Ōban star racers

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Television series
German title Ōban star racers
Original title Ōban, star racers
Country of production France , Japan
original language French
year 2006
length 22 minutes
Episodes 26 in 1 season
genre Adventure , science fiction
idea Savin Yeatman-Eiffel
music Iwasaki Taku
First broadcast April 12–6. December 2006 ( France ) on France 3
German-language
first broadcast		 April 23, 2007 on Super RTL
synchronization

Ōban Star-Racers is a Franco-Japanese animated series created by Savin Yeatman-Eiffel and published by his company Sav! The World Productions was produced in collaboration with Bandai Visual , France 3 and Jetix . The series consists of 26 episodes of 22 minutes and uses a mixture of 2D and computer animation .

action

In the year 2082 the earth will take part in the great race on Ōban. The main prize is that the "Avatar", a being endowed with almost infinite powers, fulfills the winner's wish, be it rule over the universe, planets destroyed or even the resurrection of loved ones. Eva Wei, a student from Earth, flees school to meet her father Don Wei, the chairman of the large Wei Racing group. Don Wei has not seen his daughter for many years. Don Wei takes her on to his team, but she doesn't tell him that she is his biological daughter, but pretends to be "Molly" in order to get to know her father better. Shortly before the first race, however, the world's top racing pilot, Rick Thunderbolt, is the victim of a sabotage attack. Don Wei therefore uses another member of his racing team as a replacement. The ship's gunner, Jordan Wilde, turns out to be a miserable pilot. Molly steals the ship and flies amazingly well, so Don Wei decides that Molly is the only one who can represent Rick in the big race. Affected by the death of her mother, a famous racing pilot, Molly desperately wants her father's team to win.

characters

Eva Wei (Molly)

Molly's real name is Eva, she is 15 years old and lost her mother in a racing accident. She is a lovable, sometimes rebellious girl and a talented mechanic and pilot. Molly leaves boarding school to find her father, Don Wei. She is very attached to the old memories and wishes that everything would be the same as before, when her mother was still alive and her father was interested in her. When she meets Don Wei, Molly does not reveal herself at first. The right opportunity soon arises for Molly to earn her father's respect. She jumps in as a racing pilot and befriends her co-pilot Jordan. But Molly seems to have more feelings for her ally Prince Aikka.

At the end of the series, she lives happily with her father, and she no longer goes to boarding school.

Don Wei

Don Wei is Molly's father and an ambitious, demanding team leader. He makes enormous demands on the team. Ten years before the big race, he lost his wife Maya in a racing accident. He was so shaken that he broke off his lifestyle at the time, leaving his team and even his little daughter Eva behind. When Don Wei realizes that Molly is his daughter Eva, he thinks of the past.

Maya Wei

Maya is Molly's mother and Don Wei's wife. She was once one of the best racing drivers on earth. However, Maya died in a racing accident 10 years ago. Although she is dead, she appears quite often in the episodes through Molly and Don Wei's memories.

Jordan C. Wilde

Jordan is a 17 year old military academy graduate. He meets aliens for the first time on the planet Alwas, which initially unsettles him. At the beginning he only accepted Molly moderately as a new pilot, but over time he sees her as more of a teammate. He notices the special relationship between Prince Aikka and Molly, which makes him jealous. In the last episode, The Moment of Truth , he becomes an Avatar when he tries to defeat Canaletto and thus save Eva. He admits that he is in love with Eva and kisses her before Team Earth starts their journey home.

Rick Thunderbolt

Rick Thunderbolt is the top pilot on the racing team until he is involved in an accident and has to end his career. He takes over the position of racing coach and becomes a kind of father figure for Jordan and Molly. After completing the job, he leaves the team, even before the start of the grand finale on Ōban. The sight of the two successful pilots is unbearable for him. Rick found out in the episode Silent Like Spirit that Molly is Don Weis' daughter, but kept it to himself.

Koji & Stan

Koji & Stan are the mechanics of the Erden team. You originally worked for Miguel. Koji specializes in computer systems while Stan specializes in propulsion systems. You could teach a toaster to fly yourself.

Prince Aikka

Aikka is a Nourasian and prince of his world. He is accompanied during the races by his mentor, a fencing master. Just as it is for humans, it is important for Prince Aikka to win the race, otherwise the Crogs will rule his world too. Although Molly and Aikka meet several times at the beginning of the story, they only get closer on Ōban. But both Don Wei and Aikka's fencing master try to separate them. The waves calm down and a deep friendship even develops between Aikka and Molly after the prince helps the earthly team out of a very threatening situation. G'dar is Prince Aikka's star racer. A huge scarab that does not fly excessively fast, but that does fly and that is the main thing. The prince's strength is not his racer Gdar, but rather his magical powers. Gdar has the advantage of being a living being and so is independent and can have its own reflexes, which should not be neglected.

