Draft:Tobidase! Machine Hiryū

Tobidase! Machine Hiryū (Japanese: とびだせ！マシーン飛竜, translated as: Jump Out! Machine Flying Dragon) is a TV anime that was broadcast from October 5, 1977, to March 29, 1978 on Tokyo 12 Channel (Now TV Tokyo). Co produced by Toei and Tatsunoko Production.

Creation

Created during Japan's "supercar boom", which lasted from 1975 to 1978.{{Cite web |title=藤津亮太のテレビとアニメの時代第8回アニメブームの始まり – ページ 2 – アニメ！アニメ！ビズ |url=https://www.animeanime.biz/archives/407/2 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210118134104/https://www.animeanime.biz/archives/407/2 |archive-date=2021-01-18 |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=www.animeanime.biz |language=ja}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/89482 |title=TVアニメとびだせ！マシーン飛竜 (1977) - allcinema |last=allcinema |language=ja |access-date=2025-03-16 |via=www.allcinema.net}} Up until episode 8, it was a typical racing anime, but from episode 9 onwards the plot changes to one in which Ricky and the others become embroiled in people at the race venue and a conspiracy group separate from the Zenizeni team.