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This is Wacky Races, where 11 uniquely driven racers and their feature-packed machines aim for victory through slapstick gags in a no-rules race—or rather, a race where anything goes (if it's sabotage).
00:16Today's topic is the fierce Shikichi Machine Race.
00:20This film, Shikichi Machine Fierce Race, sees drivers and 11 racing machines equipped with various functions compete in a no-rules, anything-goes race, aiming to win through slapstick comedy.
00:39Now, let's take a look at this work.
00:42The Shiki-Chiki Machine Races was produced as an American animated television series, and aired in the US from 1968 to 1969 and in Japan in 1970, with a total of 17 episodes and 34 episodes.
01:02Another notable feature is that the order of some episodes aired in Japan differs from the order they were aired in the US, and the opening song and character names have been rearranged for the Japanese version.
01:18Therefore, please note that this channel will provide program commentary using the order of episodes broadcast in Japan and Japanese character names.
01:29Now, the story begins with a scene of 11 racing cars racing through the desert.
01:38While each machine is racing smoothly, the drivers of the leading 00 machine, Black Maou and Kenken, try to use missiles to disrupt the racing machines behind them, but Kenken's clumsiness causes them to fail.
01:53Later, they find a large hole on the course, but by using a long board provided by Dr. H of the Magic Three, they easily pass through the hole. Meanwhile, Black Demon King and Kenken, who are ahead of them, ignore a warning sign posted by the Indians and trespass on their land.
02:14Furthermore, by hiding the warning sign, following drivers continued to enter the land without realizing that it was Indian land.
02:27The Indian chief, upon seeing their intrusion, becomes angry and sets a trap for the 00 machine, capturing it.
02:34However, the captured Black Demon King manages to escape by using another racing car coming up behind him as a decoy.
02:45After safely passing through the Indian land, the Black Devil uses a hop-hop to set up a fake train crossing, but the train behind ignores him and crosses the crossing without stopping.
02:58Therefore, Black Demon King is devastated by the failure of his plan, but unfortunately he is captured by the same Indian chief as before.
03:09Meanwhile, the other racing cars were engaged in a dead heat, and as black mist covered the entire course, Huedro Coupe took the win in a final sprint.
03:21Meanwhile, Black Devil finally escapes from the Indians, but instead of driving a racing car, he carries a hop-up pony and reaches the finish line by a long way.
03:34After this, through various races, the story depicts the battles between 10 racing machines and the racers against Black Demon King and Kenken, who specialize in interference.
03:51Now, let's introduce the drivers and their racing machines.
03:58First, the Zero Zero Machine, driven by Black Demon King, who is good at disguise, and Kenken, the dog who is always given repairs and odd jobs, is a high-performance machine equipped with various jamming equipment such as drills and machine guns, as well as numerous rocket nozzles and rest canopies.
04:16During the races, he always tries to sabotage the others before they even get there, but he proves incredibly clumsy, destroying himself with the traps he sets and repeatedly failing due to the traps set by the other racers.
04:31Furthermore, the Black Demon King seems to be resented by Kenken because he places almost all the blame on Kenken.
04:41In terms of race results, he was never able to win, let alone come in the top three, and in many races he was disqualified or had to restart.
04:53The Rock Open, in which Tamegorou, whose entire body is covered in long hair and has the appearance of a primitive man, and the silly Slug Brothers ride, is a simply constructed open car made of a rock body and log wheels, but its power source is unknown.
05:13However, it's also a mysterious racing machine that somehow speeds up by hitting each other with combos that also serve as weapons.
05:23In addition, when the car broke down, it was repaired by working with nearby rocks and other objects, and the car continued racing.
05:30In terms of race results, it has won 14 times, including three wins, making it the best machine among the participating machines.
05:40The Hudro Coupe, in which Frankenstein's monster and Dracula's Dorachibi ride, has the appearance of a haunted house and a dragon lurks inside the car, which sometimes sticks its head out of the car during the race, breathing fire, or stretches its wings and flies through the air along with the car.
06:00However, contrary to his frightening appearance, he is actually quite a decent person, and there are many scenes where he is afraid of chicks and gets punched by Tamegoro and others.
