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Initial D (TV)

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©2003 Shuichi Shigeno / KODANSHA / prime direction / OB PLANNING


[ adapted from Initial D (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Initial D: Second Stage (TV) (1999-10-14 to 2000-01-06, sequel)
      Initial D: Battle Stage (OAV) (compilation)
      Initial D: Extra Stage (OAV) (spinoff)
        Initial D: Extra Stage 2: Tabidachi no Green (OAV) (sequel)
      Initial D: Third Stage (movie) (sequel)
        Initial D: Battle Stage (OAV) (compilation)
        Initial D: Fourth Stage (TV) (sequel)
          Initial D: Battle Stage 2 (OAV) (compilation)
          M.o.v.e: Raimei - Out of Kontrol (TV promo) (spinoff)
    Initial D: Battle Stage (OAV) (2002-05-15, compilation)
      Initial D: Battle Stage 2 (OAV) (sequel)

Alternative title:
Initial D: First Stage
頭文字〈イニシャル〉D (Japanese)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance, slice of life, tournament
Themes: auto racing
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: High school student Takumi Fujiwara works as a gas station attendant during the day and a delivery boy for his father's tofu shop during late nights. Little does he know that his precise driving skills and his father's modified Toyota Sprinter AE86 Trueno make him the best amateur road racer on Mt. Akina's highway. Because of this, racing groups from all over the Gunma prefecture issue challenges to Takumi to see if he really has what it takes to be a road legend.
User Ratings: 1015 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 144 votes (sub:114, dub:19, raw:3, Por.sub:2, Spa.dub:2, Spa.sub:1, edit.dub:1, ?:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Excellent: 245 votes (sub:200, dub:37, edit.dub:2, Spa.sub:2, raw:2, Ger.sub:1, ?:1)
 Very good: 292 votes (sub:238, dub:35, ?:4, raw:4, Spa.dub:4, Spa.sub:4, Por.sub:2, Por.dub:1)
 Good: 175 votes (sub:136, dub:29, Spa.dub:4, Spa.sub:1, Tag.dub:1, Kor.sub:1, Fre.dub:1, ?:1, raw:1)
 Decent: 63 votes (sub:46, dub:12, Spa.dub:2, Por.dub:1, Fre.sub:1, ?:1)
 So-so: 34 votes (sub:25, dub:5, raw:1, Spa.dub:1, ?:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Not really good: 18 votes (sub:11, dub:4, raw:1, Spa.dub:1, edit.dub:1)
 Weak: 27 votes (sub:19, dub:4, Por.dub:1, Spa.dub:1, Ita.dub:1, ?:1)
 Bad: 5 votes (sub:4, dub:1)
 Awful: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:2, raw:1)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:2, dub:2, Spa.dub:1, Por.dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2184 users, rank: #263
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.806 (Very good-.19), std. dev.: 1.8131, rank: #620
Weighted mean: 7.707 (Very good-.29), rank: #603 (seen all: 8.06 / seen some: 6.36 / won't finish: 4.39)
Bayesian estimate: 7.705 (Very good-.29), rank: #430
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 26
Episode titles: We have 27
Vintage:
1998-04-18 to 1998-11-28
2000-03-29 to 2000-09-13 (Raw JP R2 DVD AVBA-14024,40,41,39,50,51,55)
2005-07-31 to 2005-11-23 (Latin America)
Opening Theme:
#1: "Around the World" by Move (eps 1-19)
#2: "Break in 2 the Nite" by Move (eps 20-26)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Rage Your Dream" by Move (eps 1-14)
#2: "Kiseki no Hana (Flower of Miracles)" by Galla (eps 15-26)
Official website:
Madman's Official Initial D Sales Site
Tokyopop - Initial D Anime Official
Links: We have 6
Trivia: We have 3
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2009-03-25   Artists m.o.v.e to Perform at Anime Central in Illinois
2009-01-30   Debut Album from Macross Frontier's May'n Lands at #2
2009-01-07   Japanese Comic Ranking, December 23-January 5
2008-08-27   New Initial D Anime DVD to Ship in Japan on December 5
2008-08-20   IATV Acquires Tokyopop Anime Titles, Other Programming
2008-03-28   Megumi Anime about Girl Abducted by N. Korea Posted
2008-02-04   Haruka Director Aki Tsunaki to Attend Sakura-Con
2007-11-23   Live-Action Initial D Movie Gets Blu-ray Disc Release
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Comment:
TOKYOPOP's DVD release of Initial D features two versions: Classic version (episodes that retain the original Japanese dialogue and soundtrack) and Tricked-Out version (edited episodes dubbed in English with a new soundtrack).
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Related reviews:
    Initial D DVD 1
    Initial D

