Anime Review: Oban Star-Racers

June 10, 2012

Eva is the daughter of a great star-racer manager, Don Wei. Her mom, a race pilot, was killed in a crash during one of her races when Eva was just a child. Unable to cope with the loss of his wife Don leaves his daughter at an orphanage and tries to move on with his life. Years later Eva, now a teenager going by the name Molly, has run away from the orphanage to find her father only to discover that he doesn’t recognize her or know who she is anymore. Don Wei is now the manager of the “Earth Team” who are departing Earth to compete in the “Great Race”; and Molly decides to tag along.

In the course of events the original pilot has a bad crash in the first race and is unable to continue. Molly steps in to pilot for the Earth Team, with her father still not knowing who she really is. Molly must learn to become the best pilot she can and also find a way of telling Don Wei that she is his daughter. Can the Earth Team win? Can Don Wei let a kid risk her life in the races? He may have to, as Earth’s survival seems to be hanging in the balance.

There isn’t a ton of plot development going on in this show. I’m enjoying watching it and it is a clean show. If you are looking for something with a strong plot that leaves you wanting to watch the next episode this is probably not the show for you. If you are looking for a good clean show to pass the time then you will probably enjoy this.

Number of seasons: 1
Episodes per season: 26
Content: Clean