The avatar

A huge, powerful being who is selected every 10,000 years by winning the race of Ōban.

Satis

Satis is always in a good mood and mentor the Earth team on the planet Alwas. But it also plays a decisive role in another context. Because he is also a super racer one of the opponents on the planet Alwas and also the avatar.

Canaletto

Canaletto, also known as "The Eternal Timeless", was the avatar before Satis. He wants to become an Avatar again and use the Force to destroy millions of stars. He is being held captive in the Flying Temple on Ōban. In order to become avatar again, he manipulates the race and thus helps Molly to victory, because she is unwilling to become avatar through further manipulations on his part. This rejection creates the opportunity to take Molly's place.

The Arrow

The Arrow is the Earth Team's racing ship. There are three different copies in the course of the series

Arrow I: Was sabotaged and thereby destroyed in the first race.

Arrow II: Is the Earth Team's replacement racer. It was destroyed in the race against Spirit.

Arrow III: Was built after the race against Spirit by Stan & Koji with the help of Flint & Marcel. It was built from the remains of other Star-Racers in the Star-Racer cemetery. The Arrow III has an improved hyperdrive and is faster, stronger and safer than the Arrow II.

opponent

Spirit

Spirit is the ambassador of the Fihls; he has the ability to transform his body into an airplane and is therefore his star racer himself. He was involved in the accident with Molly's mother Maya and is suspected of killing her. In episode 11 as silent as Spirit it is revealed that he really wanted to save Maya.

Colonel Toros

Is the pilot of the Crogs who has the assignment to move into the finals. Losing a race to Molly, he is executed on his home planet as Crogs do not accept defeat. He is succeeded by General Kross.

General Kross

General Kross replaces Colonel Toros as the Crogs pilot. He wants to use the power of the Avatar to wage war against other races. He dies in the final race when his star racer is pressed to the ground by the Arrow III and explodes.

Rush

Rush lives on the planet Byrus and works as a space miner. In the preliminary rounds he was seriously injured by Colonel Toros and gave up the race.

Sul

Sul is a magician who is said to be as powerful as the Avatar. He is the ruler of space and time, and he also determines the future. His racer is a "pyramid" that he creates through magic, and in the final he was ahead by many points. But during the 7th race he is lured into a trap by Canaletto: he disappears through a Transdimensional Gate. After that, he was never seen again. It is lost in another dimension.

Ning & Skun

Two sisters from the planet Inna. Outwardly, both are very similar to a succubus. Skun is very strong and has sharp fingernails that can easily pierce the torso of a star racer. They want to win the race of Ōban to reunite their people who are scattered throughout the universe. Your Star Racer consists of two single-seaters, which can also be put together to form a racer.

Ondai

Ondai is a highly developed robot that made it to the final at Oban. The reason for participating is to find out what it's like to have feelings through the greatest of all prizes. Regardless of this, he is nevertheless convinced of the superiority of machines over living things. His star racer is a robot modeled after himself, which can both fly and fight on the ground.

O

O is a living being that looks like a two-meter-tall tear with a huge eye. He's staying out of a lot of matters but is one of the better ones in the race. In the penultimate episode, he sacrifices himself to save Molly, Aikka and Jordan.

Muir

This being looks like a gigantic cancer. His comrade was killed by hunters because the tentacles on the back of his species, which are used for telepathic communication, are considered a hunting trophy. When he learns that he cannot revive his comrade by winning the Oban race, he abandons the race.

Lord Furter

Lord Furter is the captain of a pirate crew who take part in the race with their star racers, which are modeled on a ship. Molly defeated him in the first race on Ōban.

Paradice

Paradice is an alien, modeled after a cat, and likes to play pranks on her opponents.

Ceres

A faceless pilot who is the last survivor of the Mong people.

Flint

Flint is Alwas' local favorite.

Grooor

Grooor is the champion from the planet Pirus. He tries not only to defeat his opponents, but also to humiliate them. He's also a bad loser. His star racer is made of polarized titanium.

