X-Nico

8 unusual facts about Initial D


Electrock

electrock, released on June 24, 1998 is the first original album by Japanese band m.o.v.e, and all the songs (with the exception of Blowin' Wind) are featured in the first season of Initial D.

Maurizio De Jorio

He is also incredibly popular for the songs he performed that appeared in the anime Initial D.

Mount Myōgi

Mount Myōgi is mentioned in the street racing manga, video game, and anime series Initial D.

Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Drift 2

The game is about touge racing, which rely on drift skills made popular in the western culture during the 2000s by Initial D, and is divided in daytime and nighttime.

Toyota AE85

It is most famously featured in the manga/anime series Initial D, where Itsuki Takeuchi purchases an AE85 Levin, mistaken for an AE86.

Toyota Sprinter

Fame was brought to this model by its appearance in the Initial D Japanese animation.

Usui Pass

It was featured in numerous Initial D episodes as the home course of Impact Blue.

Zero4 Champ

The series is something of a predecessor to works like Initial D and Wangan Midnight, with its touge racing, aero parts tuning, and anime-style "Story Mode".


Chuck Powers

While he was there, He co-founded Voiceovers Unlimited, which specialized in the dubbing of foreign language animation into Singapore dialect English, including One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Digimon, Case Closed, Initial D and others.

Dear Boys

Eurobeat music is played during the games, much like how the music genre is featured during the mountain pass races in Initial D.

Polybona Films

Through eight years of growth, the company has distributed over 120 domestic and foreign films, including Confession of Pain, Protégé, The Myth, Initial D, and Dragon Tiger Gate, generating over RMB 1 billion (approximately US$ 130 million) in box office revenue, capturing over 20% of the overall market share for five years running.

Q-steer

Aside from cars based on real models, Q-Steer also offers cars from licensed anime, movie and video game franchises such as Initial D, Disney/Pixar's Cars and Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii and Pokémon.


see also

Shigeno

Shuichi Shigeno (born 1958), Japanese manga author famous for the anime and manga Initial D