Corner 2: Gravis

A 14-year-old girl goes to a race for the first time. Until then, she had disliked that sport, but now she appears fascinated as she watches the challenge between her father, the champion, and the younger rival racers, such as Earth. Then a few moments later, an accident occurs before her eyes resulting in her father's retirement. Five years later, to avenge her father, Gravis challenges Earth, the present champion, whom she looks on with mixed feelings of admiration and hatred.

Commentator, Burn, Gravis, Earth

Burn is eager to defeat the champion, Earth, to overcome some past trauma. The glamorous Gravis is also after the championship. And there is Earth, the champion himself, who is waiting to face a challenger capable of defeating him.

Each pilot skillfully exploits a variety of difficult driving techniques, and they run neck and neck in this car-action-filled animation. In fact, the three racers' destiny is bound by an accident occurred five years before.

The masterminds behind the outrageous anime "Dead Leaves," Hiroyuki Imaishi and Imaitoonz, teamed up again to create "Oval x Over," a promotional animation for the Bridgestone Indy Japan 300 Mile race. Composed of three three-minute shorts, it was an experiment to portray Indy car racing with animation and music. The narrative style itself was a clear parody of the sports anime classics of the '70s, and cleverly mixed a professional-style live commentary of the race with flashbacks regarding the three main characters' past, with both dramatic and hilarious results. The video premiered at an event called "Bridgestone Indy Japan 300 Mile in Roppongi Hills" at the Roppongi Hills Arena in Tokyo on March 23, 2005. The animation staff also created the music video for the official song "Over Top," performed by legendary singer Maki Oguro. It is rumored that they worked 300 hours overtime to complete the project.