06:11In terms of performance and functions, the racing machine has a variety of unique features, such as being able to house snakes and ghosts and having bats flying around it. At the same time, it has a record of 12 prize-winning finishes, including three wins, making it a surprisingly excellent racing machine.
06:30The Magic 3, piloted by the genius inventor Dr. H, looks like a combination of a boat, a car, and an airplane, and as the race progresses, the driver can select and combine the functions of these three to take on various mechanical shapes as the race progresses.
06:51Furthermore, it can burrow underground, walk on two legs on rough terrain, and even transform into a hot air balloon, making it a truly all-purpose racing machine.However, its driver, Dr. H, is not particularly obsessed with winning, and often fails due to misunderstandings and other poor decisions.
07:11In terms of race results, he has achieved 10 prize-winning finishes, including three wins, which is considered a decent result considering his many failures.
07:25The Croisel Sport, driven by the proud and short-tempered Bat Boss, has a red body that looks like a combination of a robot and a car, a machine gun, and can also fly using a propeller that doubles as a weapon.
07:40However, it was inferior to the Hudro Coupe and Magic Three, which had many features other than the ability to fly, and was outbid by these rivals.
07:51Furthermore, when taking off, the propeller needs to be turned manually, and there have been many instances where the engine fails to start or the propeller comes off.
08:01In terms of race results, it has recorded nine prize-winning finishes, including three wins, and we believe that this is an excellent result when taking into account features and equipment.
08:13A sexy female driver
08:18The Pussycat that Milk-chan rides is a racing machine that does not have any outstanding equipment or attack functions.
08:26Instead, he was equipped with sun umbrellas and makeup equipment that had nothing to do with racing, and he had the other drivers, including Black Demon King, all captivated.
08:38Furthermore, even during the race, he engages in some outrageous behavior, such as washing his car and cooking on the grill installed in the engine compartment.
08:49In terms of race results, it has achieved 11 points, including four wins, which is an extremely impressive record considering it is a standard racing machine.
09:02The Tank GT, driven by a military-grade subordinate who just charges forward like a tiger and a recruit who is used as a butler, is a racing machine that looks like a combination of a roller car and a tank.
09:18It was impressive to see the skinny recruit driving with all his might while the uniformed lower-ranking members of the tank section fired special shells from the main gun.
09:29A distinctive feature of the Tank GT is that it can traverse rough terrain by transforming its caterpillar tracks, but its drawback is that it can only move at slow speeds due to the way the caterpillar tracks move.
09:43In terms of race results, apart from three wins, he only came in second once, meaning that his results were either a win or a loss, or extreme rankings.
09:54The Gang Seven, which is driven by the Torahige family, consisting of boss Clyde and his six underlings or wanted criminals, has the appearance of a black sedan from the Prohibition era, and everyone usually rides in the front seat.
10:13The car's features include bulletproofing and self-driving capabilities, but when sudden acceleration is required, the floor of the car collapses and the six minions start running on their feet.
10:27Furthermore, when it broke down due to an accident or interference, its subordinates worked together to repair it relatively easily and return it to normal.
10:38In terms of race results, it has recorded 11 wins, including four wins, and although it is a passenger car with no particularly noteworthy features, it has achieved top-class results thanks to the hard work of its subordinates.
10:51The Poppo SL, which is run by Yotarou, a country boy, and Kumahachi, a timid bear, has a wooden body, a rocking charcoal driver's seat, and a coal-fired boiler at the rear as its power source.
11:09This power source could be used to erect a bell tower, but because the boiler itself was an external device, it became a target for rivals and often exploded or stopped working.
11:22The driver, Yotarou, doesn't seem to care much about winning or losing the race, and for some reason he drives using his feet and sometimes falls asleep at the wheel.
11:32In terms of race results, he recorded nine prize-winning finishes, including four wins, and achieved some decent results despite his lack of motivation.
11:44The Handsome V9 driven by Kirito-kun, who has a crush on Milk-chan and speaks in an older sister manner, is a full-fledged racing machine, but it does not have any distinctive special equipment or functions.
