Initial D - Battle 1 - Akina's Downhill Specialist

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Product Description Initial D tells the story of a 17-year-old delivery boy named Tak, who suddenly finds himself caught up in the heart-stopping world of street racing. Tak drives the "Eight-Six", a street term for the Toyota Trueno AE86. When chance puts him up against street racing legend, he gets hooked and the word quickly spreads about the famous "Eight-Six of Mount Akina." More rival racers appear to challenge Tak and his friends in a series of white-knuckle contests. desertcart.com In a flyspeck town north of Tokyo, the teenagers' only thrill is street racing on Mt. Akina. Nerdy Takumi "Tak" Fujiwara isn't exited by racing like his friends Iggy and Cole. He doesn't realize that his ex-champion father has taught him all the racing tricks, making him deliver tofu up and down Mt. Akina without spilling a cup of water. Cole is injured when he tries to prepare to lead the local Speed Stars club against the arrogant Red Suns. He appeals to Mr. Fujiwara--who finagles Tak into racing. This 1998 broadcast series scored a bit hit in Japan, although in America, it plays like a tamer, animated Fast and the Furious. The CG cars, rock soundtrack, rapid-fire editing, and flashy camera work heighten the excitement--and make the disclaimer, "Follow the traffic rules and drive safely" sound insincere. (Rated 13 and older: tobacco use, minor profanity, street racing) --Charles Solomon P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); From the Back Cover Initial D tells the story of a 17-year-old delivery boy named Tak, who suddenly finds himself caught up in the heart-stopping world of street racing. Tak drives the "Eight-Six", a street term for the Toyota Trueno AE86. When chance puts him up against street racing legend, he gets hooked and the word quickly spreads about the famous "Eight-Six of Mount Akina." More rival racers appear to challenge Tak and his friends in a series of white-knuckle contests. See more Review: Speed racer drifts - I love this series! You can find all of these cars here in the states, just check out E-bay. The Toyota Trueno AE86, that's the Japanese version. Here in the states it's the 1985 Toyota :Corolla GT-S AE86, 3 DOOR, GT-S, TWIN CAM. Red lines at 7,500 RPM. The Motor is a 1.6 Twin Cam GTS. Yes it is a fast car, but still can be beaten by a Nissan Skyline GTR V-SPEC, 97'Twin Turbo Supra, NSX Type S Super Impression, 95 NSX Turbo GT1, or the Spoon Integra Gr.N. Although it would depend just how you modify your car. But if you want something in between, beautiful, fast, curvy, and affordable, then you might want to check out the RX-7's on E-bay. Or Buy a New RX-8. The Evo VII, comes stock with 271 Horses. Just watching this movie can make anyone want to buy a speed-oriented car, modify it for raceing, and race it. It really is a rush driveing more than a 100mph. Or opt for a Ford Focus SVT, or a Honda Civic SI. Then again the Dodge SRT-4 is American made, stock with 240 horses. Comeing out soon is the Saturn ION Redline. You should also buy all the Best Motoring DVD's you can before they're gone. Review: Initialiiiize!!! - Initial D tells the tale of an 18-year old high school student Takumi "Tak" Fujwara and his very ugly buddy and fellow gas station worker Itsuki "Iggy" Takeuchi. Iggy dreams of owning a racing car, especially the classic Eight-Six. Tak does not share his friend's fascination with racing or cars. In fact, Tak does not even realize he drives his friend's dream car every night making deliveries for his father's tofu shop. Tak only knows his father's car is a Toyoto Trueno, not realizing it and the legendary Eight-Six are one in the same. Tak also does not realize that his father, Bunta, who was once the best downhill street racer, is teaching him everything he knows, testing his skills by giving him a cup of water and having him hit the corners at incredible speeds without spilling a drop. This DVD introduces you to the main characters of the story, including Natalie who is supposed to be the hottest girl at the high school but, to me, looks like a younger version of that runaway bride with the huge eyes. The downhill racers of Akina are taking on the Red Suns, who look like they are easily going to defeat the locals on their own turf. Again, unbeknownst to Tak himself, he out-drives the Red Suns' #2 driver during a tofu delivery run causing a big stir in the downhill racing community. That is where the three-episode DVD will leave you. Tak does not know yet what an incredible driver he is and is only hoping to win a tank of gas from his father to drive Natalie to the beach after his first race. One part I think is pretty funny is when Tak and Iggy see Natalie's underwear peaking beneath her very short skirt (shocking!!! I guess that's where it gets its PG13 rating!!). You can watch the video in the classic video or enhanced video style. I watched the enhanced and just a little of the classic to compare and, to be honest, I couldn't tell much difference. The cars look very realistic in most of the driving scenes in both styles. You can also watch it with Japanese or English dialogue with or without subtitles. It is odd hearing the American voices with Japanese names and towns. I know nothing about cars and really could care less about them, but I found myself totally engrossed in the storyline and have tracked down Battle 02 so I can find out what happens. Anyone who likes cars and anime will definitely like this. I'm not familiar with either (certainly not cars) and I liked it.