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Initial D Legend 1: Awakening (新劇場版「頭文字[イニシャル]D」Legend 1 -覚醒-, Shin Gekijō-ban Inisharu D Legend 1 -Kakusei-) is a 2014 Japanese animated film produced by Liden Films and Sanzigen. It was directed by Masamitsu Hidaka and is based on the on the Initial D manga series by Shuichi Shigeno. It is the first film in the New Initial D movie trilogy, adapting Chapter 1 to 14 of the manga (Volumes 1 to 2). The film premiered in Japan on August 23, 2014, and was distributed Shochiku.

The film was announced in July 2013 alongside the conclusion of the manga’s serialization and the announcement of Initial D Final Stage, with a planned summer 2014 release.[2][3] In November 2013, a preview reveal trailer was released, showcasing a more rough, manga-stylized animation style compared to the one used in the film. The footage featured snippets of the battle between Takumi Fujiwara and Keisuke Takahashi, and that the film was being animated by Liden Films and Sanzigen, with a projected release date of around July or August 2014.[4]

A teaser trailer, released in February 2014, revealed that the project would be a trilogy of films and confirmed the film's release date as August 23, 2014.[5] The full trailer, released on May 25, 2014, announced the film’s staff and cast. Along with the announcement of advance tickets being available with purchases including Akina Speed Stars stickers while supplies lasted.[6]

The film debuted at number eleven at the Japanese box office, earning ¥31,176,831 across 30 theaters on its first day.[7] Its total reported box office gross was ¥72,859,615.[1]

Summary[]

The movie opens with Koichiro Iketani driving on his way home on Akina, where he witnesses an impromptu battle between Keisuke Takahashi of the Akagi Red Suns and a mysterious Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 (known as "Akina's Eight-Six"), which outmaneuvers Keisuke, defeating him.

Later, at a gas station, Iketani invites his co-workers Takumi Fujiwara and Itsuki Takeuchi to a meeting with his street racing team, the Akina Speed Stars, located in Akina. While there, they find that the Akagi RedSuns were already there. Keisuke wanted to find and challenge the "monstrous" Eight-Six whereas Ryosuke, Keisuke's brother and leader of the RedSuns, uses the meeting to initiate his plans to dominate the Kanto region. During their practice, the SpeedStars are outmaneuvered by the RedSuns' amazing driving skills, but this doesn't stop Iketani from trying to keep up. As he starts another downhill run, he suddenly crashes into the guardrail due to his car striking a sharp bump along the road.

He later discovers the monstrous Eight-Six as a desperate replacement when his boss reveals that the Eight-Six is a tofu delivery vehicle owned by Bunta Fujiwara, Takumi's father. Bunta declines Iketani's offer, claiming that he's too old to be Iketani's replacement. A few days later, Takumi asks Bunta to borrow the Eight-Six so that he can go on a date with his girlfriend, Natsuki Mogi. Bunta eventually accepts, but offers Takumi a condition that he must go to Akina on Saturday night and defeat Keisuke on the downhill run. However, unbeknownst to everyone else, it was Takumi who defeated Keisuke at that first encounter as he was returning from the daily morning delivery run.

Later, Takumi heads to the race under the bewilderment of the SpeedStars. Iketani agrees to let Takumi race after finally understanding him. At the start of the race, Keisuke takes the lead and pulls away, but Takumi later catches up as the race goes on. Eventually, Takumi overtakes Keisuke on one of the five-consecutive hairpins by performing a "ditch turn". After Takumi wins the race, Keisuke tells Takumi to not lose until he ever rematches. Despite Takumi's claim that he's no racer, Keisuke claims that Takumi's racing is part of Takumi's own pride before driving away.

The next morning, Takumi and Natsuki play around at a beach during their date, where Takumi realizes his experience regarding last night's race. As Takumi embarks on his next morning delivery, he prepares himself for the next battles to come.

In a post-credit scene, a black Nissan Skyline GT-R R32, driven by the Myogi Night Kids' Takeshi Nakazato, storms up Mt. Akina looking for Takumi's Eight-Six while chasing Kenji's 180SX.

