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Initial D

Also known as Initial D 1st Stage.

Studio: OB Planning , Funimation , Fuji TV , Studio Comet , Studio Gallop , Pastel , Kodansha
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

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.



Tags: Cars , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , CGI , Rural , Seinen , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Work , Primarily Adult Cast , School , Age Gap

F

Studio: Studio DEEN , Kitty Film , Fuji TV
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Akagi Gunma is a young, impetuous and rash teenager who decides to move to the big city to fulfill his dream of racing a Formula One car. The story follows how this simple farmer boy from the country moves on to the city in pursuit of his dreams.



Tags: Cars , Anti-Hero , Coming of Age , Male Protagonist , Politics , Shounen

Yoroshiku Mechadoc

Also known as Mecha-Doc.

Studio: Tatsunoko Production
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Sports

Mechadoc is a powerful race car obtained from a simple economy car, which is able to race on any ground.

Tags: Cars , Shounen , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Episodic

Wangan Midnight

Studio: A.C.G.T. , OB Planning
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

Based on a seinen manga by Kusunoki Michiharu serialised in Young Magazine.

The story gets its roots from the actual street racing that occurs on Tokyo's Shuto Expressway, one stretch of which is known as the "Wangan", literally meaning "bay side" (although it is generally used to refer to the freeway), the longest, straightest road in the entire country. Of course, there's also lots of traffic to contend with, including a fair number of heavy trucks. Because of this, the action is inherently hazardous, and wrecks are common. Blown engines are also a frequent hazard, especially with the extreme-high power engines.

One day, Akio Asakura, a third year high school student, is driving his Fairlady Z (Z31) and is challenged by Tatsuya Shima, a doctor, in his black Porsche 964 Turbo (nicknamed the "BlackBird"). With a friend in the passenger seat and two girls in the back, Akio pitifully tries to win, but is defeated. Determined to become faster, he goes to the junkyard to buy parts for his car, when he sees a pristine, unscratched midnight blue Fairlady Z (S30) in the junkyard. Intrigued as to why such a machine is about to be junked, he buys it. He soon finds that the car is unnaturally fast due to a tuned L28 engine, bored and stroked to 3.1 liters combined with twin turbos, which produces 620bhp. He also finds that all of the car's previous owners had unfortunate accidents in it, starting with the first owner's death. The manga follows Akio's various encounters, though the central plot revolves around his constant battle with the BlackBird for superiority.



Tags: Cars , Urban , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Primarily Adult Cast , Photography , CGI

Initial D EXTRA STAGE

Also known as Initial D Extra Stage.

Studio: OB Planning , Funimation , Fuji TV , Avex Entertainment , Pastel , Shaft
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

The Lancer EVO-driving group "Emperor" have defeated every racing team they've met in the Gunma region. Now they're out to challenge the duo of Mako and Sayuki and their SilEighty - the Impact Blue of Usui Mountain.



Tags: Cars , Primarily Adult Cast , Female Protagonist , Rural , CGI , Seinen , Primarily Female Cast , Nudity

Mach GoGoGo (1997)

Also known as Speed Racer X.

Studio: TV Tokyo , Tatsunoko Production , Yomiuri Advertising
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi , Sports

The Mach is a racing car loaded with a new engine "X" specially developed and built by a man named Kenich Hibiki who was a racing driver as well as a motor engineer. However, in a test driving made prior to its completion, he was involved in an accident and judged as dead. Meanwhile his father Daisuke who was watching the test driving all the way recovered the wrecked car as his sons memento. A few years later the damaged car rebuilt by him revives as the new Mach which comes to participate in Grand Prix. This time, however, for the purpose to protect the driver from a possible accident, the new car is equipped with a safety system called "Safety Seven" with seven guarding devices. Also, it is loaded with the engine "X" that miraculously survived the tragic accident. Now its driver is Go, younger brother of Kenichi, who is determined to succeed to his brothers will. In fact, he successfully participates in Grand Prix and keeps growing up to be a top racer of the world.



Tags: Cars , Time Manipulation