Initial D Final Stage (頭文字D Final Stage, Inisharu D Final Stage) is a 2014 Japanese anime television series and the tenth and final main installment in the anime adaptation of the Initial D manga by Shuichi Shigeno. The stage adapts Chapter 668 to 719 of the manga (Volume 46 to 48) and serves as a continuation of Initial D Fifth Stage, picking up shortly after the race between Keisuke Takahashi and Go Hojo. The series originally aired on Animax's video-on-demand service, Animax PLUS, from May to June 2014, spanning 4 episodes. It was animated by SynergySP and directed by Mitsuo Hashimoto, both of whom returned from Fifth Stage.
The production of Initial D Final Stage was announced in July 2013, alongside the conclusion of the manga's serialization and the announcement of Initial D Legend 1: Awakening. Final Stage was confirmed to be the concluding season of the Initial D anime, focusing entirely on the final battle between Takumi Fujiwara and Shinji Inui.[1] It was later announced that the series would be broadcast on Animax's video-on-demand service, Animax PLUS,[2] with the stage having four episodes in total.
Summary[]
Takumi and Keisuke of the gifted mountain racing team, Project D, face their toughest opponents yet as they race to conquer the Kanagawa area's finest racers and mountain roads.
With Keisuke defeating Go Hojo uphill, Takumi faces a young prodigy, Shinji who drives a very familiar car. Will Takumi be able to defend Project D's racing streak?
Acts[]
The episodes were broadcast on Animax's video-on-demand service, Animax PLUS. The first two episodes were released on May 22, 2014, followed by the next two on June 22, 2014
- Natural (ナチュラル, Nachuraru)
- The Strongest Enemy (最強の敵, Saikyō no teki)
- Dangerous Scent (危険な匂い, Kiken'na nioi)
- Dream (ドリーム, Dorīmu)
Battles[]
Cast & Credits[]
Cast[]
- Shinichirō Miki as Takumi Fujiwara
- Takehito Koyasu as Ryosuke Takahashi
- Tomokazu Seki as Keisuke Takahashi
- Atsushi Abe as Shinji Inui
- Hidenobu Kiuchi as Go Hojo
- Yūichi Nakamura as Rin Hojo
- Yasuyuki Kase as Eiji Kubo
- Yuuka Hirose as Mrs. Inui
- Osamu Hosoi as Fumihiro
- Kōsuke Okano as Kenta Nakamura
- Rintarō Nishi as Shuichi Matsumoto
- Ryōkichi Takahashi as Tomiguchi
- Tomomichi Nishimura as Yuichi Tachibana
- Unshō Ishizuka as Bunta Fujiwara
- Kazuki Yao as Koichiro Iketani
- Wataru Takagi as Kenji
- Mitsuo Iwata as Itsuki Takeuchi
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Daiki Ninomiya
- Akimitsu Takase as Smiley Sakai
- Daichi Endō as Tomoyuki Tachi
- Nobuyuki Hiyama as Takeshi Nakazato
- Keiji Fujiwara as Shingo Shoji
- Masahiko Tanaka as Kyoichi Sudo
- Kazuhisa Kawahara as Seiji Iwaki
- Nobutoshi Canna as Kai Kogashiwa
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Hideo Minagawa
- Kazuya Nakai as Ryuji Ikeda
- Shūhei Sakaguchi as Hiroya Okuyama
- Kōsuke Okano as Junichi Sakamoto
- Hiroki Tōchi as Satoshi Omiya
- Kenji Hamada as Kobayakawa
- Michiko Neya as Mako Sato
- Yumi Kakazu as Sayuki
- Saori Hayami as Mika Uehara
- Aya Endō as Kaori
- Yūya Murakami as Mr. Uehara
Credits[]
Personnel[]
- Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto
- Storyboard: Mitsuo Hashimoto (acts 2, 4), Naruse Takahashi (acts 1, 3)
- Unit Director: Osamu Sekita (acts 2, 4), Taiki Nishimura (acts 1, 3)
- Original Creator: Shuichi Shigeno
- Music: Atsushi Umebori
- Character Design: Masaki Satō
- Animation Director: Junko Nakamura (acts 2, 4), Mariko Aoki (acts 1, 3), Toshiyuki Komaru (acts 2, 4), Yōsuke Kikuchi (act 4)
- Mechanical Design: Hideaki Yokoi
- Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
- Cgi Director: Kanemori Yasuda
- Director of Photography: Shinji Ikegami
- Producer: Kayo Fukuda
- 3DCG Composite: Mayumi Kaneko (acts 1-4)
- 3DCG Cooperation: Hiroaki Ōsawa (Shiitake Digital; acts 1, 3), Hitomi Matsuura (Uzupiyo Graphics; act 4), Kairi Tsuguyama (Polygon Drill; act 4), Kazuya Ichikawa (Domerica; act 2), Kenji Nakao (Polygon Drill; act 4), Kunio Mogi (Amga; act 4), Kurumi Sakamoto (Domerica; act 2), Masanori Suberakashi (Polygon Drill; act 4), Nahomi Nishio (Domerica; act 2), Naoki Ogita (Shiitake Digital; acts 1, 3), Rie Takahashi (Domerica; act 2), Ryosuke Terada (Domerica; act 2), Ryota Maejima (Shiitake Digital; acts 1, 3), Takayuki Ito (Uzupiyo Graphics; act 4), Takuma Kaneko (Domerica; act 2), Yasushi Hattori (Amga; act 4), Yue Mao (Shiitake Digital; acts 1, 3), Yuka Hirono (Uzupiyo Graphics; act 4)
