故事发生在砂刑历93年。一艘名为“泥鲸”的漂泊船上，生活着513名居民。他们分为两个种族——拥有超能力的“印族”，以及没有超能力的“无印族”，相比于印族，无印族拥有更长的寿命。某一日，一个名为莉柯丝（石见舞菜香 配音）的少女被一位名叫查克罗（花江夏树 配音）的少年发现在了废墟之中，当男孩遇见女孩，命运的齿轮开始了转动。　　莉柯丝开始了在泥鲸的生活。德高望重即将成为下一任领导人的斯沃（岛崎信长 配音）、对岛屿外的世界充满了好奇的奥尼（梅原裕一郎 配音）、天真可爱不谙世事的萨米（金元寿子 配音），在岛上，每一段相遇都会交织出一段新的乐章。

　　《超次元游戏 海王星》TV动画于2013年7月12日~9月27日播放共12话，另于2014年10月16日在Animax播放新增1话，全13话。　　对TV动画重新构成的总集篇《超次元游戏 海王星 THE ANIMATION：Hi☆Light》全2话，分别于2020年10月28日、20 20年11月25日发售。　　新OVA1《超次元游戏 海王星 THE ANIMATION：涅普的暑假》于2019年7月8日在PlayStation Video配信，2020年12月25日发售。　　新OVA2《超次元游戏 海王星 THE ANIMATION：充满涅普涅普的感谢祭》于2021年12月15日在MiloQ+配信，2022年10月26日发售。　　新OVA3《超次元游戏 海王星 THE ANIMATION：沐浴阳光的紫茄子花》于2023年4月发售。

　　寇克将军，欢迎您重返企业号！　　一团硕大无朋的高能离子云，在遥远而神秘的太空中迅疾地飘移。这团能量云具有无坚不摧的威力，足以毁灭宇宙间任何物质结构。在它所划过的轨迹上，早已有好几艘分属银河三大势力的星舰遇难了……　　地球-银河系星球联邦的重镇，星际舰队总部的所在地。在位于北美洲旧金山的星际联邦舰队总部，寇克将军正像往常一样百无聊赖无所事事，突然间却接到了一个再好不过的命令检视企业号准备执行紧急任务。原来地球的防卫体系己经发现了那团高能离子云，而且侦测出它正对准地球飞来。寇克将军的任务，就是要赶在它到达地球之前，率领企业号先迎上去一探究竟。　　阔别了将近十年，当寇克重新登上企业号时，内心的兴奋与激动真是难以形容。可是当他 随着现任的舰长迪卡检阅过了人员与装备之后，却又不禁兴起不少陌生的感觉。因为经过 这些年来的不断改良，企业号的功能与威力都增强了许多，但也因而使得前任的舰长寇克 将军有点摸不着头绪了。　　不过还好的是，接下来马上就有很大的惊喜冲淡了这份陌生感神通广大的寇克竟然在短时间之内几乎把老战友都找齐了！例外的只有史波克先生，他因为正在瓦肯星进行高深的修炼，所以没有办法赶来，成了这次任务的唯一遗憾。　　由于寇克是星际舰队的高级长官，所以在出发之后，迪卡舰长只好很不情愿地暂时交出指挥权。一开始的时候，两位新旧舰长之间难免有些成见与摩擦，但渐渐地就因为相互了解而变得惺惺相惜。寇克发现迪卡的确是个优秀称职的好舰长，而迪卡也开始真正地把寇克 敬作父执。原来迪卡的父亲也曾做过寇克部下，后来却不幸在末日武器那个事件中英勇牺牲了。　　企业号上的新面孔，除了迪卡舰长之外，还有一位美丽的女领航员伊莉雅。虽然她是德罗坦星人，但除了有头发之外，却是地球人眼中的标准美女，连迪卡舰长都曾与她有过一段罗曼史。　　在迎向能量云的途中，企业号突然发生严重故障，不得不把速度减慢下来。没想到此时史 波克却意外地出现了，使得所有的老战友全都兴奋不已。原来史波克还是没有通过最后的考验，他体内深藏的人性仍然无法根除。当史波克面对现实完全想通之后便决定还是回到星际舰队来继续服役。　　不过，在精通心理学而洞悉人性的麦考伊眼中，却已经看出了寇克与史波克的复杂心情。他感觉到他们最关心的似乎并不是这次的任务，而是返企业号的成就感。　　由于史波克的高超能力，很快就帮史考特等人排除了一切故障，使得企业号能及时迎上那团能量云。不料正当穿进云层时，伊莉雅却突然被一种不知名的力量掳走，然后却又传送回来了一个与她一模一样的复制人。据这个复制的伊莉雅说，她是那团云派来作为双方沟通的媒介。原来这团云竟然是个有智慧的个体！它透过假伊莉雅，宣称自己的名字叫『威 者』（V'ger），正要航向地球去寻找自己的创造者，并且还要试图与创造者结合。接着假伊莉雅又不顾众人的疑惑，反而开始询问有关企业号的问题。因为过去与伊莉雅的一段渊源，迪卡便理所当然地负责与这位假伊莉雅沟通，他还不时地利用这种特殊关系，试着向她套取更多威者的情报。　　当这团能量云还剩几个小时就要到达地球时，史波克擅自偷了一艘小型登陆艇，单枪匹马地驶向云层内部，试着用瓦肯人的心灵感应术与它沟通。结果史波克发现威者竟然是部活机器，它的故乡在银河系的另外一端，是一个全部由机器人统治的星球。　　虽然威者具有无比强大的威力，却与人类一样有个始终无法解开的谜-不知道自己的生命从何而来？但史波克不能了解的是，它为什么要到地球去寻找答案？　　因为无法阻止威者，企业号只好随着它一起航向地球。到达地球之后，威者立刻开始用各种讯号呼唤它的创造者，结果当然是得不到回音。但又不知是什么缘故，威者却认为这全 是地球上的『碳基生命』干扰所致，因此决定要把所有的生物全部消灭！　　好在寇克急中生智，骗假伊莉雅说创造者必须先与威者面对面接触，然后才肯回答它的问 题。假伊莉雅信以为真，便带领寇克、史波克、麦考伊与迪卡一起走向能量云的核心。没想到却发现里面只有一艘老式的宇宙飞船在300年前从地球发射的『航海家二号』（Voyager-Ⅱ）。原来它在飞过了那个机器人的世界之后，被改造成一部有智慧与意识的机器，然后又继续执行人类在三百年前赋予它的原始命令『搜集一切资料并立刻传回地球』。　　真相大白之后，威者却又提出一个更惊人的要求，它说它想要真正地拥抱自己的创造者-人类。于是迪卡舰长自告奋勇，在一片奇异耀眼的光芒中，与威者以及复制的伊莉雅结合成一体。威者融合了迪卡与伊莉雅的人性，变成一种崭新的生命形态，心满意足地离开地球，继续它无尽的宇宙探险。地球的危机也就此化解。

　　男主角原田是一位失婚的戏剧作家，双亲早在廿八年前一宗车祸中丧生。一天，原田在浅草重遇父母的鬼魂。为了回味昔日的亲情，他不断前去看望，同时身体也变得越来越虚弱......　　另一边厢，原田新结识的女友阿系也似乎有着一段不为人知的过去......　　《幽异仲夏》为1988年“山本周五郎赏”的得奖小说，日本名作家山田太一原著，由新浪潮导演大林宣彦搬上银幕。故事弥漫着幽异世界诡异氛围，同时充满令人动容的感情。　　荣获“电影旬报”年度，十大电影第三位，第43回每日映画，最佳导演及女配角奖，第31回蓝带奖，最佳男、女配角奖。

　　本片根据网络轰动一时的校园灵异社团在鬼节利用“见鬼十法”招魂恐怖经历改编而成。电影讲述了大一女生叶璃和同学们想用“见鬼十法”招魂，于是他们决定在七月半中元节的晚上，去传说中最恐怖的“青木岭”探险，当在进行“见鬼十法”招魂的过程中，每个人竟然都离奇见到了自己前世的孤魂，紧接着恐怖灵异事件便接连频发：红衣女鬼、暗夜凶灵纷纷现身，失踪、发疯、死亡的诅咒无时无刻不在笼罩着他们，而后他们意外得知“青木岭”竟然是叶璃前世的住宅，到底他们能否躲过叶璃的前世怨念呢？　　耸人听闻的传说，恐怖诡异的“青木岭”，古老神秘的见鬼十法，种种惊悚元素将国产恐怖片引入一个新高度的同时，也将打破国产恐怖片不恐怖的魔咒。

　　在早已逝去的江户时代，武士阶层中有一个特殊的群体，他们就是专为将军或者藩主准备料理的菜刀武士（包丁侍），虽然无法上阵杀敌，但手中的菜刀确实丝毫不亚于武士刀的重要存在。加贺藩首屈一指料理人舟木传内（西田敏行 饰）年事已高，原本作为继承人的长子突然病逝，而次子安信（高良健吾 饰）专爱舞刀弄剑，厨艺却令人不敢恭维。在藩内一次盛大的宴会上，藩主侧室阿贞夫人（夏川结衣 饰）身旁一个貌不惊人的侍女，却凭借着出色的味觉和对料理的才学感悟令传内所钦佩。在此之后，传内再三恳请，终于让名叫小春（上户彩 饰）的侍女同意嫁给安信为妻。小春过门后，通过一场料理对决令丈夫甘心随她学习厨艺。　　安信在妻子的辅导下，渐渐成为足以独当一面的合格包丁侍。可就在此时，一场血腥风暴向加贺藩袭来……

　　本作の主人公は、役所の観光課に勤める30歳・山田一郎。ある日、市長から“ご当地映画”の製作を命じられた一郎は、夢だった怪獣映画の製作を思い付く。だが、その思いは市政を巻き込む大事件へと発展してしまう。

　　《流浪者》讲述了李昇基饰演的特技演员车达建被卷入一场悲剧性的坠机事件，在这过程中，最终发现了一起全国性的腐败丑闻。裴秀智饰演的高海丽是一名阵亡海军陆战队士兵的长女，她梦想能够成为一名公务员，但为了赡养母亲和抚养弟弟妹妹，她决定担任国家情报局的秘密特工。

