Initial D

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Initial D
Original title 頭 文字 D
transcription Inisharu Dī
Initial D Logo.png
genre Action, sport
Manga
country JapanJapan Japan
author Shuichi Shigeno
publishing company Kodansha
magazine Young magazine
First publication 1995 - 2013
expenditure 48
Anime television series
title Initial D
Initial D: Second Stage
Initial D: Fourth Stage
Initial D: Fifth Stage
Initial D: Final Stage
Original title 頭 文字 D
頭 文字 D Second Stage
頭 文字 D Fourth Stage
頭 文字 D Fifth Stage
頭 文字 D Final Stage
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Year (s) 1998-2006, 2012-2014
Studio Studio Gallop (D)
Pastel (2nd)
ACGT (4th)
SynergySP (5th)
length 24 minutes
Episodes 81 in 6 seasons
Director Shin Misawa (D)
Shin'ichi Masaki (2nd)
Tsuneo Tominaga (4th)
Mitsuo Hashimoto (5th)
music Ryūichi Katsumata (D, 2nd)
Atsushi Umebori, Dennis Martin, Daisuke Ogura, Kanako Itō (4th)
Atsushi Umebori (5th)
First broadcast April 1998
Anime movie
title Initial D: Third Stage
Original title 頭 文字 D Third Stage
transcription Inisharu Dī: Third Stage
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Publishing year 2001
Studio Studio Deen
length 105 minutes
Director Noritsugu Yamaguchi
script Hiroshi Toda
music Ryūichi Katsumata
Anime movie
title Shin Gekijōban Initial D
Legend 1 - Kakusei
Legend 2 - Tōsō
Legend 3 - Mugen
Original title 新 劇場版 頭 文字 D
Legend1 - 覚 醒 -
Legend2 - 闘 走 -
Legend3 - 夢 現 -
transcription Shin Gekijōban Inisharu D
Legend 1 - Kakusei
Legend 2 - Tōsō
Legend 3 - Mugen
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
Publishing year 2014-2016
Studio Sanzigen , Lidenfilms
length 62, 61, 65 minutes
Director Masamitsu Hidaka
script Mayori Sekijima
music Akio Dobashi
synchronization

Initial D ( jap. 頭 文字 D（イ ニ シ ャ ル ・ デ ィ ー）, Inisharu Dī , dt. “Initiale D”) is a manga by Shūichi Shigeno and an anime series based on it. The manga was published from 1995 to 2013 and can be classified into the genres of action and sports .

action

Set in the late 1990s, Initial D tells the story of Takumi Fujiwara , an 18-year-old boy who helps his father's tofu business by delivering to the hotel on Mount Akina in a Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 - AE86 for short - every morning . His daily drives make Takumi a very good driver, but initially he is not interested in road racing.

One day the Akagi Redsuns challenge the Akina Speedstars to a race. There is no one among the speed stars who comes close to the skills of the brothers Ryousuke and Keisuke Takahashi , but suddenly a completely outdated Hachi-Roku ( English : eight-sixs ) appears in Keisuke's rear-view mirror and defeats him superiorly. It is known that Takumi was the driver of the AE86. Keisuke wants revenge. The speed stars are happy to have found a competitive man and send him into battle. Takumi is reluctant to participate because he doesn't believe in street racing. However, he wins a second time and the racing driver in him awakens. The further course of the series is about the duels against his opponents and how he slowly learns to control his car completely.

Most races are in Sudden Death mode. For a winner to be determined, the leader must either clearly distance himself from the man behind or he must overtake the leader. In Initial D , all duels take place on mountain passes, with a distinction being made between downhill  - down the mountain - and hillclimb  - up the mountain. At the beginning of the series, Takumi only had a chance on the downhill, as his outdated AE86 was not that far behind. He and most of the other drivers rely on their drifting skills to be faster than the rest.

Manga

The manga was published from 1995 to 2013 in the weekly Young magazine of the Kodansha publishing company. In total, the chapters were summarized in 48 anthologies ( Tankōbon ).

In the USA, 33 volumes in English translation were published by Tokyopop from 2002 to 2009 .

Anime

The anime is divided into stages .