- 3DCG Designer: Ryō Kunoki (acts 1-4), Ryosuke Nishiyama (acts 1-4), Yūma Chiba (acts 1-4)
- 3DCG Modeling Cooperation: Hiroyuki Uzawa (acts 1, 4), Kairi Tsuguyama (acts 1-4)
- 3DCG Producer: Masaaki Yoshizawa
- 3DCG Production Advancement: Yukiko Shiroto
- Assistant Animation Director: Hironobu Saitō (act 1), Mizuki Aoba (act 3)
- Key Animation: Airi Haryū (act 4), Akiko Mori (acts 2, 4), Hideaki Yokoi (acts 1-4), Hiroshi Kuri (act 3), Junko Funatsuka (acts 2, 4), Keiko Mitoma (acts 1, 3), Kumi Suzuki (act 4), Makoto Nakazawa (act 4), Masaki Hosoyama (acts 1, 3), Masaki Kudō (acts 1, 3), Mayumi Watanabe (渡辺まゆみ; acts 2, 4), Satoru Kusuda (act 1), Shouko Hagiwara (acts 2, 4), Takeshi Moriyama (act 1), Yayoi Takano (act 2), Yoshiaki Kubokawa (acts 2, 4), Yoshie Matsumoto (act 4), Yōsuke Kikuchi (act 4)
- Planning: Ryuuzou Shouji
Companies[]
- 3DCG Cooperation: AMGA (act 4), Domerica (act 2), Polygon Drill (act 4), Shiitake Digital (acts 1, 3), uzupiyo Animation & Digital Works (act 4)
- Animation Production: SynergySP
- Animation Production Assistance: Office Take Off
- Composite: Studio Cosmos
- In-Between Animation: Core, Densō-ya TAP, M.S.J Musashino Production, Mabus Animation, office DCI, UFG
- Key Animation: Core, Densō-ya TAP, Mabus Animation
- Music Cooperation: Avex Group
- Music Production: REN
- Music Production Cooperation: Legato Music
- Production: Wedge Link
- Special Effects: Studio Cosmos
Soundtrack[]
For Eurobeat tracks featured in Final Stage, please see Initial D Soundtrack.
The original score for the anime was composed by Atsushi Umebori.
Opening Theme[]
Ending Theme[]
- Acts 1-3: "Gamble Rumble" - m.o.v.e
- Act 4: "Rage Your Dream" - m.o.v.e
Soundtrack Albums[]
- See also: Initial D Albums
| Title | Release Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Super Eurobeat Presents Initial D Final D Selection | July 11th 2014 | Also includes tracks from Fifth Stage that were not featured in the previous D Selection albums. |
| Super Eurobeat Presents Initial D Fifth & Final Stage Selection | December 18th 2019 | Digital-only release. Includes tracks from Initial D Fifth Stage as well. |
Promotional Materials[]
Promotional Images[]
First Key Visual
Second Key Visual
Third Key Visual
Promotional Videos[]
【NEW】頭文字Ｄ Initial D Final Stage CM
Commercial
Home Media Releases[]
- See also: Initial D Anime Releases
| Title | Format | Discs | Episodes | Release Date | ID Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | |||||
| Initial D Final Stage Vol. 1 | DVD | 1 | Final Stage Act 1 - Act 2 | 13th of June 2014 | AVBA-74323 |
| Initial D Final Stage Vol. 2 | Final Stage Act 3 - Act 4 | 11th of July 2014 | AVBA-74324 | ||
| Initial D Premium Blu-Ray Box Pit 3 | Blu-ray + CD | 6 | Initial D Fifth Stage (full series) Initial D Final Stage (full series) |
20th of March 2015 | AVXA-10337~41/B |
| Initial D Memorial Blu-ray Collection Vol. 3 | Blu-ray | 7 | Initial D Fifth Stage (full series) Initial D Final Stage (full series) |
1st of February 2019 | AVXA-12200~4 |
| Initial D Stage Series Complete Blu-ray | 2 | Initial D First Stage (full series) Initial D Second Stage (full series) Initial D Third Stage Initial D Fourth Stage (full series) Initial D Fifth Stage (full series) Initial D Final Stage (full series) |
25th of August 2023 | EYXA-14053~4 | |
| France (Kazé) | |||||
| Initial D Intégrale Fifth Stage Final Stage Extra Stage 2 | DVD | 5 | Initial D Extra Stage 2 Initial D Fifth Stage (full series) Initial D Final Stage (full series) |
28th of February 2018 | DVD3191 |
| Blu-ray | 3 | BR3192 | |||
Anime and Manga Differences[]
- In the manga, Takumi decided to scrap the AE86 he had since the beginning of the series. In the anime, Takumi keeps it, although he doesn't plan on racing it anymore.
- In the manga, Takumi attends Project D's disbanding party in his father's Impreza. In the anime, Takumi didn't attend the party. Instead, he uses the Impreza on another delivery run, and even witnesses a Toyota GT86 on the road.
References[]
- ↑ Comic Natalie Editors (July 22, 2013). "「頭文字D」次号で18年の連載に幕、アニメ映画制作も決定" (ja). Natalie. Retrieved on April 7, 2025.
- ↑ "シリーズ最終章『頭文字D Final Stage』が「アニマックス PLUS」で独占配信" (ja). CDJournal (May 19, 2014). Retrieved on April 7, 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 |