Characters[]

(In order of appearance)

  1. Koichiro Iketani
  2. Keisuke Takahashi
  3. Takumi Fujiwara
  4. Itsuki Takeuchi
  5. Natsuki Mogi
  6. Yuichi Tachibana
  7. Bunta Fujiwara
  8. Kenji
  9. Mamoru
  10. Shigeru
  11. Ryosuke Takahashi
  12. Fumihiro
  13. Tomiguchi
  14. Takeshi Nakazato
  15. Kenta Nakamura

Cars[]

  1. Nissan Silvia K's (S13)
  2. Mazda ɛ̃fini RX-7 Type R (FD3S)
  3. Toyota Sprinter Trueno 3door GT-APEX (AE86)
  4. Nissan 180SX Type II (RPS13)
  5. Mazda SAVANNA RX-7 ∞ III (FC3S)
  6. Toyota Camry (V40)
  7. Mitsubishi Lancer EX
  8. Toyota Starlet
  9. Nissan Silvia Q's (S14)
  10. Eunos Roadster
  11. Toyota Altezza RS200 Z Edition (SXE10)

Battles[]

  1. Takumi Fujiwara vs Keisuke Takahashi (Impromptu)
  2. Takumi Fujiwara vs Keisuke Takahashi
  3. Kenji vs Takeshi Nakazato (Impromptu) (not in manga or anime)

Cast & Credits[]

Cast[]

Original[]

Sentai Filmworks (English)[]

Sentai Filmworks announced in August 2017 that they would produce an English dub of the film as part of their December 2017 release slate.[8] Several cast members from the original anime series' Funimation dub reprised their roles throughout the film trilogy, though multiple characters were recast.[9]

Additional Voices:

  • Adrienne Branz
  • Alex Sanchez
  • Bentley Cooper
  • Christopher Ainley
  • Ethan Gallardo
  • John Swasey
  • Matthew Wittmeyer
  • Monica Rial
  • Stig O'Hara

@Anime (French)[]

Dubbed by Studios de Saint Maur and distributed by @Anime, the French dub features the returning cast from Fifth Stage and Final Stage, both of which were previously distributed by Kazé.

Diamond Films (Portuguese)[]

On April 11, 2023, Diamond Films acquired the distribution rights for the New Initial D: Legend trilogy in Latin America.[10] A few days later, Keisuke Takahashi's voice actor of the Brazilian Portuguese dub of the anime series, Silvio Giraldi, posted on Instagram stating that he had recently recorded Keisuke's voice again for a project related to the franchise.[11] Subsequently, on May 19, Bunta Fujiwara's voice actor, Leonardo Camillo, mentioned in a podcast that he was working on something related to Initial D: Legend.[12]

This dub has not been released or broadcast for unknown reasons.

Credits[]

Original[]