　　148Series 19, Episode 127 January 2013Damian Lewis　　Review: Richard reviews the Pagani Huayra, the latest supercar from the Italian manufacturer. The car is capable of savage acceleration, with a lot of attention placed into the bodywork, interior and utilizing cutting edge technology. Despite the massive twin-turbo engine and horsepower, thanks to its sophisticated aerodynamic package, the car can easily be driven hard without the risk of spinning. The Huayra also set the fastest time on the Top Gear Test Track in the hands of The Stig, 1:13.8, beating the previous record, set by the Ariel Atom V8.　　News: The Dacia Sandero is now on sale in the UK. The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black has been updated to produce extra horsepower, but the handling is still challenging. Jeremy claims that he has found a male equivalent version of Fifty Shades of Grey, presenting a kid's book about tractors. The new Chevrolet Stingray is announced. James May turned fifty the previous week. Also, the rally team composed of war amputees (previously mentioned in series 17, episode 6) finally completed their challenge of finishing the 2013 Dakar Rally.　　Review: James reviews the new Bentley Continental GT, and notes the new engine and subtle ride characteristics. Believing that the Bentley, with four wheel drive system and a big, powerful engine, can handle things worse than a Welsh countryside road, James takes the car onto a Welsh stage of the World Rally Championship, with Kris Meeke behind the wheel, and James being the co-driver. Despite the car having less grip, more weight, an electronic handbrake (unsuitable for usage on a rally stage) and James not being proficient at giving pace notes, the Bentley was actually faster than one of the full WRC cars.　　Star In A Reasonably Priced Car: Damian Lewis takes his turn in the car, and drifts the Kia Cee'd around the snow-coated test track and crosses the finish line sideways, setting the slowest ever time of 2:09.1. Jeremy cheers Damian up by making a separate board for snow (he justs put the time underneath and to the side of the fastest lap time on that board) and says that he is the fastest driver ever on their "snow board".　　Challenge: Jeremy attempts to build a car smaller than the Peel P50, naming his creation the P45. It was based on a quad bike, with bodywork fitted, designed to wrap around the driver. He then presented his idea to the 'Dragons' in a Dragons' Den style format. All of the dragons declare themselves "out" and back in the studio, Richard concludes that for the P45 to be put in production, Jeremy would have to be dead.　　149Series 19, Episode 23 February 2013Mick Fleetwood　　Challenge, Part 1: In another challenge, the presenters picked three super cars to take on an epic race. Since it was Hammond's turn to select the challenge location, the team went to the Western United States. Jeremy selected the Lexus LFA, James chose the new Aston Martin Vanquish, and Richard took the SRT Viper. After a brief drive in the Nevada desert, the trio headed to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, specifically the drag strip, to compete in drag races organized by the Las Vegas Police Department; whom organized it with the theory that allowing people to drag race, legally, at a closed circuit, would prevent street racing. Despite the high performance of their cars, the trio were beaten by modified production cars, and 4WD cars, in each of their drag races.　　News: Jeremy comes up with a solution on how to solve the crisis affecting Britain's town centres: sacking all traffic wardens and removing double yellow lines. The trio then review a Chinese product designed to stop drowsiness behind the wheel, before they took a first look at the 2013 Jaguar F-Type. They praised its styling, but criticized its high price tag of £60,000, as well as its target audience. James mentions Peugeot Citroen's car intended to run on compressed air; Jeremy attempted to use a fire extinguisher to demonstrate, but failed after only causing himself to turn slowly around.　　