Initial D Legend 1: Awakening

Initial D Legend 1: Awakening is a 2014 movie directed by Masamitsu Hidaka and Tomohito Naka. It is the first film in the New Initial D movie trilogy which adapts the first 5 volumes of the manga.

Battles

 * 1) Takumi Fujiwara vs Keisuke Takahashi (Impromptu)
 * 2) Takumi Fujiwara vs Keisuke Takahashi
 * 3) Kenji vs Takeshi Nakazato (Impromptu) (not in manga or anime)

Plot
The movie opens with Koichiro Iketani driving on his way home on Akina, where he witnesses an impromptu battle between Keisuke Takahashi of the Akagi RedSuns and a mysterious Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 (known as "Akina's Eight-Six"), which outmaneuvers Keisuke, defeating him.

Later, at a gas station, Iketani invites his co-workers Takumi Fujiwara and Itsuki Takeuchi to a meeting with his street racing team, the Akina SpeedStars, located in Akina. While there, they find that the Akagi RedSuns were already there. Keisuke wanted to find and challenge the "monstrous" Eight-Six whereas Ryosuke, Keisuke's brother and leader of the RedSuns, uses the meeting to initiate his plans to dominate the Kanto region. During their practice, the SpeedStars are outmaneuvered by the RedSuns' amazing driving skills, but this doesn't stop Iketani from trying to keep up. As he starts another downhill run, he suddenly crashes into the guardrail due to his car striking a sharp bump along the road.

He later discovers the monstrous Eight-Six as a desperate replacement when his boss reveals that the Eight-Six is a tofu delivery vehicle owned by Bunta Fujiwara, Takumi's father. Bunta declines Iketani's offer, claiming that he's too old to be Iketani's replacement. A few days later, Takumi asks Bunta to borrow the Eight-Six so that he can go on a date with his girlfriend, Natsuki Mogi. Bunta eventually accepts, but offers Takumi a condition that he must go to Akina on Saturday night and defeat Keisuke on the downhill run. However, unbeknownst to everyone else, it was Takumi who defeated Keisuke at that first encounter as he was returning from the daily morning delivery run.

Later, Takumi heads to the race under the bewilderment of the SpeedStars. Iketani agrees to let Takumi race after finally understanding him. At the start of the race, Keisuke takes the lead and pulls away, but Takumi later catches up as the race goes on. Eventually, Takumi overtakes Keisuke on one of the five-consecutive hairpins by performing a "ditch turn". After Takumi wins the race, Keisuke tells Takumi to not lose until he ever rematches. Despite Takumi's claim that he's no racer, Keisuke claims that Takumi's racing is part of Takumi's own pride before driving away.

The next morning, Takumi and Natsuki play around at a beach during their date, where Takumi realizes his experience regarding last night's race. As Takumi embarks on his next morning delivery, he prepares himself for the next battles to come.

In a post-credit scene, a black Nissan Skyline GT-R R32, driven by the Myogi NightKids' Takeshi Nakazato, storms up Mt. Akina looking for Takumi's Eight-Six while chasing Kenji's 180SX.

Characters
(In order of appearance)
 * 1) Koichiro Iketani
 * 2) Keisuke Takahashi
 * 3) Takumi Fujiwara
 * 4) Itsuki Takeuchi
 * 5) Natsuki Mogi
 * 6) Yuichi Tachibana
 * 7) Bunta Fujiwara
 * 8) Kenji
 * 9) Mamoru
 * 10) Shigeru
 * 11) Ryosuke Takahashi
 * 12) Fumihiro
 * 13) Tomiguchi
 * 14) Takeshi Nakazato
 * 15) Kenta Nakamura

Cars

 * 1) Nissan Silvia K's (S13)
 * 2) Mazda ɛ̃fini RX-7 Type R (FD3S)
 * 3) Toyota Sprinter Trueno 3door GT-APEX (AE86)
 * 4) Nissan 180SX Type II (RPS13)
 * 5) Mazda SAVANNA RX-7 ∞ III (FC3S)
 * 6) Toyota Camry
 * 7) Mitsubishi Lancer EX
 * 8) Toyota Starlet
 * 9) Nissan Silvia Q's (S14)
 * 10) Eunos Roadster
 * 11) Toyota Altezza RS200 Z Edition (SXE10)

Soundtrack

 * Abbey - Clutcho (Reveal Trailer)
 * Candle Flames - Backdraft Smiths
 * Avoid - Clutcho
 * We'll Start Our Race - Backdraft Smiths
 * Galavanize - the valves
 * One by One - the Hug me

