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Initial D
6, 1995
D
(Inisharu D)
Manga
Published by Kodansha
Madman Entertainment
NA
Tokyopop
Demographic Seinen
Ryuichi Katsumata
BGM composer:
Licensed by AUS
Madman Entertainment
NA
Funimation
English network AU
Adult Swim
SEA
Animax Asia
Nobuaki Kishima
Ryuichi Katsumata
BGM composer:
Dave Rodgers
Studio Pastel
Licensed by AUS
Madman Entertainment
NA
Funimation
Animax
Nobuaki Kishima
Ryuichi Katsumata
BGM composer:
Dave Rodgers
Studio Pastel
Licensed by AUS
Madman Entertainment
NA
Funimation
Anime film
Takayuki Nagasawa
Nobuaki Kishima
Ryuichi Katsumata
BGM composer:
Dave Rodgers
Licensed by AUS
Madman Entertainment
NA
Funimation
Nobuaki Kishima
Ryuichi Katsumata
BGM composer:
Dave Rodgers
Studio Pastel
Runtime 45 minutes
Hiroshi Toda
Atsushi Umebori
BGM composer:
Dennis Martin
Studio A.C.G.T
Licensed by AUS
Madman Entertainment
NA
Funimation
Hiroshi Toda
Atsushi Umebori
BGM composer:
Dennis Martin
Studio A.C.G.T
Runtime 78 minutes
Hiroshi Toda
Atsushi Umebori
BGM composer:
Dennis Martin
Studio A.C.G.T
Runtime 55 minutes
Hiroshi Toda
Atsushi Umebori
BGM composer:
Dave Rodgers
Studio SynergySP
Hiroshi Toda
Atsushi Umebori
BGM composer:
Dave Rodgers
Studio SynergySP
Films
Initial D (2005)
Initial D (Japanese: D Hepburn: Inisharu D) is a Japanese
sports manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It was serialized in Young
Magazine from 1995 to 2013, with the chapters collected into 48 tankbon volumes
by Kodansha. The story focuses on the world of illegal Japanese street racing, where all the
action is concentrated in the mountain passes and rarely in cities or urban areas, and with
the drift racing style emphasized in particular. Professional race car driver and pioneer of
drifting Keiichi Tsuchiyahelped with editorial supervision. The story is centered on the prefecture
of Gunma, more specifically on several mountains in the Kant region and in their surrounding
cities and towns. Although some of the names of the locations the characters race in have been
fictionalized, all of the locations in the series are based on actual locations in Japan.
Initial D has been adapted into several anime television and original video animations series by
OB Studio Comet, Studio Gallop, Pastel, A.C.G.T and SynergySP. A live action
film by Avex and Media Asia was released in 2005. Both the manga and anime series were
initially licensed for English-language distribution in North America by Tokyopop (2002
2009),[1] however, the anime license has since been picked up by Funimation, while the manga is
no longer available in English.
Contents
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1Synopsis
2Characters
3Media
o 3.1Manga
o 3.2Anime
o 3.3Games
o 3.4Feature film
4Reception
5See also
6References
7External links
Synopsis[edit]
See also: List of Initial D chapters
The first battle of the series, Keisuke Takahashi (RX-7) vs. Takumi Fujiwara (Trueno), as seen in the
anime.
The protagonist, Takumi Fujiwara, is a gas station attendant working with his friend Itsuki to buy
a car, which they plan to drift on the twisting roads surrounding nearby Mount Akina.
Unbeknownst to his colleagues, Takumi moonlights as a tofu delivery driver for his father's store
before sunrise each morning, passively building an impressive amount of skill behind the wheel
of the family car, an aging Toyota Sprinter Trueno.