Challenge, Part 2.: After leaving Las Vegas, James and Richard make fun of Jeremy's LFA for lacking not only Bluetooth connection and iPod connectors, but cup holders, despite being the most expensive car. They are then tasked to head to Willow Springs International Motorsports Park, but they instead stop on a grooved road, where each car drives over the grooves and produces notes. When they reach Willow Springs, they are forced to play an aerial version of Laser Quest, where they would drive 5 laps around the track, whilst being chased by two Aermacchi SF.260 armed with laser guns. In the end, James won the challenge by being hit only 17 times.　　Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Fleetwood Mac's Mick Fleetwood drove the Kia Cee'd around the Test Track with a lap of 1:45.4.　　Challenge, Part 3: Departing Willow Springs, the group headed for Los Angeles, California. In order to do "real world" testing, Richard devised a challenge to see who could burn the best elevens. The three instead ended up drawing a phallus and left LA. The team then stayed for a night in Palm Springs. However, the producers gave them a final challenge. The three would drive from Palm Springs to the Mexican border at Calexico the following morning, and the last to make it to the Mexican border would have to travel into the country itself to drive the Mastretta MXT, a Mexican sports car made fun of by the presenters in an earlier series, for a later segment on the show. In revenge for taking them to America, Jeremy and James sabotaged Hammond's Viper, causing him to lose 10 minutes in the race. Despite making a stop for fuel, Jeremy made it to the finish line first, with James in second. Richard then walked to the border being the last person to arrive. At the studio, James and Jeremy end by saying that the Viper was awful and that the Vanquish and LFA were amazing.　　150Series 19, Episode 310 February 2013Amy Macdonald　　Review: Jeremy reviews the Toyota GT86 and the Subaru BRZ. The cars are almost identical, but Jeremy prefers the Toyota GT86. The Stig then completed a lap of the Test Track in 1:31:3.　　News: They discuss the new Subaru Impreza, which is not coming to UK, and they then talk about the new Maserati Quattroporte.　　Challenge, Part 1: The producers have reserved a single ticket to a football match at the San Siro in Milan, Northern Italy. The trio have a race from Wembley Stadium to the San Siro. Jeremy drives the Shelby Mustang GT500 and Richard and James travel on public transport. Similar to the previous race to Monte Carlo, Richard and James are not allowed to use any cars, and Jeremy is not allowed to use any trains. According to Jeremy, since the last epic race, the trains have become faster and boats have become slower. Richard and James opened up a big lead whilst travelling on the Eurostar, and arrive in Paris while Jeremy was still crossing the English Channel on a ferry. After reaching France, Jeremy discovers that the Mustang only holds 50 litres in its fuel tank. After leaving Paris, Richard and James discuss what to do upon arriving in Milan — as there are two of them but only one ticket. Hundreds of miles behind, Jeremy ends part 1 of the challenge stating out loud, "I'm gonna lose!"　　Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Amy Macdonald drove the Kia Cee'd around the Test Track in 1:44.4. During one of her practice runs, Amy accidentally destroyed one of the runway lights, which Jeremy gives to her after revealing the lap time.　　