Bro whenever I see another person discuss the love for this series its crazy bc sometimes I feel like I'm the only kid who loved these movies and now as an adult still does. Really underrated for a big toy franchise movie series. Kills me that they left it on a cliffhanger. Glad to see some people covering this series on youtube bro good job
This was definitely one of my favorite series when I was younger,and still is;it’s awesome that it’s still official acknowledged with the RD-02 in Hot Wheels Unleashed and the the acceleracers version of Bassline and the world race version of the Deora 2 as dlc
Should have mentioned Monkey too! He's comedic relief, but without him the racers wouldn't have made it so far. Nitrox 3.0, Sparky, helping Tesla develop the new all-terrain tires - and had he not been caught by the Sweeper the Tork wouldn't have found out about Nolo being kidnapped in time. He is, alone, the racer who helped them develop the most. He also pissed in Tork's car
@@SuperSaiyan3985 from what rumors I’ve heard, apparently Acceleracers got to be known as too much of it’s own thing and not hot wheels. The company wants to sell hot wheels, not just acceleracers. In my opinion, they should have just went with it and expanded the brand of acceleracers instead of killing it. Talk about suffering from success.
Its probably due to it being too dark. Hell, at one point you thought a character died. Remember, this is a kid's show. Probably had the wrong marketing if I'm honest, it's well suited for teens.
10:00 These movies ARE for kids. And are GREAT because of it. Kids are capable of understanding character arcs even if they cannot explain or describe why.
Most of the time, creators use "for kids" tag as an excuse for bad writing. Thing is, as you said, kids can see which writing are good & which aren't. They're still human, even if most of them are lacking experience & knowledge.
@@4storyboss you might think you're joking, but such labels would attract one of the hardest crowds out there: *contrarians.* Good luck finding success in an audience that won't admit they like your stuff.
16:24 this is so crazy... In the German translation Porkshop said: "My own father... tired to to drown me, when I was a kid." It's crazy how they decided to change his back story to something so dark!
Also with taro, in the world race it's mentioned that he skiied down mount Everest twice. When he enters the ice realm, he says, "shoulda brought my skis". And also the very subtle relationship between taro and lani that's only alluded to once in WR and one or two times in AR.
Kinda makes you wonder how he even ended up with the Maniacs considering we was a successful multi-millionaire nascar driver before World Race. Same with Kurt, who was a top Grand Prix racer
@@TekuTaurus well Kurt is easy to explain. after the ambiguous "bad business deal" after the world race, even though he never got any prison time none of his fans wanted anything to do with him. So he resorted to street racing. Maybe Taro joined the metal maniacs because he wanted to stay with the WR people, but the Teku werent really his style. The metal maniacs have this code of being "welded" and theyre loyal to each other. Maybe Taro had this sentiment for his world race colleagues, even though he was a dick to them sometimes. He's a thrill seeker judging by the fact that he skiied down mount everest, and now street racing is the closest thing he can get to the greatest thrill of his life, which was the world race.
@@TekuTaurus Personality-wise and car choice. Metal Maniacs were more like aggressive punks, and their cars were mostly familiar to American muscle cars. Teku, on the other hand, were more stylish and hip, and they use cars that are inspired by the tuner car culture. . Taro is easily a Metal Maniac, considering his cold and rough attitude. He also drove a Plymouth in WR. While Kurt might've fit in the Maniacs, but he simply didn't because Mark chose to be in the team first. Kurt's rivalry with his brother made him split into different teams.
@@BS23Designs I get what you're saying but I don't really think you understood what I meant. If Taro has millions of dollars and is a famous stock car racer, then why join a street gang after World Race instead of going back to the professional racing circuits and earn millions more?
@@TekuTaurus Maybe after World Race he wanted something similar to it, so he noticed that street racing was more of his thing than something like Nascar,? idk
agree look at their vehicles for exemple: they look like this futuristic and i little bit alien versions of normal cars (like something design for war, to execute with perfection)
And the sounds they make are ominous and terrifying plus the sound and music design was perfect and the graphics for being a 2005 ANIMATION were amazing
This series honestly taught me that skills are more valuable than fancy modifications and that I'm the issue if I lose, not the vehicle and winning doesn't matter, I should be happy that I even got 3rd and just improve my skills. There's so many other things I love but the lessons in the Racing Realms and Accelerons are the biggest one.
I'd say you're beating yourself up just a little bit. Sometimes it's not your fault if you lose. Sure, when it comes to games and sports, you could say that. But in that case, skill and the game are the same thing - the more skill you have, the better you'll do without even trying. But when it comes to larger themes like life, work, and stress, it's not always your fault. Humans weren't built for the huge amounts of stress and workload of modern life. Just because you feel like you're breaking down doesn't mean it's you - it's probably your car. Because as skilled of a driver as you might be, racing won't be enjoyable if you're not driving a car you love.
@@bugjams No I was like reeeally bad, was so unstable and too rough when steering and so many other issues, I was also a worse shooter back then and did stupid things.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who believes Vert was the best or at least most talented driver. He could’ve won the storm, swamp, water, and junk realm but bad luck and overconfidence(water realm) bit him in the end. Glad he got his redemption.
He clearly lacked the skill for the first time. What's important is that vert actually learned from his mistake to the point that he was almost flawless in every realm during the ultimate race. I mean he was able to keep up with gellorum and even beat her.
@@AIMalek yo is Vert the same Vert from Battle Force 5 or is he a different version of Vert? I’ve always wondered this but never knew if you can help explain that would be nice
@@AIMalek Vert won the world race one week after getting his driver license, he literally surfed a wave of lava, I guess he was the best but got overconfident
I think part of what makes this so good is that this being four one hour long episodes, everything had ample time to develop. And every character remains consistent to their character or their arc. I need to rewatch this series. Also I didn’t even realize that the silencer that helped Vert during the drone invasion was his dad! That’s so insane and it shows how much attention to detail the writing has for setting things up and paying things off and making it more interesting on the second viewing, holy crap. This writing has no business being this good.
This is one of my favorite series of all time. Nobody how old I get I will always talk about how dang good this edgy-mid 2000s hot wheels kids movie series was.
@@chinnymisc Do you think Mattel will ever change their decision and bring the show back? After all these years, the cult following has just increased, and Mattel has noticed.
@@kellofkells6002 Those are some. Go is the track Vert uses in the water realm, Drive is Shirako's theme, Teku-izing is when Shirako is playing with Kurt's bass, and Anything But Down is Taro's theme in the water realm. Personally, I like Action (Metro realm), Accelerate (Shirako finding the groove in the Junk realm), and Nolo's theme. They're all on UA-cam
My favorite lore is that the reason the Deora II showed up at Vert's house was probably for Vert's father, who went on a mission probably following up on Dr Tesla. The silencers were probably watching them throughout world race, and that spiel about Dr tesla phoning him up at the end was really the silencer's likely reprimanding Tesla.
Bro I been watching these movies since I was a kid and this theory just blew my mind. That’s incredible. Although the only reason it could be for Vert was because of the fact it was a Wave Ripper car. Not sure Verts dad would have been a fan of the uniform and decals
Now that you point this out, I'm absolutely certain it was meant for Mr Wheeler and not Vert. A primary reason being Very *literally* got his driver's license that same day. Why would Tesla choose a complete newbie, let alone have the car arrive the same day he got his license? No, it makes way more sense for the car to be meant for Vert's dad
I'm pretty sure the reason for Karma's 'perfectionism' is due to the fact she's actually a Drone. There were some subtle hints about it through the series with this and I'm guessing had Acceleracers 5 gone ahead we would have finally gotten the answer to it and why she was there, as well as the deal with the Silencerz and what happened to Kadeem and the remaining Drones.
Yeah!! Now that I think of it she could be a drone. Remember when they were in the drone headquarters and she could sense that the guns were aiming at them. She told monkey to "STOP" the sweeper. If she was a drone that could explain why she knew they were gonna get shot at.
