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Initial D
From Chewiki Archive - YouChew:
1% Funny, 99% Hot Gas
Description
Initial D is an anime/manga following Takumi Fujiwara, a gas station attendant from Gunma, and son of tofu shop owner/former street racer Bunta Fujiwara, who makes tofu deliveries and street races with his father's Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno.
Media Information
- TV Anime
- Originally a Manga
- Arcade game by SEGA
Made By
- Shuichi Shigeno (author)
- Manga published by Kodansha
- Anime produced by Studio Comet and Studio Gallop
- Dubbed twice in English, by both TokyoPop and Funimation.
Country of Origin
Date
- 1995 (Manga)
- 1998 (Anime)
Characters
- Takumi Fujiwara- The main character. Drives a 1983 Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86.
- Bunta Fujiwara- Father of Takumi, and owner of the Fujiwara Tofu Shop.
- Itsuki Takeuchi- Takumi's best friend, and member of the Akina SpeedStars. Drives a Toyota Corolla Levin AE85.
Used in Poop By
Further Information
Main Source for Poopers
Trivia
- Prominently features Eurobeat music in its soundtrack, most notably Running in the '90s.
- Caused prices for the AE86 generation Toyota Corolla to skyrocket, especially the "Trueno" version (which has pop-up headlamps).
