FLESH & BLOOD ~Futatsu no Omoi~" [FLESH & BLOOD ~Feelings of Two~] by G-Crisis (Watch Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isgMcbO6N9E)
- Ending themes
- "Yo! BROTHER" by BOOGIEMAN (Watch Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjdzJgAWfZ4)
- "Kizutsuku koto mo Dekinai" [It's Impossible to Get Hurt] by Miyuki Kajitani (Watch Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FIIL4yMKhc)
- "Koi no Target Boy" [Target Boy of Love] by Pink Pops
- "Yume no Hate Made mo" [Edge of the Dream] by PERSONZ
[edit] WGP
- Opening theme
- "GET THE WORLD" by Hironobu Kageyama (Watch Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gne47uYNko8)
- Ending themes
- "GROW UP POTENTIAL ~Yume ni Mukatte~" [GROW UP POTENTIAL ~Towards my Dream~] by GANASIA
- "TUNE-UP GENERATION" by Maiko Matsumiya
- "We are the VICTORYS" by The VICTORYS (Haruna Ikezawa, Yuriko Fuchizaki, Chie Koujiro, Kumiko Watanabe, Urara Takano)
- "Konya wa Ibu!" [Tonight is the Eve!] by Let's Go BOYS & GIRLS (The VICTORYS, with Akiko Yajima, Chinami Nishimura, Ikue Ohtani)
[edit] MAX
- Opening theme
- "Brave Heart" by Koutetsu Kyoudai (Hironobu Kageyama & Masaaki Endoh) (Watch Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym0Lfz-aJBE)
- Ending themes
- "My name is Car Boy" by Hironobu Kageyama with KIDS MAX
- "Bokura no FREEDOM" [Our Freedom] by Yuka Sato
[edit] Movie
- Opening Theme
- "Get the World -Version XTO-" by Hironobu Kageyama
- Ending theme
- "Oretachi" [We] by Hironobu Kageyama
[edit] Other songs
- "Bongo, Bongo Happy!" by Let's & Go!! Grils
- "Get the World (From Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! WGP)" by Yoko Ishida
[edit] Voice cast
- Haruna Ikezawa as Gou Seiba
- Yuriko Fuchizaki as Retsu Seiba
- Akiko Yajima as Chiiko Mikuni
- Chie Koujiro as Toukichi Mikuni
- Chinami Nishimura as Jun Sagami
- Urara Takano as Ryo Takaba
- Ikue Ohtani as Jiroumaru Takaba
- Kumiko Watanabe as J
- Masashi Ebara as Dr. Hirotsugu Tsuchiya
- Shoutarou Morikubo as Mini Yon Fighter
- Satoko Kitô as Rei Hijikata
- Yuka Imai as Kai Okita
[edit] Let's & Go!!
- Arisa Andou as R
- Masako Katsuki as Tamami Yanagi
- Motoko Kumai as Makoto Kohiro
- Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Dr. Seitaro Ogami
[edit] WGP
- Akira Ishida as Schmidt
- Akiko Yajima as Jo
- Chiyako Shibahara as Nieminen
- Hidehiro Kikuchi as Miller
- Hiro Yuuki as Carlo
- Hiroyuki Yoshino as Giulio & Hassler
- Issei Miyazaki as Jim
- Kentarou Itou as Adolf & Brett
- Shinichiro Miki as Erich
- Shinobu Adachi as Michael
- Youji Ueda as Luchino
- Yuka Imai as Rion Cuzco, & Yuri
[edit] Staff
- Original Story: Tetsuhiro Koshita
- Director: Tetsuro Amino
- Planning: Keisuke Iwata (TV Tokyo), Mirono Oono (Yomiuri Koukokusha), Hidefumi Kawamura (Shogakukan), Masao Yagi (Shogakukan)
- Series Compositon: Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
- Character Design: Akio Tamaki, Mitsuru Ishihara
[edit] Games
- Mini 4WD Shining Scorpion Let's & Go!! (1996, Super Famicom, ASCII Corporation)
- Mini 4WD GB Let's & Go! (1997, Game Boy, ASCII Corporation)
- Mini 4WD Super Factory (1997, Sega Saturn, Mediaquest)
- Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! WGP Hyper Heat (1997, Playstation, Jaleco)
- Mini 4WD GB Let's & Go! All-Star Battle MAX (1998, Game Boy, ASCII Corporation)
- Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! Eternal Wings (1998, Playstation, Jaleco)
- Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go!! POWER WGP2 (1998, Super Famicom, Nintendo)
[edit] Trivia
- Due to its early premiere date, the MAX series is the first anime to use TV Tokyo's current logo.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- This article is based on a translation of an article from the Japanese Wikipedia.
- ^ Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia. Accessed 2007-03-19.
- ^ (Japanese) ShoPro Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go DVD Box Set. Accessed 2007-03-19.