Differences from the Manga

 * Iketani briefly witnessed Keisuke's impromptu race with Akina's AE86. He also checked in with Keisuke to see what has happened
 * This is also the first scene in the trilogy as opposed to the Manga slowly building up to it.
 * Iketani crashed not due to an oncoming traffic, something that happened in the manga, but rather a ditch in the road that caused him to lose control of his S13.
 * There was a unique ending not seen in the manga, where Takumi decided to test his skills on an uphill tofu delivery.
 * Kenji has an impromptu battle with Takeshi Nakazato that wasn't featured in the manga

Main Cast

 * Mamoru Miyano as Takumi Fujiwara
 * Yuichi Nakamura as Keisuke Takahashi
 * Daisuke Ono as Ryosuke Takahashi
 * Minoru Shiraishi as Itsuki Takeuchi
 * Hiroshi Tsuchida as Koichiro Iketani
 * Junichi Suwabe as Takeshi Nakazato
 * Maaya Uchida as Natsuki Mogi
 * Hiroaki Hirata as Bunta Fujiwara
 * Tomoyuki Shimura as Yuichi Tachibana
 * Anri Katsu as Kenji
 * Keni Fukuda as Fumihiro
 * Satoshi Nozawa as Shigeru
 * Kosuke Goto as Mamoru
 * Yoshiya Naruke as Kenta Nakamura

Background and Minor

 * Atsuhiro Hasegawa
 * Kana Ohira
 * Shoji Matsushima
 * Kenji Kitamura
 * Takumi Asahina
 * Keisuke Kojima
 * Mika Takashita
 * Yuki Akutsu
 * Kazuhiro Imamura

Sentai Filmworks English Cast

 * Joel McDonald as Takumi Fujiwara
 * Gray G. Haddock as Keisuke Takahashi
 * J Michael Tatum as Ryosuke Takahashi
 * Brina Palencia as Natsuki Mogi
 * Josh Grelle as Itsuki Takeuchi
 * Bill Wise as Bunta Fujiwara
 * Charlie Campbell as Yuichi Tachibana
 * Brian Mountbatten as Takeshi Nakazato
 * Michael Federico as Fumihiro
 * Eric Vale as Koichiro Iketani
 * Christopher Wehkamp as Shingo Shoji
 * Christopher Bevins as Kenji
 * Jeff Collins as Kenta Nakamura

