| It was announced that manga "Initial D" will have a final TV anime season and an anime movie adaptation. The TV series will be named "Final Stage" and it will cover the Kanagawa match. This final battle in the Kanto Region pits Fujiwara Takumi against Inui Shinji, who will also drive an Toyota AE86 like Fujiwara. The broadcast schedule is not yet known; however, the new movie is due for theater release in Summer 2014. Initial D has been running for 18 years in Shuukan Young Magazine and was previously announced to end this month. Since 1995, 46 volumes of the manga have been published. Including the first TV anime adaptation in 1998, 5 seasons, 5 OVAs, 1 anime movie, and 1 live-action movie have also been made. The fifth season completed broadcasting this May. Official TV anime website: http://mv.avex.jp/initial/initial.html Official anime movie website: http://initiald-movie.com/ Source: AnimeAnime Initial D Final Stage & Initial D Final Stage Movie on MAL |
NaruleachFeb 4, 2014 8:05 PM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Man! I wish all long running manga and light novel series could get complete anime coverage like Initial D! (I'm looking at you, Ah! My Goddess!, Full Metal Panic!, and Spice and Wolf...) |
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| Ugh, another long and terrible wait to see the episodes though I bet. I really dislike the usual airing format for Initial D. |
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zensunni said: Man! I wish all long running manga and light novel series could get complete anime coverage like Initial D! (I'm looking at you, Ah! My Goddess!, Full Metal Panic!, and Spice and Wolf...) +1 And goddamn, 5 seasons, 5 OVA's, 1 anime movie, and 1 live-action movie... I never knew Initial D was nearly this popular. |
| I agree...If this one is ending and got new tv series, I hope other manga which have ended or are ending will have new tv series as well... |
| Damn, have to wait another year for the movie... |
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| So the TV series might start later this year or early next year? YAY! So the movie is original story? Or is the actual finale a movie? |
| Long wait but more Initial D is just awesome! |
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| Great news! |
| Cool beans |
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| Awesome news, hope they can end this on a good note. |
| Nice |
| HELL YES!!! |
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| I hope they wrap up the series well, seems weirdvto have a tv series for one match. |
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| Nice i'm a little sad tha that manga is ending but i'm also glad that we will gen to see Fujiwara Takumi and Inui Shinji's battle. |
| Should get down to reading the manga soon. Where does the 4th season stop? |
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| YES. I want to see that match!! And I knew it. I saw that TV adaptation coming since it ended. I was right! :D I wish it will be as good as 4th Stage though. I didn't like the new character designs and animation as much in 5th stage. But I doubt they'll change it back. |
MirorinJul 23, 2013 3:58 PM
zensunni said: Man! I wish all long running manga and light novel series could get complete anime coverage like Initial D! (I'm looking at you, Ah! My Goddess!, Full Metal Panic!, and Spice and Wolf...) its all about the sales, Initial D sold well enough to get a lot of seasons |
| I haven't read the manga, but I'm definitely interested to now. But YES. MORE ANIMATION TO COME! \o/ |
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| Well thats good to hear since i was disappointed how Fifth Stage turned out to be. |
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TerrorH3ctor said: As for this news, good for the fans. However, after I TRIED to like it after 5 or 6 episodes, but it just wasn't for me. The races are nice, but the characters made it difficult for me to like it. I highly recommend you to give it another chance someday. At first I dropped it after a few episodes, for the same reason as yours, but then a few years later I went back into it, and it's now one of my favorite. |
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Sanguis said: zensunni said: Man! I wish all long running manga and light novel series could get complete anime coverage like Initial D! (I'm looking at you, Ah! My Goddess!, Full Metal Panic!, and Spice and Wolf...) +1 And goddamn, 5 seasons, 5 OVA's, 1 anime movie, and 1 live-action movie... I never knew Initial D was nearly this popular. You're kidding, right? It has one of the largest cult followings for any animanga series ever. Let's not even start with the craziness that is Arcade Stage. |
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| PV for the movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBUw9ZqZFMM |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
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