Arrow Emblem: Grand Prix no taka
Arrow Emblem: Grand Prix no taka
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Arrow Emblem: Grand Prix no taka

8.0 / 10
1977
1 season
44 episodes
AnimationDrama

Takaya Todoroki's dreams of becoming an F1 driver are halted when he crashes his self-built car, but a masked man offers him a second chance, and so Takaya takes on the challenge of establishing his talent with the new Katori Motors team.

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Cast

Seasons

  • Dash to Glory

    1.Dash to Glory

    22-09-197725m

    Young Takaya tests his car during the first race he participates in, but one step away from winning an oil stain prevents him from winning. His car, just built, ends up destroyed a...

  • Someday like a Phoenix

    2.Someday like a Phoenix

    29-09-197725m

    Taken to the residence of the young daughter of the Katori, Takaya struggles to question himself and is pushed to resume his journey by young Niki Lanz. The boy, hesitant and grump...

  • Challenge the Monster Machine

    3.Challenge the Monster Machine

    06-10-197725m

    The discovery of the Katori's new prototype pushes Takaya to resume the race. The young Suzuko, in charge of the cars, intimately in love with him, pushes him to try it, but the da...

  • Spin Turn to Tomorrow

    4.Spin Turn to Tomorrow

    13-10-197725m

    The controlled skid, the most complex manoeuvre for a rally driver, is the challenge for Takaya, who really has to commit to winning the race he has now decided to win. Thanks to t...

  • Explosion Full of Scratches

    5.Explosion Full of Scratches

    20-10-197725m

    The first part of the race closes with a considerable delay of the new Katori, due to the unfair manoeuvres of fellow rivals, who tamper with the car and force it into unexpected s...

  • There is a Flame behind the

    6.There is a Flame behind the

    TBA25m

    Despite returning to Tokyo, Takaya returns to the car show again at the invitation of her great protector Niki Lanz. Here he meets the president of Katori motors, who offers him to...

  • Put on the Road Grip

    7.Put on the Road Grip

    TBA25m

    At Katori's research centre, Takaya is left to complete in isolation and realises that he can rely only on his strength to do his job. With observation and tenacity he finds the wa...

  • Howling Six-Wheeled Vehicle

    8.Howling Six-Wheeled Vehicle

    TBA25m

    Under the eyes of the President of Katori Motors, Takaya experiments with his new car and convinces him to include it on the list of riders at the Monte Carlo Rally, where the auto...

  • Run 500 Miles

    9.Run 500 Miles

    TBA25m

    On the Monte-Carlo circuit, Takaya gives great proof of his skill by surprising even those who had doubted him among the team members. Mountain circuits are not a problem for his d...

  • Fear of Black Ice

    10.Fear of Black Ice

    TBA25m

    The ice of the Alps is a challenge for any driver. However, Takaya manages to master the ice also thanks to the tires already mounted. The problem that frustrates Katori's race is...

  • My F1 Eight-Wheeled Vehicle

    11.My F1 Eight-Wheeled Vehicle

    TBA25m

    The Spanish Grand Prix is approaching, and Katori has chosen her driver in Takaya. But the House's new model needs to be perfected and the only one able to improve it is him, as Oy...

  • Spanish Love Storm

    12.Spanish Love Storm

    TBA25m

    To participate in the Spanish Grand Prix Takaya faces a difficult circuit like Jarama's, whose curves put him in difficulty. Moreover, in his mind the beautiful Isabella, known whi...

  • Robbed Todoroki Special

    13.Robbed Todoroki Special

    TBA25m

    Takaya's intentions are excellent, but an unforeseen event ruins Katori Motors' programs: the car was stolen by the bullfighter's brother killed in Spain and now Takaya has to reco...

  • La Mancha Windmill

    14.La Mancha Windmill

    TBA25m

    Recovered from the bullfighting accident, Takaya is hosted by Isabella's father who has now decided to marry him to make him heir to his fortune. Takaya, disappointed by his missed...

  • Barking Le Mans

    15.Barking Le Mans

    TBA25m

    The training for the 24 hours of Le Mans is very tough and Takaya promised not to see Isabella until the end of the race. But Jida, still vindictive at her brother's death decided...

  • I Won! I Ran

    16.I Won! I Ran

    TBA25m

    Isabella's condition is desperate. To save her you need two transfusions and offer each other the father and Takaya himself. But the girl wants the driver to race anyway to win, wi...

  • Tomorrow's Triumphant Song is Mine

    17.Tomorrow's Triumphant Song is Mine

    TBA25m

    The Japanese team moves to France, where it prepares to face the difficult challenge of the Grand Prix. Takaya found a way to solve another problem to her car as well: by observing...

  • Machine Parking in the Countryside

    18.Machine Parking in the Countryside

    TBA25m

    Takaya's talent is exalted by the features of her car, whose aisers allow her to dash like never before. With his competitors out of the race for accidents, Takaya also has to come...

  • Splash of Silver Stone

    19.Splash of Silver Stone

    TBA25m

    A trivial accident in the country estate makes Takaya weak at the Silverstone race. Feverish from a foot infection, the driver asks Suzuko for silence to avoid missing the race. Th...

  • Montua Grand Prix Outpost

    20.Montua Grand Prix Outpost

    TBA25m

    Arriving in Monza, Takaya has to prepare for the grand prix but the difficulties with the public and the language make everything more complicated. The car must be retouched for th...

  • When a Man fold his Wings

    21.When a Man fold his Wings

    TBA25m

    The public's intemperence against the Japanese House continues to the point of forcing Takaya to withdraw. But, surprisingly, Lanz and the Italian champion Prandelli also withdraw...