Stage Type consequences First broadcast comment
Initial D: First Stage Television series 26th

April 1998 - November 1998

Initial D: Second Stage Television series 13 October 1999 - January 2000
Initial D: Third Stage Movie -

January 2001

Initial D: Fourth Stage Television series 24 April 2004 - February 2006
Initial D: Fifth Stage Television series 14th September 2012 - May 2013
Initial D: Final Stage Television series 4th May 2014 - June 2014
Initial D: Extra Stage OVA 2 March 2001 Subplot to Team Impact Blue
Initial D: Extra Stage 2 OVA 1 December 2008 continues the subplot from the Extra Stage
Initial D: Battle Stage OVA 1 May 2002 Summary of the first three stages
Initial D: Battle Stage 2 OVA 1 2007 Summary: Fourth Stage

In the USA Tokyopop had also licensed the anime from 2002 to 2009, which was then transferred to Funimation Entertainment .

Between 2014 and 2016 the film trilogy Shin Gekijōban Initial D was released , which is a retelling of the beginning of the series. Directed by Masamitsu Hidaka with Tomohito Naka as co-director for parts 2 and 3. The script was written by Mayori Sekijima. The first part Legend 1 - Kakusei was released in Japanese cinemas on August 23, 2014, Legend 2 - Tōsō on May 23, 2015 and Legend 3 - Mugen finally on February 6, 2016.

synchronization

role Japanese voice actor ( seiyū )
first row Shin Gekijōban Initial D
Takumi Fujiwara Shin'ichirō Miki Mamoru Miyano
Bunta Fujiwara Unshō Ishizuka Hiroaki Hirata
Itsuki Takeuchi Mitsuo Iwata Minoru Shiraishi
Natsuki Mogi Ayako Kawasumi Maaya Uchida
Ryosuke Takahashi Takehito Koyasu Daisuke Ono
Keisuke Takahashi Tomokazu Seki Yūichi Nakamura

music

The predominant musical form in Initial D is Eurobeat . This is not surprising as the avex group is the publisher of the Eurobeat compilation series Super Eurobeat . In the US version, the music was taken out by the local licensee Tokyopop and replaced by hip-hop , which led to protests among fans of the series.

The opening and closing titles were:

series Opening credits Credits
Initial D
  1. move : Around the World (Ep. 1-19)
  2. move: Break in 2 the Nite (Ep. 20-26)
  1. move: Rage Your Dream (Ep. 1-14)
  2. Galla Kiseki no Hana ( 奇跡 の 薔薇 ) (Ep. 15–26)
Second stage move: Blazin 'beat Galla: Kimi ga Iru ( キ ミ が い る )
Third stage move: Gamble Rumble
  1. Every Little Thing : Jirenma
  2. Dave Rodgers : The Race is Over
Fourth stage
  1. move: Dogfight (Ep. 1–10)
  2. move: Noizy Tribe (Ep. 11–24)
  1. move: Blast My Desire (Ep. 1–10)
  2. move: Nobody Reason (Ep. 11-24)
Extra stage Chilu: Get it all right Michiko Neya & Yumi Kakazu : Next
Extra stage 2 move: Sōkyū no flight ( 蒼穹 の flight) move: Key Ring
Fifth stage move: Raise up
  1. Clutch : Flyleaf
  2. move: Yuushu Souka
Final stage move: Outsoar the Rainbow
  1. move: Gamble Rumble
  2. move: Rage your dream (ep. 4 only)
Legend 1 - Kakusei - Ryūichi Kawamura : never fear
Legend 2 - Tōsō Back-On : Resurrection -
Legend 3 - Mugen Tatsuyuki Kobayashi : Chase for Dream -

In addition, other pieces by Eurobeat artists appeared in every TV series, OVA and the movie during the plot, with the TV series on average three different per episode. Avex also published a large number of Initial-D compilation albums with these works.

Video games

There are several video games to Initial D .

Real film

A live action film that takes up the story of manga and anime premiered on June 23, 2005 in the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong . The film was shown in large parts of the East Asian region. Initial D - The Movie was produced by the Japanese avex group and Media Asia from Hong Kong. The direction was in the hands of Andrew Lau and Alan Mak . Although the film is largely based on the Initial D manga, the script was largely specially developed and the story is different. In addition, many characters that appear in the manga are missing.

main characters

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