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Initial D Boxed Set - Limited Edition (Vols. 1-5) | 
| Director: *
Actor: Initial D
Studio: Tokyopop Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $89.98
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 25287
Format: Animated, Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Enhanced, Ntsc, Subtitled
Languages: English (Subtitled), Japanese (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 5
Running Time: 750 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.5 x 4.6
MPN: TPDV32226
ISBN: 1595322264
UPC: 645573322267
EAN: 9781595322265
ASIN: B0002ZDWMQ
Release Date: November 9, 2004
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Condition: ******BRAND NEW****** THE SOURCE FOR RARE MEDIA, THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS SATISFIED, AND OVER 250 000 ITEMS IN STOCK, BUY FROM A TRUSTED SOURCE, ESTABLISHED SINCE 1998 - INETVIDEO ~~~
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Despite his amazing driving skills, spacey Takumi "Tak" Fujiwara, the hero of the broadcast series Initial D, isn't fascinated by street racing, the way his friends Iggy and Cole are--at least not at first. The teenagers in their dead-end town north of Tokyo hold high-speed races because there's nothing else to do. The technical challenges of performing various maneuvers and the arrogant racers from various gangs propel Tak into competition. Initial D mythologizes street racing as if it were a new martial art. Tak drives with a "powerful aura," and races become duels of honor. Viewers may find it odd that the adults in the cast encourage the kids to take part in the dangerous and illegal races. Tak's father, who runs a tofu shop, has been making his son drive a delivery route since he was in the 7th grade. That route runs up and down Mt. Akina, the course of the only race that matters, so Tak knows every curve. The characters are less developed than the endless discussions of driving techniques. Initial D was a huge hit in Japan when it premiered in 1996, but any game today boasts better computer animation of car races: more realistic physics, flashier editing, more polished rendering. Although each episode is presented in both "classic" (original video, Japanese audio) and "tricked out" (enhanced video, English audio) versions, including only three per disc seems stingy. (Rated 13 and older: minor violence, tobacco and alcohol use, some profanity) --Charles Solomon
Product Description
The Initial D Boxed set contains volume 1-5 for a total of 15 episodes! After years of navigating treacherous mountain passes to deliver tofu Tak has unknowingly acquired the driving skills of a master street racer. When his hometown racing team gets pummeled by a visiting team it's up to Tak to save the day.System Requirements: Running Time 750 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION/ADULT SWIM Rating: NR UPC: 645573322267 Manufacturer No: TPDV32226
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 Awesome battles for racing fans every where November 21, 2004
Evil Boy Genius (Los Angeles, CA)
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
This box contains the first 15 (First 5 Volumes) of 26 episodes of the stage 1 series put together in the nice collector box with 3 1/64 scale die-cast cars and logo decals.
This movie/series is for car racing fans out there. If you are not into racing, it will be boring for you and the movie will seem predicable. The main point of the movie is that no one expects a young guy driving an old car could out race/battle all/most the new and HIGH POWER engine car. Each race/battle ready pump you up with euro/dance music on Japanese audio track (Rather than Hip-Hop on English dub track) and raises a new trick in racing strategies that we can learn from it (Of course we are not dumb enough to do it in real life). The "Trick-Out" version is just adding more camera angles during the battles. It displays serveral angles in one screen during difting take place.
This is the first stage of the fourth stages of the entire series.... which are not over yet. "Stage 1" have 26 episodes. I think Tokyopop will continuing using the battle numberings system until the series is over.
"Stage 2" has 13 episodes - Meet a new team name Evolution (Their cars are Mitsubishi). Tak starting to race at opponents' courts more often now. Tak got a new Turbo Charge engine. Also, a love story of Tak And Natsuki continues. Iggy make friend with a new out of town girl. Tak find out the dark secret that Natsuki has been hidden from him.
EXTRA STAGE - 3 Acts (OVAs) talk about maya and her friend take a ski trip on the mounting where maya's friend try to set her up with a guy so that she could forget the other guy. This stage seem fall between stage 2 and 3.
"Stage 3" is the movie. Continuing a love story between Tak and Natsuki, also some battles take place. Ry ask Tak to join his new team called "Project D" and hope to conquer all the mountains in Japan
"Stage 4 (Project D)" is being air on Japan right now and DVD vol./round 1 - 4, which contain 2 episodes on each round/volume are out. Tak will be the downhill and K.T will be the uphill specialist for this project. Round/Vol. 1, Tak battle against red Miata. Stage 4 I heard has 14 episodes and there might be "Stage 5" and is going to be a movie. I can't until next year to get "Stage 4" DVD because I don't want to get volume by volume, hopefully they will put all the episodes into one package.
BATTLES STAGE - Just the recap/short version of all the three stages' battles take place (Not all battles). There are about 15 battles recap. NOTHING MORE! This stage is for someone just want to watch the battles again without watching the whole movie or skip it to where the battle begin.
I would recommend everyone to watch the Japanese dialog track because the character voices and the music are ways better than the dub version. If you have to watch the dub version, switch over to Japan version whenever they race/battle. You will know what I mean the differences in car audio sound and music from the dub version.
Natsuki has a dark secret and you guys will know in "Stage 2" series.
Great Anime November 10, 2005
Gilbert R. Sandoval (Southern California)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I went out of my way to by the boxed set.
The translation (several years study of the language), for its use of America slang is actually very good. There are several nuances that are missed, ( the Japonese never say a direct no, but rather look away and say "CHOTO", - give me a second to think) that are missed, but there is no direct English translation.
The Driving tech is right on. I was taught by my Uncle ( a pro driver) and he used the very same methode on me, water glass and all. You can learn a lot on HiPo driving from this Anime. One thing, you really do need to practice if you want to be able to drift! If you get to know how to do the stuff, you actually become a safer driver ( ! ), because you are forced to realise your limitations, and your cars.
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