Initial D: Story, Cast and Series Facts
Initial D (1998): Comedy, Action, Anime. Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
Takumi Fujiwara is the son of the owner of a local tofu shop. At night, Fujiwara gets in his souped up AE86 Sprinter Trueno (AE86 Corolla GT-APEX) and races on the seldom-used Japanese mountain roads. One night, the Akagi Red Suns team, a racing club, challenges the Akina Speed Stars to a race on the mountain where Fujiwara lives. Keisuke, one of the leaders of the Red Suns, races his legendary Mazda RX-7 - only to be beaten by the mysterious Fujiwara.
Series details
- Title: Initial D
- Format: Animation
- Language: Japanese
- Genres: Comedy, Action, Anime
- Premiere date: 1998-04-18
- Final broadcast date listed: 2014-06-22
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
- Network country: Japan
- Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
- TVmaze community rating: 7.2/10
- TVMaze ID: 9740
- IMDb ID: tt0385426
- TVDB ID: 70900
Cast and credited roles
- Crispin Freeman — Kouichiro "Cole" Iketani
- Dave Wittenberg — Takumi "Tak" Fujiwara
- Unshō Ishizuka — Bunta Fujiwara
- Mitsuo Iwata — Itsuki Takeuchi
- Jason Spisak — Kenji
- Kathryn Cressida — Natsuki "Natalie" Mogi
- Ayako Kawasumi — Natsuki Mogi
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 1998-04-18; final listed air date 1998-12-05; episode order: 26.
- Season 2: premiered 1999-10-14; final listed air date 2000-01-20; episode order: 13.
- Season 3: premiered 2001-01-13; final listed air date 2001-01-13; episode order: 1.
- Season 4: premiered 2004-04-17; final listed air date 2006-02-18; episode order: 24.
- Season 5: premiered 2012-11-04; final listed air date 2013-05-10; episode order: 14.
- Season 6: premiered 2014-05-16; final listed air date 2014-06-22; episode order: 4.
Source and licence
Adapted from Initial D on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.
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