Initial D Battle Stage

Initial D Battle Stage is the fifth installment of the anime adaptation of the Initial D series. It features completely reanimated versions of all the major battles from First Stage, as well as the battles from Second Stage and Third Stage with minimal character dialogue.

The special also features a completely new eurobeat soundtrack and guest commentary from the "Drift King", Keiichi Tsuchiya.

Battles

 * 1) Takumi Fujiwara vs Keisuke Takahashi (Impromptu)
 * 2) Takumi Fujiwara vs Keisuke Takahashi
 * 3) Takumi Fujiwara vs Takeshi Nakazato
 * 4) Takumi Fujiwara vs Shingo Shoji
 * 5) Takumi Fujiwara vs Impact Blue
 * 6) Keisuke Takahashi vs Takeshi Nakazato
 * 7) Takumi Fujiwara vs Kenta Nakamura
 * 8) Takumi Fujiwara vs Ryosuke Takahashi
 * 9) Takumi Fujiwara vs Seiji Iwaki
 * 10) Takumi Fujiwara vs Kyoichi Sudo
 * 11) Keisuke Takahashi vs Seiji Iwaki (not in the manga or anime)
 * 12) Ryosuke Takahashi vs Kyoichi Sudo
 * 13) Takumi Fujiwara vs Wataru Akiyama
 * 14) Takumi Fujiwara vs Kyoichi Sudo (Rematch)
 * 15) Takumi Fujiwara vs Kai Kogashiwa
 * 16) Takumi Fujiwara vs Miki (Rescuing Natsuki)
 * 17) Takumi Fujiwara vs Ryosuke Takahashi (Rematch) (not in the manga)

Trivia

 * Battle Stage was created by Studio Deen, the same studio who created Third Stage.
 * Battle Stage shows Keisuke's car having the Spec II level modifications from Second Stage in the battles which Keisuke took part in First Stage.
 * Quotes said by Seiji and Keisuke in their battle were reused from Initial D Second Stage act 4.
 * Some songs were miscredited or misspelled:
 * 24 Hours A Day With You was credited as "24Hours A Day With You"
 * Jumping Up The Nations was credited as "Jumping Up The Nation"
 * Dancin' In My Dreams by J.Storm was misspelled as "Danchin' In My Dreams" by "J.Storm-GTR"