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Initial D (TV Series 1998)
"Inisharu D" (original title)

650 min  -  Animation | Action | Comedy
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The story of a young delivery boy who becomes a drift-racing legend.

Creator:

Shuichi Shigeno
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Season:

1

Year:

1998 | unknown

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Cast

Series cast summary:
Steve Blum ...
Keisuke 'K.T.' Takahashi (26 episodes, 1998)
Terri Doty Terri Doty ...
Additional Voices (26 episodes, 1998)
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Storyline

Takumi Fujiwara is an average 18-year old high school student with an average job as a gas station attendant, and a not-so-average hand in the family business. To help his father's tofu shop, Takumi has been delivering tofu in his father's 'Eight-Six' Trueno (known as the Toyota Corolla GT-S in the US) to a hotel at the peak of Mt. Akina (the local mountain), every night at 4 a.m. In doing so, Takumi has been unknowingly training to be the greatest mountain-pass drift-racer in all of Japan. After a freak late-night encounter with Keisuke Takahashi, the number two driver of the infamous RedSuns team, Takumi is quickly, and unwillingly plunged into a high-speed world of white-knuckle contests on the most dangerous mountain passes in the Gunma prefecture. Assisted by the local Akina Speedstars team, his slightly obnoxious friend Itsuki, his somewhat shady girlfriend Natsuke and the sage-like words of his chain-smoking... Written by Nathan J Rossberg  

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Plot Keywords:

Drift Racing | Motor | Anime | Based On Manga | Street Racing

Taglines:

Drift across Second Stage's finish line! See more »

Genres:

Animation | Action | Comedy | Sport

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Initial D: Battle 01 See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Prime Direction See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

(26 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Akina Mountain, the primary downhill course of the series, is actually based off Haruna Mountain in Gunma prefecture. See more »

Goofs

Audio/visual unsynchronized: In his race with Shingo, Takumi clips a corner, audibly smashing off one of his rear lights, yet the next shot shows the back of his car with no visible damage. See more »

Quotes

Bunta Fujiwara: Back when I was actively driving I drove Akina even in my dreams.
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Soundtracks

"Around the World"
Performed by Move See more »