Related releases:
    Initial D - Season 1 DVD Box Set (DVD) 2007-03-13 (from $22.99)
    Initial D - Season 2 DVD Box Set (DVD) 2007-10-16 (from $38.12)
    Initial D - Akina's Downhill Specialist (DVD 1) 2003-08-12
    Initial D - Akina's Downhill Specialist (DVD 1) 2003-09-16 (from $10.49)
    Initial D - Challenge: Red Suns (DVD 2) 2003-10-14 (from $7.99)
    Initial D - Challenge: Night Kids (DVD 3) 2004-02-10 (from $11.99)
    Initial D - 4 (DVD 4) 2004-03-09 (from $11.59)
    Initial D - Duct Tape Death Match (DVD 5) 2004-05-11 (from $13.76)
    Initial D - Terror of Mount Usui (DVD 6) 2004-07-13 (from $5.19)
    Initial D - End of Summer (DVD 7) 2004-09-14 (from $11.79)
    Initial D - Battles in the Rain (DVD 8) 2004-11-09 (from $13.76)
    Initial D - Akina's Superstar Challenge (DVD 9) 2005-01-11 (from $1.98)
    Initial D - Team Emperor (DVD 10) 2005-03-08 (from $5.19)
    Initial D - Blow Out (DVD 11) 2005-05-10 (from $1.00)
    Initial D - Secret Weapon (DVD 12) 2005-07-12 (from $2.45)
    Initial D (DVD 13) 2005-09-13 (from $3.00)
    Initial D - Box Set 1 (DVD 1-5) 2004-11-09 (from $50.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Series director: Noboru Mitsusawa

Script:
Hiroshi Toda
Nobuaki Kishima

Storyboard: Masami Hata

Episode Director:
Masami Hata
Yuzo Yamada

Original Manga: Shuuichi Shigeno

Character Design: Noboru Furuse

Animation director: Noboru Furuse

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

Theme Song Performance:
Dave Rodgers ("Space Boy")
Dave Simon ("I Need Your Love")
Delta Queens ("Dance Around the World")
Dr. Love ("Don't Stand So Close")
Dusty ("Rock Me to the Top")
Edo Boys ("No One Sleep in Tokyo")
Elisa ("Lost Into the Night")
Fastway ("Number One")
Galla (ED 2)
Go Go Girls ("One Night in Arabia")
Jilly ("Be My Babe")
King and Queen ("Dancing Queen")
Leslie Parrish ("Remember Me")
Lou Grant ("Don't Stop the Music")
Man Power ("Spark in the Dark")
Max Coveri ("Running in the 90s")
Mega NRG Man ("Get Me Power")
Move (OP 1-2/ED 1)
Mr. Groove ("Night & Day")
Nathalie ("Heartbeat")
Niko ("Night of Fire")
Norma Sheffield ("Maybe Tonite")
Overload ("Black Out")
Priscilla ("Love is in Danger")
Sara ("Burning Up For You")
Sophie ("Lonely Love")
Susan Bell ("My Only Star")
Tension ("Everybody's Warming")
Tommy K ("Break the Night")
Vicky Vale ("Dancing")
Victoria ("Stay")
Za-Za ("Love & Money")

 

