Initial D Extra Stage (頭文字D Extra Stage, Inisharu D Extra Stage) is a 2000 Japanese two-part OVA and the third installment in the anime adaptation of the Initial D manga by Shuichi Shigeno. It was released direct-to-video on November 10, 2000, and was animated by Pastel. Shin Misawa, who previously directed Initial D First Stage, returned to direct the OVA. The story adapts the two extra chapters, Beyond Impact Blue and Sentimental White, shifting focus from Takumi Fujiwara and the main cast to Mako Sato and Sayuki of Impact Blue. However, several characters make cameo appearances.
This was the last stage to receive a dub by Tokyopop.
Summary[]
An Initial D side story OVA which follows the lives of Mako and Sayuki, the "Impact Blue" SilEighty team from Usui and their troubles with racers and romance. During the events of Second Stage, the Impact Blue team had to battle a scouting party of the Emperor Team, despite all warnings by fellow racers Shingo and Takeshi of the Myogi NightKids. Later, as winter sets in, and the events of Initial D: Third Stage are taking place in Akina, the Impact Blue girls take a vacation, and Mako gives love another try but is constantly drawn towards her life as a drift-racer as well as haunted by the memories of her recent love, Iketani.
Acts[]
- Beyond Impact Blue (インパクトブルーの彼方に… Inpakutoburū no kanata ni…)
- Sentimental White (センチメンタルホワイト Senchimentaruhowaito)
Characters[]
- Koichiro Iketani
- Seiji Iwaki
- Kenji
- Miyahara
- Takeshi Nakazato
- Ren Nogami
- Yuichi Tachibana
- Keisuke Takahashi
- Ryosuke Takahashi
- Itsuki Takeuchi
- Satake
- Mako Sato
- Sayuki
- Shingo Shoji
Battles[]
- Takeshi Nakazato vs Seiji Iwaki (Flashback)
- Impact Blue vs Satake
- Takumi Fujiwara vs Impact Blue (Flashback)
Cast & Credits[]
Cast[]
Original[]
- Michiko Neya as Mako Sato
- Yumi Kakazu as Sayuki
- Tomoyuki Shimura as Miyahara
- Kazuki Yao as Koichiro Iketani
- Wataru Takagi as Kenji
- Mitsuo Iwata as Itsuki Takeuchi
- Tomomichi Nishimura as Yuichi Tachibana
- Nobuyuki Hiyama as Takeshi Nakazato
- Keiji Fujiwara as Shingo Shoji
- Kazuhisa Kawahara as Seiji Iwaki
- Kiyoyuki Yanada as Satake
- Koji Yusa as Ren Nogami
- Tomokazu Seki as Keisuke Takahashi
- Takehito Koyasu as Ryosuke Takahashi
Additional Voices:
- Ruri Asano
English[]
Funimation[]
- Colleen Clinkenbeard as Mako Sato
- Monica Rial as Sayuki
- Regan Adair as Miyahara
- Eric Vale as Koichiro Iketani
- Christopher Bevins as Kenji
- Jessie James Grelle as Itsuki Takeuchi
- Chuck Huber as Yuichi Tachibana
- Chris Burnett as Takeshi Nakazato
- Vic Mignogna as Shingo Shoji
- Jason Douglas as Seiji Iwaki
- Todd Haberkorn as Keisuke Takahashi
- J. Michael Tatum as Ryosuke Takahashi
Additional Voices:
- Brad Hawkins
- Ian Sinclair
- Jason Grundy
- Josh Blann
- Justin Cook
- Kevin Leasure
- Kyle Hebert
- Lindsay Seidel
Tokyopop[]
- Bridget Hoffman as Mako Sato
- Kate Higgins as Sayuki
- Yuri Lowanthal as Miyahara
- Crispin Freeman as Koichiro Iketani
- Jason Spisak as Kenji
- Robbie Rist as Itsuki Takeuchi
- Michael McConnohie as Yuichi Tachibana
- Wally Wingert as Takeshi Nakazato
- Quinton Flynn as Shingo Shoji
- Grant George as Seiji Iwaki
- Richard Cansino as Satake
- Doug Erholtz as Ren Nogami
- Steve Blum as Keisuke Takahashi
- Lex Lang as Ryosuke Takahashi
Credits[]
Personnel[]
- Director: Shin Misawa
- Screenplay: Hiroshi Toda
- Storyboard: Akihiro Nagao, Minoru Tanaka
- Episode Director: Kenji Yasuda, Tsutomu Kashiwakura (Assist.)
