HIGHSPEED Étoile

HIGHSPEED Étoile (rendered in Japanese as 「HIGHSPEED Étoile（ハイスピード エトワール）」) is a Japanese anime television brand centred on a futuristic motorsport competition. Its official website, highspeed-etoile.com, functions as the franchise's commercial hub: it publishes news items, story summaries for each episode, staff credits, and ticketing information for live events tied to the property. The site's news feed and story pages show that the property is organised as a serialised television anime with numbered episodes, each carrying a title, a scriptwriter, a storyboard artist, and a director credit. The brand's content is built around a racing narrative. The story page for the final episode, "#12 その先の景色" ("The View Beyond"), describes a decisive race between the protagonist Rin and a rival called "King," framed as a contest that pushes beyond the limits seen in earlier races against "Queen." The same page lists a course called the "大阪関西万博コース" (Osaka-Kansai Expo Course), indicating that the fictional racing world is presented with named circuits and a competitive championship structure. Episode-level staff credits on the page include screenwriter Takamitsu Kouno, storyboard artist Goichi Iwahata, and director Keitaro Motonaga. As a commercial property, HIGHSPEED Étoile extends beyond the broadcast episodes into live ticketed events. The official site promoted a special event, 「HIGHSPEED Étoile」SPECIAL EVENT AIM FOR "ÉTOILE", held on 24 November 2024 at Sonic City Hall in Omiya, with doors at 16:00 and a 17:00 start. The event listing names a cast of voice actors appearing in character roles, including Fuka Izumi (as Rin Rindo), Yoko Hikasa (as Kanata Asakawa), Shiori Izawa (as Towa Komachi), Yui Horie (as Sophia B. Tokito), Ayaka Suwa (as Yuran Liu), Yurie Funato (as Hikari Hyuga), and Shu Uchida (as Akari Kuzuryu). Tickets were priced at 9,900 yen (tax included), all seats reserved, sold through Lawson Ticket, e+, and Ticket Pia, with electronic-only ticketing and a limit of four tickets per person. The event page also shows the operational side of the brand: an organising contact (Kyodo Yokohama) for performance enquiries, rules on resale prohibition, bag checks at entry, restrictions on bottles, cans and alcohol, and limits on penlights and other cheering goods. These details indicate that HIGHSPEED Étoile is managed as an entertainment brand with a live-events component alongside its anime content. The supplied evidence does not identify the production company, rights holder, broadcaster, or the studio behind the anime, nor does it give a founding year or corporate ownership structure. The country hint supplied with the subject is Hong Kong, but the official site is Japanese-language and the event, cast, and venue are Japanese, so the brand is treated here as a Japanese anime property. Any corporate parent or licensor should be confirmed from additional sources before being recorded.

The available evidence for HIGHSPEED Étoile comes from its official Japanese website, which presents the property as a serialised television anime with an accompanying live-event programme. The site's story section lists twelve numbered episodes, with the final entry, "#12 その先の景色" ("The View Beyond"), describing a climactic race between the protagonist Rin and a rival named "King." The episode summary frames this as a contest that exceeds the limits of earlier races against "Queen," and notes that Rin's performance ignites the fighting spirit of Queen and the other racers, with everyone aiming for first place — which the summary says is exactly what the reigning champion King wanted. The same page credits the episode to screenwriter Takamitsu Kouno, storyboard artist Goichi Iwahata, and director Keitaro Motonaga, and lists a course called the "大阪関西万博コース" (Osaka-Kansai Expo Course). Beyond the broadcast content, the brand operates a live-events business. The official site's news feed announced that same-day tickets would be sold for 「HIGHSPEED Étoile」SPECIAL EVENT AIM FOR "ÉTOILE", held on 24 November 2024 at Sonic City Hall (Omiya Sonic City, Main Hall), with doors opening at 16:00 and the performance starting at 17:00. The event listing names a cast of voice actors appearing in their character roles: Fuka Izumi (Rin Rindo), Yoko Hikasa (Kanata Asakawa), Shiori Izawa (Towa Komachi), Yui Horie (Sophia B. Tokito), Ayaka Suwa (Yuran Liu), Yurie Funato (Hikari Hyuga), and Shu Uchida (Akari Kuzuryu). Tickets were all reserved seats at 9,900 yen including tax, sold via Lawson Ticket, e+, and Ticket Pia, electronic-only, with a limit of four per person and no admission for pre-school children. The same news feed published a set of attendee rules for the event. These cover the ticketing terms (no exchanges or refunds except in cases of force majeure cancellation; no compensation for travel costs if a performance is cancelled or postponed; no reissue of lost or stolen electronic tickets; resale prohibited, including listings on auction and resale sites), and venue conduct (bag checks at entry; no bottles, cans, or alcohol; no unnecessary movement from seats; no rushing the stage; penlights to be held at chest height; no excessively long or extremely bright penlights or modified goods; no phone use during the performance and no photography or recording). The page also gives a performance enquiry contact, Kyodo Yokohama, with a phone number and weekday hours. The evidence does not state when the franchise was founded, who produced or owns it, which broadcaster aired it, or which studio animated it. It also does not explain the relationship between the Japanese-language property and the Hong Kong country hint attached to the subject. As a result, the history recorded here is limited to what the official site documents: a twelve-episode anime with named staff and courses, and a November 2024 live event with a named cast and published ticketing and conduct rules.

• Official site announces same-day tickets for HIGHSPEED Étoile SPECIAL EVENT AIM FOR "ÉTOILE".

• HIGHSPEED Étoile SPECIAL EVENT AIM FOR "ÉTOILE" held at Sonic City Hall, Omiya, with doors at 16:00 and start at 17:00.

A futuristic racing anime entertainment brand with an official portal for news, story content, and live event ticketing.

• TV anime HIGHSPEED Étoile (12 episodes)

  A serialised television anime with numbered episodes; the final episode is "#12 その先の景色" ("The View Beyond"), credited to screenwriter Takamitsu Kouno, storyboard artist Goichi Iwahata, and director Keitaro Motonaga.

• Osaka-Kansai Expo Course

  A named racing course listed on the story page for episode 12.

1. 1TVアニメ「HIGHSPEED Étoile（ハイスピード エトワール）」公式サイトhighspeed-etoile.com
2. 2STORY｜TVアニメ「HIGHSPEED Étoile（ハイスピード エトワール）」公式サイトhighspeed-etoile.com