Crew

 * Original Work by Shuichi Shigeno (published by Kodansha in Young Magazine)
 * Script - Mayori Sekijima
 * Storyboard - Masamitsu Hidaka
 * Direction - Masamitsu Hidaka, Tomohito Naka
 * Character Design and Chief Animation Director - Koji Hatada
 * Animation Directors - Atsushi Aono, Chiyoko Sakamoto, Hiroya Iijima
 * Assistant Animation Directors - Akihiro Yamamoto, Ikumi Saitou, Kōichi Hashimoto, Morifumi Naka, Rina Iwamoto, Ryōtarō Akao, Shigemitsu Abe, Shino Ikeda, Takashi Ueno, Takuji Yoshimoto
 * Key Animation - Akemi Roppongi, Asuka Mamezuka, Ayako Ito, Chie Mishima, Chie Nishio, Chika Ishida, Daisuke Ishibashi, Emi Honda, Haruka Sagawa, Hayato Torii, Hiroki Abe, Junichi Kigawa, Kaori Kishi, Katsuhiro Kumagai, Kazunari Araki, Kenji Taketani, Kōichi Hashimoto, Makoto Aida, Mamiko Nakanishi, Masato Anno, Masayuki Fujita, Michinori Shiga, Michiyo Hirabayashi, Motohiko Kurihara, Naomi Takehara, Ryōtarō Akao, Ryouichi Nakano, Ryousuke Tanigawa, Sachiko Suzuki, Shigemi Aoyagi, Shinji Abe, Shuji Maruyama, Shunsuke Imanaka, Taichi Nakaguma, Takashi Hirabayashi, Takashi Ueno, Takuji Yoshimoto, Toshiya Kōno, Wen Long Xu, Yae Ōtsuka, Yui Ushio, Yuki Terano, Yuuko Kamiyama
 * 2nd Key Animation (by A-Line) - Akira Koremoto, Ayumi Ono, Emi Nakano, Hiroki Gotō, Iori Ishii, Jun'ichi Kitamura, Kanae Hatakeyama, Kazuya Sakamoto, Ken Endō, Ken Sugita, Megumi Yamazaki, Mizue Shōuchi, Natsuki Orikasa, Noeko Kashiuchi, Ryou Kamei, Shinobu Yoshioka, Takeshi Hasegawa, Takumi Nishiwaki, Tomoaki Chishima, Yun Hee Kim, Yutaka Sugiura, Yuuichi Namiki
 * In-Between Check - Emi Nakano, Yuka Chōmei, Yutaka Sugiura
 * In-Between Animation
 * Liden Films - Ken Endō, Masayo Tamaki
 * Liden Films Osaka Studio - Makoto Suzuki, Mina Kanzaki, Saya Kanehara
 * Anitus Kobe - Akitoshi Yoshino, Asami Ōta, Hikari Tanaka, Hiroaki Otsuji, Kimiko Nakagawa, Mai Oku, Miyu Kimura, Nahoko Uno, Natsumi Yamashita, Nayuta Mori, Rina Nagai, Serika Yamada, Tetsuya Takai, Yoko Matoba, Yusuke Kurinishi
 * Studio Gimlet - Chihiro Etō, Haruka Sakai, Hitoshi Katsura, Madoka Ōsaki, Miyuki Nakagawa
 * IngresA - Ikumi Kakiuchi, Miyuki Iwakura, Tomomi Kehara, Yui Ōsone, Yukari Furumura
 * Ayumi Ono
 * AI
 * Anitus Kōbe
 * APPP
 * AZETA PICTURES
 * BEEP
 * Cheng Pin Animation
 * diomedéa
 * FAI International
 * Husio Studio
 * ingresA
 * Jumondo
 * Khara
 * LIDEN FILMS
 * LIDEN FILMS Osaka Studio
 * Line Farm Odaiba Studio
 * OLM
 * Ashi Productions
 * R.I.C
 * xenron
 * Studio DEEN
 * Studio Gimlet
 * Color design - Mineyo Oonishi
 * Color setting - Mineyo Oonishi, Takae Iijima
 * Special Effects - Yuichi Furuichi
 * Paint
 * Liden Films - Emiko Onodera, Kanako Yamazaki, Kouta Shiraishi, Yuka Funayama
 * Studio Elle - Chiaki Numata, Hiroshi Moriwaki, Jun Ono, Kanta Matsuda, Makoto Tsumashika, Mayu Yoshida, Mika Kinoshita, Miyuki Gasha, Nagisa Maeshima, Nagisa Sunagawa, Namiko Kamei, Satomi Kusakabe, Shizuka Iwasaki, Teruka Tanaka, Tomomi Kimura, Yoko Suzuki, Youko Tomaru
 * D-Colors - Akane Yamazaki, Aya Itō, Ayumi Yoshida, Chiharu Hashimoto, Eriko Ikegami, Mayumi Oikawa, Minori Nishida, Miwa Enji, Satsuki Kamoi, Yuka Yamamitsu
 * A-Line
 * AI
 * Anitus Kōbe
 * Artemis
 * Assez Finaud Fabric.
 * BEEP
 * D-COLORS
 * FAI International
 * FINE COLORs
 * Husio Studio
 * LIDEN FILMS
 * Line Farm
 * M.S.J Musashino Production
 * R.I.C
 * Rising Force
 * Studio Elle
 * Studio Gimlet
 * Studio Targe
 * Triple A
 * Typhoon Graphics
 * xenron
 * 3DCGI - Sanzigen
 * CG Director - Ryuusuke Ishida
 * CG Animation - Daichi Ōmori, Go Sato, Haruyo Ogawa, Hiroshi Shinohara, Jia Xuan Cai, Kentarō Ijima, Masayuki Hirata, Motome Endō, Ruri Yamashita, Sadanori Kaneda, Yuka Hayakawa, Yusei Obi
 * CG Layout - Garyo Tanaka, Kōhei Kita, Masayuki Ōtake, Natsumi Nishio, Takuto Hirose, Yi Cao, Yuya Yasuda
 * Digital Animation - Masaya Ichikawa
 * CG Modeling Director - Hiroshi Adachi
