Initial D: First Stage (1998)★ 8.6/10
- Action
- Animation
- Comedy
- Drama
- Sport
Directed by: Shin Misawa, Masami Hata, Rei Kotaki, Susumu Kudô, Hiroshi Tsuruta
Written by: Kôji Kaneda, Shuichi Shigeno, Nobuaki Kishima, Hiroshi Toda, Eric Vale
Takumi Fujiwara, 18 years old, delivers tofu on Mt. Akina, training unknowingly for drift racing. A late-night encounter with Keisuke Takahashi of the RedSuns thrusts him into high-stakes mountain races with friends.
- Original title
- Initial D: First Stage
- Storyline
- Takumi Fujiwara, 18, spends his nights delivering tofu on Mt. Akina, unknowingly sharpening the skills that make him a top drift racer. After a chance meeting with Keisuke Takahashi, the number two driver of the famous RedSuns racing team, Takumi is drawn into high-speed mountain races, trusting him and his friends to help him face Japan’s top underground drifts.
- Rating
- 8.6 / 10 · 5,698
- Companies
- Prime Direction, Fuji Television Network (Fuji TV), Anime Cartoon, Tokyopop, FUNimation Entertainment, S.S. Animent
- Release dates
- JP April 18, 1998
- US April 19, 1998
- BR September 21, 2010
- PH October 11, 2011
- SG October 11, 2011