I really appreciate movies/shows that were intended for 'kids' but aren't afraid to touch on mature themes, like death of a loved one, characters doing hard time and joining street gangs. Really cements the characters. Great video man
My theory is Karma is like a sleeper agent kind of character. A backup body for Gelorum should she be destroyed. That's why she looks so much like gelorum to Kurt. Kurt used to work with and no doubt observed Gelorum well enough for that kind of remark. That's why she wants to be perfect like the drones and takes such a fascination with them.
thank god i thought i was the only one who find this strange (the fact that they look so much i like and even some scenes point that) i always think this is foreshadowing some big reveal
I had the same thought! There's too much foreshadowing for something to not have been there - especially considering stuff like her similarly calculated, logical approach to racing, the way her face fades into Gelorum's during that scene you mentioned, especially the part in movie 4 where she seems to suddenly realize that the drones are luring them into a trap.
I totally agree! I was just thinking about it and it makes sense, this series is known for hinting at major plot points or character bits before they actually happen, like with pork chop and his fear of water. And likewise, Karma is suspected of being a traitor of sorts by taro. But ofc he wasn’t right, it was the silencerz which would make it even more of a shock when she’s actually a mf sleeper
You forgot how Nolo only had one hatred against the Metal Maniacs. It shows that he doesn't hate all of the members. And cares about the rival team a lot.
I always think about that line Taro says to Monkey during a race, "Draft with me Monkey". I always found it funny and think about it when playing racing games or driving
I honestly thought I had imagined this series. I've always had random images of the characters pop up in my head, especially recently with the new Hotwheels game coming out. It's really trippy watching this now. Solid video. Thanks for the bringing back the memories
Having ended up working in the film industry as a Cinematographer, it warms my heart to think that Acceleracers holds a special place in my heart as being a movie series that made me love films as much as I do now. I will forever watch, rewatch and show these films to other people in my life. I’d like to think that one day I might have some effect on the return of it all. Although others might say that the Acceleracers ship has sailed, I believe Hotwheels/Mattel have got this as something in the back of their pocket for if they find themselves in a pickle. Especially since their reasoning for cancelling it was due to worry of over-popularity over the Hotwheels franchise itself. In a similar way to how the Lego movie brought back sales for Lego, or with the Call of Duty series and Modern Warfare 2 Remastered - we know it exists, but they’ll only bring it out again when things turn pear shaped again like Infinite Warfare. There’s no other form of entertainment I’ve experienced in my life with a cliffhanger that’s gripped me like this, with no other closure.
I am one of the strongest fans from GREECE. I love them with my life. And I feel you so deeply. And i always empathised with Nolo, since 3 years old.(kinda deep). But also i see over time Accelleracers get their childhood nostalgic popularity back again, now we are all adults. I respect your video and i cry from my appreciation ChinnyMisc
I never connected that lone Silenzer that helped Vert reach the Final Race was his dad. But I guess looking at context close together it made sense. He must've to have infiltrated the Acceledrome and got caught up during the Drone invasion. And after Gelorum entered the ultimate race, he was supposed to follow but found his son instead and decided to help him.
This series was perfect. BS that they canceled it. I still remember going to Toys-R-Us once a month to check and see if a new one was out. Perfect characters and a super well thought out story.
I'd call it the 'perfect' series if they actually gave us a fifth movie instead of ending it on a cliffhanger like that. And the fact they ignored canon from The World Race that stated Gelorum couldn't take the Wheel of Power due to her not being a human, hence why she recruited Kurt to get it for her. In the first Acceleracers movie, GIG just straight-up says that "Gelorum and her Drones have taken the Wheel of Power" The art style change was also kinda wack, characters be straight-up looking like some uncanny valley shit. Preferred the cel-shaded look of World Race if I'm honest. Still though, these four movies were my goddamned childhood. Some of the greatest car and livery designs in these movies and the damned Realm design just never missed. Neon Pipeline Realm forever baby. And the music was really good too, and I'm really cheesed-off that we never got a physical release of the music or anything. The rips just aren't the same. Cosmic Realm theme 'til I die.
I think the reason Gelorum could get the wheel at the time of ignition was because it had already been taken by the humans and put back so she was able to take it but not until it was already taken before
Ugh don't remind me of the cosmic realm theme, I love it too much, wish there was a better version. Also I really want the song in movie 4 where Shirako is chilling in the Sweeper with everyone, it's so good but can't find it anywhere.
My head cannon was that gelorum turned hot wheels city into her base and built around the wheel of power. Drones can go through the portals in world race but can't win or get the wheel. Because only humans can win. But see on the other hand this doesn't make sense I just realized. Because at the start of ignition you can see one of the drone plane things taking the wheel of power. So honestly who knows. Maybe somehow there was development and the drones figured out a way to take the wheel in the 2 years of the end of world race and ignition? I couldn't say. I'm rambling now though lol
The opening segment of the ultimate race is still one of the best scenes in any movie to me, we see how effective the characters are at combatting the drones, from just taking them out, knowing how to use the accelechargers and taking control of the sweeper. Not to mention the twist that they’re all in on the plan to betray Dr Tesla
I love that Kadeem had already come full circle as a character in the initial Highway 35 movie. He already had his development and returned in Acceleracers as someone simply seeking the greater good and because of that his fate was to be a sacrifice so everyone else could also mature as people and come to terms with the very real stakes present if they all lost this race.
When you talked about the fact that Karma, Shirako and Monkey could have been developed more, we have to remember that Acceleracers wasn't finished, it was planned to have at least one more movie, so that might be an explanation to why they weren't developed, cause they would if the series wasn't cancelled for some dumb reason
I mean, I feel like this franchise was killed off because it probably just wasn’t pulling in the ratings. Though I do deeply wish we would’ve gotten a fifth and maybe even sixth movie to have a conclusion to the story.
@@WearingGoldluck I actually looked it up online, it was killed off because it was bringing TOO high of ratings. It was becoming more popular than hotwheels itself and a marketing board had it killed. Really freaking sad.
@@huntereddex I’m honestly fucking losing it, I never knew that until I myself, just did that same research. Thats honestly so messed up and I’ve never seen a company have such ass-backwards logic. That frustrates me so much more than if it wasn’t getting good ratings.
@@WearingGoldluck they literally could've just blown up more of their cars or had more join the Silencerz or end up fighting them and then bam more toys to sell from the acceleracers subline but noooo
Just a whole nostalgic trip. My mom bought the movies for me when I was a kid and I would always re watch them over and over for YEARS. I'm now 21 and bought all the volumes to re watch. One of if not the best times from childhood
Theories: Shirako probably listens to so much music, as a means to keep calm during his races, this can be seen affective when he was racing in the Cliffside Realm and he mentions that he had a problem. He couldn’t download new music during the race and relied on older songs to keep him focused. His arc was when his subwoofers were ripped off in the cosmic realm, and has to rely on keeping himself calm, as well as his driving skill alone, rather than distract himself with music and stay behind from everyone else. Karma I would think is a little more straight forward. Being the only female driver in both the Teku and in the Acceleracers franchise, she probably feels the need to constantly prove herself to the other drivers that happen to be male. Evidence of this was in the Storm Realm, when her and Kurt were going down that long downwards portion after the loop. Kurt wanted to notify her that in order to keep on the track, she had to pick up speed and rely on the aerodynamics of the car. She just simply says in a calm tone “Yea, I got it”. This is to show her knowledge of racing, as well as proving to the other drivers that she can have just as cool of a head as the next person. Her arc was probably when she was about to be killed by the drones and was then saved by Kurt (I think). She realized that no one is perfect, and that it’s ok to screw up sometimes, since the team will think no less of her and will always have her back. Monkey probably fits the guardian of the team, he keeps Kurt and Wylde from killing each other as well as making sure Porkchop doesn’t go off the rails with some crazy stunt in the realms. He basically keeps the team together. An example would be in the storm realm when he stops Wyldes car with the E-Brake and forces Wylde to save Taro, it shows that he cares for the team and wants nothing bad to happen/get between anyone. There’s no particular arc with him story wise, but given the evidence provided, I’d say his entire arc would probably be becoming braver in the realms, since in the first movie, he couldn’t even drive fast enough to keep with the other drivers, to literally jumping off of a moving sweeper while being shot at to live. I know it was a lot to read and I hope it made sense, but I appreciate those who did for doing so, and would like to hear your thoughts on the matter.