Challenge, Part 2: The high speed TGV slowed down as it approached the mountains that surround Northern Italy. Jeremy began to catch up and was nearly neck and neck with the train, until road works at the Mont Blanc Tunnel slow him down. The train starts to accelerate again and reaches Northern Italy ahead of Jeremy. Richard and James use a tube network to get to the streets near the finish line. James maintains his opposition to run on television and Richard runs off alone to find the finish line, which is at a bar in the IM Villa Veuve Cliequot. James then assembled a bike which he had hidden in one of his bags and rides to the bar, only to find that Richard is already there and has won the race and the ticket to the football match. Moments later, Jeremy arrived and accepted defeat for the first time ever in an epic race of all the series.　　151Series 19, Episode 417 February 2013Lewis Hamilton　　Review: Jeremy reviews the Vauxhall Astra VXR, Ford Focus ST and Renault Megane Renault Sport Cup. The Stig did laps of each car, the Focus being the slowest at 1:29.6, the Astra VXR at 1:28.3, and the Megane in 1:27.7. Despite this, Jeremy chose the Astra VXR as the best overall car of the three.　　News: They discuss the newest cars, such as the Alfa Romeo 4C, the next generation Ford Mustang would be sold in Great Britain, but the UK version would come with a 2.0 EcoBoost engine, and the importance of the handbrake turn in "male development".　　Review: Jeremy tests the all new Kia Cee'd, putting it through a myriad of strange road tests. Including Matt LeBlanc doing a lap with both the old and new Cee'd, Bruce Willis (in character as John McClane) testing the horn of the Cee'd, Eric Clapton testing its auxiliary input jack, and Jeremy testing the Cee'd's self parallel parking feature.　　Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Lewis Hamilton opens up about his move from McLaren to Mercedes AMG and takes the old Suzuki Liana around the Test Track, setting the fastest F1 time, a 1:42.9.　　Review: As punishment for losing the previous race, Richard is forced to review the Mastretta MXT in Mexico. Minding his words, he states that the MXT was an ambitious undertaking for the first-time manufacturer, but that it had its share of flaws.　　Challenge: Jeremy and James play car rugby using Kia Cee'ds and Kia Sportages at Twickenham Stadium and Stig in Vauxhall Astra Police car as the referee. Jeremy's team wins.　　152Series 19, Episode 524 February 2013James McAvoy　　Challenge, Part 1: Jeremy and Richard attempt to design a car targeted at elderly people. Jeremy demonstrates the complexity of modern cars' dshboard. Richard brings a Fiat Multipla and both modify it. Jeremy breaks the dashboard and replaces it considering it to be too complicated for elders. Richard asks for the airbags saying that it is dangerous for the elderly who are as delicate as children, and that he needs it for a safety feature. Jeremy makes a speedometer which reads 20 mph at the top speed, he also uses an old design switch for rear fog light which does nothing. Jeremy installs a pet-cage and replaces the back seat with high seat chairs and the Fiat badge with a Rover one. They paint it in beige after observing the shade of a hearing aid. Richard uses water-resistant fabric as seat covers, and while stitching hurts his eye. They complete the car and end the part 1 with Richard wearing heavy bandages over his left eye.　　News: Volkswagen will launch GTI version of the new Golf and GT version of Up will be launched. Kia will launch the Pro Cee'd GT. The Mini Paceman is launched, and the trio mock the front end of the car, claiming that it looks depressing. The trio agree that the British are the best drivers. Alfa-Romeo releases photographs of the Gloria, in which the trio make fun of it's name. Richard had arrived late so James and Jeremy had attempted to play tennis with cars (which has a lot of editing).　　