Initial D / Initial D: First Stage
Genres: drama, tournament
Themes: auto racing, sports
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: High school student Takumi Fujiwara works as a gas station attendant during the day and a delivery boy for his father’s tofu shop during late nights. Little does he know that his precise driving skills and his father’s modified Toyota Sprinter AE86 Trueno make him the best amateur road racer on Mt. Akina’s highway. Because of this, racing groups from all over the Gunma prefecture issue challenges to Takumi to see if he really has what it takes to be a road legend.
Number of episodes: 26
Vintage: 1998-04-18 to 1998-11-28
Initial D: Second Stage
Genres: action, drama, tournament
Themes: auto racing, sports
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Following his victory over RedSuns leader, Ryosuke Takahashi, AE86 driver Takumi Fujiwara is challenged by the Lancer EVO-based “Emperor,” a group known for taking decals of racing teams they defeat, cutting them up and placing them on their cars like a fighter plane kill board. Takumi’s undefeated streak is on the line as his AE86 is virtually no match against the more powerful and more agile four-wheel-drive EVOs of the Emperor team.
Number of episodes: 13
Vintage: 1999-10-14 to 2000-01-06
Initial D: Fourth Stage
Genres: drama, tournament
Themes: auto racing, sports
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Takumi Fujiwara and brothers Keisuke and Ryousuke Takahashi have formed “Project D,” a racing team aimed at bringing their driving skills to their full potential outside their prefecture. Using the internet, Project D issues challenges to other racing teams and posts results of their races. Managed by Ryousuke, the team has Takumi engaging in downhill battles with his AE86, while Keisuke challenges opponents uphill. Among their rivals are the Seven-Star Leaf (SSR) and Todo-juku. Meanwhile, Takumi is caught off-guard on Mount Akina when he encounters his father Bunta and his newly acquired Subaru Impreza WRX Type R Version V.
Number of episodes: 24
Vintage: 2004-04-17
Initial D: Fifth Stage
Genres: tournament
Themes: auto racing, sports
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Still working as part of the Project D driving team, Takumi Fujiwara and Keisuke Takahashi continue to challenge courses and teams in the Kanagawa Prefecture. Meanwhile, a young golf phenom catches Takumi’s eye, and Ryousuke Takahashi settles a score from his past.
Number of episodes: 14
Vintage: 2012-11-09
Initial D: Final Stage
Genres: tournament
Themes: auto racing, sports
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: Takumi and Keisuke of the gifted mountain racing team, Project D, face their toughest opponents yet as they race to conquer the Kanegawa area’s finest racers and mountain roads. Takumi faces a young prodigy who drives a very familiar car.
Number of Episodes: 4
Vintage: 2014-05-16 to 2014-06-22
MF Ghost
Plot Summary: In the 2020s, self-driving cars are ubiquitous in Japan. The manga centers on Kanata Livington, a Japanese driver who goes back to Japan after graduating at the top of his class at a racing school in England. The series also focuses on the MFG, a racing circuit on public roads that has garnered attention worldwide.
Number of Episodes: 12
Vintage: 2023-10-01
MF Ghost 2
Vintage: 2024-10-06
Initial D: Third Stage (movie) - Vintage: 2001-01-13
Initial D: Extra Stage (OAV) - Vintage: 2001-03-22
Initial D: Battle Stage (OAV) - Vintage: 2002-05-15
Initial D to the Next Stage - Project D e Mukete (OAV) - Vintage: 2003-03-22
Initial D: Battle Stage 2 (OAV) - Vintage: 2007-05-30
Initial D: Extra Stage 2: Tabidachi no Green - Vintage: 2008-10-03
Initial D Legend 1: Awakening (movie) - Vintage: 2014-08-23
Initial D Legend 2: Racer (movie) - Vintage: 2015-05-23
Initial D Legend 3: Dream (movie)- Vintage: 2016-02-06
Initial D Battle Stage 3 (OAV) - Vintage: 2021-03-05
New Initial D the Movie Battle Digest (OAV) - Vintage: 2022-01-07
