Finished watching Oban Star-Racers on Thursday. It’s not bad over-all, but definitely glossed over the more interesting bits. I found myself being more interested in what was up with the temples all over the galaxy, who built them, why they’re in ruins. You do end up finding some things about them, and very little about their creators, but not until the last couple of episodes.
Every time there was a race, I kept feeling like I was watching pod racing from Star Wars: Episode 1. Eva/Molly’s “Star-Racer”/ “Pod racer” felt a lot like Sebulba’s.
Even though it’s 26 episodes, they probably could have told the same story in 13, without losing any actual content. There was a lot of focus on Eva/Molly’s “emo” moments, which got a little annoying after a while.
There is a pretty decent, unexpected surprise (at least for me), at the very end, involving one of Eva/Molly’s love interests.
Probably not a show I’d bother watching again, nor one that I would recommend anyone go out of their way to watch. If this one falls in your lap for some reason, it’s worth watching at least a couple of episodes to give it a try, though.