IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix

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 came out a couple of years prior.

Synopsis

The series is set in 2049 and revolves around the Immortal Grand Prix, or IGPX, which is a mecha racing/battle circuit. The sport is so popular that an entire city has been built for the racing industry, where competitions take place on a huge 60-mile (97 km) track. In the IGPX, two teams of three mechs, high-tech fighting machines driven by humans, race at speeds greater than 350 mph (560 km/h). The IGPX also contains fighting elements; attacking the opposing team to disable their mechs (thus preventing them from winning the race) is not only legal but also expected. Team Satomi, a crew of amateur pilots, has just won a minor-league championship, the IG-2, vaulting them into the sport’s highest level, the IG-1. Now, the untested rookies of Team Satomi must overcome impossible odds and beat the world’s most skilled and ruthless pilots.

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
Team Satomi
	Takeshi Jin	Kōzō Mito	Haley Joel Osment
	Liz Riccaro	Akeno Watanabe	Michelle Rodriguez
	Amy Stapleton	Ryoko Ono	Hynden Walch
	Michiru Satomi	Emi Shinohara	Kari Wahlgren
	Andrei Rublev / Rocket G	Masahiko Tanaka	Lance Henriksen
	Andrei Rublev / Rocket G	Masahiko Tanaka	¿Keith Silverstein?
	Masa Ishikawa (Mark Ramsey)	Jin Horikawa	Kirk Thornton
	Himawari Aoi (Jesse Martin)	Yumi Sudō	Julie Maddalena
	Luca	Vanilla Yamazaki	Kari Wahlgren
Team White Snow
	Zanak Strauss	Kenta Miyake	Doug Erholtz
	Judy Ballasteros	Kotono Mitsuishi	Megan Hollingshead
	Maxine "Max" Erlich	Chika Fujimura	Mela Lee
Team Slegde Mamma
	Yamma	Keiji Fujiwara	Mark Hamill
	Dimma	Tomoyuki Shimura	Andre Ware
	Timma	Tatsuhisa Suzuki	Dave Wittenberg
	River Marque	Kazuya Nakai	Steve Staley
Team Skylark
	Fantine Valjean	Yui Horie	Karen Strassman
	Jessica Darlin	Kiyomi Asai	Kate Higgins
	Elissa Doolittle	Miho Hino	Michelle Ruff
	Skylark Coach	Tomoko Naka	Megan Hollingshead
Team Velshtein
	Alex "Cunningham" Hume	Shinichirō Miki	Steve Blum
	Jan Michael	Kiyotaka Furushima	Dave Wittenberg
	Dew	Yūto Kazama	Lex Lang
	Sir Hamgra / Kaiser	Jōji Nakata	Kim Strauss
	Sir Hamgra / Kaiser	Jōji Nakata	Kim Strauss
Team Edgeraid
	Bjorn Johannsen	Nobuo Tobita	Crispin Freeman
	Bella Demarco	Miyako Itō	Stephanie Sheh
	Franklin "Frank" Bullit	Susumu Chiba	Dave Wittenberg
	Sola	Yuko Tachibana	Wendee Lee
	Edgeraid Coach	Hidenari Ugaki	Tony Oliver
Team Black Egg
	Ricardo Montazio	Katsuyuki Konishi	Erik Davies
	Roger "Glass" Jones	Eiji Miyashita	Dave Mallow
Other Characters
	Benjamin Bright	Tadashi Miyazawa	Tom Kenny
	Yuri Jin	Ami Koshimizu	Stephanie Sheh
	Johnny Lipkin	Yuki Mitsugi	Brianne Siddall
	Hans Ramsey	Iemasa Kayumi	Michael Forest
	Misaki Ramsey	Chiharu Suzuka	Barbara Goodson
	Ichi	Takeshi Aono	William Frederick Knight
	Jane Rublev	Kyōko Terase	Louise Chamis
	Sage Rublev	Kimiko Koyama	Cristina Valenzuela
	Narration		Peter Cullen*

*Toonami Cut Only

Additional Voices

Notes

One of Cristina Valenzuela's first professional anime roles.
Kirk Thornton, Julie Maddalena, and Steve Blum are the only voice actors to reprise their roles from the microseries.

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Country
2005-2006	Cartoon Network (Toonami)	United States
2013-2015	Cartoon Network (Adult Swim/Toonami)	United States

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Contents	Region	Country
Bandai Entertainment	2006	Episodes 1-4*	1 NTSC	United States
		1 Disc
		The Complete Series
		7 Volumes
	2006-2007	The Complete Series
	2006-2007	2 Volumes
Discotek Media	2016	The Complete Series
Discotek Media	2016	10 Discs

*Edited for TV Versions / Dub Only

External Links

IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix at the Internet Movie Database
IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix at Anime News Network's encyclopedia