Review: James reviews the new Range Rover in London. The new car is completely redesigned, 400 kg lighter due to Aluminium body, has active suspension, new gearbox, minimalist dashboard and offers better comfort. James then races it against TerraMax at Nevada Automotive Test Centre, Nevada. The race was to a hill 10 mile across, passing through rocky terrain, hillock, mud, river and sand-tracks. TerraMax was switched to drone mode during the race to deflate the tyres and take a short-cut. The Range Rover's automatic Terrain Response System is demonstrated. James takes a longer route to ascend the hill but still wins the race. At the studio, the trio consider the driverless cars to be not very practical.　　Star In A Reasonably Priced Car: James McAvoy drove the Kia Cee'd around the Test Track with a lap of 1:43.6 despite having less experience of driving cars. He drove over grassy patch in the last corner but manages to keep the car under control.　　Challenge, Part 2: Jeremy and Richard road-test their car at Christchurch, Dorset. The car has large front bumpers made up of foam, large rear-view mirrors, squeaking ball under the brake-pedal, large magnifying-glass on the dashboard, sat nav (voiced by Richard Briers) with only four destinatons. The car has an artificial cat on the roof which later fell over on the way of Bingo hall. Richard later shows his system to find the location of parked car (the car activates a flare and then releases a balloon). Jeremy shows that the radio only plays Horse of the Year Show theme on a loop, which both later find to be irresistible to clap along. The name of the car is revealed to be The James. They pick up three elderly ladies from a pensioners' home for road-testing and drive them to a bowling club where it is shown that Richard fitted the airbag at the rear for parking assist which inflates the airbag on close proximity. Jeremy and Richard buy food for picnic, choosing only British foods. They attach the shopping trolley to Tow hitch and head for picnic. The roof of the car leaks as it rains. Jeremy and Richard end up choosing a picnic spot on roadside where they find the trolley to be damaged during reversing and the food to be soaked, however they ate the food which was not ruined. The next day both leave Christchurch and Jeremy shows his system to prevent the car from being driven on the wrong side of the road, the car initially sounds alarm and later the tyres, doors and other parts of the car explode which stops the car and renders it immobile. At the studio, James considers the heater to be complicated, the trio thank Richard Briers and announce the Africa special.　　153Series 19, Episode 63 March 2013No Guest　　First of the two-episode Africa Special, taking place in Africa. The episode was shot in 2012.　　Challenge, Part 1: Buy used estate cars for up to £1,500 in Britain and report at a small village in rural Uganda. Jeremy arrives in a BMW 528i Touring, Richard in a Subaru Impreza WRX Estate and James in a Volvo 850R Wagon. The challenge is to find the true source of the river Nile.　　They set off an discover that exploring isn't as difficult as first thought when they go on a nice easy drive and find Lake Victoria, of whom the Victorian Explorers thought was the source of the Nile. However they are then told that it is not the actual source of the Nile and there were two other disputed locations for it, one in Rwanda and one in Burundi. However, Jeremy Clarkson insisted that both of these locations were wrong and decided to head west towards Lake Edward to see whether there was a link between that lake and Lake Kivu in Rwanda.　　