Anime like Initial D

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.

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

MF Ghost

Also known as MF GHOST.

Studio: Avex Pictures , Felix Film , Kodansha , Animax Broadcast Japan , Crunchyroll , Sammy , JIN
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

202X A.D., a future beyond Initial D.

Self-driving cars are in widespread use in Japan, and public roadways are used for auto racing. In such an era, a race called MFG has become popular around the globe. Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini… Participants are invited to race with their fastest cars. One such participant, a British racing school graduate, Kanata Rivington, returns to Japan to achieve his goal.



Tags: Cars , Seinen , Heterosexual , Primarily Male Cast , CGI , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Love Triangle , Detective , School

REDLINE

Also known as Redline.

Studio: MADHOUSE , Anchor Bay Films
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Romance , Sci-Fi , Sports

Redline is about the biggest and most deadly racing tournament in the universe. Only held once every five years, everyone wants to stake their claim to fame, including JP, a reckless dare-devil driver oblivious to speed limits with his ultra-customized car - all the while, organized crime and militaristic governments want to leverage the race to their own ends. Amongst the other elite rival drivers in the tournament, JP falls for the alluring Sonoshee - but will she prove his undoing, or can a high speed romance survive a mass destruction race?



Tags: Cars , Primarily Adult Cast , Male Protagonist , Space , Cyberpunk , Aliens , Cyborg , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Crime , Gambling , Military , Robots , Mafia , Motorcycles , Politics , Anthropomorphism , Battle Royale , Primarily Male Cast , Nudity

MF Ghost 2nd Season

Also known as MF GHOST Season 2.

Studio: Felix Film , Avex Pictures , Kodansha , Animax Broadcast Japan , Crunchyroll , Sammy , JIN
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

The second race in the MFG tournament at the notoriously difficult Lake Ashinoko track is underway. Though his car is severely disadvantaged in terms of horsepower, tune-ups to Kanata Katagiri's Toyota 86 GT allow him to quickly soar into a qualifying position. However, torrential downpour on the final day of racing brings tire traction woes and causes all drivers to struggle.

Thanks to the environment he grew up in and his extensive training, Kanata surprises everyone when he is able to pull ahead of the pack—albeit with some very risky maneuvers. However, there are still two formidable competitors ahead of Kanata: last race's winner Michael Beckenbauer and Lake Ashinoko record holder Kouki Sawatari. But even if Kanata can close the gap, he still needs to watch out for the drivers in his rearview preying on even a single mistake that they can take advantage of.



Tags: Cars , CGI , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Female Harem , Heterosexual

capeta

Studio: Studio Comet , Delfi Sound , TV Tokyo , Sotsu
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Taira Kappeita, or Capeta, was a 4th grader boy. He had lost his mother when he had been very little. Although he pretended to be tough in front of his father, actually he felt lonely. One day, his father brought junk parts home from his workplace and made a racing cart. Soon, they went to a circuit to drive the cart. However, Capeta found that its frame was bent and it could hardly run straight. But, with his technique he managed the cart. Furthermore, he followed soon after the fast cart and he could nearly leave it behind. The driver in the cart was Minamoto Naomoi, the champion of the East Japan Junior Cart. Looking at their chase, Naomi’s mother, Minamoto Nanako, advised Capeta to take part in the official race.



Tags: Cars , Shounen , Coming of Age , Primarily Child Cast , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , CGI , Idol , School , Work

Overtake!

Also known as OVERTAKE!.

Studio: TROYCA , KADOKAWA , Tencent Games , Bandai Namco Music Live , AT-X , BS11 , Good Smile Company , TV Aichi
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Sports

Haruka Asahina is a 16 year old high school boy racing F4 cars while staying at Komaki Motors, an auto-body shop in Shizuoka prefecture. Komaki Motors is a family-run shop that regularly competes in F4 with the team comprised of: owner Futoshi Komaki who is also a mechanic, his son Kotarou Komaki, and now Haruka Asahina. Because this is a family-run business, they receive no support usually from any major manufacturers. Haruka Asahina boldly confronts the top teams head-on to get the attention of these revered companies in hopes of making it to the podium himself.



Tags: Cars , Male Protagonist , Photography , Tragedy , Rehabilitation , Primarily Male Cast , Kuudere , Found Family , Work , Coming of Age , Natural Disaster , Rural , CGI , Adoption , Achronological Order

SK∞

Also known as SK8 the Infinity.

Studio: bones , Aniplex of America , ABC Animation , Movic , Aniplex
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

Reki, a high school sophomore and skater, is addicted to “S,” a highly secret and dangerous downhill skateboarding race that takes place in an abandoned mine. The skaters are especially wild about the “beefs,” or heated battles that erupt in the races.

Reki takes Langa, a transfer student returning to Japan after studying abroad, to the mine where the races are held. Langa, who has no skateboarding experience, finds himself pulled into the world of “S”...



Note: On March 13, 2021 a recap episode (9.5) went on air, postponing the broadcast of the regular episodes by one week.

Tags: Skateboarding , Male Protagonist , Primarily Male Cast , Boys' Love , Ensemble Cast , Parkour , Found Family , Urban , Cute Boys Doing Cute Things , Slapstick , LGBTQ+ Themes , Butler , School , Artificial Intelligence , Gambling , Motorcycles , Restaurant

MF Ghost 3rd Season

Also known as MF GHOST Season 3.

Studio: Felix Film , Avex Pictures , Kodansha , Animax Broadcast Japan , Crunchyroll , Sammy , JIN
Status: Finished
Genres: Sports

Round 3 of the MFG competition is heating up on the final race day at the Peninsula Manazuru track. Despite starting at the very front of the pack, MFG rookie Kanata Katagiri has difficulty getting the most out of his Toyota 86 GT due to an injury unknown to his competitors. Falling further behind, Kanata finds himself in a desperate situation that only stirs up unwanted memories.

At the head of the race, a vicious battle takes place between the two top drivers in the competition—Michael Beckenbauer and Kouki Sawatari—for the first spot on the podium. Given their aggressive and absurd driving, anyone daring to surpass either of them will have to match their level of pride until the very end. But when all hope seems lost for Kanata, a legendary competitive spirit awakens within him, and it may just push him to overcome his physical limitations and climb back to the top.



Note: Each episode streams 3 days early on Prime Video. The original TV broadcast started on January 4, 2026.

Tags: Cars , Primarily Adult Cast , Primarily Male Cast , Male Protagonist , Heterosexual , CGI

Goddamn

Studio: Studio Signal
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Sports

Gen Todoroki, a talented but accident-prone rally driver, gets offered a sponsoring deal by a big-shot car company—and the deal comes with a chance at the Safari Rally Kenya championship. But the road there is bumpy and rich with tough competitors...

Car racing anime, based on the manga by SHINTANI Kaoru, serialised in Big Comic Superior from 1988 to 1990.

Tags: Cars , Politics , Foreign , Male Protagonist

Bari Bari Densetsu (1987)

Studio: Studio Pierrot
Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Sports

The film is about 4 high-schoolers who are bike racers and illegally partake in races at night on public roads.



Tags: Motorcycles , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Acting