APPARE-RANMAN!

At the end of the 19th century, mechanical engineer Appare is thrown in jail for upsetting one of the town's elite, who then also appoints young swordsman Kosame to keep an eye on him. But Kosame finds keeping Appare out of trouble to be a challenge.

Appare and Kosame take in Hototo and dress his injuries. Al Lyon, representing the BNW motor company, arrives in Los Angeles and wants to rent the storehouse that the pair are staying in, so Appare proposes that they race for it.

After days of working nonstop, Appare is out like a light and Kosame has to drag him to the big celebration on the eve of the race. Nearly kicked out for violating the dress code, they chow down just before all hell breaks loose at the party.

The racers reach the first supply point and prepare to take on Death Valley. Meanwhile, Hototo discovers one of the racers is planning a deadly trap but soon finds himself in a bind.