I love how shirako was about to die multiple times in the movie series and most of the time he didnt really give a fuck 😭 and he witnessed one of the most important reveals of the story too and again... No fucks given. Just music. I love that guy
The the art design was interesting, but inspired. Everyone always roasts the human characters, but the drones looked incredible. Pseudo transformers with with headlights for feet, covered in black shining metal and green alien tattoos.
That scene where Pork Chop reveals to Monkey about his waterphobia is amazing. And the best thing is Monkey's reaction. He doesn't say the best thing, he only emphasizes with him.
What I miss these days is genuinely complex characters that even adults could enjoy. Everything "for kids" these days is just stripped of anything remotely interesting and boils down to directly educating kids through unrealistic characters and stories. Sure partially it's nostalgia speaking, I loved these movies as a kid, but something about this time period just feels right... I was hugely into NFS: Most Wanted, Flatout 2 and Colin Mcrae Rally 4 were huge part in my childhood and I played with Hotwheels cars till I was about 13-14. I watched the movies again as an adult and I still really like them, but for more reasons. As a kid I mostly cared about the car designs, the different effects from accelecards and realm designs, but now I can fully appreciate all the depth that went into the characters, their development and the overall story and music scores.
"Shirako has NO character motivations" I honestly love that line in this video, made me laugh so hard. I think he's just in the races to record for his website. He was recording a video while in the water realm.
Sad part is thats very realistic and a very real problem in countries like where Kadeem is from. Corruption is especially egregious and pretty rampant along with abuses of power depending on the how the money is allocated like Politics. @@ScottLarsenThePilotwingsFan
I didn't watched the movies when I was a kid until now that I'm 22, yeah at first I was a little turn off by the characters models and proportions (my theory is that since they tried to make character figures they wanted them to stand easily, but who knows) once you get over that you start appreciating the characters and story. The plot is crazy and ridiculous, but I love that it owns it, develops over it and takes itself seriously. To quote C.S. Lewis: “A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
I honestly like the character designs. It’s them wanting to truly distinguish themselves and stand out more. This is HotWheels so be crazy and wild. Be edgy and cool. Be over the top. It’s a franchise about crazy fast cars, with wild designs, driving on roller coaster style tracks inside alien dimensions. Who cares about proportions? Be wild.
I also feel that using different animation would not be AcceleRacers, they could improve a bit of the shading, textures and lighting but going too far would stray away from what was the original.
I'm 19 and still watch these movies religiously cause god DAMN there still amazing. I have become a licensed racing driver and these movies had a huge roll in me doing that.
In my bubble I'd bet that this Hot Wheels series, and Battle Force 5, maintained their popularity or at least a low-profile anecdotal status until Initial D became known by Eurobeat memes. In fact, when I watched the first two seasons of Initial D, I may have had some vague memory of Acceleracers.
The fact that Acceleracers was created just to sell toys and was much more than that, proves how fun these movies are!! They do have problems, but it's a super fun problem to "deal with"!!
I watched the Ultimate Race about 15 years ago and ended up on a cliff just to rewatch it last week and find out there is no continuation. Disappointment repeated
You can tell that the character models (with the sole exceptions of Lani and Tezla) were made with the idea that they would spend most of their onscreen time driving in mind Because when they are in their cars they actually look pretty good (Even Tork “Sausage arms” Maddox) Everything else looks absolutely incredible and most of it holds up pretty well (especially the racing realms themselves) I can only imagine how beautiful the series would look if it was remastered with the advancements in CG technology we have today Hopefully one day Mattel finally lets us see the true ending to Acceleracers one day
lol yeah. watch World Race and compare the real world environments with the track worlds, or even the cars. It kinda works when you think about it. When you're a kid the real world is this bland place but when you play with hotwheels or another toy you imagine your own tracks and stuff and it becomes like its own world
I will forever be mad about them not making a proper finale. Just rewatched the series for the first time in atleast 10 years. Still absolutely holds up today. Brought me back to my childhood 🥲
When HW: Battleforce 5 was aired, that was the earliest moment (as far as I remembered) that I had a crushing disappointment. I'm like "No, that wasn't it. Where's my Acceleracer continuation?" I even watch a couple of episodes just hoping there's a glimpse of Acceleracer lore. But, nothing.
