r/initiald #First-Stage

In Initial D First Stage, you can literally see the left mirror was gone because it hit the guardrail

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Rare behind the scenes footage of staff working on Initial D First Stage

Dec 2025 ⋅

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Keisuke's FD, coming from First Stage Sound files vol. 2

Oct 2024 ⋅

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Ryosuke's FC, coming from First Stage Sound files vol. 2
Takumi's 86, coming from First Stage Sound files vol. 1

Making of First Stage CGI cars (circa 1997)

May 20 ⋅

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the real final stage

Dec 2025 ⋅

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Accidentally paused a First Stage episode at the right time and this shot looks sick

Mar 25 ⋅

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Bought Initial D Special Stage on eBay and the seller left me this note

Jun 11 ⋅

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European Stage

Oct 2024 ⋅

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My first stage Mako Sato cosplay, no sileighty S13 sadly but I do own a 320D

Jun 21 ⋅

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What stage is this 😭🙏

Oct 2025 ⋅

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Third Stage if Takumi locked the FUCK in

Dec 2024 ⋅

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All animated gifs of First Stage car models (more in MEGA link provided)

Jan 2 ⋅

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Has anyone ever noticed how detailed this frame looks in stage 3

Jun 5 ⋅

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Stage 0.1

Mar 2024 ⋅

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First Stage if it was peak 😳

Aug 2025 ⋅

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first time seeing a rx7 fd3s lol

Feb 2025 ⋅

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First stage looks like Playstation 1 graphics Initial D with Playstation 1 graphics:

Apr 28 ⋅

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Just finished first stage. Yo fuck this dude

Mar 2025 ⋅

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initial D cookie stage

Dec 2024 ⋅

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Was rewatching stage 1 and was met with this iconic image

Jun 23 ⋅

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Rewatching first stage, and i want this T shirt Iketani always wears

Oct 2024 ⋅

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wondering if I should convert my FC to the Stage 5 ver

Dec 2025 ⋅

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If Initial D Third Stage was only a series, not a movie

Jun 20 ⋅

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Initial D: Most Wanted Stage

Jun 2025 ⋅

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I decided to dress up as Ryosuke Takahashi from the First Stage

May 25 ⋅

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how first stage should have ended

Nov 2023 ⋅

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Rewatched Stage 3 with my girlfriend and she made me an ornament of my car

Jan 12 ⋅

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What Wing is on Keisuke Takahashi's Stage 1 RX7

Jul 25 ⋅

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Super Stage

Jul 23 ⋅

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5 images

Just got the first 4 manga!

Dec 2025 ⋅

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My buddy got a r32 body and of course this the first thing he does 🤣

Apr 20 ⋅

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Rewatching First Stage, I forgot how funny this scene is

Jan 2022 ⋅

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First post, i painted my sileighty model kit

Sep 2025 ⋅

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(First Stage/Fourth-Fifth Stage)

Dec 2019 ⋅

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Keisuke is a real one for this, (4th stage episode 9 or something like that)

Oct 2024 ⋅

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Mako during first stage

Sep 2020 ⋅

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Initial d : Chill Stage

Nov 2024 ⋅

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Japan's First Female Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her 1991 Mk 3 Toyota Supra

Oct 2025 ⋅

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4 images

Seen my first ae86

Sep 2024 ⋅

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14 images

5th stage was okay

Jan 2025 ⋅

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does this look like its made in initial d first stage?

Dec 2023 ⋅

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Good old First Stage CGI

Jun 2024 ⋅

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Takumi beat Nakazato with his superhuman footwork and fearless move over the curb in episode 10 of First

Jun 6 ⋅

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Looks like Takumi has different wheels in this Third Stage screenshot

Jun 6 ⋅

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I Noticed This in stage 5

Feb 2024 ⋅

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If First Stage happened today

May 2023 ⋅

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Stage 3 is a wasted potential.

May 2025 ⋅

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Stage 1 in one pic.

Aug 2024 ⋅

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Is Takumi's car supercharged with the engine in 2nd stage?