I’ve rewatched this series about 1000 times. Made GTA 5 racing videos and movies based off this series. It was so amazing and phenomenal. To this day I’m still so pissed we never got an ending for that cliffhanger.
For me, a good movie/show was one that we always watched in the car DVD player. This was one of those we kept in the car so we could always watch it. Legitimately some of my favorite memories with my little brother.
I really like enfermary scene at 15:52, it shows the true nature of Porkchop and Monkey's relationship. In the entire series this is the only scene of it's kind, where one driver shares a secret with another, a trauma that he's very ashamed of. Maniacs are brutes, especially Porkchop, and out of all characters he's the one to open up and share his weakness. When Monkey said "everybody is afraid of something" and brushed it off, he wasn't being judgemental nor seeing Porkchup as less of a man for it. He's the only character in the series who would react like this, understanding one's trauma and being respectful to it. Porkchup acknowledges Monkey's genuineness (as shown by his smile), and that's the reason why he likes and cares so much for him.
God, seeing this just absolutely made my day. Acceleracers gives me a kind of nostalgia that's different from even other stuff from my childhood - I remember revisiting the entire series about 4 years ago and being delighted to learn that not only was it still as good as I remembered, it was even _better_ (well, maybe not World Race, but oh well). I loved it as a kid for the racing, imaginative worlds, and cool cars, and as an adult I may still appreciate those, but I love it most of all for its writing and characters; there was so much thought and effort put into each of them. In some ways, I can't even believe that this series exists - a made-for-TV movie series all but forgotten by Mattel with writing and imagination that deserves far more than what it got.
I'm SO glad that more people are starting to notice! These movies were fundamental in my childhood and influenced my car philosophy as a car enthusiast even now. It takes a different kind of driver to race in the racing realms over any kind of motorsport and these movies really show it. I'm still so salty they didn't continue the series! If Hot Wheels decide to bring it back I would but literally ALL the merch
dude... you just unlocked so many memories I'd forgotten. I loved these movies as a kid and when i saw the thumbnail i was like "wait why do I recognize this" then after a quick google search i was taken back to my childhood. These movies made me want to be a race car driver as a kid. Ironic considering I actually hate driving now 🗿
As a Brazilian, i need to say this thing is even better in portuguese bcs a professional studio around here dubed the movies, the characters voices in portuguese have so much emotion on it, true masterpiece
I fucking loved these movies. The music, the characters, the racing. It was amazing Vert has been my favorite character since the world race movie and i loved him in this.
Not finishing this series is one of the biggest crimes against humanity how dare they rob my childhood of a proper conclusion to this master piece and closure this is a open book still waiting to be closed
I also recently went back and watched these movies. I was genuinely surprised that they've held up so well and I wasn't just looking through nostalgia glasses.
About a year ago I remembered this series and have fallen in love again 😌 it all started when I was about 9, when my mom bought me Speed of Silence from a Walmart bargain bin XD after watching it 1000 times on my dvd player, I found out there were three more movies. After being in shock for awhile, I eventually spent the whole afternoon watching the other 3, and loving them so much! When I rediscovered this series, I decided I was going to finish my collection of cars. Lots of ebay shopping later…I finally collected them all! (Felt like thanos for a bit hehe) Although, I wasn’t lucky enough to get the full metal high quality ones, so I ended up just getting the reskins. They are still super special to me though, as I started collecting them when I was younger, and finally got to finish it off. Just thought I’d share my Acceleracers experience thus far, sorry for ranting 😆
We used to rent World Race from the video store all the time, back when those were a thing. When the video store closed, we bought World Race and one of the Acceleracers movies, and I watched both frequently. I rewatched the series recently for nostalgia and was blown away by how much better it was than I remembered, delighted that there were more movies in the series I hadn’t seen before, and frustrated that the series never got a proper conclusion. It really is an amazingly underrated series.
Holy crap our introduction to these movies are almost the exact same. My mum bought the speed of silence when a video rental store was closing. I was around 4-5 at the time, and I watched that one movie more times than me or my mum could count. I absolutely loved it. When I was 12 I was looking through my movies and saw the speed of silence and totally forgot about it. Realized there were 3 more movies, watched all of them. And now to this day I still love these movies so much. And I've showed my friends them. And they have grown to love the series as well. I will never forget these movies ever.
I remember buying the purple themed one (forgot the name) at a walmart bargain bin. I also watched it a 1000 times and found more in the series and was absolutely shocked. Yoooooo
I loved this series and Highway 35 when I was a kid. Highway 35 stuck in my head a lot more, I think mainly because the art style shift and how they redesigned certain characters from the original series so much that it wigged me out. But I def remember Acceleracers blowing me away when it came to story. Certain things reeeeeally stuck with me, like the darker tone. Banshee’s car sunken in the swamp realm implying his death, and Kadeem’s horrific transformation into a cyborg have both haunted me to this day. But in a very good way
Great video, forgot about all monkey's helping and character development when he gets into the sweeper in the plan to save wylde, and about the fact that not just because kadiim wasn't a teku or metal maniac he was the perfect chosen, the fact that he is one guy trying to help his people with water puts more pressure into the sadness of him "dying" and later becoming a drone.
I'm glad the love for this series is still so strong. It was insanely good for a glorified toy commercial and we might never see this level of passion simply for a line of limited edition toys.
This movie series is great and a classic. I do recommend watching the shorts so you can understand some things like Taro in the ice realm and the wheel upgrade in the lava realm.
As a massive fan of the Hot Wheels movies it really irks me that they never got to finish the final film of the series and left it on a cliffhanger but I'm glad that I'm not the only one who enjoyed these films for what they were
I was rewatching this series about a year ago, those newer 4k upscales that have made their way onto UA-cam. My older brother stood the living room and "didn't watch" for a little while, and later than night had the same boyish fascination I had 15 years earlier. I've always had such passion for this series, but never knew anyone else who knew about these movies. It was so awesome to be able to share them with my brother and share in our love of this series.
Acceleracers isn't just my childhood, it's my adulthood too. I can always go back and rewatch Acceleracers as an adult and enjoy it as a work of art. I personally think the Acceleracers 5 Ship has sailed long ago. Its too late. From an artistic standpoint anyways, because we've waited 16+ years and any product we get will not live up to our expectations. Instead, Acceleracers needs a reboot, a full fledged, more mature, adult oriented reboot. Something new, yet familiar. Thank you Chinny for making this video, Acceleracers is something I hold very very close to my heart, you've just earned yourself a new subscriber! :)
Those movies had way too much of an impact on my life and I still think about them every day. Until I get closure, there will forever be an Acceleracers-shaped hole in my heart
YOOOOOOOO A VIDEO ESSAY ON MY FAVOURITE CHILDHOOD SERIES LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO. This honestly is so underrated and so undertalked about! I haven't even watched very far and I love love love everything about this. I re-watched this series last year and it legit holds up, it's so good.
This series made my childhood and seeing other people talk about it is incredible.I think you did an amazing job with this video.Keep up the good work man!