Shortly after the story begins, the Red Suns, an amateur racing team from Mount Akagi,
challenge the local Speedstars team to a set of races on Mount Akina. Dispirited after watching
the Red Suns' superior performance during a practice run, the Speedstars expect to lose. Later
that night, the Red Suns' #2 driver, heading home after the last practice run, is defeated soundly
by a mysterious Sprinter Trueno, despite driving a much more powerful car. An investigation into
the identity of the driver leads to Bunta Fujiwara, Takumi's father. The Speedstars beg Bunta to
help them defeat the Red Suns, and he initially refuses, later relenting to "maybe" show up at the
race. At the same time, Takumi asks Bunta if he can borrow the car for a day to take a trip to the
beach with a potential girlfriend, and Bunta seizes the moment by granting permission (plus a full
tank of fuel) on the condition that Takumi defeats the Red Suns driver.
On the night of the race, the Trueno does not show up, and the Speedstars enlist a backup driver
for the first run. At the last moment before the race starts, the Trueno arrives. Takumi steps out
of the car to the bewilderment of the Speedstars, who were expecting Bunta. He easily defeats
the Red Suns driver by utilizing a dangerous technique on the mountain road's hairpin corners.
The Red Suns' embarrassing defeat sets up the plot for the rest of the series: drivers from
neighboring prefectures come to challenge Takumi and the "Legendary Eight-Six of Akina" and
thus prove themselves as racers. Eventually, the plot moves away from Mount Akina as Takumi
becomes bored with racing solely on that road. He joins an experimental racing team formed by
the disbanded Red Suns and challenges more difficult opponents on their home courses in the
pursuit of his dream to be "the fastest driver out there".
Characters[edit]
Main article: List of Initial D characters
Media[edit]
Manga[edit]
Fujino Store Tofu Shop in Gunma, which was renamed and modeled
to Fujiwara Tofu Shop for the live-action film.[14][15]
Reception[edit]
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See also[edit]
Cars portal
Book: Drifting
References[edit]
1. Jump up^ "TOKYOPOP Inc. Out of Print Titles".
Tokyopop. 1 Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine.."
Retrieved on September 10, 2009.
2. Jump up^ [1] Retrieved August 2, 2013
3. Jump up^ "Editors Note. Name Changes in Initial D, English
Language Version." Initial D Volume 2. Tokyopop.
4. Jump up^ Tokyopop Confirms its Kodansha Manga
Licenses Will End. August 31, 2009. Retrieved March 27,
2012.
5. Jump up^ "Initial D Fifth Stage #07 (13 story, 14 Story)".
Perfect Choice. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
6. ^ Jump up to:a b "D
presents PPV". Comic Natalie. Retrieved 16
August 2012.
7. Jump up^ "D". Animax. Retrieved 5
May 2014.
8. Jump up^ [2]. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
9. Jump up^ Open letter from Tokyopop. Retrieved 3 June
2006.
10. Jump up^ BAAF to Screen Initial D Third Stage March 17,
2003. Retrieved March 27, 2012
11. Jump up^ 2009 press release. Retrieved 25 September
2009.
12. Jump up^ Initial D Car-Racing Manga Gets New Anime Film
& Final Stage Anime. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
13. Jump up^ New Initial D Car-Racing Anime Teaser Reveals
Film Trilogy. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
14. Jump up^ "Initial D World - Discussion Board / Forums
History of Fujiwara Tofu Shop". Initial D World Forums.
October 20, 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
15. Jump up^ "The Real Life Initial D On Display -
Speedhunters". Speedhunters. Retrieved 19 April2016.
16. Jump up^ "Tokyopop Open Letter regarding Initial
D." Tokyopop at Anime News Network. July 13, 2002.
Retrieved on September 28, 2009.
17. Jump up^ "Funimation's Live Feed from Otakon 10." July 30,
2010. Retrieved on March 27, 2012.
External links[edit]
Initial D at Kodansha's official site (in Japanese)
Avex webpage for Initial D (in Japanese)
Initial D Fifth Stage Official Website - Animax (in Japanese)
Initial D Arcade Stage Version 3.0
Initial D Games Official Website - Sega
Initial D Games Official Website - Sega (in Japanese)
North America Premier of the Live-action Initial D film
Initial D (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
[show]
Initial D by Shuichi Shigeno
[show]
Gallop
[show]
Studio Deen
[show]
[show]
Works by A.C.G.T
[show]
Works by SynergySP
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