Nov 2025 ⋅

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It was my first time. I don’t know what to do with my life anymore

Mar 2025 ⋅

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You probably didn't notice this about First Stage

Feb 2025 ⋅

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stage takumi vs legend takumi

Dec 2021 ⋅

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My Initial D collection from all stages is finally complete!

Jun 20 ⋅

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7 images

Does Ryosuke's fifth stage front bumper even exist irl?

Feb 2025 ⋅

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(Mako's flashback act 20 first stage)

Nov 2024 ⋅

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2 images

Tried recreating the Stage 1 Style 🫠

Apr 26 ⋅

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Final Stage style Fujiwara Zone in Blender

Jun 2023 ⋅

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Stage 4

Jun 2020 ⋅

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I saw the 86 in real life for the first time

Jan 8 ⋅

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Initial D 3rd stage is my favorite Christmas movie

Dec 2022 ⋅

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First time driving AE86! 🤩

May 2024 ⋅

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second stage be like

Apr 2023 ⋅

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Takumi with a 2001 Honda Dio AF56 in Fourth Stage

Jun 3 ⋅

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Fourth Stage in a nutshell

Dec 2020 ⋅

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First stage act 23

Apr 2024 ⋅

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Takumi Overtakes God-Arm (Initial D: Fourth Stage)

May 2025 ⋅

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Took this in GT7 it's to reference the 1st stage intro but with the Project D trueno

Aug 2025 ⋅

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One Upvote = One Hug for Second Stage Takumi

May 2022 ⋅

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Initial D Arcade Stage zero

Sep 2024 ⋅

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Fifth Stage Starter Pack

Oct 2021 ⋅

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My friends watching Initial D for the first time and just sent me this...

Mar 2023 ⋅

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Went to a car show for the first time, guess what I found.

Apr 2025 ⋅

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Seeing Eight-six for the first time.

Jul 6 ⋅

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4 images

20 years ago today, Fourth Stage was a thing

Apr 2024 ⋅

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me and the boys vibing to Initial D Arcade Stage 3/Street Stage menu theme

Jun 2022 ⋅

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James from Donut Media wear Iketani's NISNO shirt from First Stage.

Jul 2021 ⋅

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Cursed pause, from Second Stage OP

Sep 2022 ⋅

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Timeline clarification regarding the 5th stage 86’s rev limit?

Apr 22 ⋅

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You can be Keisuke Takahashi fourth stage edition for a smooth 50k.

May 21 ⋅

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Fifth Stage moment

Jun 2022 ⋅

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My dad and his first car

Oct 2022 ⋅

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Are Arcade Stage memes allowed on here?

Jul 2023 ⋅

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All of the first stage Eurobeat cds

Jan 2020 ⋅

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Anyone else remember that EG6 background car in the first stage?

Apr 2021 ⋅

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6 images

First Initial D book

Sep 2023 ⋅

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Found this in 2nd stage...

Jun 2022 ⋅

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Just finished First Stage again, I was inspired to draw this. Plan to do more in the future.

Apr 2021 ⋅

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This was the only race Takumi lost in Stage 7.

Sep 2022 ⋅

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Found a Delorean DMC-12 in Second Stage Ep 2 at 11:34

Oct 2023 ⋅

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This upload of Gas Gas Gas hit 100M views minutes after I told my friend to listen to it for the first

Nov 2025 ⋅

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What did we lose after Third Stage?

Aug 2024 ⋅

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How the animators merged 2D characters with the 3D cars for Second Stage

Aug 2022 ⋅

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(Stage 4 of 5)

Aug 1 ⋅

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My first Initial D watercolor commission! 🚗 [Size: 8.3x5.9] [Reference used]

May 2025 ⋅

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I'm trying to collect all cars from 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and extra stage

Mar 30 ⋅

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(Initial D first watch)

Apr 2025 ⋅

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saw this while watching second stage

Apr 2024 ⋅

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Straight wisdom from stage 4

Jan 2023 ⋅

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First initial D tattoo

Nov 2022 ⋅

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initial d extra stage is something else

Jun 2023 ⋅

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First GR86 I see (rare in my country) and of course someone had to put the 86 livery on it

Mar 2023 ⋅

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I have been rewatching Initial D and just finished my rewatch of First Stage, been having a fun time.