Personnel[]
  • Original Work by Shuichi Shigeno (published by Kodansha in Young Magazine)
  • Script - Mayori Sekijima
  • Storyboard - Masamitsu Hidaka
  • Direction - Masamitsu Hidaka, Tomohito Naka
  • Character Design and Chief Animation Director - Koji Hatada
  • Animation Directors - Atsushi Aono, Chiyoko Sakamoto, Hiroya Iijima
  • Assistant Animation Directors - Akihiro Yamamoto, Ikumi Saitou, Kōichi Hashimoto, Morifumi Naka, Rina Iwamoto, Ryōtarō Akao, Shigemitsu Abe, Shino Ikeda, Takashi Ueno, Takuji Yoshimoto
  • Key Animation - Akemi Roppongi, Asuka Mamezuka, Ayako Ito, Chie Mishima, Chie Nishio, Chika Ishida, Daisuke Ishibashi, Emi Honda, Haruka Sagawa, Hayato Torii, Hiroki Abe, Junichi Kigawa, Kaori Kishi, Katsuhiro Kumagai, Kazunari Araki, Kenji Taketani, Kōichi Hashimoto, Makoto Aida, Mamiko Nakanishi, Masato Anno, Masayuki Fujita, Michinori Shiga, Michiyo Hirabayashi, Motohiko Kurihara, Naomi Takehara, Ryōtarō Akao, Ryouichi Nakano, Ryousuke Tanigawa, Sachiko Suzuki, Shigemi Aoyagi, Shinji Abe, Shuji Maruyama, Shunsuke Imanaka, Taichi Nakaguma, Takashi Hirabayashi, Takashi Ueno, Takuji Yoshimoto, Toshiya Kōno, Wen Long Xu, Yae Ōtsuka, Yui Ushio, Yuki Terano, Yuuko Kamiyama
  • 2nd Key Animation (by A-Line) - Akira Koremoto, Ayumi Ono, Emi Nakano, Hiroki Gotō, Iori Ishii, Jun'ichi Kitamura, Kanae Hatakeyama, Kazuya Sakamoto, Ken Endō, Ken Sugita, Megumi Yamazaki, Mizue Shōuchi, Natsuki Orikasa, Noeko Kashiuchi, Ryou Kamei, Shinobu Yoshioka, Takeshi Hasegawa, Takumi Nishiwaki, Tomoaki Chishima, Yun Hee Kim, Yutaka Sugiura, Yuuichi Namiki
  • In-Between Check - Emi Nakano, Yuka Chōmei, Yutaka Sugiura
  • In-Between Animation
    • Liden Films - Ken Endō, Masayo Tamaki
    • Liden Films Osaka Studio - Makoto Suzuki, Mina Kanzaki, Saya Kanehara
    • Anitus Kobe - Akitoshi Yoshino, Asami Ōta, Hikari Tanaka, Hiroaki Otsuji, Kimiko Nakagawa, Mai Oku, Miyu Kimura, Nahoko Uno, Natsumi Yamashita, Nayuta Mori, Rina Nagai, Serika Yamada, Tetsuya Takai, Yoko Matoba, Yusuke Kurinishi
    • Studio Gimlet - Chihiro Etō, Haruka Sakai, Hitoshi Katsura, Madoka Ōsaki, Miyuki Nakagawa
    • IngresA - Ikumi Kakiuchi, Miyuki Iwakura, Tomomi Kehara, Yui Ōsone, Yukari Furumura
    • Ayumi Ono
    • AI
    • Anitus Kōbe
    • APPP
    • AZETA PICTURES
    • BEEP
    • Cheng Pin Animation
    • diomedéa
    • FAI International
    • Husio Studio
    • ingresA
    • Jumondo
    • Khara
    • LIDEN FILMS
    • LIDEN FILMS Osaka Studio
    • Line Farm Odaiba Studio
    • OLM
    • Ashi Productions
    • R.I.C
    • xenron
    • Studio DEEN
    • Studio Gimlet
  • Color design - Mineyo Oonishi
  • Color setting - Mineyo Oonishi, Takae Iijima
  • Special Effects - Yuichi Furuichi
  • Paint
    • Liden Films - Emiko Onodera, Kanako Yamazaki, Kouta Shiraishi, Yuka Funayama
    • Studio Elle - Chiaki Numata, Hiroshi Moriwaki, Jun Ono, Kanta Matsuda, Makoto Tsumashika, Mayu Yoshida, Mika Kinoshita, Miyuki Gasha, Nagisa Maeshima, Nagisa Sunagawa, Namiko Kamei, Satomi Kusakabe, Shizuka Iwasaki, Teruka Tanaka, Tomomi Kimura, Yoko Suzuki, Youko Tomaru
    • D-Colors - Akane Yamazaki, Aya Itō, Ayumi Yoshida, Chiharu Hashimoto, Eriko Ikegami, Mayumi Oikawa, Minori Nishida, Miwa Enji, Satsuki Kamoi, Yuka Yamamitsu
    • A-Line
    • AI
    • Anitus Kōbe
    • Artemis
    • Assez Finaud Fabric.
    • BEEP
    • D-COLORS
    • FAI International
    • FINE COLORs
    • Husio Studio
    • LIDEN FILMS
    • Line Farm
    • M.S.J Musashino Production
    • R.I.C
    • Rising Force
    • Studio Elle
    • Studio Gimlet
    • Studio Targe
    • Triple A
    • Typhoon Graphics
    • xenron
  • 3DCGI - Sanzigen
  • CG Director - Ryuusuke Ishida
  • CG Animation - Daichi Ōmori, Go Sato, Haruyo Ogawa, Hiroshi Shinohara, Jia Xuan Cai, Kentarō Ijima, Masayuki Hirata, Motome Endō, Ruri Yamashita, Sadanori Kaneda, Yuka Hayakawa, Yusei Obi
  • CG Layout - Garyo Tanaka, Kōhei Kita, Masayuki Ōtake, Natsumi Nishio, Takuto Hirose, Yi Cao, Yuya Yasuda
