Ōban Star-Racers
Ōban Star-Racers
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Ōban Star-Racers

7.8 / 10
2006
1 season
26 episodes
AnimationDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure

Every 10,000 years, teams from all over the universe are gathered by the mysterious Avatar to compete in the Great Race of Ōban, a race with much more at stake than just honor or prize money. According to legend, the winner is awarded the Ultimate Prize, which is rumored to grant any wish, from large-scale destruction to, perhaps, the resurrection of a loved one. Some want it for glory, others as a way of universal domination. However, the true nature of the Prize is shrouded in mystery, and things are not what they appear to be…

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Opening | Chance to Shine - AKINO [Creditless]

Cast

Seasons

  • A Fresh Start

    1.A Fresh Start

    05-06-2006

    Twenty-five years after a mysterious being called 'The Avatar' averted war between Earth and the Crogs, Earth is invited to participate in "The Great Race of Oban", a competition h...

  • Hostilities Break Out

    2.Hostilities Break Out

    05-06-2006

    The 'Earth Team' arrives on Alwas, site of the preliminaries and discovers that Eva, who calls herself 'Molly', has accompanied them. With no time to argue, the team competes in th...

  • Grave Like Groor

    3.Grave Like Groor

    12-06-2006

    With no lead pilot, the Earth Team desperately searches for a replacement, that is until Molly jumps into the pilot seat and enters the next race. Even though she wins, Don Wei, bl...

  • In Like Flint

    4.In Like Flint

    19-06-2006

    Molly is attacked by Groor after winning their race, but thanks to some assistance from Prince Aikka, is able to make it to the next race. The race, it seems, is fixed to be in fav...

  • Cruel Like Ceres

    5.Cruel Like Ceres

    26-06-2006

    Rick recovers from the accident and becomes the lead pilot again, but something is wrong. While racing against Ceres, his muscles seize up and he is unable to control his hands or...

  • Playful Like Para-dice

    6.Playful Like Para-dice

    10-07-2006

    Molly is now chosen to take Rick's place as the new driver. However, the team's racer is sabotaged by Paradice, a cat-like creature who views The Great Race of Ōban as nothing more...

  • Treacherous Like Toros

    7.Treacherous Like Toros

    17-07-2006

    While Rick searches for answers about who sabotaged the team's first racer, Molly races in the preliminary semi-finals against a commanding officer in the Crog army. The experience...

  • Agile Like Aikka

    8.Agile Like Aikka

    24-07-2006

    Molly and Aikka agree to a cease fire for their match, but Don Wei and Jordan think it would be better to take Aikka out. The race goes well at first with Molly keeping Jordan lock...

  • Surprising like Super-Racer

    9.Surprising like Super-Racer

    31-07-2006

    Unable to reach Molly, who has shut herself up in her room, Don Wei decides to have Rick personally train her. Meanwhile, Jordan confirms a long-standing rumor, and then they race...

  • Resistant Like Rush

    10.Resistant Like Rush

    07-08-2006

    Molly races Rush in a contest of marksmanship, seeing who can destroy the most targets. Meanwhile, Don Wei reveals his past to Rick, finally shedding light on how he became what he...

  • Silent Like Spirit

    11.Silent Like Spirit

    14-08-2006

    With the finals slowly approaching The Earth Team prepares for its next race against Spirit. Upon seeing his face, both Don and Molly are horrified at the revelation that this race...

  • The Will to Win

    12.The Will to Win

    21-08-2006

    Stan and Koji desperately search for spare parts to rebuild the Arrow II before the next race. Molly contemplates her future should she win the Ultimate Prize. Elsewhere, Rick fina...

  • Make Way!

    13.Make Way!

    28-08-2006

    It's do-or-die time for The Earth Team. To reach Ōban they must win their last race in a rematch against Toros. Piloting a rebuilt Arrow with a new, untested hyperdrive, Molly must...

  • Welcome to Ōban

    14.Welcome to Ōban

    11-09-2006

    Finally, the Earth Team has made it to Ōban, the site of the grand finals. Before proper introductions are made, the races immediately get underway. With new and old rivals to face...

  • Fierce Like Lord Furter

    15.Fierce Like Lord Furter

    18-09-2006

    As the second race of the finals approaches, Molly and Jordan have caught the attention of Lord Furter, a self-described pirate. The crude little alien prides himself on winning, b...

  • Nervous Like Ning & Skun

    16.Nervous Like Ning & Skun

    25-09-2006

    Facing both internal and external conflicts, Molly races hard to win her team some points and it looks like she may actually pull it off. However, her hopes are short-lived when tw...

  • Optimised Like Ondai

    17.Optimised Like Ondai

    02-10-2006

    Molly vows to win the next race, but a mechanical racer has other plans. Meanwhile, the plot thickens when Don Wei learns that his daughter, Eva, has run away from her school. How...

  • Monstrous Like Muir

    18.Monstrous Like Muir

    16-10-2006

    The finals continue as the Earth Team has finally begun to catch up in the rankings. They soon face a bug racer, whose quest for the Ultimate Prize may not be so different from Mol...

  • The Origin of the World

    19.The Origin of the World

    30-10-2006

    The next race takes place in Oban's center, where the stakes are high, as future planets exist around them. Will Molly be able to win, or is the drama involving Aikka's change towa...

  • Secret Like Sul

    20.Secret Like Sul

    06-11-2006

    Molly discovers a conspiracy by other racers to take Sul out of the competition, but struggles with how she should use this information: Stay quiet and take the opportunity to adva...

  • Ominous Like O

    21.Ominous Like O

    20-11-2006

    With the end of the grand finals approaching, Don Wei confesses that he knows Molly's true identity, and finally reveals why he left her behind ten years earlier, but Molly is not...

  • Revelations

    22.Revelations

    27-11-2006

    After crashing and becoming stranded due to the attack of another racer, Molly and Jordan try to make their way across Ōban to catch up with the temple before the start of the next...

  • Cruel Like Kross

    23.Cruel Like Kross

    08-12-2006

    Nothing is clear to Eva anymore. Personally, she doesn't see why she would want to race anymore, since she is unable to revive her mother because of what the Ultimate Prize's natur...

  • Canaletto's Revenge

    24.Canaletto's Revenge

    11-12-2006

    The final race has arrived and the stakes couldn't be higher. Kross, having learned the Ultimate Prize's true nature, goes on a rampage taking down all racers in his path. In the e...

  • Unlikely Alliances

    25.Unlikely Alliances

    11-12-2006

    Canaletto is free and determined to regain his lost power. The remaining racers join forces in order to stop the powerful being from achieving his goal. However, Canaletto will not...

  • The Moment Of Truth

    26.The Moment Of Truth

    11-12-2006

    The Great Race comes to a surprising and powerful end. Old grudges and past wrongs are finally forgiven. Ōban is reborn as a new Avatar steps forward. And a young girl faces a new,...

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