one thing id like to point out, the reason why the drivers tried to use accelechargers sparingly, mostly out of desperation and not every time they should, wasnt because they were trying to rely on their skills instead, but rather because the cars they drive cant handle the acceleron energy. you cant use them repeatedly in short succession or for really long durations of time. this was evident after the swamp realm when nolo was testing the swamp accelecharger on the test track. prolonged usage of the accelecharger caused high voltage to fail and quite literally fall apart before being destroyed. and that was only after a few minutes of continuous usage. compare that to gelorums car which _had_ been designed to use accelechargers and she had them activated for the entire duration of the ultimate race, which had to take well over several hours.
perhaps more driving related rather than character development related but i love how this cartoony show emphasised driving skill rather than which car is better. each racing realm was designed to teach and test certain skills which real world drivers use, e.g. the racing line, corner apex, tyre management. it was clever. perhaps a video on this would be interesting?
13:28 One thing that always gets me about this scene is how Tork casually pulls out the Swamp charger and nobody even acknowledges it. The only other time someone used the other team´s accelecharger was a last-ditch attempt to save a driver and the exchange happened mid race. An early sign of the teamwork we were about to see.
I personally prefer the Storm Realm. As it was our first impression of the Racing Realms, and it set the tone for the remaining realms. Imagine if the first racing realm we got was the Metro Realm or the Pipe Realm. It wouldn't have worked as well. The Storm Realm gave us the best moments to show how different these realms were compared to Highway 35, and as such, the drivers couldn't rely on the same skills and strategies as Highway 35. That shot where we pan off of the Injured Kurt Wild, with Slingshot being so badly destroyed is one of my favorite scenes in the series, no words, just darkness and sadness. But Cosmic Realm is probably my second favorite.
Don't forget Toro Plymouth roadrunner muscle car that didn't use after storm realm or Vert Deora 2 cut in piece only if Gig , Lani tell early so we see again the deora 2 in actions again
Another thing I noticed is that usually drivers would only use the accelecharger that a member of their team had won. Teku would use Swamp, Metal Maniacs would use Cavern. In the cosmic realm Tork tried using the swamp realm accelecharger. This also is an example of continuity because the only other time the teams swapped an accelecharger was in the middle of the Metro realm when Tork let Karma use the Cavern accelecharger to distract the drones while he helped Nolo & Monkey escape the sweeper.
Which means Character development AND reliability. Karma always was kinda neutral, she was in Teku, but she didn't care about walking with maniacs. Yeah, she actually hated their way of driving, but she never hated the persons behind it. And none of the Maniacs hated her either. This is why she used the cavern accelecharger on metro realm, also cuz tork wanted to redeem himself with nolo. after losing Kadeem on Storm Realm, didn't looked like it, but they decided to care less about their disparities if it means lose someone. Nolo on the Metro Realm (saved) and Wylde in the Junk Realm (lost, but saved later)
can i emphasize one thing? After swamp realm there are only 2 drivers who don't value others lifes more than winning. Nolo Passaro Mark Wylde In water realm, Wylde cares more about throwing Kurt out of the race than winning the Water Realm. Nolo tries to take Tork out of the Metro realm by constantly ramming into him during their chase until he makes a mistake and ends up with his car taken out instead. Tork never leaves Nolo either, until he ERPs (which he doesn't do), which we know is true because he wasn't close to the finish, but he was close to the Sweeper when it gets Nolo, hence how he helps Karma fighting the Sweeper. Final thing, Wylde gets taken out of Junk realm trying to disrupt Kurt and throw him out. Which means that directly trying to hurt another driver had terrible consequences every single time. And you can see it is only Nolo and Wylde, because Taro never turns to fight into Kurt, neither he "repays" the Ice Realm with Karma in the Pipeline Realm. Vert/Shirako/Monkey/Porkchop rarely get into any fight either, and Tork learns to avoid conflict after both Porkchop and Vert almost die in the water realm, so he basically is afraid of being the reason one of them gets trapped (what happens with kurt when Wylde doesn't ERP)
One thing I love about the Acceleracers compared to highway 35 is how the cars and drivers get injured. In highway 35 the cars are practically indestructible, yet in acceleracers the cars get beaten up and destroyed on a routine basis.
The Racing Realms are waaaaaaay more serious than the tracks from Highway 35. Also the humans were racing and fighting Drones, with (what I assume) plasma based weapons which totally wrecked the cars too. Instead of just getting sideswiped or clipped by the other humans. Lol insane series.
