I posted this in the drifting thread, but it was requested that it become it's own dedicated topic, so sure.

First, for those of you who don't know, what is Initial D? It's a manga/anime series that is very popular in Japan and is growing in popularity here. It's fairly old across the ocean, but the story hasn't been completed yet and new additions are still happening. The first 8 or so mangas have been released in America (and are very good) by ToykoPop, who is also going to be releasing the translated DVDs here. That should happen fairly soon, I hope. Initial D is all about downhill street racing and drifting. Very good story, and there's even a FC and FD RX-7 in there. :)

Anyway, I've found a server that has all of the episodes from the 1st and 2nd stages, the 3rd stage movie, and the extra stage special episode available for download. They are all subtitled in English, of course. Please note that this is NOT my server, I don't know what the bandwidth of it is or how long it will be up. It's just something I found. Each episode is about 110 mb, 39 episodes.

http://mentalprodigy.com/initial/

Enjoy! :D

im downloading it , i suggest for the people who got a slow computer not to download this cause its a huge file.

damn im enjoying the show, thanks for posting this up! is this show like over or is it still showing more episodes?

Yes, these are good... I've watched them all as well as the extra stages and the feature film... but I need more... does anyone know when season 4 might appear?..

my friend told me the mangas of the 4th stage are out in japan, so hopefully pretty soon. :)

hmmm, that means we gotta bug the poor folks over there in the Far East Section again. hehehehehee

After I started watching the first episode, I realised that I had seen some of it before. A friend of mine in HK showed it to me, but it was subtitled in chinese, so I really had no clue what was being said.:confused: Now that I can follow the plot, it is a really cool series, yeah, definately looking forward to the fourth installment. :)

Yeah, I'm waiting for the 4th Stage too. For those who are interested, the date of release for the English DVDs should be in August. And I beleive they are going to release all of them at once (though that may just be the 1st Stage).

who here has had the luck to play the initial D arcade game?!?

yuo get to race in some of the same places that are in the series..


and i too hear that the 4th season is out, and a live action movie is in the works, or if not near finishing already...

lets just hope the western world doesen't miss out on this.

It was brought to my attention that more recent episodes of Initial D have the RX-8! If it's not in the link, it can probably be found elsewhere.

I'm not sure if this is news to y'all, but I just though I'd give you the heads up on it :D

You mean in the comic books they have the RX-8 in it ?

Cuz all of the videos out there don't.

Originally posted by danger
who here has had the luck to play the initial D arcade game?!?

yuo get to race in some of the same places that are in the series..


Played and finished! :D Now, when is the PS2 version coming to the states....;)

Originally posted by Smoker
You mean in the comic books they have the RX-8 in it ?

Cuz all of the videos out there don't.

Are the eps in the link the most recent? cause i can't check the link out from my cpu. Not sure if its the manga or the anime, but someone i talked about the rx-8 to FREAKED OUT cause it was this "brand new car in Initial-D!!!" sorry I don't have any more info on it, I can't seem to find anything about it on the web, but then, I've never really been into Initial-D ^_^;

http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:k4gSKxem2W4C:oyster21.he.net/~ch2game4/test/read.cgi/famicom/1047390478/201-300+initial-d+rx8&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

my japanese is a llittle rusty, but i think episode 211 features the RX8 in wet stage (?) If someone with a better grip on it than me could check it out I think the answers there.

wheres the game at?
is it wit the episodes

the initial D episodes are simply awesome. I have been doing nothing but downloading and watching them for the past 3 days.

Sorry about my ignorance but could someone please educate me?
- what is "manga"and "anime"?
- where can I get the english translated DVDs?

Originally posted by Maximus
- what is "manga"and "anime"?
Manga is Japanese comic books (done in this style, of course) and anime is the animated version of the same. What you have been watching is anime.
Originally posted by Maximus
- where can I get the english translated DVDs?
You can't, at least not yet. They will be released late summer by TokyoPop.

