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Transcript: 'Speed Racer' Film a Far Cry from Its Anime Roots
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RENEE MONTAGNE
NPR Morning Edition
05-08-2008
'Speed Racer' Film a Far Cry from Its Anime Roots
Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time 10:00-11:00 AM
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RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
In the late 1960s, there was a popular cartoon called "Speed Racer." It had a really different style. The characters looked like real people. There was more suspense. It was even a little dark. This weekend, Warner Brothers is hoping kids will race out to see its new movie version of "Speed Racer."
NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports that the original "Speed Racer" was the way a lot of young Americans were introduced to Japanese anime.
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