
Akio Asakura
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Shun Oguri · JAPANESE


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Wangan Midnight
Seinen · Akcja · SportoweBased on a seinen manga by Kusunoki Michiharu serialised in Young Magazine. One day, Akio Asakura, a third year high school student, is driving his Fairlady Z (Z31) and is challenged by Tatsuya Shima, a doctor, in his black Porsche 964 Turbo (nicknamed the "BlackBird"). With a friend in the passenger seat and two girls in the back, Akio pitifully tries to win, but is defeated. Determined to become faster, he goes to the junkyard to buy parts for his car, when he sees a pristine, unscratched midnight blue Fairlady Z (S30) in the junkyard. Intrigued as to why such a machine is about to be junked, he buys it. He soon finds that the car is unnaturally fast due to a tuned L28 engine, bored and stroked to 3.1 liters combined with twin turbos, which produces 620bhp. He also finds that all of the car's previous owners had unfortunate accidents in it, starting with the first owner's death. The manga follows Akio's various encounters, though the central plot revolves around his constant battle with the BlackBird for superiority.
★ 8.1/10Initial D 2nd Stage
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Akio Asakura
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Shun Oguri · JAPANESE

Tatsuya Shima
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Shinichirou Miki · JAPANESE

Reina Akikawa
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Reiko Suhou · JAPANESE

Rikako Oota
SUPPORTING
Rie Tanaka · JAPANESE

Eriko Asakura
SUPPORTING
Mamiko Noto · JAPANESE

Kou Tominaga
SUPPORTING
Susumu Chiba · JAPANESE

Kouta Takahashi
SUPPORTING
Anri Katsu · JAPANESE

Jun Kitami
SUPPORTING
Kenta Miyake · JAPANESE

Keiichi Tsuchiya
Supervisor

Masafumi Mima
Sound Director

Shizuo Kurahashi
Sound Effects

Michiharu Kusunoki
Original Creator

Yoshinobu Tokumoto
Episode Director (eps 2, 5, 9, 14, 18, 22, 25)

TRF
Theme Song Performance (OP)

Susumu Kudou
Storyboard (eps 1, 5, 11)

Toshimasa Suzuki
Storyboard (eps 22, 24)