  • F1 Japanese Grand Prix

    22.F1 Japanese Grand Prix

    TBA25m

    In Japan Takaya can count on the support and support of the public, but his biggest ally is his car, the Todoroki Special. During the tests the technicians realise that the only wa...

  • Grand Prix Victory dedicated to my Father

    23.Grand Prix Victory dedicated to my Father

    TBA25m

    The technical director, who is also his father, has a computerised control mechanism inserted on the car to give more stability to the car. In fact, during the race a car accident...

  • And to Africa

    24.And to Africa

    TBA25m

    After winning the Grand Prix, Takaya goes on to meet her uncles, who react very detachedly to her happiness. In reality they know the truth about his father's past: he just running...

  • Safa 5000 Kilometers

    25.Safa 5000 Kilometers

    TBA25m

    Takaya's father is studying the best way to equip the car to deal with the hailments of African territory, but Takaya refuses to have him as a second driver. The past they revealed...

  • Kilimanjaro's Oath

    26.Kilimanjaro's Oath

    TBA25m

    The choice of not having him as a running companion, convinces Takaya's father to fulfil that desire that had kept him away from his home for 15 years. The wife would have wanted t...

  • Welcome to the Enemy from East to West

    27.Welcome to the Enemy from East to West

    TBA25m

    After the race in Africa, Takaya disappears from the automotive world causing her tracks to be lost. The Japanese house must then rely on the driver Hans Rosel, spotted by Niki Lan...

  • Fold your Wings on the Rocky Mountain

    28.Fold your Wings on the Rocky Mountain

    TBA25m

    While the president of Katori Motors has decided to find Takaya to compete with the great automotive powers, Takaya risks being killed at the hands of a hitman appointed by Jida's...

  • The Target is Takaya!

    29.The Target is Takaya!

    TBA25m

    An unknown mountain biker runs to Takaya's rescue for business reasons: a large automaker has decided to propose to the driver to compete for his cause and take their car sales to...

  • Give your Life to the First Round of Return

    30.Give your Life to the First Round of Return

    TBA25m

    The South African Grand Prix is difficult and tiring, but Takaya counts on being able to bring a victory for the automaker of which he is a part. Attempts to lose him to change tea...

  • Hawk lost on Long Beach

    31.Hawk lost on Long Beach

    TBA25m

    At the Long Beach Grand Prix in North America, Takaya blackmailers thought it good to kidnap Angoro and release him only on the condition that the driver runs for them. Luckily Pat...

  • Geronimo on Fire

    32.Geronimo on Fire

    TBA25m

    Takaya travelling to North America, stops at the St.Sam service area, where the homonymous race between out of series is played. The boy Takaya meets gets injured on the eve of the...

  • Fuji Obstacle Race

    33.Fuji Obstacle Race

    TBA25m

    The US has asked for and obtained the establishment of a Formula 0, even more selective than F1, in which only cars equipped with super engines will be able to participate: this me...

  • Revive Samurai

    34.Revive Samurai

    TBA25m

    The new car, designed and built with the help of Japanese banks, has the name of Samurai, conceived by Takaya himself. The goal is to win American and Soviet competition to revital...

  • Fearful F.O. Round 1

    35.Fearful F.O. Round 1

    TBA25m

    The samurai's fine-tuning is about to end and Takaya must prove that he is ready for the appointment with rival Hans, who betrayed his colours for money and revenge. However, the r...

  • Storm Tranning

    36.Storm Tranning

    TBA25m

    The training that Takaya lacks to outperform Formula Zero drivers is the anti-gravity one. A pilot in formula zero faces the same difficulties as an astronaut pushing himself into...

  • Lorelei causes Death!

    37.Lorelei causes Death!

    TBA25m

    The next circuit is that of Nurbrgringin Germania, land of the legend of Lorelei, a woman who with her song attracted sailors causing them to shipwreck. Now, however, the same kind...

  • Fengyun Nürburgring

    38.Fengyun Nürburgring

    TBA25m

    At the generals, Takaya takes first place, despite the difficult conditions in which he has to run, and in spite of the improprieties of the Middle Eastern team. For the first time...

  • Clash! Beyond the Sealine

    39.Clash! Beyond the Sealine

    TBA25m

    The race, which began under the spectre of legend, sees a worrying succession of accidents, which eliminate cars without being able to count them. Pat, thanks to the unfair behavio...

  • Flames and Tears Circuit

    40.Flames and Tears Circuit

    TBA25m

    Pat's injury causes Takaya to withdraw, unexpectedly from the race. He, first and with a high probability of final victory, gives up fighting for the guilt of having induced the gi...

  • Run and Fly Wild Hawk

    41.Run and Fly Wild Hawk

    TBA25m

    Takaya at the invitation of Pat, arrives in Russia, where he will participate in the World Cup that must absolutely win to repair the mistake made in the last grand prix. With him...

  • Rivals Scattered in Moscow

    42.Rivals Scattered in Moscow

    TBA25m

    The final of the Moscow Grand Prix sees Takaya on the track against Hans, both determined to win. An accident, however, makes the race tragic. A tire hits Hans who is the victim of...

  • Burning Asama! Japan's Largest Race

    43.Burning Asama! Japan's Largest Race

    TBA25m

    Japan's first Formula Zero Grand Prix takes place in Asama. A circuit unknown to Takaya, who, out of presumption, accepts Himura's challenge and loses by inexperience of the route....

  • Falcon, Flutter Beyond the Clouds

    44.Falcon, Flutter Beyond the Clouds

    TBA25m

    The lesson learned with the previous day's challenge, yields a teaching to Takaya that his Suzuko manages to make him understand. So the driver uses the same mistake as him in the...

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