Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! is a manga series created by Tetsuhiro Koshita, first serialized in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Comic magazine from July 1994 to October 1999. The manga centers on Retsu and Go Seiba, twin brothers who focus on the world of miniature car racing known as Mini 4WD. It is created as a tie-in to Tamiya's Mini 4WD franchise, and it is the second series to center on the franchise since Dash! Yonkuro. Three anime Adaptations of the manga were produced by Xebec from 1996 to 1998, each of which consisting of three 51-episode series, and was also made into several games. The series also released various merchandise, including CDs, trading cards, stickers, and even die-cast cars. In 2015, a sequel series, Return Racers, began serialization in Shogakukan's CoroCoro Aniki magazine, 20 years after the original series' serialization. A spinoff manga, which focuses on Tsubasa, was serialized on CoroCoro Ichiban on August 2017.
Plot
Mini 4WD racing is an interesting hobby in where kids and adults compete using customized motorized miniature cars. Every year, competitions revolving around the hobby circulated around the world, with both kids and adults test out their spirit and passion in racing and companies developing new technologies and innovations for Mini 4WD. The story revolves around the competitive Seiba Brothers: Go and Retsu, who were once constantly arguing on each other to see who's the best racer. However one day after a community-sponsored race, they both met Dr. Tsuchiya, the head of the Tsuchiya Racing Factory who gave them two Mini 4WD Cars of the prototype Saber Series: Sonic Saber and Magnum Saber. With his advice on telling the twins to customize them for the upcoming race, they are now determined to win and race to victory and set off to their wildest race of their lives. While meeting both friends and enemies in the Mini 4WD Racing world.
The manga series originally ran serially in CoroCoro Comic starting in the June 1994 issue through the October 1999 issue, compiling into 20 tankōbon volumes. A sequel, titled Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! Return Racers!!, began serialization on Coro Coro Aniki in October 2014. The new series depicted Go's and Retsu's life 20 years following the end of the original series, as well as new flashback stories. A spinoff manga, titled Let's & Go!! Tsubasa, the Next Racers began serialization on Coro Coro Ichiban in August 2017.
Anime
An anime adaptation of the series was produced by Xebec, directed by Tetsurō Amino and written by Hiroyuki Hoshiyama. It first aired on TV Tokyo from January 8, 1996 through December 30, 1996, covering the first half of the manga. The sequel Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! WGP aired from January 6, 1997 through December 22, 1997, covering the second half of the manga. The third series, titled Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! MAX, aired on from January 5, 1998 through December 21, 1998, covering the events of the sequel manga.
Film
A film based on the second series titled Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!! WGP: Bousou Mini 4WD Daitsuiseki, was released in theaters in Japan on July 5, 1997.