 * CG Modeling - Daisuke Haraoka, Fumitake Ōnishi, Kayo Nomura, Kazuki Hirai, Kazuyasu Doi, Kentarō Shiga, Madoka Sai, Shiho Tanaka, Taki Yamada, Yasuhisa Takeuchi, Yukio Sawamura
 * Rigging - Riko Kojima, Takehisa Kaneda, Takeo Suzuki, Tomohiro Yamazaki
 * CG Production Advancement - Yūichi Hasegawa
 * Art Director - Shinichi Uehara
 * Assistant Art Director - Naruyo Kiriyama
 * Background Art
 * Studio LaGrass - Junko Ina, Katsu Nozaki, Tomoaki Hirota, Yuichi Suehiro
 * UEC - Hyun Su Kim, Yun Ho Lee
 * Akiko Kazato
 * Katsushi Aoki
 * Kiyomi Oota
 * Taichi Maezuka
 * Graphic Design - Eri Fujisawa
 * Photography Assistance - Satelight
 * Editing - Kiyoshi Hirose
 * Editing Assistant (by Editz) - Mai Hasegawa, Tomomi Umetsu
 * Music by - Akio Dobashi
 * Guitars by - Koichi Korenaga
 * All tracks & mixed by - Akio Dobashi
 * Music Production - Avex Pictures
 * Music Production Assistance - Azure Inc.
 * Music Coordination - Takaki Kitagawa
 * 5.1 Surround Studio - form THE MASTER
 * Sound Director - Youji Shimizu
 * Sound Effects - Mutsuhiro Nishimura
 * Recording - Takeshi Imaizumi
 * Recording Assistant - Mutsumi Mizutani, Shuji Suzuki
 * Recording Studio - Tokyo TV Center
 * Sound Production Manager - Kōhei Yamamoto, Takuya Ōno
 * Sound Production - Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
 * Digital Cinema Lab - Q-Tec
 * Digital Cinema Engineer and Online Editor - Ayaka Minami, Tetsuro Tsukada
 * Digital Cinema Management - Hiroshi Kihara
 * Studio Coordinator - Chiharu Ikemoto
 * Animation Producer - Yuichi Tashiro
 * Production Desk - Satoshi Kaizawa
 * Setting Production - Toyo Shōji
 * Production Advancement - Kei Shimobayashi
 * Production Manager - Mai Mamiya, Takahiro Masubuchi
 * Production Affairs - Jun Sogawa, Saori Suga, Takafumi Inagaki
 * Publicity Producer - Hiroshi Terada
 * Publicity - Hiroyo Saitō, Kumiko Morita, Maiko Hata, Norio Takahashi, Ryō Hattori, Saori Kawahata, Sayako Makino, Shōzaburō Yamada, Tetsuya Aoyama
 * Web Publicity - Chizuko Ōtsuka
 * Trailer Director - Tomotaka Kawabe
 * Trailer Production - Ichizō Kobayashi (Baca the Bacca)
 * Publicity Design - Masahiro Takimoto
 * Official HP Production - AWAKE Inc
 * Making Production - Nobuyuki Matano, Shinji Baba
 * Theater Sales - Chiaki Haruyama
 * Theater Program Sales (by Ginnansha) - Junichirō Kitō, Seina Yamaguchi
 * Overseas Manager - Hanayo Isomura, Kana Aida, Maki Igawa, Minami Ōtake
 * Planning Assistants (by the Young Magazine Editorial Department) - Hiroo Yamato, Shohei Yoshida, Takeshi Nakajima, Yuichiro Yano
 * Supervision (by Good Smile Racing) - Nobuteru Taniguchi, Takanori Aki, Tatsuya Kataoka
 * Vehicle Production - Hikaru Abe
 * Sound Effect Production Assistance - CAR SHOP LEAD, FAM SPEED, G-FORCE, GP SPORTS, Knight Sports, MINE'S, SEEKER, TEC-ART'S, Ukiya Shokai
 * Special Thanks - Bandoh Racing, Carland, Fuji Speedway, Ohmomo Tofu, Okayama International Circuit, Shin Nikko Motors, Slowcurve Co., Ltd., Hidemi Yokota, Jun Saitō, Masato Tokuchi (Carland), Ritsuya Okamoto, Tomio Yoshioka, Tōru Tsuneizumi, Toshiya Honda
 * Planning - Hideo Katsumata, Nobuyasu Suzuki
 * Chief Producer - Yoshito Takaya, Yū Nishiho
 * Producer - Kenichi Tokumura, Kōta Kuroda, Tetsuro Satomi
 * Co-Producer - Hideaki Sakaguchi, Hidemasa Tasaka, Yuya Yoshida
 * Production Committee
 * Sammy - Hideyuki Mizuno, Hirotaka Tanaka, Naoto Kase, Shinya Ōta
 * Shochiku - Kazutaka Akimoto, Toshihiro Takahashi
 * Ultra Super Pictures - Keiko Tokuda, Naoki Satō, Yoshio Manabe
 * Avex Pictures - Koji Suzuki, Ryo Oyama, Tsuyoshi Nishiyama
 * Kodansha - Masayuki Haryu, Yuichi Yamada
 * Distributor - Shochiku
 * Animation Production - SANZIGEN x LIDEN FILMS
 * Assistant Director - Tomohito Naka
 * CG Creative Producer - Hiroaki Matsuura
 * Director - Masamitsu Hidaka

Trivia

 * In the credits, the song "Galvanize" was misspelled as "Galavanize"