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Initial D: Fourth Stage (TV)

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[ sequel of Initial D: Third Stage (movie) ]

Related anime:
    Initial D: Battle Stage 2 (OAV) (compilation)
    M.o.v.e: Raimei - Out of Kontrol (TV promo) (spinoff)

Alternative title:
頭文字〈イニシャル〉D FOURTH STAGE (Japanese)
Genres: drama, slice of life, tournament
Themes: auto racing
Age rating: Older Children (May contain mild bad language, bloodless violence)
Plot Summary: Takumi Fujiwara and brothers Keisuke and Ryousuke Takahashi have formed "Project D," a racing team aimed at bringing their driving skills to their full potential outside their prefecture. Using the internet, Project D issues challenges to other racing teams and posts results of their races. Managed by Ryousuke, the team has Takumi engaging in downhill battles with his AE86, while Keisuke challenges opponents uphill. Among their rivals are the Seven-Star Leaf (SSR) and Todo-juku. Meanwhile, Takumi is caught off-guard on Mount Akina when he encounters his father Bunta and his newly acquired Subaru Impreza WRX Type R Version V.
User Ratings: 575 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 104 votes (sub:96, dub:6, Spa.sub:1, Por.sub:1)
 Excellent: 190 votes (sub:175, dub:7, Spa.sub:4, raw:2, ?:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Very good: 136 votes (sub:124, dub:9, raw:1, Spa.sub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 Good: 89 votes (sub:82, dub:3, Tag.dub:2, Por.sub:1, ?:1)
 Decent: 30 votes (sub:28, dub:2)
 So-so: 14 votes (sub:12, edit.dub:1, dub:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1149 users, rank: #524
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.242 (Very good+.24), std. dev.: 1.5113, rank: #250
Weighted mean: 8.158 (Very good+.15), rank: #240 (seen all: 8.34 / seen some: 7.25 / won't finish: 4.98)
Bayesian estimate: 8.147 (Very good+.14), rank: #169
Running time: 27 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage: 2004-04-17
Releases: We have 1
Opening Theme:
#1: "Dogfight" by move (eps 01-10)
#2: "Noizy Tribe" by move (eps 11-24)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Blast My Desire" by move (eps 01-10)
#2: "Nobody reason～ノアの方舟 (Noah's Ark)" by move (eps 11-24)
Official website:
Avex mode Initial D Site (Japanese)
頭文字D Fourth Stage (Chinese (Taiwan))
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 2
In the news 4 times:
2009-07-01   Singer Lia Cancels Concert Due to Marriage, Pregnancy
2009-02-23   Sōten Kōro Manga about Chinese History Gets TV Anime (Update 2)
2006-04-27   Initial D #8 on Oricon
2004-03-15   New Anime
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Shinji Kofukada (OP)
Tsuneo Tominaga

Music:
Atsushi Umebori
Dennis Martin

Original Manga: Shuuichi Shigeno

Character Design: Akira Kano

Art director: Masayoshi Banno

Mechanical design: Hideaki Yokoi

Sound director: Masafumi Mima

Cgi director: Kanemori Yasuda

Executive producer: Ren Usami

Animation:
Hyun Park
Joo-Hee Yoon
Og-Ja Lee
Sun Lee
Tae-Hyung Kim
Yong-Soon Jang

Editorial Supervision: Keiichi Tsuchiya (Hot Version Editorial Dept.)

Planning: Ryuuzou Shouji

Theme Song Performance:
D-Team ("Speed Car")
Dark Angels ("Right Now")
Digital Planet ("We'll See Heaven")
Dino Starr ("Give Me Your Love")
Dusty ("Midnight Lover")
Fastway ("Go Beat Crazy", "Revolution")
Lia ("All Around")
Maiko ("Don't Go Baby")
Manuel ("Let's Go Come On")
Mega NRG Man ("Supersonic")
Move (OP/ED)
Nutty ("Secret Love")
Spock ("The Fire's On Me")
Symbol (Forever Young)

 

Shinichiro Miki as Takumi Fujiwara

Takehito Koyasu as Ryousuke Takahashi

Tomokazu Seki as Keisuke Takahashi

Ayako Kawasumi as Natsuki Mogi

Jin Horikawa as Akiyama Nobuhiko

Kazuhiro Nakata as Tomoyuki Tachi

Kazuki Yao as Kouichiro Iketani

Megumi Toyoguchi as Kyoko Iwase

Mitsuo Iwata as Itsuki Takeuchi

Ryoka Yuzuki as Kazumi Akiyama

Tomomichi Nishimura as Yuuichi Tachibana

Unshou Ishizuka as Bunta Fujiwara

Yasunori Matsumoto as Wataru Akiyama

Akimitsu Takase as Smiley Sakai

Daiki Nakamura as Tohru Suetsugu

Eisuke Asakura as Gallery B (eps 2, 4)

Eriko Kigawa as Female A (ep 1)