Originally posted by mental pimp
wheres the game at?
is it wit the episodes
The game is for arcades, but I know that we over here on the east side of the states don't have it yet, if we ever will. :( There's also a playstation2 version available in Japan, but it's not here yet either, if it comes to the US.

Hi
Thanks for the link. Is it just me,or is the site missing episode 7 of the first stage.

Thanks
Downloaded the 5.4 gig yesterday

No problem.

Yeah, the 7th episode is missing. I found it on Kazaa. :)

why isnt the link is not accessable? it said i needed a password

I don't know why it needs a password now. As a said:

Originally posted by Kai
Please note that this is NOT my server, I don't know what the bandwidth of it is or how long it will be up.

The espiodes are awesome

I own the complete series through the 2nd stage and the Movie on DVD

Special treat- Special Stage telling the story of Impact Blue features nudity. I always found jap cartoons funny as hell

Anyone got much of Series 4 yet?

www.downloadanime.org
http://www.mirkx.com/1.php

4th stage is being released on PPV in Japan, 1-6 is out already, 2 eps every 3 months...

So far its pretty good, the music is amazing... thsoe links are to bittorrent sites, enjoy, if you like Initial D I'm happy :) b/c I love it

Reason why I want an RX-7 is because I want a yellow one :) lol, go figure this series has a yellow RX-7 in the same styling I want...

Also those 2 sites can be used to download the newest anime on the net...

Bittorrent is odd though, old eps don't get held up long so if its over a month old the link might be dead... so try.... I got all 6 eps of the 4th series they are like 200-300MB each... so I really can't send them to anyone...

Later :)

http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:k4gSKxem2W4C:oyster21.he.net/~ch2game4/test/read.cgi/famicom/1047390478/201-300+initial-d+rx8&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

my japanese is a llittle rusty, but i think episode 211 features the RX8 in wet stage (?) If someone with a better grip on it than me could check it out I think the answers there.I read a little Japanese, that link isn't working for me. I've seen the entire Initial D series up to, but not including the current 4th stage that is now airing every two months in Japan. But the RX-8 is not in the anime. The RX-8 might be new in the most recent mangas in Japan, the mangas are written way before they are made into animes. But I don't read the mangas.

It is one of the new cars in the Arcade game, we have it here in Honolulu. I've played it a few times in Tokyo as well. Also have the Japanese PS2 game, it's great. http://initiald.sega.jp/english/ac_ver03/index.html

Hey RX-Hachi do you know which stage the episode where Tak has to race Shingo in the duct tape death match.

That will be the very early one. I am sure it is in the first stage. I might be wrong.

I assume you mean the AE86 vs EK6? ;)

Yeh Taka that's the one it's the one where the AE86 versus the EG6.

Ok, forgive my ignorance but lemme get Something straight...All this story is about is some guy in an old beat up Corrola Trueno, suping it up and street racing against all kinds of more desirable cars??? I tell ya, that doesn't sound very interesting, but as a manga fan I will give it a shot.

Ok, forgive my ignorance but lemme get Something straight...All this story is about is some guy in an old beat up Corrola, suping it up and street racing all kinds of more desirable cars??? I tell ya, that doesn't sound very interesting, but as a mange fan I will give it a shot.

In essence yes, it's kinda like Rocky. Except, they built up the main character so much, he becomes the favored instead of the underdog. I say the same thing over and over: Initial D has a mediocre story, mediocre CG, mediocre cel animation, questionable physics, and decent music and I can't stop wanting to watch it.

Yeh Taka that's the one it's the one where the AE86 versus the EG6.
oh EG6 that is right. The even older model indeed.

EG6 is the first Type R Civic???.. or was it EK6 Type R I was dreaming about. Honestly if I had to import that one I would not save enough money for DC2R or the RX-8 now. Importing the EK6 Type R was really expensive and nearly the same cost as an RX-8.

Taka do you have any Inital D dvd's I only have that one.

www.downloadanime.org
http://www.mirkx.com/1.php

4th stage is being released on PPV in Japan, 1-6 is out already, 2 eps every 3 months...

