Madeline Plank, of Hampden Township, has been working and living in Tokyo for several years as part of a program called JET, the Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program.Madeline Plank
Apparently, it started with “Speed Racer.” My son Michael Plank grew up watching Japanese anime. It fascinated him. He watched it so often, and so intently, that even I knew the story of Speed Racer, his Mach 5 car, his girlfriend Trixie, his little brother Spritle (who had a pet chimpanzee Chim-Chim), his father “Pops” Racer, and his mysterious older brother, Racer X.
This seems to have rubbed off on his oldest child, Madeline Plank. Now a 26-year-old woman, she told me recently that her interest in Japan was sparked at a young age by watching “Speed Racer.”
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