i think you describing this series as "changing the way you played with toys" is a perfect statement about the series. i think this inspired my huge imagination as a kid to be honest. these characters were so well written, everytime i played with toys, id always want to create a storyline or something like that. great video, so glad this series is still being appreciated to this day.
This show aged surprisingly well, the only thing I can think of that feels dated is that one part in the water realm when Shirako is recording the track with a camcorder, saying that he’s going to put the footage on “His website” lmao
I became a car guy because of teku cool cars and metalmaniacs musclecars... As i'm thinking now, the acceleracers are a big part of my life, it shaped my musical taste and also my cars taste, i love muscle cars because of their v8 engines and japan cars because of their look Also honestly, i prefer the polish dubbing, it just sound so much better (the voices fit characters a lot more imo)
I have Bad news guys. Mattel has clamped down on acceleracers content now. I think The entire acceleracers restoration project channel, which had all 4 acceleracers episodes and world race, has been taken down. I seriously do not know why Mattel is doing this. This series is a part of our childhood. They know that we love the series yet, they're doing this. We even want far enough to make fan games for a 17 year old movie series. Some of us are even making a final conclusion as a fan movie. I dont want this series to die like this. Unless Mattel reverts these copyright claims or upload the movies themselves for free on YT itself, not netflix or any paid service, this series will die.
It's probable because they have released acceleracers and world race cars In hotwheels unleashed. Kinda forced too but they should put it on streaming. There is a bit torrent for the 4k versions and I have all the files.
@@theghosttm8245theres a channel that has every episode uplodaded to another website for free, its also in every language it got dubbed, its only at 720p 60fps tho but if you can get over a bit pixelated image its nice
the Teku were one of the caveats for sparking my love of the JDM tuner scene, it always warms my heart whenever I see teku themed liveries in forza horizon and such
From what I heard the only reason why Acceleracers was cancelled, was because it was getting too TOO popular. Mattel doesn't want people to think of Hotwheels as Only Highway 35 and Acceleracers. So, they wanted to end it quickly as possible to not be just acceleracers Lapdogs. But wish they continued one more movie instead of leaving it as a cliffhanger. But at the Time. Whenever someone Mentions Hot wheel, they always remember Acceleracers and Highway 35. I think Mattel wanted more than just sticking that series. But I think it failed. Nowadays, after their stupid decision to not conclude the series, Everyone is craving for more Acceleracer/Highway 35. But glad Mattel acknowledges the Fandom on Unleash and Horizon 5.
Mattel's pretty ignorant to think that's the case, I was into other things than just World Race and AcceleRacers but it's just that this series made the most impact on me and did alot to hook me.
I do hope that one day, Mattel can give us a remastered version of Acceleracers and an ending that gives us a proper conclusion to the series and answer the questions everyone including myself from back then as a kid told myself like what happened to Vert after it was revealed that his dad was a Silencer, did Vert himself become a Silencer, did the other racers ever find Vert after rescuing Markie from the Racing Drones and escaping the Acceledrome, and if the series does get remastered….. Will they do Kadeem right…… these are questions even I still ask myself to this very day.
Tork looks like a croissant, I died there. I still love the series to this day, I have drawn several models that could be used for the series if it ever gets a reboot. Ill be waiting for that day
i´ve been waiting for an acceleracers game for years, and every hotweels game that comes out the devs make reference to it, adding cars and stuff, but they never make a proper acceleracers game, that´s so frustrating, a game would be able to offer so much, gameplay wise, that i don´t get why we never had one...