So far its pretty good, the music is amazing... thsoe links are to bittorrent sites, enjoy, if you like Initial D I'm happy :) b/c I love it

Reason why I want an RX-7 is because I want a yellow one :) lol, go figure this series has a yellow RX-7 in the same styling I want...

Also those 2 sites can be used to download the newest anime on the net...

Bittorrent is odd though, old eps don't get held up long so if its over a month old the link might be dead... so try.... I got all 6 eps of the 4th series they are like 200-300MB each... so I really can't send them to anyone...

Later :)


mirkx is having some issues over the last few days, but since 4th stage is not licensed yet in North America you can also find the torrents here:

http://www.animesuki.com/series.php/402.html

enjoy.

now where's eps 7 & 8 has it been two months yet :p

Taka do you have any Inital D dvd's I only have that one.

I have all the DVD except the 4th stage - I have the clip somewhere but I lost one. Though I have a reliable friend that have all the episode.

If you want me to find it, I have to look very hard. Assuming you want a copy? :D

Taka don't sweat about it I'm just gonna get episodes off a friend of mine who has all of them.

If anyone is looking to buy the R1 DVDs for 1stage there is a box set coming out in November so you might want to wait for that.

But again the HK DVD sets have been out for a while...

I usually buy from these guys:

http://www.dvdsoon.com/show-title-details.xml?uid=126695

free shipping on all orders in Canada, and free depending on the size of the order elsewhere, also very good prices.

In essence yes, it's kinda like Rocky. Except, they built up the main character so much, he becomes the favored instead of the underdog. I say the same thing over and over: Initial D has a mediocre story, mediocre CG, mediocre cel animation, questionable physics, and decent music and I can't stop wanting to watch it.

ok.... Does the story explain why the hell hes driving 20yr old car??? Did he grow up financially compromised? lose money on the stock market? some gold digging ganguro biatch suck him dry of all his cash and smash his FD while not having insurance (I hate it when that happens) ??? I really need to know :D

Not knocking the AE86, it was a good car for it's TIME.... but c'mon... its coming right outta left field.... is there a character in there with a suped up Model-T?? :D

It's his dad's car, he delivers tofu for his dad every morning before school, that's why he becomes a good driver because you can't break the tofu while delivering it so he has to drive well to keep it steady :)

It's his dad's car, he delivers tofu for his dad every morning before school, that's why he becomes a good driver because you can't break the tofu while delivering it so he has to drive well to keep it steady :)

Interesting... I personally like the one with the gold digging ganguro LOL

Initial D is so freshman year. The storyline is so lame, and the artwork is awful. I'll give it some credit, because the CG is right on par with Gran Turismo, the original from 1998. I don't know why anyone would've created a series about downhill. I would think it to be very hard. What's next, Takumi takes his AE86 to D1 and crushes the big boys? Watch Wolf's Rain. It's a damn good show, with damn good artwork, and it doesn't have a crappy techno soundtrack.

i remember one of my friends showing this show, i saw the first few episodes, my friend reminded me of the main characters friend (the one who got excited and kept screaming crap about the 'hachi-roku')...he was nearly creaming his pants over the show....its kinda cool but does nothing for me, like TOD i dont understand no matter how special that car is its still a corolla, and the explanation that its better because its going downhill is kinda silly (wont all the cars get this benefit??????). The graphics were neat though.

His dad was a professional racecar driver at some point. He quit and now owns a tofu shop. His son (the main character) makes deliveries really early in the morning as part of his chores to help out the shop. Also, he drives really early because he was driving since he was 14 years old and didn't want to get in trouble with the law. Why does he drive a Corrolla? At some point, his dad said something about that car teaching you how to drive (yeah, I have no idea either). Also, I don't think he's rich, so he got this car and had it tuned, but that's speculation. As the series starts, the main character gets his license and starts getting noticed by street racers. He passes one guy beause he's in the way and has to deliver his tofu. The guy get's pissed, hunts him down and challenges him to a streetrace. The kid doesn't actually like driving, but the streetracer was persistent. Eventally, he was bribed by his dad into taking the challenge. You can watch the rest in the series if you're interested.