Shinichiro Miki as Takumi Fujiwara

Ayako Kawasumi as Natsuki Mogi

Kazuki Yao as Kouichiro Iketani

Michiko Neya as Mako Sato

Mitsuo Iwata as Itsuki Takeuchi

Takehito Koyasu as Ryousuke Takahashi

Tohru Furusawa as Papa

Tomokazu Seki as Keisuke Takahashi

Tomomichi Nishimura as Yuuichi Tachibana

Unshou Ishizuka as Bunta Fujiwara

Yumi Kakazu as Sayuki

Akio Suyama as Shouichi

Keiichi Tsuchiya as Tsuchiya (Special Guest; ep 23)

Keiji Fujiwara as Shingo Shouji

Kousuke Okano as Kenta Nakamura

Nobuyuki Hiyama as Takeshi Nakazato

Ryoka Yuzuki as Katsumi Akiyama

Wataru Takagi as Kenji

Japanese companies 

Animation: Pastel

Animation Production: Studio Gallop

Broadcaster: Fuji TV

DVD Distribution: avex mode

Music: Avex Trax

Production:
Fuji TV
OB Planning
Pastel
Prime Direction
To Max

English staff 
English cast 

Translation:
Bryan Matsumo
Daisuke Kinouchi
Jason Alnas (Opening and Ending Themes)
Mutsumi Miyazaki

Executive producer:
John Parker
Ron Klamert
Stuart Levy

Producer: Jamie Simone

Associate producer:
Daisuke Kinouchi
Jennifer Wagner

Creative Director: Jennifer Wagner

Final Mix: Michael Clark

Music Supervisor: Benjamin Chan

Production Coordination: Daisuke Kinouchi

Production manager: Jennifer Wagner

Recording engineer: Michael Clark

Script Adaptation: Bob Buchholz

Sound Effects Editing: Ron Salaises

Visual Effects Editing: Terry T. Marlin

Voice Direction: Jamie Simone

 

Dave Wittenberg as Takumi "Tak" Fujiwara

Bridget Hoffman as Mako "Maya" Sato

Crispin Freeman as Kouichiro "Cole" Iketani

Herrigan Mahan as Bunta Fujiwara 

Kat Cressida as Natsuki "Natalie" Mogi

Kate Higgins as Simone (Sayuki)

Kerrigan Mahan as Bunta Fujiwara

Lex Lang as Ryosuke "Ry" Takahashi

Michael McConnohie as Yuichi "Boss" Tachibana

Robbie Rist as Itsuki "Iggy" Takeuchi

Steven Jay Blum as
"papa"
Keisuke "K.T." Takahashi

Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Saori

Dave Wittenberg as Night Kid 1

David Rasner as Kenta "Kent" Nakamura

Derek Stephen Prince as Hayao

Doug Erholtz as Spectator

Grant George as Hawk

Jason Spisak as Kenji

Lex Lang as Announcer

Neil Kaplan as Keiichi Tsychiya (ep 23)

Quinton Flynn as Shingo Shoji

Richard Cansino as Hiromichi

Scott Menville as
Goro
Shoichi
Spectator

Wally Wingert as
Night Kid 2
Takeshi "Zak" Nakazato

English companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax Asia
Animax India
Cartoon Network (Australia)

Distributor: Madman Entertainment Pty. Ltd. (Australia)

Licensed by:
FUNimation Entertainment
TOKYOPOP

French staff 
French cast 

ADR Director: Jean-Pascal Quilichini

 

Yann Pichon as Takumi Fujiwara

Cyrille Monge as Papa Konji

Daniel Lafourcade as Konta

Eric Chevallier as Itsuki Takeuchi

Fabien Briche as Takosai

François Creton as Keisuke

Frederic Popovic as Ryosuke

Frederique charpentier as Natsuki

Hervé Caradec as Yuichi

Martial Leminoux as Iketani

Naïké Fauveau as Mako Sato

Alexandre Aubry as Guest

Constantin Pappas as Guest

Cyril Aubin as Guest

Francoise Escobar as Guest

James Clermont as Guest

Jean-Christophe Bretignière as Guest

Stéphane Ronchewski as Shingo Shouji

French companies 

Broadcaster:
Mangas
NT1

Recording: Midisync

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 

Eduardo Diez as Takumi Fujiwara (Spain dub)