@@OdelyxRa I agree, the racing realms are so insane! I remember watching them when I was little, i used to imagine what it would be like flying through the realms. I'd come up with my own concepts too. It was so amazing to watch. Highway 35 was intense, but the thing is everyone had a sort of unwritten rule not to completely wreck each other. In Acceleracers the gloves are off, and all heck breaks loose. I do wonder what kinda devastation those plasma weapons can cause however. They look pretty deadly.
The Cosmic Realm is honestly a really good challenge and also a threat to cheaters and those who wish to go fast and beat others, Nitrous being something that would mess you up especially if you try to get in front of racers and knock them off the track and hit so they lose control, the low gravity being something that would make these people look foolish but I know for certain that the Racing Drone Tires sacrifice grip for working on all terrain with its crystalline material and so the vehicles become slippery, having regular Tires including the one used in the Realm by Teku and Metal Maniacs which is Slicks or High Performance will not have this issue.
@@dyroth No they took the feature for working on all conditions because you can see that the vehicles glide on the tracks and are not very stable when turning, the way the vehicles sway on the water then you can see that they have no grooves, completely smooth and transparent but I believe the material is crystalline and has some alien nanotechnology to adapt to the road but not really provide any grip.
When I found acceleracers 12-13 years after I had first watched it as a kid, nothing gave me more nostalgia than the cosmic realm, it was so recognizable and I instantly got chills, the music and the visuals are so good
The Cosmic Realm makes me wish we got to see the Solar Realm as well. Just the concept of driving in a giant loop around a giant star with pillars of fire and hydrogen attacking you is such an awesome concept.
I've always wanted to make a whole video essay on the Water Realm, it's my favorite realm in concept and execution wise haha This video might inspire me, this is really well made dude
The opening shot to cosmic realm and it's OST is the most goosebump inducing piece of media and I will stand by that till the day I die. Wide shot of the planet, drivers entering and then the drones transition, the flow is immaculate and the soundtrack enhances the scene beyond legendary status.
That one scene at the start of the cosmic realm, when Shirrako crashes the drone bikers with his hood speakers, is my absolute favourite. The music there is just pure perfection. Really great videos btw :D
maybe next you could do a video about the storm realm and how it introduces the concept of the realms to new viewers and prods your imagination to think who couldve possibly built them not to mention the resounding failure and loss of unity (Kadeem) that results for all the characters by the time the realm is over. i mean, at least 5 cars were crashed and 3 people seriously injured!
@@hybridShinx all we know is they said Dr. Tezla wasnt letting them back into highway 35, and that now no one can go back into highway 35 because the drones have the wheel
@@group2gaming even if the Wheel Of Power is safe, they wont know when or where the course will be, best we can hope is that Kadeem bought some eatery before a race, its important
It's so amazing getting all this acceleracers content so fast! I hope if there is ever another character analysis that it would be Markie/Mark Wylde. I feel like it could be an interesting concept, talking through how his life dramatically changed.
One other thing about Monkey. His car seems to have been built to be easy to disassemble, further reinforcing the fact that Monkey let the sweep-up happen.
They need to make this movie series again the only reason they stopped was literally cause they thought this would be more popular then the actual toys like bruh
Surprised that you went with showing off the Swamp Realm for lack of teamwork. In that first big video and the Kadheem one you did well arguing the case that they lost the first realm + Kadheem because they didn't work together. By the end of the series they are working together like Kadheem called for and save someone from becoming like him.
Outra coisa a se levar em conta é que esse reino mostra como todas as equipes operam de maneira distinta: Teku e Metal Maniacs concentram-se em principalmente na sobrevivência de sobreviverem as corridas e chegarem até o final delas como também enfrentarem desafios que testem suas capacidades e se preparam para o panorama maior através do aprimoramento de suas formas de lidar com os obstáculos e habilidades que podem usar para isso a seu favor e sobrevivência muito parecido como um grupo de sobreviventes Racing Drones se concentram em vencer e alcançar mas na maioria das vezes buscam a Vitória através da supremacia sempre querendo o máximo possível adquirir a Vitória massacrando e destruindo seus adversários das variadas técnicas maneiras para terem vantagens e benefícios e provarem suas habilidades e se prepararem para o panorama maior com maior vantagem que conseguirem adquirir muito parecido como um exército Os Silenzers apenas se concentraram na eficácia e no cumprimento de suas missões ou seja para eles não importam a Vitória mas sim como conseguiram realizar as suas missões com maior taxa de eficácia e com a menor taxa de baixas por que estão se concentrando no panorama maior e as formas eficazes de realiza-lo muito parecido como uma força militar.
i dont know how i wound up here but damn... seeing this takes me back, i remember renting all the movies of this out of our local library when i was a kid. what a throwback!
