Initial D

Synopsis

Takumi’s job as a tofu delivery boy has turned him into one of the most formidable drivers around. Behind the wheel of his Eight-Six, he’s one with the road—and his life shifts into high gear when the underground street racing world takes notice. Drivers from across the region are lining up for a shot at the new guy. Takumi’s not just focused on winning—he’s out to prove he’s the best.

Main Cast

Shin-ichiro Miki

Takumi Fujiwara (voice)

Age : 56 | Popularity : 11%

Atsushi Abe

Shinji Inui (voice)

Age : 43 | Popularity : 11%

Takehito Koyasu

Ryosuke Takahashi (voice)

Age : 57 | Popularity : 13%

Tomokazu Seki

Keisuke Takahashi (voice)

Age : 51 | Popularity : 18%

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Go Hojo (voice)

Age : 55 | Popularity : 8%

Yasuyuki Kase

Eiji Kubo (voice)

Age : 53 | Popularity : 3%

Yuuka Hirose

Shinji's Mother (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Seasons

Season 1

1998 | 26 episodes

The story begins when street racers called the RedSuns, a team from Mt. Akagi, come to challenge Mt. Akina's local SpeedStars team to a "friendly" race. After seeing how skilled the RedSuns are, the SpeedStars treat it as a race for pride, determined not to be humiliated on their home turf. However, the SpeedStars are left in a bind when their team leader and primary downhill driver Iketani has an accident during a practice run.

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Season 2

1999 | 13 episodes

A group of street racers called Team Emperor, all using Mitsubishi Lancer Evolutions, appear in the Gunma area, defeating anyone in their path, until their No. 2 racer, Seiji Iwaki, was defeated by Takumi, breaking their winning streak. Their leader, a professionally-trained driver named Kyoichi Sudo, challenged Takumi to a race at Akagi to “teach him some things” and as a sort of cover event for his race with Ryosuke, his primary target. Takumi declined his proposal at first but eventually accepted after being infuriated with seeing Natsuki with the Mercedes Driver which left him at a disadvantage from the get-go. This race saw Takumi's Eight-Six blow its engine. While it may have been a defeat for Takumi, Kyoichi did not consider it a race instead considering it more as a seminar to show Takumi how much he needs a better car as he believes the Eight-Six is far too old to match Takumi's skill level.

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Season 3

2004 | 24 episodes

This series focuses on the exploits of the new team founded by Ryosuke, Project.D, which is composed of Ryosuke (leader and strategist), downhill specialist Takumi, uphill specialist Keisuke, and a staff consisting primarily of members of the Akagi Red Suns. The team travels the region, challenging other teams and posting the results of the battles on their website. Each race is intended by Ryosuke to develop a specific area of his drivers' skills. By this time, Takumi matures slowly into a more confident and knowledgeable street racer, while Keisuke improves on his technical driving skills. Takumi instinctively develops many new techniques through his own ingenuity after some prompting by Ryosuke, such as "Blind Attack", a passing with his headlights off so that his opponent is unable to see him coming and block him, and using weight shifting to execute manoeuvres similar to the gutter-hook technique on Akina.

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Season 4

2012 | 14 episodes

Still working as part of the Project D driving team, Takumi Fujiwara and Keisuke Takahashi continue to challenge courses and teams in the Kanagawa Prefecture. Meanwhile, a young golf phenom catches Takumi's eye, and Ryosuke Takahashi settles a score from his past.

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Season 5

2014 | 4 episodes

After a long break, after every racing team in the prefecture is defeated, everything comes down to one last race. Takumi Fujiwara has never lost a race, but when his opponent is also using an AE86, it turns into a battle of the AE86. Will Project D succeed in the final and most difficult race of Initial D?

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Art	Art Direction	Ryu Hwan-suk
Directing	Series Director	Mitsuo Hashimoto
Camera	Director of Photography	Shinji Ikegami
Visual Effects	Color Designer	Osamu Mikasa
	Character Designer	Masaki Sato
	Mechanical Designer	Hideaki Yokoi
	CGI Director	Kanemori Yasuda
Sound	Original Music Composer	Atsushi Umebori
	Sound Mixer	Fujio Yamada
	Sound Effects	Kenji Koyama
	Theme Song Performance	Mototaka Segawa Yuri Masuda
	Sound Director	Masafumi Mima
Editing	Supervising Editor	Keiichi Tsuchiya
Production	Producer	Kayo Fukuda
Writing	Comic Book	Shuichi Shigeno
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