Speed Racer
In 1988, CPI purchased to rights to release the original "Speed Racer" anime on home video, eventually releasing 22 volumes of "Speed Racer" on VHS under the banner "NOW Video." In addition, there were two special gift sets: the "Speed Racer Collector's Edition" (1989), which included a 90-minute VHS copy of the three-part episode "The Most Dangerous Race", a "Speed Racer" bumper sticker, a "Slimer!" Hi-C Ecto Cooler coupon, and copies of "Speed Racer Special" #1, "Speed Racer Classics" v1 &amp; v2, and "Now What?!" #4; and the "Speed Racer Silver Anniversary Edition" (1992), which included a 55-minute VHS copy of the two-part episode "Challenge of the Masked Racer" as well as copies of "Speed Racer Classics" v2, and the "Speed Racer 5th Anniversary Collector's Edition" of "Speed Racer" v2 #1. In 1989, City Video Productions and NOW Comics co-produced "The What NOW Caper", a sixty-minute comedy-documentary on comic book production starring Jim Vincent as detective "Mel Mudd."