*Note: This is a cartoon, i.e. not real life. Street racing is against the law.

the explanation that its better because its going downhill is kinda silly (wont all the cars get this benefit??????). The graphics were neat though.

no because those other cars have too much power for downhill twisties...the AE86 is just right...later when Takumi's dad drops another engine in there and Takumi learns how to remove the rev limiter he's able to compete uphill as well...basically the story is about good, precise driving/drifting and not pure brute force cars with a lot of horsepower

Feras have you seen a tuned AE86 run in the mountain, I mean in real life. If not, I will see if I can get you a clip...

Warning: you will be VERY surprised.

no because those other cars have too much power for downhill twisties

hahahaha, oh there is absolutely no such thing, ever: only drivers with too little skill.

Feras have you seen a tuned AE86 run in the mountain, I mean in real life. If not, I will see if I can get you a clip...

Warning: you will be VERY surprised.

I don't think Feras doubts its ability... nor do I.....like I said it was a good car for its time.... but for an anime series I just was a little surprised.... there is nothing exciting about a 20yr old beat up trueno..... I was never really interested in it as a result, but maybe the story works as I have never seen it. Now I have to see what the hype is.

hahahaha, oh there is absolutely no such thing, ever: only drivers with too little skill.

Amen

Feras have you seen a tuned AE86 run in the mountain, I mean in real life. If not, I will see if I can get you a clip...

Warning: you will be VERY surprised.

i would like to see that

hahahaha, oh there is absolutely no such thing, ever: only drivers with too little skill.

that's exactly how they explain it in the anime why Takumi can take on all these cars that are supposed to be able beat him easily, like the Skyline, RX-7, and the WRX...besides Takumi knowing the best way to take each turn and little "tricks" like using leaves or the embankment to slow him down without ever letting off the gas, supposedly he can use the full potential of his AE86 vs. the more powerful cars that are just too powerful...it's a cartoon, i don't think you're supposed to take it so literally

that's exactly how they explain it in the anime why Takumi can take on all these cars that are supposed to be able beat him easily, like the Skyline, RX-7, and the WRX...besides Takumi knowing the best way to take each turn and little "tricks" like using leaves or the embankment to slow him down without ever letting off the gas, supposedly he can use the full potential of his AE86 vs. the more powerful cars that are just too powerful...it's a cartoon, i don't think you're supposed to take it so literally


all i know is that when i got a trueno in GT3 (first car) and tuned it to the max, it wasnt even as good as the special SS (shigeno?) Trueno (panda-look like in initial D with the black hood) stock, which happenned to be a pretty good car for its stats and when tuned even better.

all i know is that when i got a trueno in GT3 (first car) and tuned it to the max, it wasnt even as good as the special SS (shigeno?) Trueno (panda-look like in initial D with the black hood) stock, which happenned to be a pretty good car for its stats and when tuned even better.

yea, again, in the anime they portrayed Takumi as some natural racer...someone with this natural ability to drive that particular car on a downhill mountain pass...he's almost always trailing in the uphill portion but would make up that distance in the end through drafting and precision drifting...i'm sure they gave him an AE86 to drive just to give him the appearance of the underdog and make the series more exciting...i mean, it wouldn't be too much fun if they gave him an Evo to drive from the beginning, even without any skills he's be able to beat out most of the other cars in the series

personally, i stopped watching it after the 2nd Stage...it was fun in the beginning when he didn't take himself or racing too seriously...there's only so many ways the writers can explain how a Trueno can beat all those cars and it just became too unbelievable

Just slightly off topic....here's an interesting video with the use of one of the songs from Initial D.

http://masuyan.web.infoseek.co.jp/video/queen.wmv

www.downloadanime.org
http://www.mirkx.com/1.php

4th stage is being released on PPV in Japan, 1-6 is out already, 2 eps every 3 months...

So far its pretty good, the music is amazing... thsoe links are to bittorrent sites, enjoy, if you like Initial D I'm happy :) b/c I love it

Reason why I want an RX-7 is because I want a yellow one :) lol, go figure this series has a yellow RX-7 in the same styling I want...

