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Alternative title: Initial D: First Stage

Genres: comedy, drama, romance, slice of life, tournament
Themes: Auto Racing
Age Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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. (Source: ANN)

Episodes: 26
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 19, 1998 to Dec 6, 1998

Opening Theme:
#1: “Around the World” by Move (eps 1-19)
#2: “Break in 2 the Nite” by Move (eps 20-26)

Ending Theme:
#1: “Rage Your Dream” by Move (eps 1-14)
#2: “Kiseki no Hana (Flower of Miracles)” by Galla (eps 15-26)