Future GPX Cyber Formula
Japanese anime television series
Future GPX Cyber Formula (新世紀GPX（フューチャーグランプリ）サイバーフォーミュラ, Fyūchā Guranpuri Saibā Fōmyura) is a Japanese futuristic motorsports anime television series produced by Asatsu and Sunrise. The series originally aired between March 15 and December 20, 1991 on Nippon Television and was later followed by four OVA (Original Video Animation) series respectively titled: Double One, Zero, Saga, and Sin. These OVAs are collectively known as Future GPX Cyber Formula 2 (新世紀GPX（フューチャーグランプリ）サイバーフォーミュラ2, Fyūchā Guranpuri Saibā Fōmyura Tsū). The series has also been adapted into multiple games, art-books, toys, audio dramas, and novels.
Outside of Japan, the series has aired in the Philippines by ABS-CBN for Hero TV, and in Italy on Italia 1. An English-subtitled DVD boxset of the TV series has also been released by Bandai in 2003. Medialink licensed the full series across Asia-Pacific in 2021.
Summary
Some time in the near future, Cyber Formula, an automobile race in a different category from Formula One, is gaining popularity. It features cars equipped with pollution-free engines such as hydrogen engines and room-temperature superconducting motors, and artificial intelligence for navigation. A young driver, Hayato Kazami, is accidentally registered as a driver of Asurada, a Cyber Formula machine developed by his father.
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