Capeta

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Kouichi Nagano

Shigeyoshi Kumada (voice)

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Mika Ishibashi

Sarukkii (voice)

Ryou Naitou

Naomi Minamoto (voice)

Shinya Kote

Taira Shigeo (voice)

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Tony Hirota

President of Ikari Paving (voice)

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Yuu Daiki

Nanako Minamoto (voice)

Crew

Art

• Kazuhiro Takahashi Art Direction

Camera

• Seiichi Morishita Director of Photography

Crew

• Mizuho Suzuki Production Office Assistant

Directing

• Shin Misawa Series Director
• Hisaya Takabayashi Assistant Director

Editing

• Toshihiko Kojima Editor

Production

• Akihiro Sekiyama Line Producer
• Hidenori Itahashi Producer
• Norio Yamakawa Producer

Sound

• Takashi Endo Sound Effects
• Kazuzo Hamano Sound Director
• Toshihiko Sahashi Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

• Tadayoshi Okimura Character Designer

Writing

• Masahito Soda Comic Book
• Tsutomu Kamishiro Series Composition

Seasons & episodes