Also those 2 sites can be used to download the newest anime on the net...

Bittorrent is odd though, old eps don't get held up long so if its over a month old the link might be dead... so try.... I got all 6 eps of the 4th series they are like 200-300MB each... so I really can't send them to anyone...

Later :)

That's irritating... I'd buy the DVD's if they were available... Subtitles please, not dubbed into english as it really spoils it... The copies on "downloadanime" seem to be subtitled in french, so I'm still hunting.,

ok.... Does the story explain why the hell hes driving 20yr old car??? Did he grow up financially compromised? lose money on the stock market? some gold digging ganguro biatch suck him dry of all his cash and smash his FD while not having insurance (I hate it when that happens) ??? I really need to know :D

Not knocking the AE86, it was a good car for it's TIME.... but c'mon... its coming right outta left field.... is there a character in there with a suped up Model-T?? :DKeep in mind that Initial D was created in 1995 (mangas) and was introduced as an anime in 1998. So it was a 10 year old car back then. The weird thing is they seem to add newer cars to the story, but the characters have only aged about a year or so.

Why the AE86? Because Initial D is loosely based on Keiichi Tsuchiya, known as the Drift King. He made the Trueno what it is in Japan's drift scene, heck he virtually created the drift scene, and has an AE86 as one of his personal cars.
http://www.driftclub.com/DriftKing.htm

My wife had a used AE86 in college and our son now is crazy about Initial D. If I had only known it would become such a cult car, I would have kept the old thing.

That's irritating... I'd buy the DVD's if they were available... Subtitles please, not dubbed into english as it really spoils it... The copies on "downloadanime" seem to be subtitled in french, so I'm still hunting.,

I think in the dubs, "Tak" delivers pizza instead of tofu. This poses the question, who in their right mind orders pizza every morning at 5AM?

That's irritating... I'd buy the DVD's if they were available... Subtitles please, not dubbed into english as it really spoils it... The copies on "downloadanime" seem to be subtitled in french, so I'm still hunting.,

My friends don't like dubbed either, I never understood that... I'm an anime buff too but I'd rather have it dubbed... yeah yeah, I know that the dubs never sound nearly as good as the original, but in the end of the day... why do you watch anime? to appreciate the art and watch an enjoyable story?..... or to read subtitles? At least when its dubbed, it alows you to do what you wanted to do to in the first place....take in the story and appreciate the art....rather than trying to read some fast moving subtitles.

If I wanna read something, I'll read a book :cool:

Try this webpage (www.boxtorrents.com) for all your anime downloading needs.

I hope you guys have been watching Stage 4. Episodes 7 and 8 should be out pretty soon. Takumi's father is getting a new car....

yea a 22b sti with a huge wing and awd.

if we're allowed to post torrent sites, here are my favorites:

www.baka-updates.com
www.downloadanime.com
www.animesuki.com

www.suprnova.org for other downloads

Try this webpage (www.boxtorrents.com) for all your anime downloading needs.

What, is it not down anymore? I swear, every time someone tells me it's back up, a day later, the site goes down and all the trackers stop working. So, I expect this site to be down again in a day. :p

The only thing I downloaded from Box Torrents was the soundtracks to Cowboy Bebop and Wolf's Rain. Other than that, I don't know how the webpage is doing these days. Suprnova has some good stuff, mostly free software, like MATLAB 7.0 R14. :D

Well, anyway, I don't like Initial D because it's totally inaccurate. You figure an AE86 would get stomped down the Akina, but this guy manages to win every time. :confused:

My friends don't like dubbed either, I never understood that... I'm an anime buff too but I'd rather have it dubbed... yeah yeah, I know that the dubs never sound nearly as good as the original, but in the end of the day... why do you watch anime? to appreciate the art and watch an enjoyable story?..... or to read subtitles? At least when its dubbed, it alows you to do what you wanted to do to in the first place....take in the story and appreciate the art....rather than trying to read some fast moving subtitles.

