Initial D
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 2:19 pm
Initial D is one of my favorite animes and recently I found out that after a 4 or 5 year hiatus funimation has brought the third season (which is a movie but it counts as the third season) and the fourth season to the U.S. and as an added bonus the English dub is actually good this time. When Initial D was first released they replaced all the super euro beat style music of the show with rap and rap/rock hybrid music that was really bad luckily they left the original music in the Japanese language track. This time though They didn't mess with the music and the voice actors and translation is very good.
The story of the anime is good with some decent non racing plot points thrown in and good character development for the main characters but a lot of the secondary characters are throw away and sometimes super annoying. But the main draw is the cars, the music and the racing. If you like pretty cars going very fast down a mountain sideways then you'll love this show.
The video above is from the battle stage collection. It should give you a good taste of what the show is like. The battle stage dvds are just the races one after another and as far as I know only available with the Japanese special edition dvds.
The story of the anime is good with some decent non racing plot points thrown in and good character development for the main characters but a lot of the secondary characters are throw away and sometimes super annoying. But the main draw is the cars, the music and the racing. If you like pretty cars going very fast down a mountain sideways then you'll love this show.
The video above is from the battle stage collection. It should give you a good taste of what the show is like. The battle stage dvds are just the races one after another and as far as I know only available with the Japanese special edition dvds.