A live action film by Avex and Media Asia was released in 2005 and sequel, Initial D 2 will be released in 2016. Initial D has been adapted into several television anime and original video animations series by OB Planning, Studio Comet, Studio Gallop, Pastel, A.C.G.T and SynergySP. Although some of the names of the locations the characters race in have been fictionalized, all of the locations in the series are based on actual locations in Japan. The story is centered on the prefecture of Gunma, more specifically on several mountains in the Kantō region and in their surrounding cities and towns. Professional race car driver and pioneer of drifting Keiichi Tsuchiya helped with editorial supervision. The story focuses on the world of illegal Japanese street racing, where all the action is concentrated in the mountain passes and rarely in cities or urban areas, and with the drift racing style emphasized in particular. It was serialized in Young Magazine from 1995 to 2013, with the chapters collected into 48 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha. Initial D ( Japanese: 頭文字D（イニシャル・ディー）, Hepburn: Inisharu Dī ?) is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. New Initial D the Movie - Legend 3: Half Awake, Half Asleep.New Initial D the Movie - Legend 2: Racer.New Initial D the Movie - Legend 1: Awakening.

Initial d street stage translation