I loved watching these movies. The music was amazing and I rock out to the soundtrack all the time. The car design was really great too. Power Rage, Baseline, Syncro, and Reverb are my favorite vehicles. The character development was really good too
BRO YOUR COLLECTION IS AWESOME, U DONT KNOW HOW HAPPY I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I GOT THOSE WHEN I WAS A KID OMG (I still want them bc they are just the most beautiful toys ever)
My honest thought is that the plot is better than it needed to be. I already rewatched it a few times as an adult and I am left impressed every time. It has almost nonstop action to sell diecast cars yet it develops a catchy story.
my best memories of me being young is going to the dvd rental store, picking up ignition (movie 4 cuz 3 was always stolen) going back to my blue-ray and old ass crt tv and watching these movies 5 times in a row. I remember once I saw a dream about acceleracers 5, and woke up the next day and told my mom to go to the dvd rental again cuz i thought they had it there already!
I absolutely LOVE this series. I grew up with Hot Wheels, Legos, Bionicles, and more, but nothing will ever replace Hot Wheels for me as a kid... They hold a special place in my heart and I'm so glad I watched these as a kid back when I was by a library and they had the CD's. I would keep checking them out over and over whenever I could because it was so awesome to watch!! Hopefully someday, it does comeback with a proper and good ending. Let us keep Acceleracers alive!!
They were supposed to make every character have flaws in some way. Shiroko, for example, was supposed to be revealed to have tinnitus and cockiness problems, which costed him his car in a separate short video (or at least that's what some video essayist said).
Not sure about the tinnitus thing but yes Shirako does end up losing his car on the cliffside realm because of his cockiness (couldn't hear what Lani was saying because he was blasting his music)
You have no idea how jealous I am of you having the cars and hyperpods, I nearly imploded when I saw this part. Brilliant video and script, made me really happy to see someone share the love for Acceleracers :)
It was my all time favourite series as a child and couldnt stop seeing the movies. 18 years later is still one of my favourite series and the feeling of that end never got out of my mind. Such a great saga!!
I remember receiving a Swamp Beast track set for my 8th birthday in 2005. Probably the coolest set ever. I used to cheese the challenge by sending in multiple cars. Good times.
20:27 Acceleracers is a good example of how a solid, well developed, memorable cast of characters can make a series entertaining even if the mechanics of the world make little or no sense. This is why explaining all the nuances behind why whatever fantasy/scifi mechanics of a made up world could work is not only boring but a waste of runtime. Kinda like how the magic in Harry Potter that the story is centered around makes no sense but many people love it regardless (climaxes use mechanics that have been explained but focus more on the emotional payoffs than explaining how the magic actually functions).
I got my life long friend to watch the series for the first time a few weeks ago. He really liked it and we play bassline on hot wheels unleashed all the time now
It'd be so cool to see an end to the series even if it is with just a comic, but at least we got some love with Unleashed having some of the cars in it
I had all of these movies as a kid I even remember the virtual garage that explained all the characters and the cars in the movie it was the first time I ever heard of a rotary engine and later on in my life I found out it was an actual thing and I was surprised with the amount of detail they actually put into the movies itself and the special features there was also a UA-cam channel a couple months ago who uploaded The movies with remastered graphics he was working on it for months if not years and then shortly after he put it out his channel Got taken down by Mattel. They don’t want anyone re-creating those movies Which is really sad because they won’t even do it themselves I would love to be able to buy them again
For me the models of the characters fit the overall style of the animation It's like someone took a concept art of a character and literally turned into a 1:1 representation in a 3D model
Actually jealous about the amount of Acceleracers toys you have, I have the Climber Hyperpod, about half of the hotwheels cars (only Acceleracers, no HW35) and a knockoff sweeper. I really wanted a toy sweeper as a kid but I couldn't get them anywhere.
i have to say that for me the voice acting and voice lines make this move so iconic and memorable. At least in portuguese they did a really good job with the dub and make me remember some phrases every now and then. its a shame that a project that was made with so much love was cancelled like that
Pera, cê é brasileiro? Cara, Assim como esse UA-camr disse, nada me deixaria mais animado do que um anúncio de uma continuação de acceleracers, eu baixaria Tik Tok por isso, e a dublagem em português ficou fera demais slk.
