Initial D is a manga by Shuichi Shigeno which has been serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine since 1995. It has been adapted into a long-running anime series by Pastel, Studio Gallop, OB Planning, Frontline, Gainax and A.C.G.T which premiered in Japan on Fuji TV and Animax, and a live action film by Avex and Media Asia. Both the manga and anime series were licensed for distribution in North America by Tokyopop; the Tokyopop version of the manga is out of print as of August 31, 2009.
The anime and manga focus on the world of illegal Japanese street racing, where all the action is concentrated in the mountain passes and rarely in cities nor urban areas, and the drift racing style is emphasized in particular. Keiichi Tsuchiya helps with editorial supervision. The story is centered around the Japanese prefecture of Gunma, (mostly Shibukawa where Takumi's home is) more specifically on several mountains in the kanto area and in and their surrounding cities and towns. Although some of the names of the locations the characters race in have been fictionalized, all of the locations in the series are based on actual locations in Japan.
Set in the late 1990s in Japan's Gunma Prefecture, the series follows the adventures of Takumi Fujiwara, an eighteen year old who helps his father run a tofu store by making deliveries every morning to a hotel on Akina with his father's Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX (AE86). It is revealed that Takumi has been driving on Mt. Akina every morning to deliver Tofu to the summit five years before he even had his license. As a result his skills in mountain racing were honed, and is able to drive under adverse weather conditions.
Initial D is a Playstation one racing game based on the manga & anime series, the story mode of the game only covers events from Takumi's beginnings with plain tofu runs, to Team Emperor's arrival in the Gunma prefecture.
Now ... while that may sound cool and all, that's where the story starts to twist. In order to bring the game to somewhat of a conclusion, the final race is between Takumi's Trueno and ... get this ... Bunta's Trueno. While this may seem like it turns out great it really isn't.
However ... only when you beat the game the 3rd time around, you actually get a different ending than when you beat the game the first couple times (that is, if you actually took the time to do that)
There are only 3 mountain passes in the whole game (which don't reflect their real life counterparts AT ALL) as well as 3 unlockable circuit courses. The circuits are made availible by completing the game's mission-based 'D-CHECK' mode in which your objective is to clear certain parts og 'Akina' as cleanly and fast as you can.
There are three game modes:
- Story
- Free running
- Practice
Manufacturer's description:
The Popular manga Initial D, appeared in the PS. Utilizing a digital comic movies and reproduce the world of the original. The pile driving, Ekusutorabatoru partners may change after ending, full of narrow elements appear to do courses such as cars and hidden hidden. Driving with the sea and became a high school student Takumi's amazing, let's break the notorious race shop.
Features:
- Third or first person perspectives.
- 3D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Racing & Anime themes.
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