Putting character arcs aside, people are forgetting the greatest part of the whole series. Cliffhanger to see vert race against the accelerons which explains the ending with the silencers trying to obtain all the parts of the wheel of power (I think) and assemble together to form a complete piece in order to enter back into the realm of the accelerons. Hence the wisdom is a circle quote "when you receive, you must give it back." I also suspected that the silencers were formed by the govt in seeking to exploit the accelercharges as weapons, hence the father of vert was wearing his uniform in Breaking Point. There are still alot of hidden clues as supposedly to be the story build-up to the next instalment of the series. Sadly, we'll never know what it is. Also coming back to the character arc, you forgot to mention another crucial point that Vert had to do. He had a choice to make in the same situation when he won the world race, to race against the accelerons, or save his friends. This took me about 18 years to finally see all these before this review. So i'm sort of glad that I managed to figure all that out.
It's funny you know, we see way worse accidents in the series with no serrious harm but his brothers car just freaking explodes on impact ... makes one wonder if he really had a car from Tesla
Honestly, you took the words right out of my mouth. I mean everything about this series just gets hyped. The first time I watched Speed of Silence, I was kind of confused as to who Gelorum was talking to in the containment circle. Once I saw it was Kareem, I had goosebumps going through my whole body and to then see what came next, gave me chills. Even during the opening of Speed of Silence gave me chills as a kid. Also after we see that Wylde got captured, seeing Kadeem in his hybrid human/drone state, I knew this series was going to get even darker. Lastly, we come to Ultimate Race. Everything in that movie it's everything I wanted to see and more. To seeing the Teku and Metal Maniacs working together, to seeing how they saved Wylde and saw the Kadeem they used to know be gone. From the Racing Drones taking over the Acceledrome to seeing the guys come back to "Move Some Metal!". And Finally see how Gelorum took the Accelechargers and become her true form in front of the Acceleron, Vert and one of her used to be Racing Drone soldiers to have her title of Acceleracer fallen away and given to someone who deserves it and her one of her own creators send her into the nothingness of the Sphere World Realm to either be destroyed or something.
Yoooo now THIS is the content I want to see! This series was so great when I was a kid! Love to see that there’s so many other people who still feel the same way :)
I watched the entire series when I was like 8 until the CDs are all scratched up and even unwatchable. Thought I was the only one, until I found video essays on how people like this series. Then I feel like I was the only one in my country, up until another 8 years later when one of my friends showed his hot wheels collection and put Reverb on a higher pedestal than the rest lol. The series is just sooo gooood!
The Accelrracers community is thankful for this video. Bless your soul🤧🤌 so nice that we're all grown up now and some of us are content creators finally sharing this content as much as they can!
I came to watch this after a talk with a friend where we happened to mention this series and omg this series hits hard^! It's so underrated and so good. I can't believe we never got an ending to it. All my childhood i thought i just didn't have the last movie, but it seems like we will never have an ending. Still watching this now is giving so much nostalgia and the music SLAPS!, i didn't remenber it was that good. You make a good point about the character develpment, it really does a great job portraiting complex character and struggles. As a kid, i couldn't appreciate it, but i knew something about it was good. GOD DAMN this series is underrated. 10/10 Needs a remake with a proper ending
AccerleRacers was my childhood growing up, it was one of the first things I have ever watched period. Thank you so much for making a video essay about it, this made my brain pull out memories I haven't thought about in years. I have a headache.
God, I used to watch these back to back to back weekly, it's great to know that not only other people know it existed, but that other people love it. P.S. I've been using the RD-02 in hotwheels unleashed because of this, also it's the fastest car I. The game.
recently thought about this and therefore my grandfather, he, and I had a lot of fun watching this...not even watching we used to mess around and dance to the music. I was young. The simplest of times really are the best. He died in a car crash a couple of months after. It's always been a pain deep down. Miss him and this show
I agree wholeheartedly! I often feel like I’m the only one who knows about this series. Now at my late 20’s, it sad that I’ve never found a community to talk all about Acceleracers. Hell, I still have a giant deck of the card game!
15 years later and I'm still cheesed we never got Acceleracers 5.
16*
I swear on EVERYTHING I’ll NEVER forgive the reason that made them cancel this GEM of a series.
@@vhamer123 Shirako's VA is dead, not gonna be the same especially now.
@@artistanthony1007 his voice actor is dead? Man that sucks.
Damn COVID
Bro whenever I see another person discuss the love for this series its crazy bc sometimes I feel like I'm the only kid who loved these movies and now as an adult still does. Really underrated for a big toy franchise movie series. Kills me that they left it on a cliffhanger. Glad to see some people covering this series on youtube bro good job
I still own all of them
I rebought all 4 to watch~
@@SuussyBakka dedication
I watched this series so many times
This was definitely one of my favorite series when I was younger,and still is;it’s awesome that it’s still official acknowledged with the RD-02 in Hot Wheels Unleashed and the the acceleracers version of Bassline and the world race version of the Deora 2 as dlc
Should have mentioned Monkey too! He's comedic relief, but without him the racers wouldn't have made it so far. Nitrox 3.0, Sparky, helping Tesla develop the new all-terrain tires - and had he not been caught by the Sweeper the Tork wouldn't have found out about Nolo being kidnapped in time. He is, alone, the racer who helped them develop the most. He also pissed in Tork's car
i loved wylde and how he just shouts "MONKEYYYYYYYYYYYY!"
It's nitrox 3!...and a half
It's actually shape-shifting Tires, you can see different types of Tires used and All-Purpose/All Season is one of them.
@@artistanthony1007 well monkey and tesla did reverse engineered the tires for there purpose
"I peed on your car Tork, it's mine now. That's the law"
Tho I agree, monkey's one of my favorite characters bcs of how goofy and reliable he is!
Crazy how Acceleracers got cancelled for being too good… Smh
@@SuperSaiyan3985 which was terrible
@@SuperSaiyan3985 Battle Force 5 was more of a Hot Wheels thing than an Acceleracers thing which is why it was funded
@@SuperSaiyan3985 from what rumors I’ve heard, apparently Acceleracers got to be known as too much of it’s own thing and not hot wheels. The company wants to sell hot wheels, not just acceleracers. In my opinion, they should have just went with it and expanded the brand of acceleracers instead of killing it. Talk about suffering from success.
Maybe it's for the best.
Its probably due to it being too dark.
Hell, at one point you thought a character died.
Remember, this is a kid's show. Probably had the wrong marketing if I'm honest, it's well suited for teens.
10:00 These movies ARE for kids. And are GREAT because of it. Kids are capable of understanding character arcs even if they cannot explain or describe why.
Most of the time, creators use "for kids" tag as an excuse for bad writing. Thing is, as you said, kids can see which writing are good & which aren't. They're still human, even if most of them are lacking experience & knowledge.
@@TheRibbonRed i think they should be rather labeled "for toxic audience" and "for generic boomers" sth
@@4storyboss you might think you're joking, but such labels would attract one of the hardest crowds out there: *contrarians.*
Good luck finding success in an audience that won't admit they like your stuff.
@@TheRibbonRed i see, so it's basically becaue of the dishonesty if i ain't wrong
That level of animation though
16:24 this is so crazy...
In the German translation Porkshop said:
"My own father... tired to to drown me, when I was a kid."
It's crazy how they decided to change his back story to something so dark!
things in germany are just scarier I guess lmao
do you have a link so i can watch it auf deutsch?
@@sosavelazquez2914 ua-cam.com/video/t1fQaZVHc1Q/v-deo.html
31:15 on the Timeline.
In portuguese (BR) it says that his father almost let him drown when he was a kid, it's weird how they changed things just by translation
That's funny.
In the Portuguese, they translated to:
"My father... almost let me drown when I was a little boy"
Also with taro, in the world race it's mentioned that he skiied down mount Everest twice. When he enters the ice realm, he says, "shoulda brought my skis". And also the very subtle relationship between taro and lani that's only alluded to once in WR and one or two times in AR.
Kinda makes you wonder how he even ended up with the Maniacs considering we was a successful multi-millionaire nascar driver before World Race.