YES it is a cinematic masterpiece! Was my thought, since i was a 3 years old. When i saw your title, i said, that i should definitely watch this video! Also i found by mistake the Drones theme song while playing on my guitar! I will post it on my channel for fun~!
I actually prefer the Acceleracers Taro design to the World Race version. I know it came first but it fits his character more. Could you imagine the original WR Taro staying in the background and being the string silent type?
use if the game soundtrack is filling me with more joy than the series already does, like extra credit. I unironically listen to the music and have been for almost 20 years. I consistently quote this series and mention any part of it to my friends when able.
The casual flex of having every acceleracer car and hyperpod is insane I love it
I love how shirako was about to die multiple times in the movie series and most of the time he didnt really give a fuck 😭 and he witnessed one of the most important reveals of the story too and again... No fucks given. Just music. I love that guy
The WW2 Japanese spirit of accepting your fate
fr, my favorite character with taro
Unfortunately his voice actor passed away at some point in the mid or late 2010s or during covid
Taro rerunning the Water Realm in 20 minutes is arguably the greatest drive in fictional history, Vert doing the Ultimate Race is a close second
Idk man going through EVERY realm is almost like playing Elden ring enemy randomizer 😅 so I think the ultimate race is more significant
That Taro's drive is the definition of Driving Sigma before Sigma is a thing.
The noise of the letters going in the logo is forever ingraved in my memory
It’s 100% nostalgia talking, but I really don’t mind the character designs
Lets Spears hot wheels acceleracer
They're really fine, suits the art style
The the art design was interesting, but inspired. Everyone always roasts the human characters, but the drones looked incredible. Pseudo transformers with with headlights for feet, covered in black shining metal and green alien tattoos.
same
@@Windjammer19Do people mock the artstyle? Its peak 2000s aesthetic. The graffiti-looking figures are pretty iconic for this
That scene where Pork Chop reveals to Monkey about his waterphobia is amazing. And the best thing is Monkey's reaction. He doesn't say the best thing, he only emphasizes with him.
Bro I forgot how fucking hard that taro scene is when he goes back into the realm. Core memory. Really shaped who I am today
What I miss these days is genuinely complex characters that even adults could enjoy. Everything "for kids" these days is just stripped of anything remotely interesting and boils down to directly educating kids through unrealistic characters and stories. Sure partially it's nostalgia speaking, I loved these movies as a kid, but something about this time period just feels right... I was hugely into NFS: Most Wanted, Flatout 2 and Colin Mcrae Rally 4 were huge part in my childhood and I played with Hotwheels cars till I was about 13-14. I watched the movies again as an adult and I still really like them, but for more reasons. As a kid I mostly cared about the car designs, the different effects from accelecards and realm designs, but now I can fully appreciate all the depth that went into the characters, their development and the overall story and music scores.
"Shirako has NO character motivations" I honestly love that line in this video, made me laugh so hard.
I think he's just in the races to record for his website.
He was recording a video while in the water realm.
They didn't retcon Kadeem's story in world race, they simply said that the money did help, but it also caused more issues to rise( i.e. fighting).
That's a good point!
I guess retcon is the wrong word for it
Sad part is thats very realistic and a very real problem in countries like where Kadeem is from. Corruption is especially egregious and pretty rampant along with abuses of power depending on the how the money is allocated like Politics. @@ScottLarsenThePilotwingsFan
The Silencers opening in episode 3 goes so hard for no reason. I love it.
