Initial D 1st Stage
Initial D / Inisharu Di / イニシャルDSummary
High school student Takumi Fujiwara works as a gas station attendant during the day and a delivery boy for his father's tofu shop early in the morning. 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.
(Source: Anime News Network)
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 26
- Episode length
- 25 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 10 h 50 min (26 × 25 min)
- Season
- Spring 1998
- Start date
- April 19, 1998
- End date
- December 6, 1998
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Manga
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Studio Comet, Studio Gallop
- Romaji title
- Initial D
- English title
- Initial D 1st Stage
- Native title
- 頭文字D
- Other titles
- Inisharu Di · イニシャルD
Relations
PrequelInitial D BATTLE STAGE
PrequelInitial D to the Next Stage: Project D e Mukete
SequelInitial D 2nd Stage
Alternative versionInitial D Legend 3: Dream
Alternative versionInitial D Legend 1: Awakening
Alternative versionInitial D Legend 2: Racer
Characters 25
Main characters
- Kouichirou Iketani池谷浩一郎Main
- Takumi Fujiwara藤原拓海Main
- Itsuki Takeuchi武内樹Main
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- Keisuke Takahashi高橋啓介Supporting
- PapaパパSupporting
- Natsuki Mogi茂木なつきSupporting
- Shingo Shouji庄司真吾Supporting
- Kenji健二Supporting
- Sayuki沙雪Supporting
- Ryousuke Takahashi高橋涼介Supporting
- Mako Satou佐藤真子Supporting
- Kenta Nakamura中村賢太Supporting
- Yuuichi Tachibana立花祐一Supporting
- Takeshi Nakazato中里毅Supporting
- Saori沙織Supporting
- Bunta Fujiwara藤原文太Supporting
- Hiroshi Fumihiro史浩弘Supporting
- Hiromichi弘道Supporting
- Miki御木Supporting
- Shouichi正一Supporting
- Akio章央Supporting
- Masahiko真彦Supporting
- NarratorナレーターBackground
- Keiichi Tsuchiya土屋圭市Background
- Jouhou-buchou情報部長Background
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Shuuichi ShigenoOriginal creator
- Noboru FuruseCharacter design
- Ryuuichi KatsumataMusic
- Noboru FuruseChief animation director
- Aki TsunakiChief animation director
- Masafumi MimaSound director
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- Eric ValeADR Script (English; Funimation, eps 1-13)
- Gen FukunagaExecutive ADR Producer (English; Funimation)
- m.o.v.eTheme Song Performance (OP1, OP2, ED1)
- Joel McdonaldADR Director (English; Funimation, eps 1-20)
- Ian SinclairADR Director (English; Funimation, eps 21-26)
- Masami HataStoryboard (eps 6, 12, 18, 24)
- Masami HataEpisode Director (eps 6, 12, 18, 24)
- Yoshimi ItazuIn-Between Animation (eps 8, 14, 16)
- Chikara SakuraiKey Animation (ep 18)
- Dave RodgersInsert Song Performance (eps 1, 11, 21, 25, 26)
- Tomas MarinInsert Song Performance (eps 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 26)
- Fernando BoniniInsert Song Performance (eps 2, 14, 19)
- Davide Di MarcantonioInsert Song Performance (eps 3, 5)
- Nathalie AartsInsert Song Performance (eps 5, 10)
- Maurizio de JorioInsert Song Performance (eps 4, 5, 9, 23)
- GallaTheme Song Performance (ED2)
- Clara MoroniInsert Song Performance (eps 2, 7, 12, 13, 17, 24)
- Michiko NeyaInsert Song Performance (eps 18, 19)
- Yumi KakazuInsert Song Performance (eps 18, 19)