Initial D!!

[Darkangel2110]

I just bought the Stage 2 DVD...and that was ridiculous..it was so good i went on ebay and bought the entire DVD set for 80 bucks....now im lookin around for the models..heheheh

[turbos86]

Hahaha~you're hooked!
Go to HLJ, Look under Fujimi, they have a whole line of Initial D 1/24 models
Oh what the hey, just click this

I have other resources for these models if you need them, just let me know :smoker2:

[ales]

I have downloaded all episodes from stage 1 and am downloading stage 2 episodes as I type!BTW, how many 2nd stage episodes are there?

[awaken1973]

Question for TurboS86

Since you're from BC do you know where is good model shop in Vancouver? I was in Victoria, BC and there was best model shop I ever saw around Seattle. It's where i bought my first model RX7

[turbos86]

1st stage has 26ep
2nd stage has 13ep
3rd stage is the movie
extra stage is a OVA about the sileighty girls
4th stage is coming this year (hopefully)

Comic is up to issue #23
3rd stage is at about #17-19 in the comic

anything else?:smoker2:

[turbos86]

Model shops eh? Don't you mean walmart?
Just kidding!
There's this place call Imperial Hobbies where I get most of my stuff
this is their website http://www.imphobbies.com/

Another shop I go to is Wing's Corner, in Richmond Public Market.

Personally, I think the stuff in the shops here (Vancouver) are all over priced. You can get much better deals on HLJ even after shipping and duty fees.

just my 2 cents

[Murco]

Ok, guys,
Help the old musclecar guy out....What is "Initial D"???
Russ

[G-Forces]

Originally posted by Murco
Ok, guys,
Help the old musclecar guy out....What is "Initial D"???
Russ

:hehe: Little bit of a culture gap here.

Initial D is a 'Manga/Anime' from Japan. About street racers or something like that. I havent' seen it myself but I've heard it's pretty sweet! I might get the DVD collection sometime here soon.

Manga = Japanese comic books
Anime = Japanese animation

Usually these are not made for kids.

[turbos86]

Initial D is a Comic/Anime from Japan about street/touge(mountain) racers. The main character is a 18 year old high school student by the name "Fujirawa Takumi" Since he was 13, every morning at 4am, he would help his dad deliver Tofu to Hotels on the other side of town driving his dad's AE86 Sprinter Trueno(aka, Corolla GTS in the US). Returning home, he would speed home through the Akina mountain(central location of the story). From this, he develops incredible driving and drifting(kind of like a "Control power slide") skills. Throught out the story, many teams and people from all around Japan would come and challenge Takumi for downhill races. Cars that he defeats include: RX-7 (FC&FD), Skyline BNR32, Civic EG6, Sileighty, Silvia S14, LanEvo (III&IV)...and the list goes on.

What made this Cartoon series so popular is because of 3 main things.
1) Drifting is very big in Japan, as big as drag racing is for America
2) The god like skills and technic that Takumi uses in the cartoon are simily amazing. Imagine a 130hp 80's Corolla beating a 4WD 400hp Skyline R32.
3) The race scenes on the anime are all done on the computer and the results is just like watching GT3 replays on your PS2

And why do I like it so much? I drive an AE86 too

[Darkangel2110]

Does the whole collection come with the soundtrack?

[awaken1973]

And why do I like it so much? I drive an AE86 too

That's a REASON!
Thanks for info, very cognitive. I think to check it in "japanimation" section of videostore

[Guiddy]

I just watched my First Initial D serie! I think I could get hooked!!!

BTW, they are downloading as avi format requiring Div3. What are you guys watching them with? I can only view the mpegs!

[awaken1973]

they are downloading as avi format requiring Div3

you have to download divx codec
do you use Morpheus?
i'm online now

[turbos86]

INITIAL D RULES!
YEAH YEAH!

divx? try this player
http://www.gdivx.com

[awaken1973]

I downloaded stage I just now!
Looking for divx codec. all links are dead