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is a Japanese street racing manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Young Magazine'' from 1995 to 2013, with the chapters collected into 48 ''tankōbon'' volumes. The story focuses on the world of illegal Japanese street racing, where all the action is concentrated in the Touge, mountain passes and rarely in cities or urban areas, and with the drifting (motorsport), drifting racing style emphasized in particular. Professional race car driver and pioneer of drifting Keiichi Tsuchiya helped with editorial supervision. The story is centered on the prefecture of Gunma, more specifically on several mountains in the Kantō 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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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is a 2014–2016 Japanese anime film series based on the manga series ''Initial D'' by Shuichi Shigeno. The movie is a retelling of the early stages of the manga and is split into three parts with the first part, ''Legend 1: Awakening'' released on August 23, 2014. The full trailer was revealed on 16 May 2014, containing an entirely new Japanese cast. In the English dub, however, most of the Funimation cast from the original series reprised their roles for the trilogy (except Todd Haberkorn, who would be replaced by Gray G. Haddock as Keisuke Takahashi). Part 2 of the series, named ''Legend 2: Racer'', was released on May 23, 2015 and part 3 of the series, named ''Legend 3: Dream'', was released on February 6, 2016. A compilation film, named ''Battle Digest'', was released on January 7, 2022. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the film trilogy for release in North America, while MVM Films will release the trilogy in the UK. Plot Legend 1: Awakening The movie opens with Koichiro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
