Where is initial d based

For the cars in this movie, they are not rich or fancy cars. The cars in Initial D is civilian, and high plasticity. In other words, the cars are essay to be mortify, in the movie car drift around the corners, therefore, the cars need stability than higher speed.

People modify their cars and race in the mountain roads, and usually use this skill to pass their rivals through corners, which is the main battle between racers. In the Initial D Movie, while cars drifting around corners, it really can make me feel excited, and increases my adrenaline, but is not just about car racing and drift in the mountain, but also about youth, love, and friendship.

Trust yourself. The one you need to beat is yourself. R team is the first team to race against Ryousuke's Project D. Tohru is slated to race against Takumi. Atsuou is the hillclimb racer and the leader of the Tochigi-based S. He seems to be a decent enough driver. His car is powered up to hp. Tooru is slated to race against Takumi, while Atsuou is to race against Keisuke. A racing school run by a Performance Shop owner and an ex Rally Driver. Based in Tochigi, their home course is Enna.

The ace and current student of Toudou-Juku, Daiki is one of better drivers of the series. The area of skill he excels in is Braking. Sakai races against Keisuke of Project D in a hillclimb battle. He uses two techniques to race, first, using high speeds to enter a corner to get the other person to do the same, but Sakai can somehow fix his speed during the turn. The other trick is to brake-test his opponent, forcing them to back off while he speeds away.

His face tenses up when he is racing to make him look like he is smiling, hence his nickname, Smiley Sakai. Toudou Racing School could not live with their team being completely annihilated by outsiders, so they invited Tachi, a graduate of the school who is now a professional racer, to have a rematch against Project D on Happogahara.

Tachi took Ninomiya's EK9 and beat Takumi's downhill record in one try, without pushing the car to the limit. Tachi agreed to use the school's top car, the Demonstration EK9, at Happogahara, which is a course that consists of both downhill and hill climb sections. Tachi tuned the Civic the best he could to be able to compete with the FD3S on the straights, but surprisingly, Ryosuke decided to send out the AE An racing group made of teams located in the Saitama Prefecture.

Included in this alliance, is Nobuhiko's Team which remains unnamed, and includes Wataru. One of the first racers from Saitama to actually race against Takumi, he appeared at the latter episodes of Stage 2. Wateru is a skilled driver who honed his skills on the treacherous Shomaru Pass. He came to Gunma in hopes of facing new racers to challenge and to watch over his sister Kazumi, who just gotten a job at a hotel with her aunt.

Wateru reappeared in episode 9 of stage 4 as the Nobuhiko's cousin. The leader of a team within the Northwest Saitama Alliance, Nobuhiko is very intelligent and analytical. His skills as a driver, however, are not very profound. Because of this, he usually recruit other highly skilled drivers and uses his technical data to further fine tune their cars according to each course. Nobuhiko did race against Takumi once on the downhill, but was left behind after the first hairpin.

A skilled uphill driving ace for Nobuhiko's Team. Kyoko was originally the fastest on Nobuhiko's team, but after racing against Keisuke Takahashi, she has fallen in love with the blonde racer, and that creates a conflict of interest between defeating Project D, or support her love. Unfortunately for her, Keisuke doesn't share her feelings. Part of another team within the alliance, the professional rally racer, Sakamoto is trained almost exclusively on mountain passes.

He has the uncanny ability to take any car and put it in a drift on a mountain pass, usually to figure a car's characteristics and limitations. His speciality is driving FR cars. The anime reveals his age in Episode 13 of 4th Stage. There are several games that is based on the anime. Currently, it is in its Third Version, though there are constant rumors of a Fourth Version.

Sega also released Special Stage for home use on the PlayStation 2. There is a currently a live-action movie based on the series of Initial D currently in production. The movie, jointly produced by Japan's Avex Inc. Most of the characters will be portrayed by major Chinese film stars. Rumor has it that the "Drift King" Keiichi Tsuchiya has signed on to coordinate the movie's drift sequences. Categories : Anime Manga. Initial D From Academic Kids.

Spoiler warning : Plot or ending details follow. Contents 1 Background. Toolbox Special pages. This page has been accessed times. About Academic Kids Disclaimers. Shinichirou Miki. Unshou Ishizuka. Nissan Silvia K's S Wataru Takagi. Nissan S14 Silvia Q's. Kousuke Okano. Nobuyuki Hiyama. Takumi was able to defeat Nakazato again, showing that he is no fluke.

However, winning hasn't helped him home life, as his father, Bunta Fujiwara, was a drunkard and a racing genius. His girlfriend Natsuki Mogi wants his attention even though she's got a dark and shameful secret, and his best friend Itsuki who has no talent in driving wants Takumi to teach him road racing In a mountain road encounter, they ran into Team Emperor's Mitsubishi Evo, and normally the old junker don't stand a chance, but when controlled by Takumi they were able to defeat the Evo And attract the wrath of Sudou, Team Emperor's leader.

In another chance encounter, Sudou ran the AE86 and Takumi to the limit Forcing the AE86 out with a busted engine. However, Takahashi is there to lend a hand. With Bunta's help, they repaired the AE86, this time with a true racing engine, and a three-way showdown between Takahashi, Fujiwara, and Sudou is on Who will be the winner at the end? It's not what you drive, it's what drives you. Action Comedy Drama Romance. Did you know Edit.

Goofs If you look closely in the beginning you can see that Takumi is already driving with a cup of water before his father tells him so. Quotes Itsuki Tachibana : Do you know what a god is?

Connections Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode User reviews 51 Review. Top review. Takumi and Matsuki take a selfie at the beach with a disposable camera. This predates the selfie that Paris Hilton claims she invented along with Britney Spears in by 1 year. Details Edit. Release date June 23, China.

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