As a kid i would play it on repeat over and over again 😂
I didn't watched the movies when I was a kid until now that I'm 22, yeah at first I was a little turn off by the characters models and proportions (my theory is that since they tried to make character figures they wanted them to stand easily, but who knows) once you get over that you start appreciating the characters and story.
The plot is crazy and ridiculous, but I love that it owns it, develops over it and takes itself seriously.
To quote C.S. Lewis: “A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
wow I actually love that quote, definitely applies here
That’s actually exactly why the character models had huge feet lol got confirmed on Reddit recently
So we’re not going to talk about how shirako can’t hear anyone but yet stopped bumping to his music when lani mentioned PorkChop building a motorcycle
Bruh 💀
If Invader Zim can get a movie 20 years after its cancellation, there's hope yet for AcceleRacers.
I honestly like the character designs. It’s them wanting to truly distinguish themselves and stand out more. This is HotWheels so be crazy and wild. Be edgy and cool. Be over the top. It’s a franchise about crazy fast cars, with wild designs, driving on roller coaster style tracks inside alien dimensions. Who cares about proportions? Be wild.
I also feel that using different animation would not be AcceleRacers, they could improve a bit of the shading, textures and lighting but going too far would stray away from what was the original.
Go Wylde!
I'm 19 and still watch these movies religiously cause god DAMN there still amazing. I have become a licensed racing driver and these movies had a huge roll in me doing that.
Kadeem screaming ‘Gelorum’ stuck with me for years after I saw the movie. Genuinely horrifying
The most sad part is the sacrifice of old smokey
Man that scene is EPIC!
He went out like a real hero.
Acceleracers was our Initial D. I think the creators may have watched initial D to understand how important music is to racing.
In my bubble I'd bet that this Hot Wheels series, and Battle Force 5, maintained their popularity or at least a low-profile anecdotal status until Initial D became known by Eurobeat memes. In fact, when I watched the first two seasons of Initial D, I may have had some vague memory of Acceleracers.
The fact that Acceleracers was created just to sell toys and was much more than that, proves how fun these movies are!! They do have problems, but it's a super fun problem to "deal with"!!
Man i never knew there was supposed to be a 5th movie. That explains the ending of the 4th being such a cliffhanger
I watched the Ultimate Race about 15 years ago and ended up on a cliff just to rewatch it last week and find out there is no continuation. Disappointment repeated
You can tell that the character models (with the sole exceptions of Lani and Tezla) were made with the idea that they would spend most of their onscreen time driving in mind
Because when they are in their cars they actually look pretty good
(Even Tork “Sausage arms” Maddox)
Everything else looks absolutely incredible and most of it holds up pretty well (especially the racing realms themselves)
I can only imagine how beautiful the series would look if it was remastered with the advancements in CG technology we have today
Hopefully one day Mattel finally lets us see the true ending to Acceleracers one day
lol yeah. watch World Race and compare the real world environments with the track worlds, or even the cars. It kinda works when you think about it. When you're a kid the real world is this bland place but when you play with hotwheels or another toy you imagine your own tracks and stuff and it becomes like its own world
shirako doesn't care about your crap, he only cares about music
makes sense why he gets really mad when the drone rips off the speakers of his car
I will forever be mad about them not making a proper finale. Just rewatched the series for the first time in atleast 10 years. Still absolutely holds up today. Brought me back to my childhood 🥲
When HW: Battleforce 5 was aired, that was the earliest moment (as far as I remembered) that I had a crushing disappointment.
I'm like "No, that wasn't it. Where's my Acceleracer continuation?"
I even watch a couple of episodes just hoping there's a glimpse of Acceleracer lore. But, nothing.
i think you describing this series as "changing the way you played with toys" is a perfect statement about the series. i think this inspired my huge imagination as a kid to be honest. these characters were so well written, everytime i played with toys, id always want to create a storyline or something like that.
great video, so glad this series is still being appreciated to this day.
