Synopsis

Appare Sorrano is an awkward inventor from a small Japanese town in the late 1800s with big dreams—he's been obsessed since childhood with building steamships that can connect people across the world, and he's spent years teaching himself engineering from every book he can get his hands on. His ultimate goal? To sail across the ocean, fly through the sky, and eventually reach the moon. Things don't go according to plan when Appare ends up stranded in the middle of the ocean on his homemade mini steamship. Stuck with him is Kosame Ishikki, a skilled samurai who was sent along specifically to keep Appare's wild impulses in check—though Kosame is also a coward, which doesn't help their situation much. They're rescued by a passing steamship and deposited in Los Angeles with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Desperate for a way forward, they enter the "Trans-America Wild Race." It's the perfect opportunity: Appare gets to build his own automobile from scratch, and Kosame can use the prize money to finally get back home. But the road across America is packed with rival racers and all kinds of unpredictable dangers lurking in the wilderness. The real question is whether these two misfits can actually survive the journey together—let alone win.

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