F-Zero: Falcon Densetsu (F-Zero: GP Legend)

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English: F-Zero: GP Legend

Synonyms: F-Zero: The Legend of Falcon

Japanese: F-ZERO ファルコン伝説

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Type: TV

Episodes: 51

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 7, 2003 to Sep 28, 2004

Premiered: Fall 2003

Broadcast: Tuesdays at 18:30 (JST)

Producers: Studio Jack

Licensors: 4Kids Entertainment

Studios: Production Reed

Source: Game

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Cars, Sports, Mecha, Shounen

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG - Children

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Score: 6.43¹ (scored by 1,635 users)

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Ranked: #6072²

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Popularity: #5366

Members: 6,604

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Rick Wheeler was a police detective who got into a fatal car accident while pursuing the criminal Zoda. He was placed into artificial coldsleep for 150 years. Wheeler is brought back to life by Jody Summer and Dr. Stewart, who work with a group of good racers who try to keep prize money out of the hands of unsavory people like the Dark Million Organization run by Black Shadow and Deathborn.

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Captain Falcon

Main

Tanaka, Hideyuki
Japanese

Suzaku, Ryuu

Main

Morikawa, Toshiyuki
Japanese

Black Shadow

Main

Wakamoto, Norio
Japanese

Pico

Supporting

Mochizuki, Kenichi
Japanese

Levin, Jack

Supporting

Yao, Kazuki
Japanese

Super Arrow

Supporting

Cho
Japanese

The Skull

Supporting

Fujimoto, Takayuki
Japanese

Blood Falcon

Supporting

Ginga, Banjou
Japanese

McCloud, James

Supporting

Miki, Shinichiro
Japanese

Samurai Goroh

Supporting

Iwata, Yasunobu
Japanese

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Tomobuki, Ami

Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard

Matsuura, Noriyoshi

Sound Director

Sugawara, Miho

Sound Director

Miyamoto, Yukihiro

Episode Director, Storyboard

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"The Meaning of Truth" by HIRO-X

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"Resolution" by Maeda Ai

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Dec 1, 2014

51 of 51 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

TheAfroNinja (All reviews)

26 people found this review helpful

If your not very sure what F-Zero is let me fill you in since the synopsis doesn't really explain much. F-Zero is one of the first futuristic racing games produced by Nintendo EAD and is a good seller amongst their franchises. You may have heard of the franchises main character Capt. Falcon appearing more popularly in the Super Smash Brothers Series with his signature Falcon Punch. Its funny because the Falcon Punch wasn't really a thing until this anime came out and was then spread by the Smash Bros Series. This was a damn good anime for its time and I am surprised barely anyone has actually seen it.

Story 9/10
The story is really deep and really focuses on explaining the F-Zero Universe. Most of the early episodes are somewhat filler as it usually follows a line of introduce one of the games racers and stimulate a plot based around that character. While most people don't enjoy filler episodes like this I actually found them to be quite enjoyable and learned quite a bit about the series in general. The episodes later on start really developing the story around the Mobile Task Force and Dark Million which had lots of tension. Not sure if any of it replicates any of the games storyline since its been a while since I played but damn is it good at providing a core plot and sticking to it and you can just see its evolution and its quite fascinating. I also found it quite interesting when they made references to like Capcom and Star Fox. They really have their way with pleasing Nintendo Fans.

Art 8/10
For an anime that released in 2003 it had really great animation and style and quite enjoyed the F-Zero machines and designs. It really makes them more recognizable now however I felt the anime's art may have been a tad to dark at some points. I felt like I could really see what was actually going on but other than that it was great.

Sound 10/10
What I really enjoyed was the fact they included big themes from the game into the anime like Big Blue Theme and Mute City. I really felt a rush of nostalgia hearing them in this anime. Also the OP and ED were fantastic additions well. They are pretty recognizable and fit well into this animes style.

Character 10/10
They did an excellent job of portraying characters from the games series. Not only was our main character development amazing I really enjoyed the supporting/minor characters that made appearances in the anime. It helps the show really explain F-Zero as a whole. They even took another measure and evaluated the one character you came to see and thats Capt. Falcon. Most people expected the most baddest character from him just Falcon Punching everything in sight. Well, instead they made him mysterious. For the first few episodes they make sure you wanna keep watching just to see Capt. Falcon more and more. I really do believe he had the strongest role even though he had less appearance than most of the Mobile Task Force. Truthfully its worth watching just for Capt. Falcon and his story.

Overall 9/10
Putting it on to terms, this anime was probably meant for those F-Zero and Nintendo Fans out there wanting to view more about Capt. Falcon. Yeah, half of it is filler of the actual games it still can be good to watch and expand your horizon on the games. If you don't really care for F-Zero at all you will probably not enjoy this at all because it moves rather slow in the beginning. However, if you were just looking for something intense to watch don't overlook this for something newer/well known. It still poses a great act for story and action in general and you won't be displeased with it all.

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Feb 19, 2013

51 of 51 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

RafaelDeJongh (All reviews)

24 people found this review helpful

F-Zero GP Legends known from its awesome game franchise on the various Nintendo platforms and also fairly known for the Falcon Punch by Captain Falcon!

This anime series sure took me by surprise and on first looks it might not give you any wow effect when you just start the anime but the real action and story starts to develop right in the middle of the story which already starts to buildup development towards the last episode.

The story takes such a turn in quality from start till end that this anime certainly is worth a try even if you have to search wide and for read more

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Mar 30, 2015

51 of 51 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 3

literaturenerd (All reviews)

19 people found this review helpful

Many video games have been lauded for their brilliant plots. The minimalist storytelling, yet heavy symbolism of Shadow of the Colossus, which says so little in dialogue, yet evokes so much emotion. The knee slapping satire of the first Bioshock against Randian Objectivism. The astounding amount of lore, world building, and background that went into the Elder Scrolls games, or Mass Effect. The lovable characters, excellent action, and vibrant imagination of the Final Fantasy games (well some of them). Then there is F-Zero. It was a decent racing game on the SNES. Why did it get an anime? Who the fuck knows?!

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Aug 27, 2015

51 of 51 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Shining1994 (All reviews)

9 people found this review helpful

Well, first review, don't expect anything wonderful from this.

F-Zero: The Legend of Falcon is an alternate version of the mainline F-Zero video games in which I'm a fan.

The Story is not entirely focused in the series mascot, our greatest bombastic hero Captain Falcon, but he's a key character of the events too. Instead, it focuses on the adventures of Ryu Suzaku, a man with a feud against a Criminal for a very, very long time, but that's only a little bit part of the series that I don't tell more, but also focuses on the other racers as well, while deviating things, some of the read more

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