OTAKU MOTORING MANGA/ANIME
オタクモーターリングマンガ/アニメ
Initial D (頭文字Ｄ（イニシャル・ディー）
Street Racing Manga/Anime
(Inisharu Dī) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine from 1995 to 2013, with the chapters collected into 47 tankōbon (manga) volumes. The story focuses on the world of illegal Japanese street racing, where all the action is concentrated in the mountain passes and rarely in cities nor urban areas, and with the drift racing style emphasized in particular. Professional race car driver and pioneer of drifting Keiichi Tsuchiya helps with editorial supervision. The story is centered on the prefecture of Gunma, more specifically on several mountains in the Kantō region and in their surrounding cities and towns. Although some of the names of the locations the characters race in have been fictionalized, all of the locations in the series are based on actual locations in Japan.
Capeta (カペタ Kapeta)
Sports-Karting Racing Manga/Anime
is a Japanese sports manga and anime about kart racing by Masahito Soda. The manga won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen in 2005.
The series consists of three separate arcs. The first is about Capeta's first experiences with kart racing at the age of 10. The next arc, which starts four years later, deals with Capeta trying to handle his growing financial issues due to the high cost involved in kart racing. The third is about Capeta trying to realize his dream of beating his rival and becoming a professional racer, venturing through into a more senior category: Formula Three. Both the anime and manga features numerous references and homages to Initial D and Best Motoring International references, as well as Formula One.
Arrow Emblem: Hawk of the Grand Prix (Eng edit: Super Grand Prix)
(アローエンブレム・グランプリの鷹 Arō Enburemu Guranpuri no Taka)
Sports-[F1] FormulaOne Racing Anime
Arrow Emblem: Hawk of the Grand Prix (アローエンブレム・グランプリの鷹 Arō Enburemu Guranpuri no Taka) is an anime series aired from 1977 to 1978 in Japan. There are 44 episodes aired at 25 minutes each. It is also known as "Arrow Emblem Grand Prix no Taka". In the United States, it was re-edited to a short movie called "Super Grand Prix".
Speed Racer, also known as Mach Go Go Go (マッハGoGoGo Mahha Gō Gō Gō)
Sports-Automobile Racing Manga/Anime
is a Japanese anime/manga franchise about automobile racing. Mach GoGoGo was originally serialized in print form in Shueisha's 1958 Shōnen Book, and was released in tankōbon book form by Sun Wide Comics, re-released in Japan by Fusosha. From 1967 to 1968 it ran as a television series in the United States, with 52 episodes. Selected chapters of the manga were released by NOW Comics in the 1990s under the title Speed Racer Classics, later released by the DC Comics division, Wildstorm Productions under the title Speed Racer: The Original Manga. In 2008, under its Americanized title, Speed Racer, Mach GoGoGo was republished in its entirety in the United States by Digital Manga Publishing and was released as a box set to commemorate the franchise's 40th anniversary and to serve as a tie-in with the 2008 film. It was published under the title Speed Racer: Mach Go Go Go under the company's DMP Platinum imprint.
Bari Bari Densetsu (バリバリ伝説, "Motorcycle Legend")
Sports-Motorbike Racing Manga/OVA
is an early motorbike racing manga series by Shuichi Shigeno, who went on to create the Initial D series. It was published in 38 volumes between 1983 and 1991 by Kodansha. In 1985, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen.
This manga about 4 high-schoolers and bike races got tremendous support from bike fans back then due to the realness and detail of the bikes Shigeno drew.
The story has a lot of similar points with Initial D. Racing on the public road (illegal of course) is the center of the storyline in the first half. It became a social problem in Japan because many "Hashiriya" got influenced by it and became "Rolling-zoku"(hashiriya trying to see how fast they can go through curves).
Circuit Angel Ketsui no Starting Grid (サーキットエンジェル 決意のスターティング)・グット
Sports-Motorbike Racing Manga/OVA
Plot Summary:
Mariko is tough yet kind girl who is really into motorcycles. She ends up in a race to settle things between the rich son of bike maker and herself.
F (エフ Efu) グット)
Sports-[F1] FormulaOne Race Car Manga
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Noboru Rokuda about a country boy who fulfills his dream by racing in a Formula One car. It has been serialized in Big Comic Spirits between June 15, 1985 and 1992 in the fourteenth to thirty-fifth issue of the magazine. F received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1991 for seinen/general manga.
Goddamn
Rally-Auto Racing OVA
Gen Todoroki, a talented but accident-prone rally driver, gets offered a sponsoring deal by a big-shot car company—and the deal comes with a chance at the Safari Rally Kenya championship. But the road there is bumpy and rich with tough competitors...
Wangan Midnight (湾岸ミッドナイト Wangan Middonaito)
Street Racing-Car Tuning Manga/Anime
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Michiharu Kusunoki. It was first serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits since 1990, but was later serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine, in which Initial D is also serialized. In 1999, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for general manga.
Monkey Turn (モンキーターン Monkii Taan)
Boat Racing-hydroplane racing Racing Manga/Anime
Plot
The series follows Kenji Hatano, a young man who sets out to master conquer the world of kyōtei (hydroplane racing). Over the course of the series he develops a serious rivalry with fellow racer Hiro Doguchi.
Machine Hayabusa
Auto Racing [Adventure-Tournament Racing Anime]
The world of Formula One racing has become a lawless battlefield after the victories of the Black Shadow team and their leader Ahab the Devil King. Only the Nishionji racing team is prepared to make a sporting stand with their star driver, the vengeful Ken Hayabusa, whose brother was killed by Black Shadow. Ken's car, the Hayabusa Special, enables him to beat all opponents, however treacherous. Luckily he's part of a supportive team of drivers, mechanics, and administrative staff, who will willingly give their all to see their leader head the field. Created by Mikiya Mochizuki and directed by Tezuka coworker Yugo Serikawa, this story walks a different line between sci-fi sports like Eyeshield 21 and a fascination with technology à la Initial D, albeit technology that is yet to exist. Manga tie-ins were published in Shonen Jump monthly, Terebi-kun, and Terebi Land. The authors are unsure whether the "Devil King" part of Ahab's name should be translated or simply left as Ma-O-itself a popular baddie's monicker in the 1970s, courtesy of Chairman Mao, the leader of the People's Republic of China, who died the year this was made. Followed by Rubenkaiser, which was more of the same.
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