Second Stage - Act 1

A New Threat is the first Act of Initial D: Second Stage.

This episode features the battle between Seiji Iwaki and Thunder Fire.

It also features the first half of the battle between Takeshi Nakazato and Seiji Iwaki.

Synopsis
Emperor, a team of racers from the Tochigi region, has arrived with the goal to crush every team in Gunma. It doesn’t take them long to discover a particular challenge in taking on the downhill legend known as Akina’s Eight-Six.

Characters (in order of appearance)

 * 1) Seiji Iwaki
 * 2) Kyoichi Sudo
 * 3) Takumi Fujiwara
 * 4) Itsuki Takeuchi
 * 5) Koichiro Iketani
 * 6) Kenji
 * 7) Bunta Fujiwara (Imagined)
 * 8) Ryosuke Takahashi
 * 9) Natsuki Mogi
 * 10) Takeshi Nakazato
 * 11) Shingo Shoji

Cars

 * 1) Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IV RS (CN9A)
 * 2) Nissan 180SX
 * 3) Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution III RS (CE9A)
 * 4) Toyota Corolla Levin SR (AE85)
 * 5) Nissan Silvia K's (S13) (Imagined by Itsuki)
 * 6) Nissan 180SX Type II (RPS13) (Imagined by Itsuki)
 * 7) Mazda SAVANNA RX-7 ∞ III (FC3S)
 * 8) Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II (BNR32)

Music

 * 1) Blazin' Beat - M.o.v.e
 * 2) Burning Desire - Mega NRG Man
 * 3) キミがいる (Kimi Ga Iru) - Galla