If I wanna read something, I'll read a book :cool:

Read faster :p

Heh I can't stand dubs sorry, just takes so much away from the anime, perfect example is One Piece if any one watches that, they show it on Fox now, like yuck!

(not to mention the editing out the muskets into supersoaker look alikes and other various stupidness -.- )

The only thing I downloaded from Box Torrents was the soundtracks to Cowboy Bebop and Wolf's Rain. Other than that, I don't know how the webpage is doing these days. Suprnova has some good stuff, mostly free software, like MATLAB 7.0 R14. :D

Well, anyway, I don't like Initial D because it's totally inaccurate. You figure an AE86 would get stomped down the Akina, but this guy manages to win every time. :confused:

If I watched Initial D because I thought it was accurate, I'd have some serious issues. Most entertainment is fun because it is somewhat implausibile, anime is no different for me. But, that's off topic. So is this: Matlab Rules. :D

MATLAB satisfies my plotting needs. :)

The mechanical engineer in me has to give a thumbs down to Initial D. I'm sure someone here thinks my opinion stinks of pigshit. :rolleyes:

I've been watching all of Wolf's Rain, and I can't get enough of it. I finally had the chance to see all of the Inuyasha episodes. I'm not spoiling the ending. You'll just have to figure it out for yourselves.

What do you ID fans think will happen at the end of the series?

An opinion is an opinion, I have no clue why people would ever get offended by one.

Check out Bleach. Bleach is awesome.

I think Takumi will die in an enormous fireball going over a cliff in a last ditch, completely unorthodox method to winning his final race. Hey, he'll get to the bottom first at least...

Check out Bleach. Bleach is awesome.

i'll second that...SB got me into it in search of another anime to take up the time between Naruto and Samurai Champloo releases...

i'll second that...SB got me into it in search of another anime to take up the time between Naruto and Samurai Champloo releases...

If you're up for super cute/insane anime about ninja, check out "2x2 Shinobuden." It's about an incompetent ninja and her insane clan. It's really funny and confusing and I think it promotes smoking and drug abuse. :p

hey thanks...who's fansub should i download? there's 2 - Ayu and DeathSquad...i'd like the best overall quality and translation...thanks in advance

I got the DeathSquad ones, they're pretty high quality and the subs are pretty accurate. Sometimes they're off by a little bit, but considering everything I think they're the best.

My friends don't like dubbed either, I never understood that... I'm an anime buff too but I'd rather have it dubbed... yeah yeah, I know that the dubs never sound nearly as good as the original, but in the end of the day... why do you watch anime? to appreciate the art and watch an enjoyable story?..... or to read subtitles? At least when its dubbed, it alows you to do what you wanted to do to in the first place....take in the story and appreciate the art....rather than trying to read some fast moving subtitles.

If I wanna read something, I'll read a book :cool:

Fair point, but the dubbed versions I've seen were cut to hell, and all the engine sounds were replaced with V8's... Even the rotaries... Go figure...

[l33t-raws]Initial_D_Fourth_Stage_07_(cs_640x352_120f_divx511 ).[9E7F9EBA].avi
http://l33t-raws.25cent.org/bt/gettorrent.php/7135373c7923c56eea2bcfe9f90981d2eb2bc4f3.torrent


[l33t-raws]Initial_D_Fourth_Stage_08_(cs_640x352_120f_divx511 ).[3EE3E94C].avi
http://l33t-raws.25cent.org/bt/gettorrent.php/4ac59d91a492ea908312297057c38d28360d4c22.torrent

[l33t-raws]Initial_D_Fourth_Stage_07_(cs_640x352_120f_divx511 ).[9E7F9EBA].avi
http://l33t-raws.25cent.org/bt/gettorrent.php/7135373c7923c56eea2bcfe9f90981d2eb2bc4f3.torrent


[l33t-raws]Initial_D_Fourth_Stage_08_(cs_640x352_120f_divx511 ).[3EE3E94C].avi
http://l33t-raws.25cent.org/bt/gettorrent.php/4ac59d91a492ea908312297057c38d28360d4c22.torrent

Thanks for the link. ;)