- Original Manga: Shuichi Shigeno
- Character Design: Noboru Furuse
- Art Director: Kazuhiro Takahashi, Yūsuke Takeda
- Chief Animation Director: Noboru Furuse
- Animation Director: Minoru Tanaka (act 1), Yukari Kobayashi (act 2)
- Cgi Director: Akihiro Nagao
- Executive Producer: Shūichi Shigeno (OB Planning)
- Producer: Kayo Fukuda, Mitsutoshi Kubota, Yoshimi Asari
- 2D Photography: Hideo Okazaki (AMGA), Masaki Nakamura (AMGA), Mitsue Motomiya (AMGA), Naoyuki Taniguchi (AMGA), Ryōji Akiyama (AMGA), Yuki Okada (AMGA)
- 3D Animation: Kazunori Yahata (Nest), Kenichiro Sakuno (Nest), Takahiko Kimura (Nest), Toshihiro Honda (Nest), Yuichi Goto (Nest)
- Background Art: Aki Chiba (Bihou), Atsuko Takigami (Bihou), Izumi Yasuki (Bihou), Keita Sakai (Bihou), Misao Takimoto (Bihou), Naoko Yamada (Bihou), Ryōka Kinoshita (Bihou), Shin Okui (Bihou), Takamasa Masushiro (Bihou), Tomoko Aomi (Bihou), Tomomi Nakajima (Bihou), Tomonori Katō (Bihou), Youichi Watanabe (Bihou), Yuka Hirama (Bihou), Yukie Wakasugi (Bihou)
- In-Between Animation: Mai Otsuka, Mizue Kuwamoto, Natsuko Goto, Takashi Igari, Tatsuyoshi Kobayashi
- Key Animation: Fumio Sasaki, Genichirō Kondō, Hiroshi Konno, Iku Ozawa, Ippei Masui, Kenichi Maejima, Koji Yasuda, Natsuko Suzuki, Nobuyasu Murakami, Shigenori Taniguchi, Takehiro Hamazu, Takeshi Ogoe, Tomoyuki Abe, Tōru Watanabe, Toshiyuki Arai, Yasuhide Maruyama, Yoshihisa Sakurai
- Planning: Ryuuzou Shouji
- Special Effects: Toshio Hasegawa (Marix)
Companies[]
- 3D Composite: Nest
- Animation: Pastel
- Animation Production Cooperation: SHAFT
- Backgrounds: Bihou, Inc.
- Completion: Pak Production, Studio Elle
- DVD Distribution: avex mode
- In-Between Animation: Bee Train, Han il Animation, IMAGIN, Kino Production, Light House, M.S.C, Magic Bus, Mushi Production, Pak Production, Production I.G
- Music: Avex Trax
- Photography: AMGA
- Production: Fuji Television Network, Kodansha, OB Planning, Pastel, Prime Direction
- Production Coordination: Magic Bus
- Special Effects: Marix
Soundtrack[]
For specific tracks featured in Extra Stage, please see Initial D Soundtrack.
The anime's original score was composed by Ryuichi Katsumata, who also composes all the Sound Files for the series up until Initial D Third Stage.
Opening Theme[]
- "Get It All Right" - Chilu
- Tokyopop Dub: "Initialize" - Drop Logic feat. Jaden Norris & Michael O'Neil
Ending Theme[]
- "Next" - Michiku Neya and Yumi Kakazu
- Tokyopop Dub: "Initialize" (DJ Milky D-Mix) - Drop Logic feat. Jaden Norris & Michael
The official soundtrack album for the OVA, titled Initial D Extra Stage Original Sound Tracks, was released on CD on February 21, 2001.
