Initial D: Third Stage (movie)
Related anime:
Initial D: Battle Stage (OAV) (compilation)
Initial D: Battle Stage 2 (OAV) (sequel)
Initial D: Fourth Stage (TV) (sequel)
Initial D: Battle Stage 2 (OAV) (compilation)
M.o.v.e: Raimei - Out of Kontrol (TV promo) (spinoff)
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Original Manga: Shuuichi Shigeno Editorial Supervision: Keiichi Tsuchiya (Hot Version Editorial Dept.) Theme Song Performance: | Shinichiro Miki as Takumi Fujiwara Ayako Kawasumi as Natsuki Mogi Kazuki Yao as Koichiro Iketani Masahiko Tanaka as Kyouichi Sudou Mitsuo Iwata as Itsuki Takeuchi Takehito Koyasu as Ryosuke Takahashi Takumi Yamazaki as Miki Tomokazu Seki as Keisuke Takahashi Tomomichi Nishimura as Yuuichi Tachibana Unshou Ishizuka as Bunta Fujiwara Hajime Hosoi as Chief Keiji Fujiwara as Shingo Shouji Kinryuu Arimoto as Ken Kogashiwa Kousuke Okano as Kenta Nakamura Michiko Neya as Mako Sato Nobutoshi Canna as Kai Kogashiwa Nobuyuki Hiyama as Takeshi Nakazato Wataru Takagi as Kenji Yumi Kakazu as Sayuki | |||||||
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| (none) | Laurent Vernin as Takumi Fujiwara André Pauwels as Buntai Fujiwara Bruno Mullenaerts as Ryosuke Takahashi Cathy Boquet as Natsuki Mogi Christophe Hespel as Keisuke Takahashi David Manet as Iketani Koichiro Emmanuel Liénart as Le Patron Jean-Michel Vovk as Kai Kogashiwa Patrick Brüll as Ken Kogashiwa Philippe Resimont as Miki Sébastien Fayard as Kenta Tony Beck as Itsuki Takeuchi Julie Basecqz as Saiyuki Mathieu Moreau as Kenji | |||||||
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| (none) | Licensed by: Top-Insight International Co., Ltd. | |||||||
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