11:55On the other hand, the body of the car was fragile and could be broken by even a small thing like a sneeze, so every time it broke or was damaged, Kirito-kun would have to kick it to fix it.
12:08Although he has a gentle personality, he has periods of detachment and can be intimidating towards the Torabishi family, while also using meaningless neologisms such as "One step closer to classics."
12:20In terms of race results, she has a record of eight prize-winning finishes, including four wins, so if you're expecting a posh and dandy older sister, her results may be disappointing.
12:32The Trolley Special, which is ridden by Kiza and Tokun's Lover, Lumberjack Donkappe, and Fever's Jinbei, has a wooden trolley and circular saw wheels, and a huge bumper made by Maruta at the front.
12:48Although the circular saw has an extremely sharp cutting edge, it is used not only to attack wheels but also other racing machines, so its weakness is that it loses its ability to run on rough roads and rusts.
13:03Although the wooden body is vulnerable to fire, the advantage is that if it is damaged, it can be quickly repaired using wood from the surrounding area.
13:14In terms of race results, he recorded 12 prize-winning finishes, including three wins, far surpassing Koigataki's Kiza Tokukun in the number of prize-winning finishes.
13:25As an aside, this film is said to have been inspired by the 1965 film, The Great Race.
13:38For the Japanese broadcast, Japanese songs were written, Japanese-style character names were prepared, and the voice actors made extensive use of ad-libs.
13:49Furthermore, in the American version, Kenken, a dog who barely speaks, is given lines, which, along with his unique laugh, makes him a popular character.
14:03In addition, after each episode, there was a quiz corner where you could guess the order of the races in the next one, and if you guessed correctly, you could win a prize in a lottery.
14:14The show was relatively short, with a total of 17 episodes and 34 stories, but it was rebroadcast many times across the country, especially in manga countries, and it is believed to have become a more popular and well-known show than its home country of America.
14:34Furthermore, even now, the series is occasionally rebroadcast on satellite TV and other channels, and character goods remain extremely popular, with new character products being created one after another.
14:47Now, finally, it's the final episode.
14:56Now, the Ghost Race 500 was held, passing through a haunted house in Ghost Town, and in the early stages, each company was in a dead heat, battling for the top spot.
15:07Meanwhile, Black Demon King and Kenken from the 00 Machine were waiting to get ahead and drop a rock off the cliff, but they were stopped by Dr. H from the Magic Three.
15:22After that, each machine was flying smoothly, but as they finally approached the haunted house, a famous attraction in Ghost Town, ghosts were waiting for the racers.
15:33At that moment, Black Demon King and Kenken, whose plan has failed, arrive and turn the haunted house into a rest area, dressing up in ghost costumes and trying to scare drivers who enter the house.
15:50However, a real ghost appears, and Black Demon King, Kenken, and the other drivers are shocked and run away from the haunted house.
16:04Even after they leave, more and more drivers mistake the house for a rest area and enter it, and ghosts appear, teasing and scaring the drivers, causing them to run away as fast as they can.
16:20After a while, the monster and Dorachibi, who have become monsters themselves, visit a haunted house, but end up scaring the ghosts and making them flee.
16:33After passing through Ghost Town, which seemed to be the most difficult hurdle, each machine was flying smoothly at their own pace, or despite encountering their own problems, when Black Demon King and Kenken tried to interfere again, but once again failed.
16:51As the race neared its final stages and each car made a furious final sprint towards the finish line, three cars - Pussycat, Hudro Coupe and Zero Zero Machine - broke away and crossed the finish line in a tight bunch, passing each other and being overtaken.
17:10However, the Zero Zero machine pulled ahead slightly at the finish line and it looked like it had won its first race, but the decision was made by video review.
17:19The video then showed the Zero Zero machine extending the front end of its body and crossing the finish line just before the finish line.
17:31Naturally, this action was deemed a foul, Zero Zero Machine was disqualified, and Pussycat Milk-chan was crowned the winner.
17:40Black Demon King, frustrated by his disqualification, takes out his anger on Kenken, but the show ends with Kenken getting his revenge on him.
17:52Now, let's take a look at some scenes filmed with the actual car.
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