![]() He is currently at work on the manga series MF Ghost, which is set in a near-future world of self-driving cars—and street racing.įirst published by Tokypop in the early 00s, the English translation was never completed. Shuichi Shigeno is best-known for his long-running masterwork, Initial D, which ran from 1995 until 2013. The question remains … who’s the driver of this phantom car? When the legendary Red Suns show up to challenge the Speed Stars, it looks as if the Trueno Eight Six that has been seen racing through the mountain roads will take them on. They’re all too busy watching the Akina Speed Stars, the local street racing team. Of course, none of his friends realize this. ![]() His tofu delivery job sends him racing down the treacherous roads of Mount Akina, and without even realizing it, Tak has mastered racing techniques that take most drivers a lifetime to learn. Tak Fujiwara spends a lot of time behind the wheel. Live the legend of how Tak Fujiwara went from tofu delivery boy to street-racing god. But it all starts here, with the Initial D manga. It also inspired the film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. It spawned a legendary anime series, video games, movies, not to mention an immortally beloved techno soundtrack. Upon its release, Initial D perfectly captured the world of Japanese street racing and kicked off a global craze. ![]() More than a manga, Initial D is a cultural phenomenon.
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