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Live-Action Speed Racer's Mach 5, Rain's Role Revealed
Date: 5/31/2007
USA Today has published a photograph of the Mach 5 from the Speed Racer film. The Mach 5 is the title car in the anime series Mach Go Go Go, the American adaptation Speed Racer, and this new live-action version, whose production begins June 5. South Korean news have also reported on the role of world-touring pop star Rain, who performed last Friday before 40,000 at the Tokyo Dome. According to the film's press conference in Germany, he will play an Asian racing rookie.
Source: Anime News Network