Home Media Releases[]
- See also: Initial D Anime Releases
| Title | Format | Discs/Tapes | Episodes | Release Date | ID Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | |||||
| Initial D Extra Stage ~Beyond Impact Blue...~ | VHS | 1 | Initial D Extra Stage | 21st of February 2001 | AVVA-14120 |
| DVD | 22nd of March 2001 | AVBA-14115 | |||
| Initial D Complete Box 2 | LD | 4 | Initial D Second Stage (full series) Initial D Extra Stage |
28th of February 2001 | AVLA-14116~9 |
| Initial D DVD Box II | DVD | 5 | Initial D Second Stage (full series) Initial D Extra Stage |
1st of January 2002 | AVBA-14251~5 |
| Initial D Super Complete Box | 13 | Initial D First Stage (full series) Initial D Second Stage (full series) Initial D Extra Stage Initial D Third Stage Initial D Battle Stage |
25th of December 2003 | AVBA-14821~34/B~1 | |
| Initial D Extra Stage BOX | 1 | Initial D Extra Stage Initial D Extra Stage 2 |
5th of December 2008 | AVBA-29001~2 | |
| Initial D Full Throttle Collection - Third Stage & Extra Stage | DVD + CD | 3 | Initial D Third Stage Initial D Extra Stage |
15th of February 2013 | AVBA-62098~9/B |
| Initial D Premium Blu-Ray Box Pit 2 | Blu-ray + CD | 10 | Initial D Third Stage Initial D Fourth Stage (full series) Initial D Extra Stage Initial D Extra Stage 2 Initial D Battle Stage Initial D Battle Stage 2 Initial D Radio Stage Vol. 2 Initial D to the Next Stage - The Way to Project D Initial D Extra Edition ~ Black Lightning - New Undefeated Legend Initial D Extra Edition - Drift King Youth Graffiti |
21st of March 2014 | AVXA-74159~65 |
| Initial D Memorial Blu-ray Collection Vol. 2 | Blu-ray | 7 | Initial D Third Stage Initial D Fourth Stage (full series) Initial D Extra Stage Initial D Extra Stage 2 Initial D Battle Stage Initial D Battle Stage 2 Initial D to the Next Stage - The Way to Project D |
1st of February 2019 | AVXA-12193~9 |
| Initial D OVA & Battle Stage Complete Blu-ray | 2 | Initial D Extra Stage Initial D Extra Stage 2 Initial D Battle Stage Initial D Battle Stage 2 Initial D Battle Stage 3 |
25th of September 2024 | EYXA-14466~7 | |
| United States (Tokyopop) | |||||
| Initial D Battle 14 - Extra Stage | DVD | 1 | Initial D Extra Stage | 8th of November 2005 | TPDV-32903 |
| Initial D: Second Stage - The Complete Second Season | 4 | Initial D Second Stage (full series) Initial D Extra Stage (Bonus) |
16th of October 2007 | FN-08641 | |
| United States (Funimation) | |||||
| Initial D Second Stage + OVA Extra Stage | DVD | 3 | Initial D Second Stage (full series) Initial D Extra Stage |
1st of February 2011 | FN-08825 |
| Initial D Second Stage & Third Stage + OVA Extra Stage [S.A.V.E. Edition] | 4 | Initial D Second Stage (full series) Initial D Extra Stage Initial D Third Stage |
8th of November 2011 | FN-08829 | |
| France (Kazé) | |||||
| Initial D Extra Stage | DVD | 1 | Initial D Extra Stage | 8th of October 2008 | - |
| Initial D Intégrale Des Etapes Series + Film + OAV | 17 | Initial D First Stage (full series) Initial D Second Stage (full series) Initial D Extra Stage Initial D Third Stage Initial D Fourth Stage (full series) |
21st of October 2009 | ||
| Initial D Intégrale Third Stage Extra Stage 1 Fourth Stage | 6 | Initial D Third Stage Initial D Extra Stage Initial D Fourth Stage (full series) |
11th of October 2017 | DVD3147 | |
| Initial D Intégrale Third Stage Extra Stage 1 Fourth Stage | Blu-ray | 3 | Initial D Third Stage Initial D Extra Stage Initial D Fourth Stage (full series) |
11th of October 2017 | BR3150 |
| Spain (Jonu Media) | |||||
| Initial D Ultimate: Supera el límite de velocidad (Edición Coleccionista) | DVD | 16 | Initial D First Stage (full series) Initial D Second Stage (full series) Initial D Extra Stage Initial D Third Stage Initial D Fourth Stage (full series) |
11th of November 2008 | - |
| Initial D: Supera el límite de velocidad (3A Temporada) | 1 | Initial D Extra Stage Initial D Third Stage |
20th of May 2009 | ||
Anime and Manga Differences[]
- Scenes featuring the Takahashi brothers are exclusive to the anime and do not appear in the original chapters.
Trivia[]
- Extra Stage is the only part of the anime series where Takumi Fujiwara does not make an appearance, although he is mentioned on several occasions.
- The OVA is notable for including scenes of nudity, which were censored in certain releases.
References[]
- ↑ "Initial D Extra Stage ~Beyond Impact Blue...~" (VHS). Avex Mode (November 10, 2000). Retrieved on March 19, 2025.
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| Initial D Anime | |
|---|---|
| Main Series | Initial D First Stage • Initial D Second Stage • Initial D Third Stage • Initial D Fourth Stage • Initial D Fifth Stage • Initial D Final Stage |
| Extra Stages | Initial D Extra Stage • Initial D Extra Stage 2 |
| Battle Stages | Initial D Battle Stage • Initial D Battle Stage 2 • Initial D Battle Stage 3 |
| Initial D Acts | |
|---|---|
| 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 |