Fourth Stage - Act 5

The Starting Line to Victory (勝利へのスタートライン, Shōri e no sutātorain) is the fifth Act of Initial D Fourth Stage.

This episode features the beginning of the race between Takumi Fujiwara and Tomoyuki Tachi.

Synopsis
The Todo School brings in a professional driver to face Project D in a rematch. With reputations on the line, Ryosuke must decide who will represent the team.

Airdates

 * Animax: August 21, 2004

Characters (in order of appearance)

 * 1) Koichiro Iketani
 * 2) Takumi Fujiwara
 * 3) Itsuki Takeuchi
 * 4) Smiley Sakai
 * 5) Daiki Ninomiya
 * 6) Tomoyuki Tachi
 * 7) Todo
 * 8) Bunta Fujiwara
 * 9) Keisuke Takahashi
 * 10) Ryosuke Takahashi
 * 11) Kyoichi Sudo
 * 12) Fumihiro
 * 13) Shuichi Matsumoto
 * 14) Kenta Nakamura
 * 15) Tomiguchi

Cars

 * 1) Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX (AE86)
 * 2) Spoon Sports Honda Civic Type R (EK9) Demo Car
 * 3) Honda Civic Type R (EK9)
 * 4) Mazda ɛ̃fini RX-7 Type R (FD3S)
 * 5) Mazda SAVANNA RX-7 ∞ III (FC3S)
 * 6) Honda Integra Type R (DC2)

Music

 * 1) Dogfight - m.o.v.e
 * 2) Give Me Your Love - Dino Starr
 * 3) Night Trip - Sylverr
 * 4) Blast My Desire - m.o.v.e

Differences from the Manga

 * The section where Tomoyuki borrows Daiki's EK9 to break Takumi's downhill record at Enna Skyline was not adapted to the Anime.
 * The Todo School's Mazda Bongo shown as they arrive at Happogahara is an Anime-only addition, as in the Manga the Todo School arrives in the Two EK9's.