"Chance To Shine" (or "A Chance To Shine") by AKINO - Used for most international broadcasts and the Blu-ray-Disc release. A French version performed by Christèle Labonne, titled "Envole toi vers l'infini" (Fly to Infinity), was used in France, and a remixed version of the Japanese version was used for European broadcasts outside of France. "Never Say Never" by After Midnight Project - Used for the North American broadcast. Ending Theme by Sukoshi and Yoko Kanno - International and U.S. broadcast Instrumental of "Chance To Shine" (Remix) - European broadcast Awards and nominations Molly Star-Racer (pilot film) LAEF AWARD - London Animation and Effects Festival 2001 Nominated for Best editing - Imagina Awards 2002 Ōban Star-Racers Animeland Award of the Best non-Japanese Animation Series of 2006 – Grand Prix Animeland 2007 (awarded by the readers of France's biggest animation/manga magazine, Animeland). Grand Prix du Divertissement Eurojap Award – Polymanga 2007 (awarded by one of Europe's largest anime convention, Polymanga) Nominated for Best Animated Series – Children BAFTA AWARDS 2007 (BAFTA is essentially the UK equivalent of the American OSCARS and Emmies combined) Media & merchandise An art book including a presentation of the Ōban universe & characters, as well as an interview of the creator on the development and production process of the series in Paris and Tokyo, was published in France in March 2009 by publisher Carabas. An English version of the art book was released by Titan Books in November 2009. A novel adaptation was also published in France at the end of 2008 by publisher Hachette. A vinyl collector figure of Molly (8 inch) has been released by Muttpop in June 2008. Several special limited editions have followed since. Two volumes of French-language DVDs have been released by WildSide Vidéo long with a limited edition full series box set. In the United States the series has been released on DVD by Shout! Factory and the first episode appeared as a bonus sneak peek on the company's DVD release of Medabots season one. The US release contains the uncut episodes in English, similar in content to those found on the French DVD release (several edits were made for the US Jetix TV release). The series has also been released on DVD in the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands by other companies. Volume 1 of an original soundtrack for the series is also on sale, as well as