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August 18, 2013 TV Episode Speed Racer: The Next Generation

Studio
Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Animation Collective, Lionsgate Television
Animation studio
Toonz Entertainment
Distributor
Nickelodeon

Synopsis

Taking place between "Hunt for the Truth, Part 3" and "Racing with the Enemy, Part 1," the students of Racer Academy all gather together to play "Gotcha!" a game that was banned from the Academy, so in order to make sure they don't get in trouble, Speed and Conor distract security from the campus and make sure that Spritle and the teachers are all asleep. The students are required to wear certain gauntlets on their wrists that explain the rules of the game and tell the person wearing it who their target is going to be. The game begins, and Speed and Lucy team up and look around campus together to help each other out. Jesse goes after X and chases him into the Control Room in the school. While horse-playing there, Jesse accidentally breaks the console allowing X to escape and is then tagged by Annalise, but when he is tagged, he suddenly vanishes into thin air leaving his gauntlet behind. The same thing then happens to Tyler after Mitch tags him. When Mitch tries to warn Annalise and X, he is tagged by Annalise and disappears himself followed by X and Annalise. Soon enough, all the students, Aniskov, Spritle, and Conor have all disappeared leaving Speed, Lucy, and Chim-Chim alone. Not knowing what to do to bring everyone back, Speed and Lucy apologize to each other for what has happened between them after the situation with Alpha Leader and end up kissing, which ends up bringing them to where everyone else is in the virtual track. Conor explains that the reason everyone was disappearing is because of Jesse breaking the console in the control room, which activated the discarded metal that was constructed from scrap metal from the Virtual Track that Conor found. Chim-Chim, who is in the outside world manages to activate a portal that sends them back to the real world only to get Conor in trouble with Spritle.

Characters

Speed Racer, Conor, Lucy, Headmaster Spritle, Racer X, Zile Zazic, Professor Aniskov, Professor Susan Winn, Annalise, Jared, Jesse

Credits

Directing

Director
Jay Surridge

Writing

Writer
Allan Neuwrith

Voices

Voice
Kurt Csolak (Speed Racer), Carter Jackson (Conor), Sahra Mellesse (Lucy), Greg Abbey (Headmaster Spritle), Robbie Sublett (Racer X), David Skigen (Zile Zazic), David Zen Mansley (Professor Aniskov), Mami Kimura (Professor Susan Winn), Michal Friedman (Annalise), Michael Sinterniklaas (Jared, Jesse)

Music

Music
John Angier

Crew

Casting
Risa Neuwirth
Story Editors
Christopher Fauci, David McGrath, Larry Schwarz
Assistant Directors
John M. Holt, Frank Rivera, Matt Rodriguez
Prop & Character Design
Judah Dobin
Storyboard Supervisor
Alan Foreman
Storyboard Artists
Lauren Bergholm, Sangjun Chon, Christine Ghiloni, Christine Kwon, Michael Narren, Pierce Scantlin, Kiyoko Segawa, Katy Shuttleworth, Michael Wetterhahn, Ray Alma, Rami Efal
Layout Artists
Phillip J. Andrews, Lauren Bergholm, Holly Mongi, Pasquale Rictotta, Justin Roth, Dana Wulfekotte
Animator / Layout Artists
Chia Chi Chen, Anthony Dallaryan, Andrew Kaiko, Oleg Khamoukov, Christopher Knowles, Maasa Kuwana, Christine Kwon, Brian Muelhaupt, Michael Narren, Lemwell Navera, Pasquale Ricotta, Kiyoko Segawa, Katy Shuttleworth, Matt J. Wilson, Justin Roth
Animators
Hyo Jong Chun, Natalie Butler, Art Siriamonthep
Supervising 3D Artist
Chris Leathers
3D Designers
Geeti Garg, Albert N. Major, Inchul Pae
3D Texture Painter
Megan Crisp
Graphic Designer
Joel Regus
3-D Animation Supervisor
Kostya Gorbachev
3D Animators
Zach Bova, William Gadea, Amy Hay, Shu-Chen Lin, Yevgeniy Lyubayev, Aleksey Nuzhnov, Sean Thorpe
Visual Effects Supervisor
Scott Strong
After Effects Artists
Samantha Olschan, Jessica Curry, Dan Bonora, Tony Briggs, Paul Clark, Meng-Han Ho, Julien Koetsch, Mitch Lucas, Alex Reshanov, Chris Scales, Mary Varn
Shadow Artists
Daniel Allen, Andrew Bogenhagen, Blake Henry, Dwayne McKenzie, Manny Rodriguez, Brandon W. Vernon
Sheet Timers
Karl Fischer, Roger Mejia
Music Supervisor
Sean Lahey
Theme Music
John R. Angier
Producer For Audio Post
Christina Faist
Foley Artist
Brian Vancho
Supervising Sound Editor
John Bowen
Sound Effects Editor
Jay Fisher
Accounting Manager
Victoria Lewis
Assistant
Larry Schwarz, Kristin Cimonetti
Brand Manager
Sarah Worden
Business Manager
Jeanne Holzknecht
Completion Bond Representative
Andy Coleman
Director Of Business And Legal Affairs
Gabriel Sassoon
Director Of Technology
Pablo Quinteros
Facilities Manager
Hubert Martin
Interns
Andrew LaPunta, Cortnee Bryant, Kyle Stephens, Aaron Repko, Jay Kohn, Jesse Astwood, Arwita Adinegoro, Patrick Baker, Jason Boyd, Frank Calfa, Alexander Deschamps, John Francois, Lisa Gaines, Shannon Hochman, Alycia Pretopapa, Felicia Spano, Maurice Taylor, Oscar Torres, Piya Wannachaiwong, Daniel Yoon
Production Assistants
Tom Church, Susan Godfrey, Paris R. Hall Jr, Maria Hilaga
Production Coordinators
Alexandra Andrew, Tom Chorlton, Rian Halperin, Steven Lowe, Melissa Merkel, Jason Oliveri, Michael Porvaznik, Damian Vandenburgh
Recruiting & Talent Coordinator
Kenya R. Scott
Studio Coordinator
Kristina Hall
Technical Support Lead
Michael Dumas
Technical Supporter
Brian Robles, Alex Cabral
Voice Director
Risa Neuwirth
Head Of Production
Andi DeFur
Head Of Post-Production
Dave Killen
Production Manager
Jason Oliveri
Post-Production Supervisor
Michael Porvaznik
Special Thanks
Andy Coleman, Craig Coleman, Keith Dawkins, Robin Duffy, Sakeena Irish, Lieve Jansen, Ian Sheppard