 If you liked
Initial D First Stage
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Wangan Midnight
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Both series feature seemingly ordinary protagonists, that is until you put them behind the wheel of a car. Both series are about racing tuner cars during the nighttime. Both feature a very similar art style, although Wangan is more refined in this aspect. Pacing is the same with both series starting out slowly, but gaining momentum in the later episodes. Both series spend a lot of time focused on the cars themselves, treating them as a part of the main cast.
Bottom line is if you liked one, then you'll like the other. And if you hated one then you'll most likely hate the other. I
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Both are Based on Street-Racing, But Initial D is based on Mountain Drifting and Wangan Midnight is Based on Motorway Street-Racing.
Two of the best anime series about cars you can find! Similar characters and hardcore realism.
Both main characters are highschoolers and drive a car which unexpectedly defeats newer models in races (Fairlady Z in Wangan Midnight, AE86 Trueno in Initial D). There's a lot of real life models showcased accurately in both series (particularly the Nissan Skyline GT-R).
Wangan Midnight was animated by A.C.G.T (the studio behind Initial D Fourth Stage) and based on a manga by Michiharu Kusunoki that was serialised in Weekly Young Magazine (the same magazine as Initial D, but debuting three years earlier).
While Initial D's story involves drifting on the mountain
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Recommended by Fortress_Maximus
The two animes are about car racing. Initial D is about street-racing on mountains and Wangan Midnight is about street-racing on freeway. So, they are both similar.
Two cars anime but Initial D is than quality than Wangan.
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Recommended by Hidamari_desu
"Wangan Midnight" and "Initial D" are both racing manga and anime series that have a strong following among fans of the genre.
"Initial D" focuses on the story of Takumi Fujiwara, who works as a delivery boy for his father's tofu shop and becomes a skilled street racer driving his father's old Toyota AE86. The series follows Takumi as he races against other street racers and develops his racing skills.
On the other hand, "Wangan Midnight" centers around the story of Akio Asakura, a young man who becomes obsessed with a legendary highway racer named the "Devil Z." He purchases an old Nissan Fairlady Z and begins
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Both are about cars
The characters have interesting personal stories in addition to corridors
Cool cars
Lack of police in both anime
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Recommended by ViniciusLemos
if you enjoy racing and cars in general this would be your best bet. fast cars racing the highways of japan and a small sneak peak into what the car group Midnight Club that were all about cars that could go 300kmh+ for periods of time reaching 10 minutes.
they are both car racing animes. One is racing on the mountain road, one is racing on the city road.
they both have similar main characters.
they both have a similar scenario.
they both have beautiful music. Initial D music is better.
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Recommended by Malifalittiko
Both are racing animes. They also have interesting main characters haha. Ones a Datsun 240z while the other is a Toyota AE86
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Recommended by CyanCheetah