First Stage - Act 5

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Dogfight!
Stage	First Stage
Act	5
Air Date	May 16th 1998
Chapters Adapted	Chapter 12 (p. 10-20) Chapter 13 Chapter 14
Opening	"around the world"
Ending	"Rage your dream"
TV Rating (%)	2.8
Audience Share (%)	35.7
Episode Guide
Previous	← First Stage - Act 4
Next	First Stage - Act 6 →

Dogfight! (決着!ドッグファイト!, Ketchaku! Doggufaito!) is the fifth Act of Initial D First Stage.

The episode is the second half of Takumi Fujiwara's battle with Keisuke Takahashi. It also marks the first appearance of the gutter run technique.

Synopsis

When Takumi stuns everyone with his skills in the Eight-Six, Iketani and Itsuki start plotting a way to get the new hotshot to join the SpeedStars.

Stats

Airdates

• Fuji TV: May 16, 1998

Characters

In order of appearance:

1. Keisuke Takahashi
2. Fumihiro
3. Kenji
4. Itsuki Takeuchi
5. Koichiro Iketani
6. Takumi Fujiwara 
7. Ryosuke Takahashi
8. Takeshi Nakazato
9. Bunta Fujiwara
10. Yuichi Tachibana
11. Natsuki Mogi

Cars

1. Mazda ɛ̃fini RX-7 Type R (FD3S)
2. Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX (AE86)
3. Mazda SAVANNA RX-7 ∞ III (FC3S)
4. 1994 Toyota Camry (V40)
5. Toyota Corolla Levin GT-APEX (AE86) (Imagined by Itsuki)
6. Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II (BNR32)

Music

Japanese

Original (2.0 Stereo)

Time	Song	Album
0:04 - 1:34	around the world - m.o.v.e	Initial D Sound Files Vol 1
1:35 - 2:41	Unreleased Sound File - "concern"	-
3:05 - 4:49	Deep Fear - Ryuichi Katsumata	Initial D Sound Files Vol 2
4:52 - 8:50	Heartbeat - Nathalie	Super Eurobeat Presents Initial D ~D Selection~
9:18 - 9:57	Rage Your Dream - m.o.v.e	Initial D Sound Files Vol 1
11:05 - 11:20	Break The Night - Tommy K.	Super Eurobeat Presents Initial D ~D Selection~
11:23 - 11:27	Eye-Catch 2 - Ryuichi Katsumata	Initial D Sound Files Vol 1
11:36 - 11:33	Unreleased Sound File - "consequence"	-
14:05 - 16:02	Natsu No Initial (instrumental) - Ryuichi Katsumata	Initial D Sound Files Vol 2
17:02 - 17:57	Embarrassed - Ryuichi Katsumata
20:18 - 21:05	Cheerful - Ryuichi Katsumata	Initial D Sound Files Vol 1
21:49 - 22:20	Back On The Rocks - Mega NRG Man	Super Eurobeat Presents Initial D ~D Selection~
22:21 - 24:20	Rage Your Dream - m.o.v.e	Initial D Sound Files Vol 1
24:21 - 24:52	Around the world (Instrumental) - m.o.v.e.	-

5.1 Surround Version

Time	Song	Album
0:04 - 1:34	around the world - m.o.v.e	Initial D Sound Files Vol 1
1:35 - 2:41	Battle Start!! - Ryuichi Katsumata	Initial D Vocal Battle Second Stage
3:05 - 4:49	Deep Fear - Ryuichi Katsumata	Initial D Sound Files Vol 2
4:52 - 8:50	Heartbeat - Nathalie	Super Eurobeat Presents Initial D ~D Selection~
9:18 - 9:57	Rage Your Dream - m.o.v.e	Initial D Sound Files Vol 1
11:05 - 11:20	Break The Night - Tommy K.	Super Eurobeat Presents Initial D ~D Selection~
11:23 - 11:27	Eye-Catch 2 - Ryuichi Katsumata	Initial D Sound Files Vol 1
11:38 - 12:33	Unreleased Sound File - "Nearing"	-
14:05 - 16:02	Natsu No Initial (Instrumental) - Ryuichi Katsumata	Initial D Sound Files Vol 2
17:02 - 17:57	Embarrassed - Ryuichi Katsumata
20:18 - 21:05	Cheerful - Ryuichi Katsumata	Initial D Sound Files Vol 1
21:49 - 22:20	Back On The Rocks - Mega NRG Man	Super Eurobeat Presents Initial D ~D Selection~
22:21 - 24:20	Rage Your Dream - m.o.v.e	Initial D Sound Files Vol 1
24:21 - 24:52	Around the world (Instrumental) - m.o.v.e.	-

Tokyopop

Time	Song	Album
0:07 - 1:35	Initialize - Drop Logic feat. Jaden Norris	Tokyopop Presents: Beats For Riderz
5:14 - 9:24	Best Kept Secret - Luther "Quiz" Curtis	-
14:28 - 16:25	I Hate Your Boyfriend - Monastir	Tokyopop Presents: D-Sides
20:33 - 21:22	Hit That Get Back - Octavia "Jymini" Harris	Tokyopop Presents: Beats For Riderz
22:07 - 22:38	Up In Here (featuring Boogie) - Luther "Quiz" Curtis	-
22:39 - 24:38	Initialize (DJ Milky D-Mix) - DJ Milky & b_nCHANt_d	Tokyopop Presents: Beats For Riderz
24:39 - 25:09	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: Shin Misawa, Susumu Kudo
• Episode Director: Mihiro Yamaguchi
• Animation Director: Takeshi Yamazaki
• Assistant Animation Director: Kazuhiro Shintani, Kiyotaka Iida
• Director of Photography: Seiichi Morishita
• CG: Kazuaki Kishimura (Nest), Kazuhira Tanaka (Nest), Sadanori Kaneda (Nest), Shinobu Nihei (Nest),
• Key Animation: Masayuki Yagi, Shinichiro Minami
• In-Between Animation: Kazuhiro Fukuchi, Kenji Nakano (Wombat), Sansai Onoki (Wombat), Shingo Ohyama (Wombat), Tomohisa Ishiyama (Wombat), Toshiharu Suzuki (Wombat), Yō Hashimoto, Yoshiaki Iwata (Wombat)

Quotes 

"He passed on the inside, he made Keisuke look like a grandma driving home from church"

―Unamed Akagi RedSuns Member (English; Funimation)

Gallery

Eyecatcher A

Eyecatcher B

Differences from the Manga

Chapter 12

• Ryosuke telling the second checkpoint to tell him exactly what's happening is moved.

Chapter 13

• Racing scenes have been extended.
• Crowd reactions have been moved and altered.
• NightKids members asking Nakazato why he's leaving has been removed.
• The ending of the race is now shown.
• Scene of Takumi coming home is added.
• Ryosuke explaining to Keisuke why he lost has been extended.

Chapter 14

• Keisuke now gets angry after Ryosuke explains why he lost.
• Takumi and Natsuki can now be seen driving to the beach.
• Flashbacks to the race are added.
• Takumi and Natsuki can now be seen taken pictures on the beach.
• Ryosuke practicing Akina has been extended.
• Crowd commenting on Ryosuke now have a red MR2.

Notes & Trivia 

• While Takumi and Natsuki are at the beach, shots of real water can be seen.
• At 6:58, an animation error is present on the tachometer of Keisuke's RX-7 where it says "x1000r/mm" instead of "x1000r/min".