Same with Kurt, who was a top Grand Prix racer
@@TekuTaurus well Kurt is easy to explain. after the ambiguous "bad business deal" after the world race, even though he never got any prison time none of his fans wanted anything to do with him. So he resorted to street racing. Maybe Taro joined the metal maniacs because he wanted to stay with the WR people, but the Teku werent really his style. The metal maniacs have this code of being "welded" and theyre loyal to each other. Maybe Taro had this sentiment for his world race colleagues, even though he was a dick to them sometimes. He's a thrill seeker judging by the fact that he skiied down mount everest, and now street racing is the closest thing he can get to the greatest thrill of his life, which was the world race.
@@TekuTaurus Personality-wise and car choice. Metal Maniacs were more like aggressive punks, and their cars were mostly familiar to American muscle cars. Teku, on the other hand, were more stylish and hip, and they use cars that are inspired by the tuner car culture.
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Taro is easily a Metal Maniac, considering his cold and rough attitude. He also drove a Plymouth in WR. While Kurt might've fit in the Maniacs, but he simply didn't because Mark chose to be in the team first. Kurt's rivalry with his brother made him split into different teams.
@@BS23Designs I get what you're saying but I don't really think you understood what I meant. If Taro has millions of dollars and is a famous stock car racer, then why join a street gang after World Race instead of going back to the professional racing circuits and earn millions more?
@@TekuTaurus Maybe after World Race he wanted something similar to it, so he noticed that street racing was more of his thing than something like Nascar,? idk
also I think it's worth noting that the racing drones' character designs are just _so cool_
opening scene made me afraid of the dark
agree look at their vehicles for exemple: they look like this futuristic and i little bit alien versions of normal cars (like something design for war, to execute with perfection)
And the sounds they make are ominous and terrifying plus the sound and music design was perfect and the graphics for being a 2005 ANIMATION were amazing
@@chrisupton6190 agree the racing drones themr is still amazing
@@chrisupton6190 fr
This series honestly taught me that skills are more valuable than fancy modifications and that I'm the issue if I lose, not the vehicle and winning doesn't matter, I should be happy that I even got 3rd and just improve my skills. There's so many other things I love but the lessons in the Racing Realms and Accelerons are the biggest one.
I'd say you're beating yourself up just a little bit. Sometimes it's not your fault if you lose. Sure, when it comes to games and sports, you could say that. But in that case, skill and the game are the same thing - the more skill you have, the better you'll do without even trying.
But when it comes to larger themes like life, work, and stress, it's not always your fault. Humans weren't built for the huge amounts of stress and workload of modern life. Just because you feel like you're breaking down doesn't mean it's you - it's probably your car.
Because as skilled of a driver as you might be, racing won't be enjoyable if you're not driving a car you love.
The final race Vert using all the knowledge and skills used to finish all races was top tier character development.
@@bugjams No I was like reeeally bad, was so unstable and too rough when steering and so many other issues, I was also a worse shooter back then and did stupid things.
Don't forget to always stay in the groove, maintain focus, HIT THE APEX!!!, and don't hydroplane!
Accelerators taught me how to drive XD
I’m glad I’m not the only one who believes Vert was the best or at least most talented driver. He could’ve won the storm, swamp, water, and junk realm but bad luck and overconfidence(water realm) bit him in the end. Glad he got his redemption.
He clearly lacked the skill for the first time. What's important is that vert actually learned from his mistake to the point that he was almost flawless in every realm during the ultimate race. I mean he was able to keep up with gellorum and even beat her.
@@AIMalek yo is Vert the same Vert from Battle Force 5 or is he a different version of Vert? I’ve always wondered this but never knew if you can help explain that would be nice
@@JoseRamos-gr1pj i don't know for a fact because i haven't seen battle force but apperently it's an alternate universe
@@JoseRamos-gr1pj they have the same name but are from different worlds.
@@AIMalek Vert won the world race one week after getting his driver license, he literally surfed a wave of lava, I guess he was the best but got overconfident
I think part of what makes this so good is that this being four one hour long episodes, everything had ample time to develop. And every character remains consistent to their character or their arc. I need to rewatch this series.
Also I didn’t even realize that the silencer that helped Vert during the drone invasion was his dad! That’s so insane and it shows how much attention to detail the writing has for setting things up and paying things off and making it more interesting on the second viewing, holy crap. This writing has no business being this good.
This is one of my favorite series of all time. Nobody how old I get I will always talk about how dang good this edgy-mid 2000s hot wheels kids movie series was.
the edginess is like spiderman the new animated series as well
@@chinnymisc Do you think Mattel will ever change their decision and bring the show back? After all these years, the cult following has just increased, and Mattel has noticed.
@@CobraRaptor i will always hope they do, but i dont think they will
It was never NFS or Fast and the Furious that got me into cars at a young age, it was these movies ❤️
Yes, me too
Thought I was alone
Same
Which is why Hot Wheels should acknowledge what they've done for car culture because of this instead of trying to bury it
Drinking game: Take a shot every time he says "Character Development"
On another note great video.
Outbreak perfected > sunshot
Never thought I'd find you here
Never thought I'd see a destiny gun in the comment section of a video critiquing one of my favorite movie series as a kid lol
Acceleracers was so dope, i still listen to some of the Teku songs when I'm out driving. I think the childhood me would be glad to see that
Go, Drive, teku-izing, Anything but Down
Hell yeah my brother
@@donovanulrich348 omg are those the song names ? Do you know the song names ?? I’m downloading the song names
@@kellofkells6002 Those are some. Go is the track Vert uses in the water realm, Drive is Shirako's theme, Teku-izing is when Shirako is playing with Kurt's bass, and Anything But Down is Taro's theme in the water realm.
Personally, I like Action (Metro realm), Accelerate (Shirako finding the groove in the Junk realm), and Nolo's theme. They're all on UA-cam
My favorite lore is that the reason the Deora II showed up at Vert's house was probably for Vert's father, who went on a mission probably following up on Dr Tesla. The silencers were probably watching them throughout world race, and that spiel about Dr tesla phoning him up at the end was really the silencer's likely reprimanding Tesla.
Bro I been watching these movies since I was a kid and this theory just blew my mind. That’s incredible. Although the only reason it could be for Vert was because of the fact it was a Wave Ripper car. Not sure Verts dad would have been a fan of the uniform and decals
@@denali9104 Also how great he was at the Driving and Writing Test.
@@denali9104 Idk man, maybe Vert's dad was a huge surfer back in the day, just stopped during name or something idk lol.
Now that you point this out, I'm absolutely certain it was meant for Mr Wheeler and not Vert. A primary reason being Very *literally* got his driver's license that same day. Why would Tesla choose a complete newbie, let alone have the car arrive the same day he got his license?
No, it makes way more sense for the car to be meant for Vert's dad
I'm pretty sure the reason for Karma's 'perfectionism' is due to the fact she's actually a Drone. There were some subtle hints about it through the series with this and I'm guessing had Acceleracers 5 gone ahead we would have finally gotten the answer to it and why she was there, as well as the deal with the Silencerz and what happened to Kadeem and the remaining Drones.
Kadeem is dead
@@falcongaming3743 KADEEM IS GONE! *Laughs while falling*
Yeah!! Now that I think of it she could be a drone. Remember when they were in the drone headquarters and she could sense that the guns were aiming at them. She told monkey to "STOP" the sweeper. If she was a drone that could explain why she knew they were gonna get shot at.
Yeah they also pointed out her and Galorem's similar appearance, so I guess they were gonna reveal that they were sisters or something.
@@max-rdj9741 Or maybe there's clones just in case something happens to the original Galorom.
I really appreciate movies/shows that were intended for 'kids' but aren't afraid to touch on mature themes, like death of a loved one, characters doing hard time and joining street gangs. Really cements the characters. Great video man
I had forgotten all about this, every now and then when I'm stuck in traffic I remember about the car ability to flatten yourself vertically lmao
That’s so funny now it’s going to happen to me
I watched it in 2005/2006 when I was a child...now its 2023, I'm 24 years old and I'm rewatching the Movies AGAIN and I still love it SO MUCH!!!