As I grew Older, the meaning of the Cosmic Realm became easier to see (especially since I like astronomy) Space has always been Nicknamed “The Final Frontier” which In the 4th movie for acceleracers is true. It’s the Last Realm any of the Drivers go in and the moment they all prove themselves as good drivers. Vert even makes a great comeback in the Ultimate Race.
I find it interesting that this series seemed dead, specially from being old but people are still making videos on it. Maybe we do need more AR content
Nice job on the video essays. I'll admit, I am very impressed! At first I had thought these were for a school or college project (people usually do video essays for that). But I don't mind at all, these being made at all. Keep it up, and I'll keep downloading them to my cell phone, to watch over and over again! : D
I love Acceleracers and the Cosmic realm Is awesome! Thank you for helping me appreciate this show even more. This might have been my favorite realm If It wasn’t for the junk realm.
One bit of constructive criticism I’d like to put forth, is the format of the script. Don’t get me wrong, the way you have how the video set up now works, it just seems tedious, in how things are shown, then explained. I would recommend, in an attempt to streamline the video some, to put the scenes running in the background as you are talking, and then play a shorter clip to illustrate your point. It can help cut down on wasted time, and have a better flow to the video instead of: clip, talk, clip, talk.
You have earned a new subscriber, I won’t lie when I say that Acceleracers was my CHILDHOOD growing up, to Collett extraordinary is not good enough to describe how much the movie and series affected me, it inspired me to want to take animation lessons and create my own animated series like hot wheels.
The motorcycle Shirako used in the pipeline realm is the same Vert used in the ruins real , I wonder why Vert went to the real in a motorcycle since his car didn't suffer any accident in the previous real (the junk realm)
11:05 Im sure the Accelerons decided to help the humans there because the drones were breaking the rules. Or they wanted the humans to deal with the drones. XDDD
they do use the cavern accelecharger alot though. although they use it more as a simple tool then a way to really win as their are alot of dark places in the realms XD
If someone says that a self-destruction function is useless. Then I show this person what's going on here. If the drones could remotely destroy the sweeper everyone would be dead now. Thats something the drivers didn't thought about...
@@chinnymisc i just mean your really good at speaking your really creative and frankly I had not thought about acceleraers in the last 5 years but you got me back in to it so thank you so much for that XDDD
Análise incrível e bem interessante outro motivo do reino cósmico ser incrível e o melhor reino é também pelo fato do reino em si ter um conceito interessante e bem trabalhado o reino sendo no espaço as pedras,a gravidade os buraco negros te transportando para outras dimensioes,a sequência de ações o impacto das ações anteriores e o reino cósmico tecnicamente um outro cosmo ou seja outro patamar talvez simbolizando o final porém deixando claro que é um começo de algo maior e em outro nível já que nos níveis devido na maioria das vezes as habilidades e técnicas terem melhorado são formas de se preparar para o nível mas nesse caso não apenas se prepararam para a corrida final mas para também o novo nivel e universo que esperam todos após esse evento:a o clímax do conflito entre todas as facções de accelacers até chegar o final e como irem percorrer a jornada até o fim do conflito e ao desfecho dele.
Eu sempre gostei de coisas relacionadas ao espaço então desde pequeno já amava o Reino Cósmico ser a último Reino, a trilha sonora deixa ainda mais tenso e belo. Acceleracers teve muito carinho ao ser produzido e a gente pôde ver isso em vários detalhes.
The cosmic realm it's the weirdest one. Out of all the realms, it's conceptually the most boring one. Just drive fast and dont do rash movements. But them integrating the brother plot into it was the best decision and lead to one of the best moments of the show. Even in the final race being accelecharger vs nitrox, its still such a epic moment.
I feel like *what* happens in the Cosmic realm is more interesting than the realm itself. It isn't the most interesting design-wise imo, and it feels like more of a plot device comparted to some other realms where the focus is on their design. (i.e. City, Water and Junk)
Damn how weak was Tesla's scream at the beginning please go see the pt-br dub (which was the version I grew up with) it put so much more energy and emotion that I think it fits the animation better (maybe nostalgia? Maybe. But this scream is too weak in this version)
I wouldn't say his voice is weak necessarily. He might not be as loud as the dubbed version you watched, but seeing as (in the original audio at least) how Tesla is normally soft spoken, sure he gets occasionally angry, but he rarely raises his voice, it makes it the more powerful when he actually *does* raise his voice.