Initial D: Third Stage

Name: Initial D: Third Stage
Genre: Action, Animation, Romance
Released: 2001-01-13
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Shin-ichiro Miki, Ayako Kawasumi, Mitsuo Iwata, Takehito Koyasu, Nobutoshi Canna

劇場版頭文字D Third Stage (2001)

1:44 (104 min)

Action, Animation, Romance

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Actors and characters

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Production

Avex Entertainment, OB Planning, Pastel

Release date

13 January 2001

Director

Noboru Mitsusawa

Scenario

Nobuaki Kishima

Composer

Ryuichi Katsumata

Producer

Takayuki Nagasawa

All team (51)

Actors

Shin-ichiro Miki

Takumi Fujiwara (voice)

Ayako Kawasumi

Natsuki Mogi (voice)

Mitsuo Iwata

Itsuki Takeuchi (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

Ryosuke Takahashi (voice)

Nobutoshi Canna

Kai Kogashiwa (voice)

Masahiko Tanaka

Kyoichi Sudo (voice)

Takumi Yamazaki

Miki (voice)

Unsho Ishizuka

Bunta Fujiwara (voice)

All actors and roles (10)

Short description

With high school graduation right around the corner, Takumi Fujiwara has a lot on his mind and a lot to prepare for. Everything becomes even more complicated when Takumi is offered a spot on Ryosuke Takahashi's elite Kengai Racing Team, which seeks to assemble the greatest racers in the Gunma area for a tour of Japan's mountain passes. Before he can accept however, Takumi feels the need to settle the score with the Lancer Evo driving Emperor team, defend his downhill-racer crown against the son of his father's greatest rival, and finally settle things with his unfaithful girlfriend Natsuki.

What's left behind the scenes

Since the release of the anime 'Initial D: First Stage' (1998) and 'Initial D: Second Stage' (1999–2000), computer graphics have improved significantly. Therefore, all flashback scenes in the cartoon were redrawn using modern high-quality animation rather than simply being taken from the old projects.