#ACCELERACERS EXTRA MOVIES SERIES#
Kicking off the series was Hot Wheels: World Race which was divided into a five-episode miniseries that aired on Cartoon Network in summer of 2003. Hot Wheels: World Race was released in 2003 on VHS and DVD and was also aired on Cartoon Network.
#ACCELERACERS EXTRA MOVIES MOVIE#
Sure, many characters are a little cliché and lacking development, and there's an inevitable corniness to the dialogue, but hey! This is first and foremost a kid's movie that just so happens to have an ounce of car guy cred. The result was a cinematic universe that was based on a toy car lineup but featured actual heroes with real-world problems facing a fleshed-out villain. In the early-to-mid 2000s, Toy company, Mattel, partnered with Canadian animation company, Mainframe Entertainment, to produce five animated films to inject life into the Hot Wheels brand and give youngins of the Bush Era a Fast & Furious-like saga of their own. Bust out the Lunchables and don your Heelys (that was a Gen-Z thing, right?) because it's time to get cultured and discuss the lovable oddity that is the Hot Wheels animated movie franchise. Well, I say no more time for dilly-dallying.
A shame considering the impact it had on the toy brand that birthed it as well as youth car culture of the era. Of all the colorful, childhood experiences Zoomers cling to dearly, however, there remains a peculiar gem that seems to elude memories to the point where it would have been completely lost to time without the power of the internet. The most significant memory from then that I can call back on is a toss-up between getting a new Matchbox Super Blast fire truck for my fifth birthday or seeing Squidward's band perform "Sweet Victory" for the very first time. On the big screens, an RB26 Mustang battled a Fairlady Z down a touge road not long after Obi-Wan and Anakin had their now-legendary duel on Mustafar. The Spongebob movie released during this time, and Cartoon Network and Need For Speed were well into their respective golden ages. No adult responsibilities or global crisis to give one, singular fuck about. The first years of the new millennium were a simple time for Generation-Z.
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