Initial D Fifth Stage

After earning a series of difficult victories in the prefectures of Tochigi, Saitama, and Ibaraki, the drivers of Project D—an amateur street driving group led by ex-street driver and expert tactician Ryousuke Takahashi—Takumi Fujiwara and Keisuke Takahashi now have to take Project D to the next level: the Kanagawa prefecture, commonly known as the holy land of street racing. Their opponents, members of the three best street racing teams of Kanagawa, design an elaborate strategy called the "Four Lines of Defense" to put a definitive end to the ambitions of Project D.

Meanwhile, Takumi feels he needs to refine his driving skills to overcome the last victory against Toshiya Joushima that he only just managed to snatch. The moment of truth has now come for Project D, which carries with it the hopes of the Gunma Prefecture; will they manage to thwart the surprising tactics of the skilled street racers of Kanagawa?

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Fujiwara, Takumi Main

Miki, Shinichiro Japanese

Takahashi, Ryousuke Main

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Takahashi, Keisuke Main

Seki, Tomokazu Japanese

Fujiwara, Bunta Supporting

Ishizuka, Unshou Japanese

Takeuchi, Itsuki Supporting

Iwata, Mitsuo Japanese

Satou, Mako Supporting

Neya, Michiko Japanese

Nakazato, Takeshi Supporting

Hiyama, Nobuyuki Japanese

Shouji, Shingo Supporting

Fujiwara, Keiji Japanese

Iketani, Kouichirou Supporting

Yao, Kazuki Japanese

Mogi, Natsuki Supporting

Hashimoto, Mitsuo Director, Storyboard

Mima, Masafumi Sound Director

Matsumoto, Masayuki Episode Director

Nishimura, Taiki Episode Director

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Feb 2, 2024

zbysixx

Recommended

We, as fans, waited over 8 years, for this season, even though we needed to wait another 3 for it to be finished in final stage, it definitely was worth the wait, if it wasn't for the fact that takumi's battle was in the final stage, not this one, would give it a 10 (i might as well do it since it was an amazing season and other than takumi, nothing was missing).

In this part, it's definitely the peak of everything we watched till this date, and I have to say, even though I love older/earlier seasons more than the later ones in most anime, ... this is an exception, this anime just gets better, and better, every single season with characters having even more and even better development.

This and next season, I would consider is most breath taking, and makes your heart skip a beat, every single time, in every single moment, where is action and oh boy there is a lot of action, not only just a lot, but the best type of action, you could ever see in racing Anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jul 24, 2025

Chanrey

Mixed Feelings

It is hard to describe my feelings of Initial D fifth stage, I'll start off with the positives. The story and arcs are much stronger than they are in fourth stage, in fact fourth stage barley had any story to it. And the development of Keisuke's character is executed very well in Fifth stage. I also think the last 2 races could have had the potential of being some of the best races in the entire series, which leads me to my reasons for disliking it. The racing chorography and energy is just so much less than in the previous seasons, and despite the stage ... covering 242 chapters of the Manga within 14 episodes, the pacing still somehow manages to feel like it drags for so long.

Overall it has a great story to it, but the directing and energy just feels so much less than in its previous seasons.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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Apr 11, 2023

Vyverm

Not Recommended

As I said in the season four review: the series should have ended in season three.
This one, like the last one, is just a bunch of predictable clichés.
There are 40 episodes where you can almost visualize what will happen. None of what was so great in seasons 1-3 was present here.

Art is good. Perhaps the only good point.
The soundtrack almost doesn't exist anymore. One of the good attributes, it was slowly decaying into fourth, and is now a background feature.
The story is also non-existent. It's sad to see what happened to the characters. Nobody managed to be charismatic. Not even the new ones.
The development is ... so confusing, because it's so predictable, with it becoming boring.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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