Molly, Star-Racer

**Molly, Star-Racer** is a French-Japanese CGI anime short film released in September 2001 and produced by SPARX Animation Studios that served as an original television pilot for Ōban Star-Racers.

## Summary

*Sav! The World Productions* released a short film entitled "Molly, Star Racer" in 2001 produced by Sparx Animation Studios and set to a Y&Co. remix of Ayumi Hamasaki songs. The trailer already showed a mix of 3D and 2D, though at the time 3D was still predominant. This short movie won the 2001 LEAF Awards and was nominated for best editing in the 2002 Imagina Awards. – MIPCOM 2001

## Soundtrack Lyrics

### Japanese

何が一番大切かを?
Nani ga ichiban taisetsu ka o ?

輝きだした私達なら
Kagayaki dashita watashi tachi nara

いつか明日をつかむだろう
Itsuka ashita o tsukuma darō

はばたきだした彼女達なら
Habataki dashita kanojotachi nara

光る明日を見つけるだろう
Hikaru ashita o mitsukeru darō

何が一番大切かを?
Nani ga ichiban taisetsu ka o ?

届きたいいつか、私は私に
Todokitai itsuka, watashi wa watashi ni

あなたから見つけてもらえたとき
Anata kara mitsukete mora eta toki

あの日から強く、なれる気がしてた
Ano hi kara tsuyoku, nareru ki ga shite ta

自分を誇ることができたから
Jibun o hokoru koto dekiru kara

諦めるなんて、もうしたくなくて
Akira meru nante, mou shitakunakute

邪魔する過去たちに手を振ったよ
Jama suru kako tachi ni te o futta yo

初めて私に、教えてくれたね
Hajimete watashi ni, oshiete kureta ne

何が一番大切かを?
Nani ga ichiban taisetsu ka o ?

君はどこにいるの?
Kimi wa doko ni iru no ?

君はどこへ行ったのか?
Kimi wa doko e itta no ka ?

遠い旅にでも出たんだね
Tōi tabi ni demo detan da ne

一番大切な人と
Ichiban taisetsu na hito to

### French

Quelle est la chose la plus importante du tout ?

Nous avons commencé à briller. Si c'est nous, nous saisirons demain, non?
On commencé à briller. C'est eux alors ils trouveront demain une étoile brillante, non?

Quelle est la chose la plus importante du tout ?

Je veux que ça arrive.
Je me suis retrouvé à travers toi, parfois.
À partir de ce jour, j'ai senti que je pourrais devenir beaucoup plus fort.
Parce que je peux sois fier de moi.
Je ne veux pas abandonner.
Et j'ai dit au revoir à mon passé troublant.
J'ai appris pour la toute première fois.

Quelle est la chose la plus importante du tout ?

Où es-tu mon cher ami ?
Où es-tu allé mon cher ami ?
Tu es parti pour un long voyage ou quelque chose comme ça.
Avec la chose la plus importante que tu avis tous les temps.

### English

What's the most important thing at all ?

We began to shine bright. If it's us we'll grasp tomorrow sometime, right ?
We began to shine bright. It's them then they'll find a shining bright star tomorrow, right ?

What's the most important thing at all ?

I want it to arrive.
I found myself through you, sometimes.
From that day, I felt like I could get much stronger.
Besause I can be proud of myself.
I don't want to give up.
And I waved goodbye at my troubling past.
I've learned for the very first time.

What's the most important thing at all ?

Where are you my dear friend ?
Where have you gone my dear friend ?
You've been gone on a long trip or something like that.
With the most important thing you had all the time.

## Screenshots

The title logoMollyJordanAikkaMayaDonTorosOndaiSulNing and SkunLord FurterSatisMaya, young Molly, and shipCrog Trident and Whizzing Arrow IILord Furter's shipThe Whizzing Arrow II
## Trivia

* It featured many of the characters with unfinalized designs including Jordan, Don Wei, Maya, Aikka, Satis, Toros, Sul, Ondai, Ning and Skun, Lord Furter, and of course, Molly racing across various places in the Ōban landscape featured later in the series.
* Only four star-racer ships were shown in the film; the Whizzing Arrow II, Lord Furter's space-galleon, Toros's Crog Trident, and Maya's ship. The blue rabbit-like creatures from Episode 16 also made their first appearance.