Initial D Legend 1: Awakening is a 2014 movie directed by Masamitsu Hidaka and Tomohito Naka. It is the first film in the New Initial D movie trilogy which adapts the first 5 volumes of the manga.
Voice Cast
Mamoru Miyano as Takumi Fujiwara
Yuichi Nakamura as Keisuke Takahashi
Daisuke Ono as Ryosuke Takahashi
Maaya Uchida as Natsuki Mogi
Minoru Shiraishi as Itsuki Takeuchi
Hiroaki Hirata as Bunta Fujiwara
Tomoyuki Shimura as Yuichi Tachibana
Junichi Suwabe as Takeshi Nakazato
Keni Fukuda as Hiroshi Fumihiro
Hiroshi Tsuchida as Koichiro Iketani
Shūhei Sakaguchi as Shingo Shoji
Anri Katsu as Kenji
Yoshiya Naruke as Kenta Nakamura
Kosuke Goto as Mamoru
Sou Nozama as Shigeru
Soundtrack
Abbey – Clutcho (Reveal Trailer)
Candle Flames – Backdraft Smiths
Avoid – Clutcho
We’ll Start Our Race – Backdraft Smiths
Galavanize – the valves
One by One – the Hug me
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
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