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Capeta

Capeta

20058.41 Season52 EpisodesEndedTV-PG

Overview

Capeta is a Japanese sports manga and anime about kart racing by Masahito Soda. The manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen in 2005. The series consists of three separate arcs. The first is about Capeta's first experiences with kart racing at the age of 10. The next arc, which starts four years later, deals with Capeta trying to handle his growing financial issues due to the high cost involved in kart racing. The third is about Capeta trying to realize his dream of beating his rival and becoming a professional racer, venturing through into a more senior category: Formula Three. Both the anime and manga features numerous references and homages to Initial D and Best Motoring International references, as well as Formula One. In addition to this, there are many karting and racing references that not only add flesh to the story, but are also factual.

Created by Masahito Soda
Written by Masahito Soda, Tsutomu Kamishiro
Produced by Hidenori Itahashi, Norio Yamakawa
NetworksTV Tokyo

Top Cast

Kouichi Nagano

Kouichi Nagano

Shigeyoshi Kumada (voice)

Mika Ishibashi

Mika Ishibashi

Sarukkii (voice)

Ryou Naitou

Ryou Naitou

Naomi Minamoto (voice)

Shinya Kote

Shinya Kote

Taira Shigeo (voice)

T

Tony Hirota

President of Ikari Paving (voice)

Y

Yuu Daiki

Nanako Minamoto (voice)

Themes & Keywords

competitioncar racesportsschooltournamentbased on mangashounenanimego-kart

About Capeta

Capeta is a animation, drama series that first aired in 2005 exploring themes of competition, car race, sports, school, tournament, based on manga. Created by Masahito Soda, it stars Kouichi Nagano, Mika Ishibashi, Ryou Naitou. Capeta is a Japanese sports manga and anime about kart racing by Masahito Soda. The manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen in 2005. The series consists of three separate arcs. The first is about Capeta's first experiences with kart racing at the age of 10. The next arc, which starts four years later, deals with Capeta trying to handle his growing financial issues due to the high cost involved in kart racing. The third is about Capeta trying to realize his dream of beating his rival and becoming a professional racer, venturing through into a more senior category: Formula Three. Both the anime and manga features numerous references and homages to Initial D and Best Motoring International references, as well as Formula One. In addition to this, there are many karting and racing references that not only add flesh to the story, but are also factual.

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