IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix (IGPX インモータル・グランプリ Ai Jī Pī Ekkusu Inmōtaru Guranpuri) is an anime series co-produced simultaneously by Cartoon Network and Production I.G. The opening theme is "Go for It!" by GRAN RODEO while the ending theme is "Believe Yourself" by Exige. The ending theme for Toonami is "Strings" by Tommy Guerrero. The series is loosely based on the microseries of the same name which aired in 2003.
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Dubbing History[]
The series' English dub was produced by Williams Street in Atlanta, Georgia and Bang Zoom! Entertainment in Burbank, California. Both studios collaborated on the English script and casting, Bang Zoom directed and recorded the actors, and Williams Street handled the final mixing for the dub. IGPX was the first original series on Toonami.
On November 21, 2014, anime distributor Discotek Media announced their license to the TV series and re-released both cuts (including Toonami cut and Production I.G cut) of the series on DVD on February 9, 2016.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor |
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| Team Satomi | |||
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Takeshi Jin | Kōzō Mito | Haley Joel Osment |
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Liz Riccaro | Akeno Watanabe | Michelle Rodriguez |
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Amy Stapleton | Ryoko Ono | Hynden Walch |
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Michiru Satomi | Emi Shinohara | Kari Wahlgren |
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Andrei Rublev / Rocket G | Masahiko Tanaka | Lance Henriksen |
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Dave Wittenberg (young) | ||
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Masa Ishikawa (Mark Ramsey) |
Jin Horikawa | Kirk Thornton |
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Himawari Aoi (Jesse Martin) |
Yumi Sudō | Julie Maddalena |
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Luca | Vanilla Yamazaki | Kari Wahlgren |
| Team White Snow | |||
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Zanak Strauss | Kenta Miyake | Doug Erholtz |
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Judy Ballasteros | Kotono Mitsuishi | Megan Hollingshead |
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Maxine "Max" Erlich | Chika Fujimura | Mela Lee |
| Team Sledge Mamma | |||
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Yamma | Keiji Fujiwara | Mark Hamill |
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Dimma | Tomoyuki Shimura | Andre Ware |
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Timma | Tatsuhisa Suzuki | Dave Wittenberg |
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River Marque | Kazuya Nakai | Steve Staley |
| Team Skylark | |||
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Fantine Valjean | Yui Horie | Karen Strassman |
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Jessica Darlin | Kiyomi Asai | Kate Higgins |
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Elissa Doolittle | Miho Hino | Michelle Ruff |
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Skylark Coach | Tomoko Naka | Megan Hollingshead |
| Team Velshtein | |||
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Alex "Cunningham" Hume | Shinichirō Miki | Steve Blum |
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Jan Michael | Kiyotaka Furushima | Dave Wittenberg |
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Dew | Yūto Kazama | Lex Lang |
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Sir Hamgra / Kaiser | Jōji Nakata | Kim Strauss |
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| Team Edgeraid | |||
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Bjorn Johannsen | Nobuo Tobita | Crispin Freeman |
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Bella Demarco | Miyako Itō | Stephanie Sheh |
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Franklin "Frank" Bullit | Susumu Chiba | Dave Wittenberg |
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Sola | Yūko Tachibana | Wendee Lee |
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Edgeraid Coach | Hidenari Ugaki | Tony Oliver |
| Team Black Egg | |||
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Ricardo Montazio | Katsuyuki Konishi | Erik Davies |
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Roger "Glass" Jones | Eiji Miyashita | Dave Mallow |
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Grant McKain | Hisanori Koyatsu | ¿? |
| Other Characters | |||
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Benjamin Bright | Tadashi Miyazawa | Tom Kenny |
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Yuri Jin | Ami Koshimizu | Stephanie Sheh |
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Johnny Lipkin | Yūki Mitsugi | Brianne Siddall |
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Hans Ramsey | Iemasa Kayumi | Michael Forest |
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Misaki Ramsey | Chiharu Suzuka | Barbara Goodson |
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Ichi | Takeshi Aono | William Frederick Knight |
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Jane Rublev | Kyōko Terase | Louise Chamis |
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Sage Rublev | Kimiko Koyama | Cristina Vee |
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Narration | Peter Cullen* | |
*Toonami Cut Only
Additional Voices[]
- Jason DeMarco
- Dorothy Elias-Fahn
- Kate Higgins
- Tom Kenny
- Mela Lee
- Dave Mallow
- Tony Oliver
- Michelle Ruff
- Keith Silverstein
- Julie Ann Taylor
Notes[]
- One of Cristina Vee's first professional anime roles.
- Kirk Thornton, Julie Maddalena, and Steve Blum are the only voice actors to reprise their roles from the microseries.
- This is one of Eric P. Sherman’s final direction of anime dubs before becoming a producer and production supervisor until Bubble in 2022.
- This was Peter Cullen's final Anime Dubbing role before Reprising the role for Optimus Prime in Michael Bay's Transformers, and has not done appeared in another English Dub Since.
Transmission[]
| Date(s) | Channel | Country | |
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| 2005-2006 | Cartoon Network (Toonami) |
United States | 
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| 2013-2015 | Cartoon Network (Adult Swim/Toonami) | ||
Video Releases[]
| Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Region | Country | |
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| Bandai Entertainment | 2006 | 
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Episodes 1-4* | 1 NTSC |
United States |
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| 1 Disc | ||||||
| The Complete Series | ||||||
| 7 Volumes | ||||||
| 2006-2007 | The Complete Series | |||||
| 2 Volumes | ||||||
| Discotek Media | 2016 | The Complete Series | ||||
| 10 Discs | ||||||
*Edited for TV Versions / Dub Only
See Also[]
External Links[]
- IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix at the Internet Movie Database
- IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix at Anime News Network's encyclopedia