Acceleracers is a unfinished masterpiece to all of humanity
For me, the fact that it is unfinished is one of its greatest strengths.
My theory is Karma is like a sleeper agent kind of character. A backup body for Gelorum should she be destroyed. That's why she looks so much like gelorum to Kurt. Kurt used to work with and no doubt observed Gelorum well enough for that kind of remark. That's why she wants to be perfect like the drones and takes such a fascination with them.
Or she finds the Accelerons and everything intriguing and wants to become a better driver, I sure did.
thank god i thought i was the only one who find this strange (the fact that they look so much i like and even some scenes point that) i always think this is foreshadowing some big reveal
I had the same thought! There's too much foreshadowing for something to not have been there - especially considering stuff like her similarly calculated, logical approach to racing, the way her face fades into Gelorum's during that scene you mentioned, especially the part in movie 4 where she seems to suddenly realize that the drones are luring them into a trap.
@@coolcat001100 Now that's what I'm talking about. I never understood why or how she realized
I totally agree! I was just thinking about it and it makes sense, this series is known for hinting at major plot points or character bits before they actually happen, like with pork chop and his fear of water. And likewise, Karma is suspected of being a traitor of sorts by taro. But ofc he wasn’t right, it was the silencerz which would make it even more of a shock when she’s actually a mf sleeper
You forgot how Nolo only had one hatred against the Metal Maniacs. It shows that he doesn't hate all of the members. And cares about the rival team a lot.
I always think about that line Taro says to Monkey during a race, "Draft with me Monkey". I always found it funny and think about it when playing racing games or driving
I honestly thought I had imagined this series. I've always had random images of the characters pop up in my head, especially recently with the new Hotwheels game coming out. It's really trippy watching this now.
Solid video. Thanks for the bringing back the memories
What game?
hotwheels unleashed
Having ended up working in the film industry as a Cinematographer, it warms my heart to think that Acceleracers holds a special place in my heart as being a movie series that made me love films as much as I do now. I will forever watch, rewatch and show these films to other people in my life. I’d like to think that one day I might have some effect on the return of it all.
Although others might say that the Acceleracers ship has sailed, I believe Hotwheels/Mattel have got this as something in the back of their pocket for if they find themselves in a pickle. Especially since their reasoning for cancelling it was due to worry of over-popularity over the Hotwheels franchise itself. In a similar way to how the Lego movie brought back sales for Lego, or with the Call of Duty series and Modern Warfare 2 Remastered - we know it exists, but they’ll only bring it out again when things turn pear shaped again like Infinite Warfare.
There’s no other form of entertainment I’ve experienced in my life with a cliffhanger that’s gripped me like this, with no other closure.
The character of Vert really needs HW35 for it to be shown truly
yes i did a video on that
One could say the same about Kurt and Mark Wylde.
I am one of the strongest fans from GREECE. I love them with my life. And I feel you so deeply. And i always empathised with Nolo, since 3 years old.(kinda deep). But also i see over time Accelleracers get their childhood nostalgic popularity back again, now we are all adults. I respect your video and i cry from my appreciation ChinnyMisc
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I never connected that lone Silenzer that helped Vert reach the Final Race was his dad. But I guess looking at context close together it made sense. He must've to have infiltrated the Acceledrome and got caught up during the Drone invasion. And after Gelorum entered the ultimate race, he was supposed to follow but found his son instead and decided to help him.
Cartoons of the 2000's were awesome.
To bad there are no more action cartoons with ongoing stories and character development.
This series was perfect. BS that they canceled it. I still remember going to Toys-R-Us once a month to check and see if a new one was out. Perfect characters and a super well thought out story.
I’m so happy all this Acceleracers content is getting recommend to me. GOATed series.
I'd call it the 'perfect' series if they actually gave us a fifth movie instead of ending it on a cliffhanger like that. And the fact they ignored canon from The World Race that stated Gelorum couldn't take the Wheel of Power due to her not being a human, hence why she recruited Kurt to get it for her. In the first Acceleracers movie, GIG just straight-up says that "Gelorum and her Drones have taken the Wheel of Power" The art style change was also kinda wack, characters be straight-up looking like some uncanny valley shit. Preferred the cel-shaded look of World Race if I'm honest.
Still though, these four movies were my goddamned childhood. Some of the greatest car and livery designs in these movies and the damned Realm design just never missed. Neon Pipeline Realm forever baby. And the music was really good too, and I'm really cheesed-off that we never got a physical release of the music or anything. The rips just aren't the same. Cosmic Realm theme 'til I die.
I think the reason Gelorum could get the wheel at the time of ignition was because it had already been taken by the humans and put back so she was able to take it but not until it was already taken before
Ugh don't remind me of the cosmic realm theme, I love it too much, wish there was a better version. Also I really want the song in movie 4 where Shirako is chilling in the Sweeper with everyone, it's so good but can't find it anywhere.
My head cannon was that gelorum turned hot wheels city into her base and built around the wheel of power. Drones can go through the portals in world race but can't win or get the wheel. Because only humans can win. But see on the other hand this doesn't make sense I just realized. Because at the start of ignition you can see one of the drone plane things taking the wheel of power. So honestly who knows. Maybe somehow there was development and the drones figured out a way to take the wheel in the 2 years of the end of world race and ignition? I couldn't say. I'm rambling now though lol
It's not really a rip, it's an attempt at removing vocals and I actually do that here and offline.
Im vice versa actually, the cel-shade looks weird and janky imo. Though i do agree, the proportions could be better
The opening segment of the ultimate race is still one of the best scenes in any movie to me, we see how effective the characters are at combatting the drones, from just taking them out, knowing how to use the accelechargers and taking control of the sweeper. Not to mention the twist that they’re all in on the plan to betray Dr Tesla
I really wish we got a finale to this series. This was my childhood.
I love that Kadeem had already come full circle as a character in the initial Highway 35 movie. He already had his development and returned in Acceleracers as someone simply seeking the greater good and because of that his fate was to be a sacrifice so everyone else could also mature as people and come to terms with the very real stakes present if they all lost this race.
Dude put this on CV, this is amazing stuff, good job, opened my eyes to some character arcs that I didn't even notice. Excellent essay!
HAHAH what do you mean put it on my CV LOL???
@@chinnymisc Your Curriculum Vitae! Might get you a job in the future, who knows?
When you talked about the fact that Karma, Shirako and Monkey could have been developed more, we have to remember that Acceleracers wasn't finished, it was planned to have at least one more movie, so that might be an explanation to why they weren't developed, cause they would if the series wasn't cancelled for some dumb reason
I mean, I feel like this franchise was killed off because it probably just wasn’t pulling in the ratings. Though I do deeply wish we would’ve gotten a fifth and maybe even sixth movie to have a conclusion to the story.
@@WearingGoldluck I actually looked it up online, it was killed off because it was bringing TOO high of ratings. It was becoming more popular than hotwheels itself and a marketing board had it killed. Really freaking sad.
@@huntereddex I’m honestly fucking losing it, I never knew that until I myself, just did that same research. Thats honestly so messed up and I’ve never seen a company have such ass-backwards logic. That frustrates me so much more than if it wasn’t getting good ratings.
@@WearingGoldluck Yep, I couldn't believe it either.
@@WearingGoldluck they literally could've just blown up more of their cars or had more join the Silencerz or end up fighting them and then bam more toys to sell from the acceleracers subline but noooo
I really find these things interesting because they were meant for kids but still had such a nuance in maturity.
like spiderman the new animated series
Just a whole nostalgic trip. My mom bought the movies for me when I was a kid and I would always re watch them over and over for YEARS. I'm now 21 and bought all the volumes to re watch. One of if not the best times from childhood
and it still holds up!
