Oban Star-Racers to air on UK TV this autumn

Oban Star-Racers has been nominated for the Best Children’s Animation award at the 2007 BAFTAs (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) – the other three nominations are all CBBC cartoons (Charlie and Lola Christmas Special, The Secret Show and Shaun the Sheep). Being a truly global production, Oban Star Racers was animated in Japan … Continued

After gaining lots of popularity within the anime community following it’s airing on Jetix and GMTV, Oban Star Racers is going to be released over two volumes on DVD. The first volume will contain episodes 1-13, and the second volume (which at this time has no release date confirmed) will include the remaining episodes of … Continued

Fanart of the official Oban Star Racers fan site has let us know that the first couple of episodes will be airing January 1st on ITV 1 from 8:20am until 9:25am. We are unable to find whether or not this will become a weekly fixture for ITV. Oban Star Racers is a Star Wars pod-racing … Continued

Despite all the fanfare deservedly going to Jetix UK’s announcement of Naruto, they will also be airing Japanese-French co-production Oban Star Racers, which recently premiered on French TV. For those interested, you can stream the Oban Star Racers trailer at You Tube by clicking here.