List of episodes

1. A new beginning

In the second half of the 21st century, technical progress in the field of sublight drives laid the foundation for an unprecedented wave of expansion of the human race. Explorers began to explore distant planetary systems, people colonized new worlds and in the process pushed further and further into the unknown. In 2057, Earth's most aggressive neighbors, the Krogs, launched a sneaky surprise attack. The defensive lines held out and the Krogs managed to push back. Since then, people have lived in peace with their neighbors to this day.

Eva celebrates her birthday at boarding school, once again without her father. Since she doesn't hear from him this time either, she decides to pay her papa a visit. But when Eva stands in front of him, she doesn't dare to tell him who she really is. She introduces herself as Molly and the adventure begins.

2. First hostilities

Team Earth reaches the distant planet Alwas. Eva, a stowaway on board, poses as Molly to the others. Unsuspecting, the spaceship crew takes the girl into their team. When Eva / Molly explores the area on her own, she meets Prince Aikka for the first time.

3. Cruel like Groor

Team Earth is desperate: The pilot Rick was injured in the last race and is not operational. Jordan is canceled as a replacement pilot. So Don Wei decides to take the wheel himself in the next race. But Molly gets ahead of him, hijacks the ship and wins the race.

4. The popular flint

After the President has informed him about the seriousness of the situation, Don Wei is forced to bring Molly into the team as a pilot. But since the girl is nowhere to be found, he sends Jordan to look for her. Molly is currently in a tussle with the overpowering Groor. Now only Prince Aikka can help. Molly and Jordan just make it to the race and can defeat the Alwas team.

5. Destructive like Ceres

Molly won her second race and is overjoyed. When Rick suddenly appears again, Don Wei immediately makes him pilot of Team Earth again. Molly is terribly disappointed and runs away. Everything seems to be back to normal until Molly has to bail out Rick and Jordan during the race.

6. Playful like Para-Dice

Molly and Don Wei are arguing again. Jordan tries to cheer Molly up. Suddenly a little robot appears and invites them to be the first to inaugurate the new video game Para-Dice-City . The PC game turns out to be incredibly realistic.

7. Sneaky like Toros

Rick tries to find out who was responsible for the attack on his ship. He comes across a first hot lead. At the same time, the avatar names the finalists of the preliminary rounds in a festive round. In the first race, Molly and Jordan get a nasty surprise against Colonel Toros of the Crog Empire.

8. Graceful like Aikka

While walking, Molly meets Prince Aikka, her next opponent. Since the two like each other, Aikka confesses that he has orders to turn them off. Molly succeeds in persuading Prince Aikka to race without arms. But Don Wei is against it. Jordan listens to him and shoots Aikka. This hits the Arrow 2 with a magic arrow, and so Molly and Jordan lose another race.

9. As sure of victory as a super racer

Molly and Don Wei are arguing again. Don Wei is fed up: He asks the star racer champion Rick Thunderbolt to give the girl an intensive training session. As soon as she got it over with, the next surprise awaits in the race: Satis (whom she defeats).

10. Huge like Rush

Molly mastered Rick's tough training program with flying colors. Now she is starting the next race with new momentum. During the race, she and Jordan soon realize that it's about more than just speed. But they win and get closer for the first time.

11. Silent like Spirit

Molly and Jordan are at the start to get the next victory for Team Earth. Everyone is confident that the pair can win after Molly undergoes Rick's tough training. But then Molly recognizes in her opponent Spirit the alien who has her mother on the conscience, and wants revenge.

12. The will to win

After Molly wakes up, Jordan tells her that the Arrow 2 was badly damaged in the crash. Shortly afterwards she receives a visit from Rick. He admits to know their true identity. Meanwhile, while looking for spare parts, Stan and Koji meet two old friends.

13. Get out of the way!

Koji and Stan have used the alien spare parts to build a new racer that is even faster than the Arrow 2. In the decisive race, Molly and Jordan have to face Colonel Toros again. And win thanks to the new racer.

14. Welcome to Ōban

Team Earth has arrived on Ōban and shortly afterwards Satis appears and happily reports that he has become the new race director. Immediately afterwards the first race on Ōban begins; it takes place in a desert landscape. Molly (Eva) comes in 5th.

15. Terrible like Lord Furter

Jordan and Molly explore Ōban on their own. In doing so, they fall into a trap by Lord Furter. A temple ceiling almost falls on the two of them, but a strange creature saves them. Hardly back when Molly and Jordan have to go to the next race. And who do they meet? Again to Lord Fureter, of course. If you fight him a little, you lose the race.