In their journey west, where they visit the Entebbe Airport and from there see the Ford Scorpio Estate back-up car. They continue into Kampala, Uganda's Capital City where they get held up in a traffic jam overnight, the most hurrendous traffic they'd ever seen.　　They continue on well-maintained highways west finding their trip incredibly easy before reaching the town of Mbarara in the southwest of the country, via a stop in Jezza, a village in Mpigi District. Here they stay in a disgusting hotel, after driving through tea plantations in an attempt to discover a lovely teahouse hotel, which in the mind of Richard, was bound to found due to tea programmes he'd seen.　　In Mbarara they stayed in the Economic Lodge with Jeremy having a bed with faeces on it. They left the hotel disgusted before Richard has the idea to make the cars 'hotels'. James modifies his Volvo by adding a library, Richard adds a cooker and Jeremy adds a coffin. The coffin he uses to put his clothes in, he sleeps on Egyptian Cotton.　　They leave for Lake Edward, camping overnight there because of its beauty before heading in search of the river heading for Lake Kivu. None of the rivers connect the lake as they all head east rather than south. They give up, leaving them disappointed. Then Jeremy looks at a map and discovers the source of the Nile must be on the other side of Lake Victoria. His reasoning is that the Mediterranean Sea is effectively an inland sea and so Gibraltar is the true mouth of the Nile, rather than Alexandria in Egypt.　　After discovering this they decide that they must drive straight to the other side of Lake Victoria to get to the southeast coast in Tanzania near the Serengeti. They start this journey by heading south into the Rwenzori Mountains, finding the going hard and most of the time getting their vehicles stuck in mud.

　　Series Eighteen starts airing on 29 January 2012 with seven episodes (not including the India Special),[1] following on from the 2011 Christmas special which aired on 28 December 2011.[2] In the special they take a route across India, the first of the many countries Top Gear plans to visit over the course of the new series, according to Jeremy Clarkson. Shooting in India began on 2 October, with the first leg of the shooting beginning in suburbs of Mumbai.[3][4] The show was also seen in Lecce, Italy with a Noble M600, McLaren MP4-12C and a Lamborghini Aventador.[5] Hammond announced during the Top Gear Live shows in Birmingham, that additional recordings for the new series had been done in the USA.　　The January 2012 edition of Top Gear Magazine featured a preview of what to expect in series 18.[6] It included a piece where Richard Hammond drives a NASCAR safety car for a real race, later going on to drive an actual NASCAR race car. The magazine also featured a part of some of the power tests to expect, including Jeremy Clarkson driving a Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Edition, a Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster and a Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale. Hammond meanwhile will drive a 2012 BMW M5 F10, and May will have a Vauxhall Corsa Nürburgring Edition. Another feature is going to China to test drive Chinese cars, Italy in 3 super-cars, Lamborghini Aventador, Noble M600 and a McLaren MP4-12C. Also James May is taking a trip to USA to test sports hybrid supercar Fisker Karma, meet AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson and drive his 1928 Bentley Vanden Plas LeMans Tourer. According to Top Gear Executive Producer Andy Wilman, Clarkson, Hammond and May are going to northern Sweden as well, where they will race the new Ferrari FF across a Silverstone Circuit-shaped ice track. Also Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond will attempt to film a car chase sequence for The Sweeney.