I just felt a whole gallery of memories unlock when you said the title.
Theories:
Shirako probably listens to so much music, as a means to keep calm during his races, this can be seen affective when he was racing in the Cliffside Realm and he mentions that he had a problem. He couldn’t download new music during the race and relied on older songs to keep him focused. His arc was when his subwoofers were ripped off in the cosmic realm, and has to rely on keeping himself calm, as well as his driving skill alone, rather than distract himself with music and stay behind from everyone else.
Karma I would think is a little more straight forward. Being the only female driver in both the Teku and in the Acceleracers franchise, she probably feels the need to constantly prove herself to the other drivers that happen to be male. Evidence of this was in the Storm Realm, when her and Kurt were going down that long downwards portion after the loop. Kurt wanted to notify her that in order to keep on the track, she had to pick up speed and rely on the aerodynamics of the car. She just simply says in a calm tone “Yea, I got it”. This is to show her knowledge of racing, as well as proving to the other drivers that she can have just as cool of a head as the next person. Her arc was probably when she was about to be killed by the drones and was then saved by Kurt (I think). She realized that no one is perfect, and that it’s ok to screw up sometimes, since the team will think no less of her and will always have her back.
Monkey probably fits the guardian of the team, he keeps Kurt and Wylde from killing each other as well as making sure Porkchop doesn’t go off the rails with some crazy stunt in the realms. He basically keeps the team together. An example would be in the storm realm when he stops Wyldes car with the E-Brake and forces Wylde to save Taro, it shows that he cares for the team and wants nothing bad to happen/get between anyone. There’s no particular arc with him story wise, but given the evidence provided, I’d say his entire arc would probably be becoming braver in the realms, since in the first movie, he couldn’t even drive fast enough to keep with the other drivers, to literally jumping off of a moving sweeper while being shot at to live.
I know it was a lot to read and I hope it made sense, but I appreciate those who did for doing so, and would like to hear your thoughts on the matter.
i love your theories man, really good analysis although thats why in the fifth movie they needed to be focused on more !!
I’ve rewatched this series about 1000 times. Made GTA 5 racing videos and movies based off this series. It was so amazing and phenomenal. To this day I’m still so pissed we never got an ending for that cliffhanger.
Play project acceleracers it has multiplayer and bunch of cars
For me, a good movie/show was one that we always watched in the car DVD player. This was one of those we kept in the car so we could always watch it. Legitimately some of my favorite memories with my little brother.
Its really a shame that this series ended on such a cliffhanger.
I really like enfermary scene at 15:52, it shows the true nature of Porkchop and Monkey's relationship.
In the entire series this is the only scene of it's kind, where one driver shares a secret with another, a trauma that he's very ashamed of.
Maniacs are brutes, especially Porkchop, and out of all characters he's the one to open up and share his weakness.
When Monkey said "everybody is afraid of something" and brushed it off, he wasn't being judgemental nor seeing Porkchup as less of a man for it. He's the only character in the series who would react like this, understanding one's trauma and being respectful to it.
Porkchup acknowledges Monkey's genuineness (as shown by his smile), and that's the reason why he likes and cares so much for him.
God, seeing this just absolutely made my day. Acceleracers gives me a kind of nostalgia that's different from even other stuff from my childhood - I remember revisiting the entire series about 4 years ago and being delighted to learn that not only was it still as good as I remembered, it was even _better_ (well, maybe not World Race, but oh well).
I loved it as a kid for the racing, imaginative worlds, and cool cars, and as an adult I may still appreciate those, but I love it most of all for its writing and characters; there was so much thought and effort put into each of them. In some ways, I can't even believe that this series exists - a made-for-TV movie series all but forgotten by Mattel with writing and imagination that deserves far more than what it got.
I'm SO glad that more people are starting to notice! These movies were fundamental in my childhood and influenced my car philosophy as a car enthusiast even now. It takes a different kind of driver to race in the racing realms over any kind of motorsport and these movies really show it. I'm still so salty they didn't continue the series! If Hot Wheels decide to bring it back I would but literally ALL the merch
If I become a billionare I would 100% revive this series.
It's a very obscure series, one that all of it's fans love dearly. I'm glad I had the chance to watch the DVDs in my youth.
dude... you just unlocked so many memories I'd forgotten. I loved these movies as a kid and when i saw the thumbnail i was like "wait why do I recognize this" then after a quick google search i was taken back to my childhood. These movies made me want to be a race car driver as a kid. Ironic considering I actually hate driving now 🗿
As a Brazilian, i need to say this thing is even better in portuguese bcs a professional studio around here dubed the movies, the characters voices in portuguese have so much emotion on it, true masterpiece
I fucking loved these movies.
The music, the characters, the racing. It was amazing
Vert has been my favorite character since the world race movie and i loved him in this.
Me too.
Vague recollections of this series have haunted me for years. Honestly I had pretty much chalked them up to being from some kind of fever dream.
Just watch it on youtube man
@@AIMalek I tried to find it on youtube but i couldnt, managed to scrape it from piracy
@@djthefox6762 it was still on a year ago
Now it's been taken down mostly
@@AIMalek
Damn
I managed to find an external site tho to watch it on the internet archive
Dude this show has never left my mind it was truly a diamond in the ruff.
Thx for making this video
Not finishing this series is one of the biggest crimes against humanity how dare they rob my childhood of a proper conclusion to this master piece and closure this is a open book still waiting to be closed
I also recently went back and watched these movies. I was genuinely surprised that they've held up so well and I wasn't just looking through nostalgia glasses.
EZACLTY
18 years old and this movie series was not only gas but the SOUNDTRACK LET ME NOT SPEAK ON HOW GOOD IT WAS
About a year ago I remembered this series and have fallen in love again 😌 it all started when I was about 9, when my mom bought me Speed of Silence from a Walmart bargain bin XD after watching it 1000 times on my dvd player, I found out there were three more movies. After being in shock for awhile, I eventually spent the whole afternoon watching the other 3, and loving them so much! When I rediscovered this series, I decided I was going to finish my collection of cars. Lots of ebay shopping later…I finally collected them all! (Felt like thanos for a bit hehe) Although, I wasn’t lucky enough to get the full metal high quality ones, so I ended up just getting the reskins. They are still super special to me though, as I started collecting them when I was younger, and finally got to finish it off. Just thought I’d share my Acceleracers experience thus far, sorry for ranting 😆
I had a similar introduction! mom got me the series of all 4 movies and I also remember watching them way too many times.
my dad bought the series bc my brother was into cars and then her couldnt find the rest of the series so he imported them from america to australia
We used to rent World Race from the video store all the time, back when those were a thing. When the video store closed, we bought World Race and one of the Acceleracers movies, and I watched both frequently. I rewatched the series recently for nostalgia and was blown away by how much better it was than I remembered, delighted that there were more movies in the series I hadn’t seen before, and frustrated that the series never got a proper conclusion. It really is an amazingly underrated series.
Holy crap our introduction to these movies are almost the exact same. My mum bought the speed of silence when a video rental store was closing. I was around 4-5 at the time, and I watched that one movie more times than me or my mum could count. I absolutely loved it. When I was 12 I was looking through my movies and saw the speed of silence and totally forgot about it. Realized there were 3 more movies, watched all of them. And now to this day I still love these movies so much. And I've showed my friends them. And they have grown to love the series as well. I will never forget these movies ever.
