Fourth Stage - Act 24

The Never-ending Challenge (終わらない挑戦, Owaranai chōsen) is the twenty-fourth and final Act of Initial D Fourth Stage.

This episode features the last third of the battle between Takumi Fujiwara and Dr. Toshiya Joshima.

Synopsis
Takumi and God Arm speed toward the finish line. After the race ends, the rising star looks to the legend for a lesson in technique - and Project D looks into the future where new challengers wait for their shot.

Airdates

 * Animax: February 17, 2006

Characters (in order of appearance)

 * 1) Dr. Toshiya Joshima
 * 2) Takumi Fujiwara
 * 3) Hiroshi Fumihiro
 * 4) Shuichi Matsumoto
 * 5) Ryosuke Takahashi
 * 6) Kozo Hoshino
 * 7) Bunta Fujiwara
 * 8) Yuichi Tachibana
 * 9) Kenta Nakamura
 * 10) Keisuke Takahashi
 * 11) Tomiguchi
 * 12) Daiki Ninomiya
 * 13) Smiley Sakai
 * 14) Koichiro Iketani
 * 15) Itsuki Takeuchi
 * 16) Kenji

Cars

 * 1) Honda S2000 (AP1)
 * 2) Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX (AE86)
 * 3) Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec II Nür (BNR34)
 * 4) Subaru Impreza WRX STi Coupe Type R Version V (GC8D)
 * 5) Mazda efini RX-7 Type R (FD3S)
 * 6) Todo School Spoon Civic Type R Demo Car (EK9) (Flashback)
 * 7) Eunos Roadster NA Package (NA6CE) (Flashback)
 * 8) Honda Civic Type R (EK9) (Flashback)
 * 9) Suzuki Cappuccino (EA11R) (Flashback)

Music

 * 1) Noizy Tribe - M.o.v.e
 * 2) Lucky Man - Dave Rodgers
 * 3) Takumi - Neo
 * 4) Rage Your Dream - M.o.v.e
 * 5) Nobody Reason ~ノアの方舟 (~Noah No Hakobune) - M.o.v.e

Quotes
Takumi: There are still a lot of obstacles I have to overcome, too many to count… But I will get past them, one at a time. In my Eight Six, and with Project D.

Notes & Trivia

 * This episode doesn't match the timeframe in the very next episode, that is in Fifth Stage. Because while the Eight-Six is repaired at the end of the episode, the first episode of Fifth Stage the Eight-Six is still being repaired and it wasn't fully fixed until Takumi heads to Saitama to catch the Project D imposters.
 * It could be an anime only addition in Fourth Stage as the studio may have thought the series may not have proceeded any further for anime adaptation, or it could have been flashforward to the events following Fifth Stage.