Acceleracers (Movie Series)

This is about the Acceleracers movie series. For other meanings, see Acceleracers (disambiguation).

Acceleracers
Directors	Andrew Duncan (Ignition, Speed of Silence, Ultimate Race) Gino Nichele (Ignition) William Gordon (Speed of Silence) William Lau (Breaking Point)
Producers	Ian Richter Gio Corsi (Ignition, Speed of Silence)
Writers	Mark Edens Ian Richter (story)
Composers	Brian Carson
Runtime	60 minutes
Released	Jan 8, 2005 - Oct 1, 2005
Previous	Hot Wheels: World Race

Hot Wheels: Acceleracers (stylized AcceleRacerS) is a 2005 animated series of films. It was created by Mark Edens and Ian Richter. It continues after Hot Wheels: World Race and features new and returning characters.

There are four original movies, starting with Ignition and concluding with Ultimate Race. The 4 movies and mini-episodes were animated by Mainframe Entertainment (now Rainmaker Studios).

Plot

The series takes place 2 years after the events of Hot Wheels Highway 35 World Race, and follows two rival racing teams the Teku and the Metal Maniacs as they race against the Racing Drones in the Racing Realms.

Movies

No.	Title	Runtime	Release
1	Ignition	60 minutes	January 8, 2005
2	Speed of Silence	60 minutes	March 19, 2005
3	Breaking Point	60 minutes	June 25, 2005
4	Ultimate Race	60 minutes	October 1, 2005

Development

_{See also: Acceleracers (Movie Series)/Development}

Acceleracers began development in February 2004, with animation being produced from June 2004 to June 2005. Concept designs for vehicles may have began as early as late-2003, according to Hot Wheels vehicle designer Eric Tscherne.

Production Material

Test Animation

An Acceleracers test animation was made by DQ Entertainment LTD. around the beginning of 2004. A beta design for the Acceledrome and Reverb was modeled and animated.

Unreleased Acceleracers Test Animation

Box Art

Art director Alan Andrews was hired as Senior Designer for the Hot Wheels brand. Alan integrated still images from the animations and created a packaging for each of the DVDs.

Release

DVD Boxset

Home release DVDs were sold for $19.98 US dollars. VHS copies were sold for $14.94 US dollars.

Acceleracers: Ignition aired on Toonami at January 8th, 2005, at 6:30 PM (5:30 Central),, with the DVD and VHS releasing on March 22nd, 2005.

Acceleracers: The Speed of Silence aired on Toonami at March 19th, 2005, 6:30 PM (5:30 Central), with the DVD releasing August 22nd and the VHS releasing August 23rd.

Acceleracers: Breaking Point aired on Toonami at June 25th, 2005, 6:30 PM (5:30 Central), with the DVD releasing March 28, 2006. No VHS release was produced.

Acceleracers: The Ultimate Race aired on Toonami at October 1st, 2005, at 6:30 PM (5:30 Central), with the DVD releasing in November 28th, 2006. No VHS release was produced. A gift set of all 4 movie DVDs was released on the same day, priced at $41.82 US dollars SRP.

Continuation and Cancellation

Plans for a continuation were in early conceptual stages, with several patents and concept art suggesting it would've revolved around transforming vehicles. These concepts evolved to Stunt Strikers, a 2007 McDonalds line, and then to Battle Force 5.

An anonymous team member at Mattel responded to an email sent by reddit user u/racingdrones on February 2nd, 2016, concerning the cancellation of Acceleracers. The team member stated, "Acceleracers was cancelled due to the revolving marketing team, and worries that Acceleracers was becoming more popular than Hot Wheels itself." The concepts and designs made for the Acceleracers continuation were eventually moved to Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5.

Reception

The series as a whole (World Race and all 4 movies) has a 7.3 out of 10 rating on IMDb. Common Sense Media gave the series 2 stars out of 5. Kidzworld gave the show 4 stars out of 5.

Other Media

Collectible Card Game

_{See also: Acceleracers Collectible Card Game}

A collectible card game was released in late 2004, packed in with Acceleracers die casts. A promo animation was produced, and features different animation and lighting than the ones seen in Acceleracers. It can be seen here.

Acceleracers Soundtrack

_{See also: Acceleracers Soundtrack}

A CD selection of Acceleracers music was released on August 30th, 2005, manufactured and distributed by Sony BMG Music Entertainment. A YouTube playlist of the score ripped from the movies can be found here.

Online Games

Online flash games were produced and hosted on CartoonNetwork.com and HotWheels.com. Only two were made, that being Acceleracers: Track Mod and Acceleracers: Realm Champion.

Fan Projects

_{See also: List of Fan Projects}

Several fan-made continuations have been made by members of the Acceleracers community, most of which being abandoned or outright cancelled. Most notable is Acceleracers 5: The Edge, a sequel fan-comic which launched in October of 2013, gaining 2,300 Facebook followers.

Gallery

Click to view the Acceleracers Gallery page.

Trivia

• In the Toonami airings, the Hot Wheels logo was removed due to unknown reasons.
  • However, in Speed of Silence and onwards they replace it with RD-09.
• With all the production photos we can somewhat piece the name evolution of Acceleracers;
  • Realm Racers > XL Racers > Acceleracers

See Also

• List of Fan Projects
• List of Content Creators
• Action Figure Prototypes
• Stunt Strikers
• Battle Force 5

External Links

• ValkenVugen's Acceleracers Remastered Playlist
• Shirako Takamoto English Reuploads
• The Acceleracers Reddit Wiki
• Accelepedia.com (Archived 2018)
• Official Acceleracers Homepage (Archived November 2005)