Same dude
This show aged surprisingly well, the only thing I can think of that feels dated is that one part in the water realm when Shirako is recording the track with a camcorder, saying that he’s going to put the footage on “His website” lmao
Back in the day when you had to make your own website if you wanted to share videos and photos lol.
@@VainerCactus0We know, but it still feels funny
0:11 this should be the intro to the menu of the full collection ngl
I became a car guy because of teku cool cars and metalmaniacs musclecars... As i'm thinking now, the acceleracers are a big part of my life, it shaped my musical taste and also my cars taste, i love muscle cars because of their v8 engines and japan cars because of their look
Also honestly, i prefer the polish dubbing, it just sound so much better (the voices fit characters a lot more imo)
I love the 2000s aesthetics all over the place in these films
I have Bad news guys.
Mattel has clamped down on acceleracers content now. I think The entire acceleracers restoration project channel, which had all 4 acceleracers episodes and world race, has been taken down. I seriously do not know why Mattel is doing this. This series is a part of our childhood. They know that we love the series yet, they're doing this. We even want far enough to make fan games for a 17 year old movie series. Some of us are even making a final conclusion as a fan movie.
I dont want this series to die like this. Unless Mattel reverts these copyright claims or upload the movies themselves for free on YT itself, not netflix or any paid service, this series will die.
It's probable because they have released acceleracers and world race cars In hotwheels unleashed. Kinda forced too but they should put it on streaming. There is a bit torrent for the 4k versions and I have all the files.
It’s on YT
A playlist has them all BUT the movies are cut into multiple videos (3-5 minutes per video)
@@theghosttm8245theres a channel that has every episode uplodaded to another website for free, its also in every language it got dubbed, its only at 720p 60fps tho but if you can get over a bit pixelated image its nice
Copyright issues…..?
Sooo much nostalgia. Doesn't have to be high art to be a masterpiece!
One of my favorite childhood series of all times.
What matters is that we remember Kadeem
KADEEM IS GONE!!!
the Teku were one of the caveats for sparking my love of the JDM tuner scene, it always warms my heart whenever I see teku themed liveries in forza horizon and such
From what I heard the only reason why Acceleracers was cancelled, was because it was getting too TOO popular. Mattel doesn't want people to think of Hotwheels as Only Highway 35 and Acceleracers. So, they wanted to end it quickly as possible to not be just acceleracers Lapdogs.
But wish they continued one more movie instead of leaving it as a cliffhanger.
But at the Time. Whenever someone Mentions Hot wheel, they always remember Acceleracers and Highway 35.
I think Mattel wanted more than just sticking that series. But I think it failed. Nowadays, after their stupid decision to not conclude the series, Everyone is craving for more Acceleracer/Highway 35.
But glad Mattel acknowledges the Fandom on Unleash and Horizon 5.
Mattel's pretty ignorant to think that's the case, I was into other things than just World Race and AcceleRacers but it's just that this series made the most impact on me and did alot to hook me.
Fantastic video, still holding out hope for a proper finale!
please make more acceleracers videos! this was awesome, and had better editing and structure than 75% of the video essays ive seen!
honestly shocked this only has 300 views. Hope this blows up like ChinnyMisc's first essay!
I do hope that one day, Mattel can give us a remastered version of Acceleracers and an ending that gives us a proper conclusion to the series and answer the questions everyone including myself from back then as a kid told myself like what happened to Vert after it was revealed that his dad was a Silencer, did Vert himself become a Silencer, did the other racers ever find Vert after rescuing Markie from the Racing Drones and escaping the Acceledrome, and if the series does get remastered….. Will they do Kadeem right…… these are questions even I still ask myself to this very day.
There's already a 4K Recreation, it's not much but it gives enough.
Mattel probably won’t saddy
@@artistanthony1007where ?