  • Digital Animation - Masaya Ichikawa
  • CG Modeling Director - Hiroshi Adachi
  • CG Modeling - Daisuke Haraoka, Fumitake Ōnishi, Kayo Nomura, Kazuki Hirai, Kazuyasu Doi, Kentarō Shiga, Madoka Sai, Shiho Tanaka, Taki Yamada, Yasuhisa Takeuchi, Yukio Sawamura
  • Rigging - Riko Kojima, Takehisa Kaneda, Takeo Suzuki, Tomohiro Yamazaki
  • CG Production Advancement - Yūichi Hasegawa
  • Art Director - Shinichi Uehara
  • Assistant Art Director - Naruyo Kiriyama
  • Background Art
    • Studio LaGrass - Junko Ina, Katsu Nozaki, Tomoaki Hirota, Yuichi Suehiro
    • UEC - Hyun Su Kim, Yun Ho Lee
    • Akiko Kazato
    • Katsushi Aoki
    • Kiyomi Oota
    • Taichi Maezuka
  • Graphic Design - Eri Fujisawa
  • Photography Assistance - Satelight
  • Editing - Kiyoshi Hirose
  • Editing Assistant (by Editz) - Mai Hasegawa, Tomomi Umetsu
  • Music by - Akio Dobashi
  • Guitars by - Koichi Korenaga
  • All tracks & mixed by - Akio Dobashi
  • Music Production - Avex Pictures
  • Music Production Assistance - Azure Inc.
  • Music Coordination - Takaki Kitagawa
  • 5.1 Surround Studio - form THE MASTER
  • Sound Director - Youji Shimizu
  • Sound Effects - Mutsuhiro Nishimura
  • Recording - Takeshi Imaizumi
  • Recording Assistant - Mutsumi Mizutani, Shuji Suzuki
  • Recording Studio - Tokyo TV Center
  • Sound Production Manager - Kōhei Yamamoto, Takuya Ōno
  • Sound Production - Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
  • Digital Cinema Lab - Q-Tec
  • Digital Cinema Engineer and Online Editor - Ayaka Minami, Tetsuro Tsukada
  • Digital Cinema Management - Hiroshi Kihara
  • Studio Coordinator - Chiharu Ikemoto
  • Animation Producer - Yuichi Tashiro
  • Production Desk - Satoshi Kaizawa
  • Setting Production - Toyo Shōji
  • Production Advancement - Kei Shimobayashi
  • Production Manager - Mai Mamiya, Takahiro Masubuchi
  • Production Affairs - Jun Sogawa, Saori Suga, Takafumi Inagaki
  • Publicity Producer - Hiroshi Terada
  • Publicity - Hiroyo Saitō, Kumiko Morita, Maiko Hata, Norio Takahashi, Ryō Hattori, Saori Kawahata, Sayako Makino, Shōzaburō Yamada, Tetsuya Aoyama
  • Web Publicity - Chizuko Ōtsuka
  • Trailer Director - Tomotaka Kawabe
  • Trailer Production - Ichizō Kobayashi (Baca the Bacca)
  • Publicity Design - Masahiro Takimoto
  • Official HP Production - AWAKE Inc
  • Making Production - Nobuyuki Matano, Shinji Baba
  • Theater Sales - Chiaki Haruyama
  • Theater Program Sales (by Ginnansha) - Junichirō Kitō, Seina Yamaguchi
  • Overseas Manager - Hanayo Isomura, Kana Aida, Maki Igawa, Minami Ōtake
  • Planning Assistants (by the Young Magazine Editorial Department) - Hiroo Yamato, Shohei Yoshida, Takeshi Nakajima, Yuichiro Yano
  • Supervision (by Good Smile Racing) - Nobuteru Taniguchi, Takanori Aki, Tatsuya Kataoka
  • Vehicle Production - Hikaru Abe
  • Sound Effect Production Assistance - CAR SHOP LEAD, FAM SPEED, G-FORCE, GP SPORTS, Knight Sports, MINE'S, SEEKER, TEC-ART'S, Ukiya Shokai
  • Special Thanks - Bandoh Racing, Carland, Fuji Speedway, Ohmomo Tofu, Okayama International Circuit, Shin Nikko Motors, Slowcurve Co., Ltd., Hidemi Yokota, Jun Saitō, Masato Tokuchi (Carland), Ritsuya Okamoto, Tomio Yoshioka, Tōru Tsuneizumi, Toshiya Honda
  • Planning - Hideo Katsumata, Nobuyasu Suzuki
  • Chief Producer - Yoshito Takaya, Yū Nishiho
  • Producer - Kenichi Tokumura, Kōta Kuroda, Tetsuro Satomi
  • Co-Producer - Hideaki Sakaguchi, Hidemasa Tasaka, Yuya Yoshida
  • Production Committee
    • Sammy - Hideyuki Mizuno, Hirotaka Tanaka, Naoto Kase, Shinya Ōta
    • Shochiku - Kazutaka Akimoto, Toshihiro Takahashi
    • Ultra Super Pictures - Keiko Tokuda, Naoki Satō, Yoshio Manabe
    • Avex Pictures - Koji Suzuki, Ryo Oyama, Tsuyoshi Nishiyama
    • Kodansha - Masayuki Haryu, Yuichi Yamada
  • Distributor - Shochiku
  • Animation Production - SANZIGEN x LIDEN FILMS
  • Assistant Director - Tomohito Naka
  • CG Creative Producer - Hiroaki Matsuura
  • Director - Masamitsu Hidaka