I remember buying the purple themed one (forgot the name) at a walmart bargain bin. I also watched it a 1000 times and found more in the series and was absolutely shocked. Yoooooo
After I found an acceleracers video, a core memory of my childhood pop up and I just keep smiling while watching it
I loved this series and Highway 35 when I was a kid. Highway 35 stuck in my head a lot more, I think mainly because the art style shift and how they redesigned certain characters from the original series so much that it wigged me out. But I def remember Acceleracers blowing me away when it came to story. Certain things reeeeeally stuck with me, like the darker tone. Banshee’s car sunken in the swamp realm implying his death, and Kadeem’s horrific transformation into a cyborg have both haunted me to this day. But in a very good way
Great video, forgot about all monkey's helping and character development when he gets into the sweeper in the plan to save wylde, and about the fact that not just because kadiim wasn't a teku or metal maniac he was the perfect chosen, the fact that he is one guy trying to help his people with water puts more pressure into the sadness of him "dying" and later becoming a drone.
Everyone’s childhood right here, everyone has watched it and no one remembers it
This was an amazing analysis. I could not have put it better than this. One of the most underrated movie series ever!
I die inside everytime I remember the story wasn't finished 😢.
I'm glad the love for this series is still so strong. It was insanely good for a glorified toy commercial and we might never see this level of passion simply for a line of limited edition toys.
You're right. They gave us battle force 5 after this.
This movie series is great and a classic.
I do recommend watching the shorts so you can understand some things like Taro in the ice realm and the wheel upgrade in the lava realm.
I have but I isn't include those because they are not in he final cut
These films felt like a massive fever dream growing up and I couldn't for the live of me find them again until recently thanks to videos like these
As a massive fan of the Hot Wheels movies it really irks me that they never got to finish the final film of the series and left it on a cliffhanger but I'm glad that I'm not the only one who enjoyed these films for what they were
I was rewatching this series about a year ago, those newer 4k upscales that have made their way onto UA-cam. My older brother stood the living room and "didn't watch" for a little while, and later than night had the same boyish fascination I had 15 years earlier. I've always had such passion for this series, but never knew anyone else who knew about these movies. It was so awesome to be able to share them with my brother and share in our love of this series.
I thought I was the only one that actually liked the series. Well documented bro!
I’ve rewatched these movies ever since my childhood, I love that other people still remember and talk about them to this day. Amazing video
Acceleracers isn't just my childhood, it's my adulthood too. I can always go back and rewatch Acceleracers as an adult and enjoy it as a work of art. I personally think the Acceleracers 5 Ship has sailed long ago. Its too late. From an artistic standpoint anyways, because we've waited 16+ years and any product we get will not live up to our expectations.
Instead, Acceleracers needs a reboot, a full fledged, more mature, adult oriented reboot. Something new, yet familiar.
Thank you Chinny for making this video, Acceleracers is something I hold very very close to my heart, you've just earned yourself a new subscriber! :)
This video deserves so much more recognition. This show was underappreciated and still is for it's time.
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so far vert is the only one who doesn’t understand “if you lose, you learn a lesson”
how many cars did he make get replaced?
I love when people discuss about this series after so many years
Those movies had way too much of an impact on my life and I still think about them every day. Until I get closure, there will forever be an Acceleracers-shaped hole in my heart
YOOOOOOOO A VIDEO ESSAY ON MY FAVOURITE CHILDHOOD SERIES LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO. This honestly is so underrated and so undertalked about! I haven't even watched very far and I love love love everything about this. I re-watched this series last year and it legit holds up, it's so good.
This series made my childhood and seeing other people talk about it is incredible.I think you did an amazing job with this video.Keep up the good work man!
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This just unlocked a memory i didn't thought about anymore for like 10 years
It’s good to see another AR UA-camr!
Putting character arcs aside, people are forgetting the greatest part of the whole series. Cliffhanger to see vert race against the accelerons which explains the ending with the silencers trying to obtain all the parts of the wheel of power (I think) and assemble together to form a complete piece in order to enter back into the realm of the accelerons. Hence the wisdom is a circle quote "when you receive, you must give it back." I also suspected that the silencers were formed by the govt in seeking to exploit the accelercharges as weapons, hence the father of vert was wearing his uniform in Breaking Point. There are still alot of hidden clues as supposedly to be the story build-up to the next instalment of the series. Sadly, we'll never know what it is. Also coming back to the character arc, you forgot to mention another crucial point that Vert had to do. He had a choice to make in the same situation when he won the world race, to race against the accelerons, or save his friends. This took me about 18 years to finally see all these before this review. So i'm sort of glad that I managed to figure all that out.
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It's funny you know, we see way worse accidents in the series with no serrious harm but his brothers car just freaking explodes on impact ... makes one wonder if he really had a car from Tesla
Honestly, you took the words right out of my mouth. I mean everything about this series just gets hyped. The first time I watched Speed of Silence, I was kind of confused as to who Gelorum was talking to in the containment circle. Once I saw it was Kareem, I had goosebumps going through my whole body and to then see what came next, gave me chills. Even during the opening of Speed of Silence gave me chills as a kid. Also after we see that Wylde got captured, seeing Kadeem in his hybrid human/drone state, I knew this series was going to get even darker. Lastly, we come to Ultimate Race. Everything in that movie it's everything I wanted to see and more. To seeing the Teku and Metal Maniacs working together, to seeing how they saved Wylde and saw the Kadeem they used to know be gone. From the Racing Drones taking over the Acceledrome to seeing the guys come back to "Move Some Metal!". And Finally see how Gelorum took the Accelechargers and become her true form in front of the Acceleron, Vert and one of her used to be Racing Drone soldiers to have her title of Acceleracer fallen away and given to someone who deserves it and her one of her own creators send her into the nothingness of the Sphere World Realm to either be destroyed or something.
Yoooo now THIS is the content I want to see! This series was so great when I was a kid! Love to see that there’s so many other people who still feel the same way :)
I watched the entire series when I was like 8 until the CDs are all scratched up and even unwatchable. Thought I was the only one, until I found video essays on how people like this series. Then I feel like I was the only one in my country, up until another 8 years later when one of my friends showed his hot wheels collection and put Reverb on a higher pedestal than the rest lol. The series is just sooo gooood!
The Accelrracers community is thankful for this video. Bless your soul🤧🤌 so nice that we're all grown up now and some of us are content creators finally sharing this content as much as they can!
The scene where pork chop didn’t break in time before de water is probably de only time that the car didn’t break instantaneously
I came to watch this after a talk with a friend where we happened to mention this series and omg this series hits hard^! It's so underrated and so good. I can't believe we never got an ending to it. All my childhood i thought i just didn't have the last movie, but it seems like we will never have an ending. Still watching this now is giving so much nostalgia and the music SLAPS!, i didn't remenber it was that good. You make a good point about the character develpment, it really does a great job portraiting complex character and struggles. As a kid, i couldn't appreciate it, but i knew something about it was good. GOD DAMN this series is underrated. 10/10 Needs a remake with a proper ending
I still feel bad that we loss the 4th CD... This is my childhood..
It’s so nice not being the only one who loves these movies with a passion
I just love how the series looked like an early ps2 game, and in fact, it was the cherry on the top
We can all agree this show was awesome
AccerleRacers was my childhood growing up, it was one of the first things I have ever watched period. Thank you so much for making a video essay about it, this made my brain pull out memories I haven't thought about in years. I have a headache.
God, I used to watch these back to back to back weekly, it's great to know that not only other people know it existed, but that other people love it.
P.S. I've been using the RD-02 in hotwheels unleashed because of this, also it's the fastest car I. The game.
Glad you enjoy it!
I'm so glad you made this, I loved and still love these movies
I loved this series, the early 2000's had some real bangers 😭
recently thought about this and therefore my grandfather, he, and I had a lot of fun watching this...not even watching we used to mess around and dance to the music. I was young. The simplest of times really are the best. He died in a car crash a couple of months after. It's always been a pain deep down. Miss him and this show
Loved this, I hope this blows up.
I agree wholeheartedly! I often feel like I’m the only one who knows about this series. Now at my late 20’s, it sad that I’ve never found a community to talk all about Acceleracers. Hell, I still have a giant deck of the card game!
There's the accelrraxers reddit!!
Wow!! I never heard of this series but I'm going to check it out!!! TY TY!!