Tork looks like a croissant, I died there. I still love the series to this day, I have drawn several models that could be used for the series if it ever gets a reboot. Ill be waiting for that day
10/10 masterpiece! I will never forget the moment when I first saw AcceleRacers.🔥👍🏻
i´ve been waiting for an acceleracers game for years, and every hotweels game that comes out the devs make reference to it, adding cars and stuff, but they never make a proper acceleracers game, that´s so frustrating, a game would be able to offer so much, gameplay wise, that i don´t get why we never had one...
Let's bring back acceleracers!!!
The drivers are ready...now what about their cars?
The part about being genuinely scared watching this as a kid. That was me too lol
I'm still hopeful for a remaster and proper finally AND a AAA game.
I loved watching these movies. The music was amazing and I rock out to the soundtrack all the time. The car design was really great too. Power Rage, Baseline, Syncro, and Reverb are my favorite vehicles. The character development was really good too
BRO YOUR COLLECTION IS AWESOME, U DONT KNOW HOW HAPPY I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I GOT THOSE WHEN I WAS A KID OMG (I still want them bc they are just the most beautiful toys ever)
Taros second run in the water realm is one of the best scenes in the series. One of the best.
Ending your video with best song of the series... PERFECTION!
My honest thought is that the plot is better than it needed to be. I already rewatched it a few times as an adult and I am left impressed every time. It has almost nonstop action to sell diecast cars yet it develops a catchy story.
honesty feel bad for anyone who didn't grow up with the Hot Wheels movies, there was so much to be learned in just a couple hours.
when you re watch it again as an adult and pleasantly surprised that you enjoy it just as much if not more
For real
MORE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW AND TALK ABOUT THIS PLEASE
When he put on Nolo’s theme I turned my volume up to 100
my best memories of me being young is going to the dvd rental store, picking up ignition (movie 4 cuz 3 was always stolen) going back to my blue-ray and old ass crt tv and watching these movies 5 times in a row. I remember once I saw a dream about acceleracers 5, and woke up the next day and told my mom to go to the dvd rental again cuz i thought they had it there already!
this movie is what made me the electronic music fanatic that i am today and i didn't even knowed it
I'm 22 watching this rn. I've been seething over this cliffhanger since I was 7.
I absolutely LOVE this series. I grew up with Hot Wheels, Legos, Bionicles, and more, but nothing will ever replace Hot Wheels for me as a kid... They hold a special place in my heart and I'm so glad I watched these as a kid back when I was by a library and they had the CD's. I would keep checking them out over and over whenever I could because it was so awesome to watch!! Hopefully someday, it does comeback with a proper and good ending. Let us keep Acceleracers alive!!
They were supposed to make every character have flaws in some way. Shiroko, for example, was supposed to be revealed to have tinnitus and cockiness problems, which costed him his car in a separate short video (or at least that's what some video essayist said).
Not sure about the tinnitus thing but yes Shirako does end up losing his car on the cliffside realm because of his cockiness (couldn't hear what Lani was saying because he was blasting his music)
that toy story edit is amazing haha
still cant believe we got robbed of the 5th and final episode I would do anything to have this series finished.
I just wish they finished it. left us on a cliffhanger then followed it up with BF5 💀
You have no idea how jealous I am of you having the cars and hyperpods, I nearly imploded when I saw this part. Brilliant video and script, made me really happy to see someone share the love for Acceleracers :)
great to see someone cover this movie series this show is literally my childhood
The song is unironically fire tho
Editing on this one is on point 👌
Thanks Kevin!
It was my all time favourite series as a child and couldnt stop seeing the movies. 18 years later is still one of my favourite series and the feeling of that end never got out of my mind. Such a great saga!!
15:03 Ayy I have the Iridium, such a piece of work!!
I remember receiving a Swamp Beast track set for my 8th birthday in 2005. Probably the coolest set ever. I used to cheese the challenge by sending in multiple cars. Good times.
I have an insane bias for this and World Race for nostalgic reasons only. I laugh at this now but god I still love it.