Nov 2024 ⋅

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Initial D Stage Series Complete Blu-ray announced for Japan. Release in August 2023.

Mar 2023 ⋅

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My racing mower’s first run on the touge

Apr 2025 ⋅

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Initial D: Hotwheels Stage (its from a hentai btw)

Oct 2022 ⋅

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'Heartbeat' by Nathalie (Stage 1 Act 5)

Nov 2023 ⋅

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Takumi First stage sketch

Apr 2022 ⋅

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I always thought this delorean in stage 2 was cool!

Apr 2024 ⋅

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come on we all thought at first moment that Nakazato returned.

Jun 2022 ⋅

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Unidentified Red Car in Stage 1

Apr 2025 ⋅

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5 images

Initial d:bus stage

Apr 2024 ⋅

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First Stage Episode 11 in a nutshell

Jan 2019 ⋅

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Bought a second hand Battle Stage CD off of eBay. Has anybody seen this version of the race before?

May 28 ⋅

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initial d prostitution stage

Nov 2023 ⋅

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Rotation Shots from Stage 2 and Stage 3 [OC]

Jul 2023 ⋅

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Was Sudo genuinely trying to help Takumi or was he intending harm after Seiji’s loss in Stage 2?

Sep 2023 ⋅

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First 86 I’ve seen in this city

Feb 2022 ⋅

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Thoughts on Extra Stage 1?

Oct 2023 ⋅

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1st stage animation > Literally any other stage.

Jun 2020 ⋅

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If there's one thing I absolutely disliked about the second stage, it was the change of hairstyle they

Jan 9 ⋅

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I just started episode 15, Stage one and MAN am I hooked

Aug 20 ⋅

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took my little rolla up to the touge for the first time this weekend

Jun 2024 ⋅

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Im doing a fandub for initial D first stage and I need help (please read)

Jan 2024 ⋅

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Found this in the last episode of the 1st stage

Jan 2020 ⋅

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Was rewatching Second Stage, and came across this scene that describe us Initial D fans a lot.

Aug 2021 ⋅

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Initial d final stage

Jan 2022 ⋅

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guys i think i downloaded the wrong initial d, what stage is this?

Aug 2023 ⋅

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Can someone invent a drug that feels like watching Initial D First Stage for the first time?

Apr 2021 ⋅

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I think I accidentally made the same outfit as Keisuke in stage 1

Sep 2024 ⋅

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Final Stage

Oct 2020 ⋅

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Initial D First Stage CROATIAN DUB OP 2

Apr 2023 ⋅

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I wish they were more creative with some of Takumi’s fourth/fifth stage battles...

May 2020 ⋅

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My collection of Initial D 1st to 4th stage is already complete!

Apr 18 ⋅

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I tried to recreate Takumi's Fourth Stage AE86 as accurately as possible in FH6, and here's what I learned

Jul 13 ⋅

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Anyone know which episode in stage 1 has Ryosuke sipping tea?

Apr 2022 ⋅

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am i the only one who thinks ryousuke in second stage looks like someone in a harem with a female demographic

Jan 2023 ⋅

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My dad bought my first car, what team could I be on?

Oct 2024 ⋅

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Episode 23 of first stage.

Sep 2021 ⋅

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First time I’ve found a physical copy in person in at least 10 years.

Dec 2024 ⋅

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In your opinion, how many HP do you give to the rivals cars of the Takahashi brothers in the fifth stage

May 8 ⋅

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Did first stage have a 5.1 release?

Oct 2024 ⋅

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Initial Dream to 1:18 Reality (Stage 1 of 5)

Jul 13 ⋅

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(1st stage EP23)

Nov 2022 ⋅

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25 years ago today, Third Stage was released in theaters.

Jan 13 ⋅

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(Initial D first watch)

Apr 2025 ⋅

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Why does Third Stage have this weird RGB/chroma filter?

Jun 4 ⋅

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What if Keisuke went up against Shinji instead of Takumi in Final Stage?

Jun 24 ⋅

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What's your favorite art style from each stage?

Jan 16 ⋅

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To this day, I still don't understand why 4th Stage has those tiny black bars

Aug 2024 ⋅

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