Last Great Battle (決戦!ラストバトル, Kessen! Rasutobatoru, known as The Decisive Final Battle! in the Tokyopop version) is the twenty-fifth Act of Initial D First Stage.
This episode features the first half of the battle between Takumi Fujiwara and Ryosuke Takahashi.
Synopsis[]
Veteran racer Ryosuke's a mastermind behind the wheel, and he’ll be pulling no punches in the match against rising rookie Takumi. The drivers are ready and only one can be the best.
Plot[]
Stats[]
Airdates[]
- Fuji TV: November 28, 1998
Characters[]
In order of appearance:
Cars[]
Music[]
Japanese[]
Original (2.0 Stereo)[]
| Time | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 0:04 - 1:34 | BREAK IN2 THE NITE - m.o.v.e | Initial D Sound Files Vol 2 |
| 1:35 - 3:21 | Bust The Future Wall - m.o.v.e | Initial D Best Song Collection 1998-2004 |
| 4:10 - 5:40 | Unreleased Sound File - "flashback" | - |
| 7:56 - 9:34 | Unreleased Sound File - "slow tick" | - |
| 10:35 - 11:25 | World Of move - m.o.v.e | - |
| 11:25 - 13:15 | Boom Boom Japan - Dave Rodgers | Super Eurobeat Presents Initial D ~D Selection 3~ |
| 13:19 - 13:23 | Eye-Catch 2 - Ryuichi Katsumata | Initial D Sound Files Vol 1 |
| 13:49 - 15:10 | Unreleased Track 04 - nickname "it begins" | - |
| 16:15 - 16:55 | Unreleased Track 12 - nickname "realisation" | - |
| 17:50 - 19:05 | Dispair - Ryuichi Katsumata | Initial D Sound Files Vol 1 |
| 19:10 - 22:18 | Black Out - Overload | Super Eurobeat Presents Initial D ~D Selection 3~ |
| 22:21 - 24:25 | Kiseki no Hana - Galla | Initial D Sound Files Vol 2 |
| 24:26 - 24:55 | Around The World (Instrumental) - m.o.v.e | - |
Credits[]
Main episodic credits only. For a complete list of credits, please see Initial D First Stage#Credits
- Script: Hiroshi Toda
- Storyboard: Kazutaka Ikegami
- Episode Director: Kazutaka Ikegami
- Animation Director: Takahisa Ichikawa
- Assistant Animation Director: Kiyotaka Iida
- Director of Photography: Seiichi Morishita
- CG: Daisuke Fukase (Nest), Kazuhira Tanaka (Nest), Masafumi Suzuki (Nest), Sadanori Kaneda (Nest)
- Key Animation: Hisashi Saito, Katsuzō Hirata, Kazuhiro Shintani, Masayuki Yagi, Shinichiro Minami, Tatsuo Honda, Yuichiro Masuda
Gallery[]
Eyecatcher A
Eyecatcher B
Differences from the Manga[]
Notes & Trivia[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Initial D First Stage Memorial DVD Dash 1. Kodansha, November 2, 2012. ISBN 978-4-06-358422-6. Page 28. Release includes a booklet which contains viewership ratings for all Acts of Initial D First Stage from April 18, 1998, to December 5, 1998. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
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|---|---|
| First Stage | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 |
| Second Stage | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 |
| Extra Stage | 1 • 2 |
| Third Stage | Movie |
| Fourth Stage | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 |
| Extra Stage 2 | OVA |
| Fifth Stage | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 |
| Final Stage | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 |