Nobody remembers this one, but it's exactly what '77 anime looked like when it cared about something real: a kid inheriting his father's car and having to prove he's worthy of it by racing across the globe. The show doesn't waste time on sentiment or flashbacks. It puts you in the driver's seat, lap after lap, watching someone become the driver his father was. The animation won't hold up and it's impossible to find, but that's almost the point. This is the thing people made before anime became a conversation about itself.

A race car driver climbs behind the wheel of a car handed down to him by his father and takes it into competition across the globe. He launches into an international racing circuit, facing contests in one country after another. This 1977 sports series runs 17 episodes and centers on motor racing and the driver's campaign on tracks around the world.