Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!!


The Racing Brothers Let's & Go!! is a manga series created by, first serialized in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic magazine from July 1994 to October 1999. The manga centers on Rettsu and Go Seiba, brothers who focus on the world of miniature car racing known as Mini 4WD. It is created as a tie-in to Tamiya's Mini 4WD franchise, and it is the second series to center on the franchise since Dash! Yonkuro.
Three anime adaptations of the manga were produced by Xebec from 1996 to 1998, each of which consisting of three 51-episode series, and was also made into several games. The series also released various merchandise, including CDs, trading cards, stickers, and even die-cast cars. In 2014, a sequel series, Return, Racers, began serialization in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Aniki magazine, 20 years after the original series' serialization. A spinoff manga, which focuses on Tsubasa, was serialized on CoroCoro Ichiban in August 2017.

Plot

Mini 4WD racing is an interesting hobby where kids and adults compete using customized motorized miniature cars. Every year, competitions revolving around the hobby circulated around the world, where kids and adults test out their spirit and passion for racing, with companies developing new technologies and innovations for Mini 4WD cars. The story revolves around the competitive Seiba Brothers: Go and Rettsu, who were once constantly arguing with each other to see who between them is the best racer. However, one day after a community-sponsored race they both met Dr. Tsuchiya, the head of the Tsuchiya Racing Factory who gave them two Mini 4WD Cars from the prototype Saber Series: Sonic Saber and Magnum Saber. With his advice to customize them for the upcoming race, they are now determined to win, race to victory and set off on the wildest race of their lives while meeting both friends and enemies in the Mini 4WD Racing world.

Characters

TRF Victory's

;Go Seiba
;Rettsu "Let's" Seiba
;Ryo Takaba
;Tokichi Mikuni
;J
;Jirōmaru Takaba
;Dr. Tsuchiya

Ichimonji Brothers

;Gohki "Go" Ichimonji
;Retsuya "Let's" Ichimonji

Ogami Corps

;Dr. Ogami
;Marina Ogami
;Kai Okita
;Gen Kondo
;Rei Hijikata

NA Astro Rangers

;Brett Astaire
;Edge Blaze
;Josephine "Jo" Goodwin
;Michael Miller
;David "Hammer D" Grant

Other racers

;Jun Sagami
;Makoto Kohiro
;Futoshi Kurosawa
;Chiiko Mikuni
;R

Supporting characters

;Takeshi Sugiyama
;Tamotsu Sagami
;Kaizō Seiba
;Yoshie Seiba
;Masamune Ichimonji
;Sayuri Dōmoto

Media

Manga

The manga series originally ran serially in CoroCoro Comic starting in the June 1994 issue through the October 1997 issue, compiling into 13 tankōbon volumes. A sequel/spin-off called The Racing Brothers Let's & Go!! MAX, with new protagonists Retsuya and Gohki, was published from November 1997 to October 1999 and it was compiled into 7 tankōbon volumes. A second sequel, titled The Racing Brothers Let's & Go!! Return, Racers!!, began serialization on Coro Coro Aniki in October 2014 before it was temporarily stopped publication and continued its serialization in Coro Coro Online until November 2021. The new series depicted Go's and Rettsu's life 20 years following the end of the original series, as well as new flashback stories. A third sequel, titled Let's & Go!! Tsubasa: The Next Racers began serialization on CoroCoro Ichiban in August 2017.

TV anime

An anime adaptation of the series was produced by Xebec, directed by Tetsurō Amino and written by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama. It first aired on TV Tokyo from January 8, 1996, through December 30, 1996, covering the first half of the manga. A second season titled The Racing Brothers Let's & Go!! WGP aired from January 6, 1997, through December 22, 1997, covering the second half of the manga. Both seasons have 51 episodes each. An eponymous anime adaptation of The Racing Brothers Let's & Go!! MAX manga was directed by Takao Kato aired on from January 5, 1998, to December 21, 1998, totaling 51 episodes. Both series were also aired by GMA Network from 1999 to 2001, first dubbed in English and later in Tagalog.

Anime film

A film based on the second season titled The Racing Brothers Let's & Go!! WGP: The Chase of the Uncontrollable Mini 4WD! was released in theaters in Japan on July 5, 1997. In the Philippines, the film was released as Let's & Go!! The Movie: Tamiya on January 12, 2001.

Games

  • Mini 4WD Shining Scorpion Let's & Go!!
  • Mini 4WD GB Let's & Go!
  • Mini 4WD Super Factory
  • Mini 4WD Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! WGP Hyper Heat
  • Mini 4WD GB Let's & Go! All-Star Battle MAX
  • Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! Eternal Wings
  • ''Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! POWER WGP2''