Soundtrack[]

The film's original score was composed by Akio Dobashi, who also composes all the music for all the films in the New Initial D movie trilogy.

Insert Songs:

Ending Theme: "Never Fear" - Ryuichi Kawamura

The official soundtrack album for the film, titled New Initial D The Movie Legend 1 Awakening Sound Collection, was released on CD on December 26, 2014.

Promotional Material[]

Promotional Images[]

Promotional Videos[]

Original[]

Sentai Filmworks (English)[]

Blu-ray Specials[]

Behind-the-Scenes[]

Home Media Releases[]

Title Format Discs Release Date ID Number
Japan
New Initial D the Movie Legend 1 -Awakening-【First Press Limited Edition】 Blu-ray 1 December 26, 2014 EYXA-10261
New Initial D the Movie Legend 1 -Awakening-【Regular Edition】 1 EYXA-10262
New Initial D the Movie Legend 1 -Awakening-【Limited Edition DVD with Original Tomica】 DVD 1 May 1, 2015 KDS-0256
France (@Anime)
Initial D Legend Film-1 DVD 1 June 22, 2016 -
Initial D Legend Film-1 [Édition Collector] Blu-ray + DVD 2 -
United State and Canada (Sentai Filmworks)
Initial D Legend 1 -Awakening- Blu-ray + DVD 2 December 5, 2017 SFC-IND001
United Kingdom (MVM Entertainment)
Initial D Legend 1 -Awakening- Blu-ray 1 March 5, 2018 MBR2372
DVD MVD2372
Australia (Hanabee Entertainment)
Initial D Legend 1 -Awakening- Blu-ray 1 July 12, 2018 -
DVD HB0404

Differences from the Manga[]

  • Iketani briefly witnessed Keisuke's impromptu race with Akina's AE86. He also checked in with Keisuke to see what has happened
    • This is also the first scene in the trilogy as opposed to the Manga slowly building up to it.
  • Iketani crashed not due to an oncoming traffic, something that happened in the manga, but rather a ditch in the road that caused him to lose control of his S13.
  • There was a unique ending not seen in the manga, where Takumi decided to test his skills on an uphill tofu delivery.
  • Kenji has an impromptu battle with Takeshi Nakazato that wasn't featured in the manga

Trivia[]

  • In the credits, the song "Galvanize" was misspelled as "Galavanize".

Navigation[]

New Initial D The Movie
Main Films Legend 1: Awakening • Legend 2: Racer • Legend 3: Dream
Battle Digest New Initial D the Movie Battle Digest

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Box Office Gross, TV Anime Adaptations". Someanithing. Archived from the original on October 23, 2018. Retrieved on March 28, 2025.
  2. ↑ "新劇場版「頭文字D」2014年夏公開決定　原作最終回、アニメシリーズは「Final Stage」へ" (ja). animeanime (July 22, 2013). Retrieved on March 28, 2025.
  3. ↑ 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 March 28, 2025.
  4. ↑ Egan Loo (November 5, 2013). "2014's Initial D Car-Racing Anime Film Previewed in Pilot Video". Anime News Network. Retrieved on March 28, 2025.
  5. ↑ Egan Loo (February 3, 2014). "New Initial D Car-Racing Anime Teaser Reveals Film Trilogy". Anime News Network. Retrieved on March 28, 2025.
  6. ↑ Lynzee Loveridge (May 15, 2014). "1st New Initial D Anime Film's Full Trailer Confirms New Cast". Anime News Network. Retrieved on March 28, 2025.
  7. ↑ Karen Ressler (August 31, 2014). "Japanese Box Office, August 23-24". Anime News Network. Retrieved on March 28, 2025.
  8. ↑ Karen Ressler (August 22, 2017). "Sentai Filmworks to Release 1st New Initial D Film With English Dub". Anime News Network. Retrieved on March 28, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Initial D: Legend Theatrical Collection Official English Cast List". Sentai Filmworks (September 17, 2019). Archived from the original on November 29, 2023. Retrieved on March 28, 2025.
  10. ↑ Facundo Bracamonte (April 11, 2023). "Diamond Films se queda con "Yuru Camp: La película", la trilogía "New Initial D The Legend" y muchos otros títulos de animé que se estrenarán próximamente en América Latina" (es). tvlaint. Retrieved on March 28, 2025.
  11. ↑ silviogiraldi_oficial (April 20, 2023). "silviogiraldi_oficial at Instagram" (pt). Instagram. Retrieved on March 28, 2025.
  12. ↑ PodDub Podcast (May 19, 2023). "Leonardo Camillo dublou os filmes de "Initial D: Legends"? | PodDub | #cortes" (pr). Youtube. Retrieved on March 28, 2025.
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