Hiro Yuuki as Shinichi

Hiroyuki Yoshino as Sakamoto

Kaisei Mogami as Male D (ep 1)

Kazuhiro Nakata as Satoyuki Kan

Kazuya Kawahara as Seji Iwaki (ep 6)

Kousuke Okano as Kenta Nakamura

Kouzou Mito as Male B (ep 1)

Makoto Yasumura as Male C (ep 1)

Masahiko Tanaka as Kyouichi Sudou (eps 5-6)

Masashi Ebara as Toushiya Joushima

Miki Nagasawa as Nao

Misato Fukuen as Female B (ep 1)

Naomi Wakabayashi as Kyoko's Friend

Osamu Hosoi as Fumihiro

Rintarou Nishi as Matsumoto

Ryoukichi Takahashi as Mechanic (ep 3)

Ryuuzo Hasuike as Gallery C (ep 2)

Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Kouzou Hoshino

Seiji Sasaki as Atsuro Kawai

Shintarou Oohata as Gallery A (ep 4)

Suguru Shibaki as Todo School Alumnus (ep 4)

Takashi Kondo as Saiyu

Takaya Hashi as Todo

Takayuki Yamaguchi as Todo Student (ep 3)

Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Saitou

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Daiki Ninomiya

Tsuguo Saijou as Gallery C (ep 4)

Wataru Takagi as Kenji

Yoshinori Sonobe as Todo Student (ep 3)

Yukichi Takahashi as Gallery B (ep 4)

Yuuji Kishi as Male A (ep 1)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Frontline

Broadcaster: SkyPerfecTV

In-Between Animation:
GAINAX
Satelight
Studio Jack

Music Production: Avex Trax

Production:
OB Planning
Prime Direction
To Max

French staff 
French cast 

Adaptation: Sophie Servais

Directeur De Plateau:
Aurélien Ringelheim
Marie-Line Landerwijn (ep 13 +)

 

Bruno Mullenaerts as Ryosuke (ep 13+)

Christophe Hespel as Keisuke

Laurent Vernin as Takumi

Xavier Percy as Ryosuke

Alexandre Crépet as Nobuhiko

Alice Ley as Kyoko

André Pauwels as Bunta

Audrey D'Hulstere as Kyoko (ep 13+)

Aurélien Ringelheim as Seito , Kenji

David Manet as Iketani

Frédéric Meaux as Tomo

Gregory Praet as Sakai

Jean-Pierre Denuit as Wataru (ep 13+)

Karim Barras as Wataru

Marc Weiss as Kenta

Martin Spinhayer as Todo

Mathieu Moreau as Kenji (ep 13+)

Mélanie Dermont as Natsuki Mogi

Patrick Brüll as Kyoichi

Philippe Allard as Tooru

Pierre Bodson as Seiji

Renaud Tefnin as Nobuhiko (13 +)

Sébastien Hebrant as Fumihiro

Stéphane Flamand as Natsuki Mogi

Thierry Janssen as Daiki

Tony Beck as Itsuki

Emmanuel Liénart as Kouzou Hoshino

Erwin Grunspan as Fumihiro (ep13+)

Gauthier De Fauconval as Kenta (ep 15+)

Jean-Michel Vovk as Patron

Pablo Hertsen as Sakamoto

Peppino Capotondi as Yochima

Alessandro Bevilacqua

Anthony Lopresti

Michel Hinderickx

Pascal Gruselle

Romain Barbieux

Yvan Reekmans

French companies 

Broadcaster: NT1

Distributor: Kaze

Dubbing: Mirroring


Spanish staff 
(none)
Spanish companies 

Broadcaster: Animax Latin America

Spanish cast 
(none)
Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 
(none)
 

David Sta. Maria as Keisuke Takahashi (Animax Dub)

Don Sanmaniego as Takumi Fujiwara

Ely Martin as Keisuke Takahashi

Matteo Guidicelli as Takumi Fujiwara

RYAN BONDOC as Ryousuke Takahashi

Allan Ortega as Kouichiro Iketani

Angel Locsin as Kyoko Iwase

Angelo Crisolo as Itsuki Takeuchi

Charvie Abeletes as
Kyoko Iwase
Natsuki Mogi

Ed Belo as Yuichi Tachibana

Gerald Narciso as Wataru Akiyama

Jenny Bituin as Kazumi Akiyama

Klariz Magboo as Kyoko Iwase (2nd, Animax Dub)

Robert Brillantes as Bunta Fujiwara

Russ Carlos as Itsuki Takeuchi (Animax Dub)

Ed Belo as Kyouichi Sudou

Jimmy Manato as
Kenta Nakamura
Matsumoto

Julius Figueroa as Kenji

Louie Paraboles as Tohru Suetsugu

Robert Brillantes as Atsuro Kawai

Roger Aquino as Toushiya Joushima

Russ Carlos as Fumihiro (Animax Dub)

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
GMA Network
QTV Channel 11

Dubbing: ALTA Productions


Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 

Licensed by: Top-Insight International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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