20:27 Acceleracers is a good example of how a solid, well developed, memorable cast of characters can make a series entertaining even if the mechanics of the world make little or no sense. This is why explaining all the nuances behind why whatever fantasy/scifi mechanics of a made up world could work is not only boring but a waste of runtime. Kinda like how the magic in Harry Potter that the story is centered around makes no sense but many people love it regardless (climaxes use mechanics that have been explained but focus more on the emotional payoffs than explaining how the magic actually functions).
Acceleracers became the reason why i got so good at racing games and why my emotions gets influenced with music while playing games 😂
I got my life long friend to watch the series for the first time a few weeks ago. He really liked it and we play bassline on hot wheels unleashed all the time now
I remember owning the first two of these on dvd and watching the rest on UA-cam and it was too cool.
It'd be so cool to see an end to the series even if it is with just a comic, but at least we got some love with Unleashed having some of the cars in it
This is awesome!!! Thanks for the video! :D
All of those friend reactions are great! You should consider uploading all of the footage. The two motorcycles trick comment was hilarious.
Taros redesign was sinister work. Didnt even look like the same guy.
I had all of these movies as a kid I even remember the virtual garage that explained all the characters and the cars in the movie it was the first time I ever heard of a rotary engine and later on in my life I found out it was an actual thing and I was surprised with the amount of detail they actually put into the movies itself and the special features there was also a UA-cam channel a couple months ago who uploaded The movies with remastered graphics he was working on it for months if not years and then shortly after he put it out his channel Got taken down by Mattel. They don’t want anyone re-creating those movies Which is really sad because they won’t even do it themselves I would love to be able to buy them again
For me the models of the characters fit the overall style of the animation
It's like someone took a concept art of a character and literally turned into a 1:1 representation in a 3D model
Ngl I've been binge watching all 5 of them recently with my kid and they're corny and cheesy but good af lmao
Actually jealous about the amount of Acceleracers toys you have, I have the Climber Hyperpod, about half of the hotwheels cars (only Acceleracers, no HW35) and a knockoff sweeper. I really wanted a toy sweeper as a kid but I couldn't get them anywhere.
i have to say that for me the voice acting and voice lines make this move so iconic and memorable. At least in portuguese they did a really good job with the dub and make me remember some phrases every now and then. its a shame that a project that was made with so much love was cancelled like that
Pera, cê é brasileiro? Cara, Assim como esse UA-camr disse, nada me deixaria mais animado do que um anúncio de uma continuação de acceleracers, eu baixaria Tik Tok por isso, e a dublagem em português ficou fera demais slk.
YES it is a cinematic masterpiece! Was my thought, since i was a 3 years old. When i saw your title, i said, that i should definitely watch this video! Also i found by mistake the Drones theme song while playing on my guitar! I will post it on my channel for fun~!
this is one of the main things that got me into cars
I actually prefer the Acceleracers Taro design to the World Race version.
I know it came first but it fits his character more. Could you imagine the original WR Taro staying in the background and being the string silent type?
Anything but down will forever be stuck in my head. Absolute banger
I miss this series
Bro, when he took out the Sweeper, though. Like... I'm not jealous or anything... BUT I AM SO JEALOUS
This was a well edited vid with a great script and I love coming around to see the community thrive on our childhood once more. I love Acceleracers!
I miss this series. I wish it came back 😢.
dude, Acceleracers was the SHIT man it slapped SO HARD
Love this show and I wanted to watch it again on UA-cam but movie 1,2 and 3 are blocked and I'm sad
Damn, that collection... I am so jealous
use if the game soundtrack is filling me with more joy than the series already does, like extra credit. I unironically listen to the music and have been for almost 20 years. I consistently quote this series and mention any part of it to my friends when able.
Was obsessed with this show when I was little
This is one remake id actually be on board for.
Always wanted the sweeper when I was younger
I loved these movies so much.
I'm so thankful 🥺☺️
No way I have the caterpillar too!! Really wish I got the drone sweeper!!