Initial D live action movie...

Shiine-chan · Otaku Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 256 Location: unknown

Anybody seen it? Is it nice? Its showing at our theatres now so i thought i'd go ahead and watch it...
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GrinfilledCelt · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:16 pm Post subject:

Yes. I like it. It has crappy animation and artwork, and the music sucks ass, but the story is real good.

I read quite a bit of the manga before I started watching the anime. A couple of years ago Radio Shack was selling them as a way to promote their line of 1/32 scale r/c cars. About six months ago I picked up this three volume set on sale there for around five bucks.

EDIT: After posting the above, I noticed that you were talking about that new movie. I knew that it was about the Japanese roadracing clubs and their drifting techniques but I didn't realise that it was based on Initial-D. Is this true? What is the name of the thing anyway?
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jjjynx · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:47 pm Post subject:

Don't remember that....unless you're talking about the Taiwan version with that silly boy Jay Chou.

GrinfilledCelt · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 8:53 pm Post subject:

The movie currently in the theaters is The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. I can't find anything that mentions Initial-D though. Here is what imdb says:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463985/
The plot decsription doesn't sound anything like Initial-D either.

ckljimmy · AG Refugee Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 76 Location: Georgia

The Live Action movie is in Cantonese. The majority of the actors are Chinese except for the girl who plays as Natsuki (Anne Suzuki). It's actually quite good. I really just have one problem but it's actually quite understandable. It's the first, second, and third stages of the Initial D anime compressed. And when I say compressed. It is seriously jampacked into a two hour movie. Ryousuke is still there but Keisuke isn't around. Takeshi Nakazato is there without Shingo. A majority of the major racers aren't there except for the team leaders. With the exception of Seiji Iwaki of Emperor. Iketani is not in the movie and his role as the Speedstar's leader is taken by Itsuki. And they went the extra mile as to make Boss Yuiichi Itsuki's dad. Bunta is called "Tofuman" and Boss Yuichi is called "Gasman" but they're still homies from back in the day just like in the manga/anime. The drift battles between the previously mentioned characters are still there but just none in between. There are a few more anime and manga elements but I'll just leave that to you.
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jjjynx · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:49 am Post subject:

okay, that'd be the Taiwan version...wait...didn't that came out last year? or was it two years back?

Shiine-chan · Otaku Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 256 Location: unknown

No no no... I'm talking about this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhkSNAAcLFY&search=%20Initial%20D

It says it was released 2005 I guess...
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jjjynx · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 11:01 am Post subject:

Yes it IS the one. With that silly boy Jay Chou...with his name pronounced wrongly, but nevermind me. ok so it was last year, I was wrong.

MidNightBlue · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:48 am Post subject:

I think I have the movie lying around somewhere but I didn't want to see it before I saw the anime. I tried watching the anime and it didn't really grab my attention. Is it worth trying again?

GrinfilledCelt · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:19 am Post subject:

I actually started out reading the manga before I saw the anime for Initial-D. The artwork is bad and the music sucks but the story is very good. It is kinda guy thing though.
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kaji · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:59 am Post subject:

i belive the canto version i saw had ekin cheung in it (and about half the male cast from infernal affairs)