Jose Gilberto Vilchis as Takumi Fujiwara

Albert Socias as Bunta Fujiwara (Spain dub)

Arturo Sian Vidal as Ryosuke Takahashi

Carlos Sianes as Ryosuke Takahashi (Spain dub)

Eric Osorio as Itsuki Takeuchi

Eva Ordeig as Sayuki (Spain dub)

Héctor Rocha as Keisuke Takahashi

Jesus Barrero as Bunta Fujiwara

Jordi Navarro as Keisuke Takahashi (Spain dub)

Maribel Pomar as Mako Satô (Spain dub)

Mireya Mendoza as Sayuki

Rodrigo Miranda as Takeshi Nakazato

Salvador Campoy as Yûichi Tachibana (Spain dub)

Yolanda Gispert as Natsuki Mogi (Spain dub)

Angel del Río as Shingo Shôji (Spain dub)

Mireya Mendoza as Saori

Carlos Becerril

Spanish companies 

Broadcaster:
Animax España (from 27 May 2008)
Animax Latin America

Distributor:
Alebrije Entertainment
Xystus

Dubbing: Seimar (Barcelona - Spain dub)

Italian staff 
Italian cast 

Dubbing Director: Serena Verdirosi

Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Dubbing Assistant: Caterina Piferi

 

Alessandro Tiberi as Takumi Fujiwara

Angelo Nicotra as Yuichi

Fabrizio Manfredi as Keisuke Takahashi

Massimiliano Manfredi as Ryosuke Takahashi

Massimo De Ambrosis as Iketani Koichiro

Massimo Lodolo as Bunta Fujiwara

Simone Crisari as Itsuki Takeuchi

Valentina Mari as Natsuke Mogi

Alessandro Quarta as Kenji

Alessandro Vanni as Kudo

Gianfranco Miranda as Masahiko

Giorgio Bassanelli as Voce Episodi E Jingle

Massimiliano Virgilii as Takeshi Nakazato

Roberto Gammino as VJ

Vittorio De Angelis as Hiroshi

Italian companies 

Distributor: Shin Vision

Dubbing: SEFIT-CDC

Tagalog staff 
Tagalog cast 
(none)
 

Don Sanmaniego as Takumi Fujiwara

Allan Ortega as Kouichiro Iketani

Angelo Crisolo as Itsuki Takeuchi

Charvie Abeletes as
Natsuki Mogi
Sayuki

Ed Belo as Yuichi Tachibana / Hiroshi Fumihiro

Ely Martin as Keisuke Takahashi

Klariz Magboo as Mako Sato

Robert Brillantes as Bunta Fujiwara

RYAN BONDOC as Ryousuke Takahashi

ayen dangcalan as Saori

Jenny Bituin as Katsumi Akiyama

Jimmy Manato as Kenta Nakamura

Julius Figueroa as
Kenji
Takeshi Nakazato

Tagalog companies 

Broadcaster:
GMA Network
QTV Channel 11

Dubbing: ALTA Productions

Portuguese staff 
Portuguese cast 

Dubbing Director: Elcio Sodré

 

Marco Aurélio Campos as Takumi Fujiwara

Afonso Amajones as Shingo Shouji

Denise Reis as Sayuki

Fritz Gianvito as Kouichiro Iketani

Hermes Baroli as Ryousuke Takahashi

Leonardo Camilo as Bunta Fujiwara

Samira Fernandes as Natsuki Mogi

Sílvio Giraldi as Keisuke Takahashi

Ulisses Bezerra as Kenji

Yuri Chesman as Itsuki Takeuchi

Portuguese companies 

Broadcaster: Animax (Brasil) (dubbed version)

Dubbing Studio: Álamo


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

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

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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