16. Insidious like Ning & Skun

In this race, Molly and Jordan had to compete against the aliens Ning and Skun. The two chaos shoot the Arrow 3 with plasma bullets. Molly can evade at the last moment, but thereby loses the race. In the evening, Jordan tries to tell Molly his love for her.

17. Optimized like Ondai

In the race in snowy mountains, everything goes well for Team Earth at first - until Aikka shoots them with a magic arrow. It looks like all is lost, but Molly finds out that the gate is hidden under a sheet of ice. She has a hot head-to-head race with Ondai, from which she emerges as the winner.

18. The dreadful Muir

In this episode, Don Wei thought of the past first. He finally realized that Molly is his daughter Eva and doesn't want her to take part in the next race (which is supposed to be very dangerous). But she does. Everything is going well until Muir attacks the Arrow 3. He kidnaps Molly and shows her why he wants to win the greatest prize of all.

19. The origin of all worlds

At night, Prince Aikka comes to Molly and announces her friendship. What she does not know: The prince is now completely under the influence of Kross. While running, Aikka shoots arrows at the arrow. Meanwhile, Koji discovers that the interior of Ōban seems to have an organic origin.

20. Mysterious like Sul

Molly wants to talk to Aikka about his behavior. As she finds him, she notices that he is planning a conspiracy against Sul with Ning, Skun and Ondai. Molly wants to warn Sul, but Sul reacts surprisingly calm. During the race there is an open exchange of blows between Sul and the conspirators, from which Sul emerges as the winner. Team Earth finished third in this race.

21. Ominous like O

Don Wei has now found out who Molly really is. He confronts her and talks to her about the past. Don Wei doesn't want her to keep racing, but Molly keeps going. During the race, Molly and Jordan fall into a very deep gorge with the Arrow 3.

22. Lost on Ōban

After Molly and Jordan wake up again, they make their way back to the team. The two come to a temple where they meet the creators of Ōban. These tell them the story of Ōban and the greatest race of all time.

23. Cold-hearted as crispy

Molly wants to know. She courageously confronts the avatar as to whether the great race is really only intended to determine a new avatar. Shortly afterwards, Satis appears, confirming her suspicion. From now on, the participants are free to decide whether they want to continue participating in the race. Molly doesn't choose it at first, but later gets back in to prevent Kross from becoming an Avatar.

24. Canaletto's revenge

Molly, Jordan and Aikka team up in the final race against Kross after Kross knocked out one participant after the other. Molly can narrowly defeat Kross by performing the same maneuver as her mother: She elegantly dodges the blades of his Star Racer. Then she pushes Kross' Star Racer into the ground, causing the racer to explode and Kross to die. But when Satis calls her to the Avatar Coronation Ceremony, the girl runs away to look for Aikka, who has been missing since the race against Kross. In doing so, she accidentally frees Canaletto, who has been waiting for revenge for 10,000 years.

25. New allies

All of Ōban is destroyed. Nothing blooms anymore. Only Team Earth survived. It has withdrawn to the last temple. Suddenly, Prince Aikka, half dying of thirst, appears and tells Molly that she must go to the Temple of the Heart immediately, otherwise Canaletto will seize power. Molly, Jordan and Aikka set off. But when they appear at the temple, the wall drawings turn into huge monsters that are almost indestructible. But then O appears, who transforms into a huge, strong being with arms and legs. He stops the "guards" so Molly and the others can enter the temple. But O is slaughtered by the guards. Then it explodes and the beings and O die.

26. The moment of truth

Once at the temple, Molly, Jordan, and Aikka look for Canaletto. When they find him, he incapacitates Jordan and Aikka. Then he persuades Molly that he should become an Avatar. He tells her that he caused the accident with Rick and that he is her mother's killer. Suddenly Jordan appears and sacrifices himself for Molly and becomes the new avatar. In the end everyone will travel back to their planets happy and satisfied. Molly goes to another school and she now lives with her father.

synchronization

role French speakers German speaker
Molly / Eva Wei Gabrielle Jeru Corinna Dorenkamp
Jordan Thomas Guitard Nico Sablik
Rick Alexandre Coadour
Don Wei Jérôme Keen Rolf Berg
Avatar / Toros Mathieu Barber
Stan / Satis Nicolas Mead
Koji Vincent Latorre Nicolás Artajo
Prince Aikka Rémi Caillebot Vanya Gerick
Maya Wei Sarah Bouché de Vitary

music

The music for the series was composed by Iwasaki Taku . For the opening credits the song A Chance to Shine by Yōko Kanno , sung by Akino, was used. The credits were backed with Sukoshi Mous's song Waratta .

Web links