Initial D Second Stage

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: 頭文字〈イニシャル〉D SECOND STAGE
English: Initial D Second Stage
Spanish: Initial D: Supera el Límite de Velocidad Temporada 2
French: Initial D Stage 2
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Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 15, 1999 to Jan 21, 2000
Premiered: Fall 1999
Broadcast: Fridays at 01:55 (JST)
Producers: OB Planning, Fuji TV
Licensors: Funimation, Tokyopop
Studios: Pastel
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, DramaDrama
Theme: RacingRacing
Demographic: SeinenSeinen
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 8.181 (scored by 140081140,081 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #4122
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1107
Members: 228,908
Favorites: 1,115

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Synopsis

Accumulating an impressive series of victories with his AE86, Takumi Fujiwara has imposed himself as street racing's newest rising star. However, his newly found confidence of winning at his home turf of Mount Akina has been put in jeopardy by a new Emperor team exclusively using a car model favored by most professional racing pilots: the Mitsubishi four-wheel drive Lancer Evolutions—also known as Lan Evos. The Emperor team leader, Kyouichi Sudou, looks down on Takumi and regards him as an inferior pilot for driving an antique car that lacks the makings of a true modern race car. Kyouichi's elitist philosophy is also the reason why his team is only made of Lan Evo drivers.

Will Takumi be able to keep his perfect track record intact against the highly skilled and mechanically superior Emperor team, or does his hot streak end here?

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Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Cook, Justin
Producer
Simone, Jamie
Producer
Masaki, Shinichi
Director, Storyboard
Mima, Masafumi
Sound Director


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"Blazin' Beat" by Move
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Ending Theme

"Kimi ga Iru" by Galla

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Reviews

Apr 17, 2024
Initial D is one of the most influential car animes any car enthusiast can watch.

This is technically a follow-up to a review I wrote back in 2022, so this will not be an insightful review of the Initial D Second Stage itself.
| If you have any interest in cars, I think this anime is a must; if you don't, watch this anime if you only particularly want to. |

My life has changed a lot since my first review. In 2022, I deleted the first sentence that I was going to end up wrapped around a tree in five years because of Initial D. ...
Jun 16, 2023
Well, I'll start with the only two negatives o have;
1. The story isn't as superb as Stage 1. I'm purposely using the word superb here for a reason. It's not at AS superb but it's still great.
2. The animation of the 'non driving' scenes is more polished but lost a little bit of the charm as stage 1. However, it just did what every anime did and got more polished with its animation. Again, this isn't really a negative.
And that is it. That's the only real things I can say are negatives. Let's face it though, they arnt really negatives.

Now, onto everything great. ...
Jul 24, 2020
Mixed Feelings
Second stage is more of the same, for better or worse. We get to see Takumi push the limitations of his 86 even further (eventually past its breaking point). More races outside of the usual Akina downhill get showcased as well. The drama/romance arcs still mostly fall flat, but it's definitely handled better than in first stage. Itsuki just takes more L's, but it plays an important role regarding Takumi's progression as a racer.

There are some odd changes in character design, but the art/animation is an improvement overall. The cgi is less jarring and animated more fluidly. The backgrounds are less flat and bland than ...

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