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Initial D is a new addiction to me ever since i knew Ryosuke. actually, i'm not really into this whole car machine things. i just simply love this one perfect character. so the truth is initial D means nothing to me without him.

Both... I became a car jock as well as an otaku...

Initial D made me into an anime fiend. I was already doing things similar to drift in the rallyx world... mostly because i was too slow.

I think it is awesome the way there are anime for everyone to relate to. Ex ID or maybe slamdunk! for basketball fans.

it would be cool if USA cartoons would take a cue in this aspect.

Initial D brought me BACK to cars. I was into cars, and rally back in the day. I loved the Impreza back in 1998 when it first came out. I actually still remember the first time I saw one in a commercial where it was driving through mud and the paint flickered between the consumer version and the rally version. Sometime after that I kinda didn't care about cars in that way anymore. I just thought "get a reliable truck that you can carry lots of sh!t in." Then I saw Initial D and it slapped me in the face for thinking such stupid thoughts. Now I'm much happier, poorer, but happier. Having blown money on buying an AE86, fixing the rust, buying a few carbon fibre, JDM body parts, coilovers, (bumbers, taillights, carbon fenders to replace the rusty ones.) and that's just gonna keep going until I die, but it fills me with joy.

Who needs cargo sace if all you're gonna do is deliver tofu?

Initial D got me into cars. I was already into anime at that point thanks to Azumanga Daioh.

Got me more into cars, always loved Japanese cars, from S30's to present day cars and had been watching anime since I was a child. I have a white RPS13 200SX (European 180SX) now, like Kenji's car but with the ca18det engine not the sr20det engine, but looking for an engine swap down the line, need to get coilovers, fmic, blitz nur spec r exhaust, garrett t28 turbo, also possibly looking at sil80 conversion

Initial D makes me go for driving games I only played KOF and other fighting games in the past.

I was already into cars because of Tokyo Xtreme Racer when I discovered Initial D. The series basically made me dump my auto 4-door that i thought was fast and get a 5-speed two door that I could make even faster not only on straights but corners. Plus, Initial d always had factual information which really made me a follower and it turned me on to eurobeat even though some eurobeat is not that great.

That's one of my favorites!

iD got me into... CARS =3 How they work and everything! Physics of them! And Takumi is cool...

I was into Eurobeat before InitialD thanks to games like ParaParaParadise but the show made me appreciate it more .

Also it got me into cars,I liked cars before but I had no idea you could do something like driftiing.Heck I had no idea the drifting world existed before ID.Also now I know more about cars then most of my buddies do and they ask me for help now

Initial D gave me the technical insight of everything i could possibly understand about cars than i ever did before. It built me up to be a fanatic of cars once more, and of course there was Version 3 out in arcades just for the sake of initial d cards. i learnt different things about drift and grip, but the real mentor was Ryosuke, for i had watched 4th stage before watching anything before that. if that makes sense. I know alot about cars than almost everyone i know, plus my family's background has a taste for street racing, no mountains in london though lol.

I had little to no interest in cars before, seeing them as mere means to get around faster than walking.

Initial D made me notice them, and even read up on mechanical data as a whole. Given, I'm still no expert, but I know way more about their inner workings now than I did before.

IDAS3 was also my first real racing game, since the only one I used to play at home only had Mini-4WD cars in it (Let's & Go Eternal Wings).

Freaking both! hahaha. I was getting bored of the new animes so I tried initial d for a change because I have never seen it. The only thing initial d i've seen before was the live action so I didn't think it could be that good. but holy cow the anime is so much better. Plus it got me into cars because Takumi beats the crap out of all the newer cars with a 27 year old car. LMAO.

Before Initial D, I never knew there was such a thing as drifting. I had grown up as a NASCAR guy before then, still am today. I like all(except drag) forms of racing, with drifting being my newest one and the coolest.

It also got into Eurobeat music, which was another thing I didn't know about until then. I was into techno but was becoming bored with it because of its lack of vocals and creativeness and that I was also looking for something that I could consider real racing music instead of rock and hip-hop. Then, when I first heard Dave Rogers "Space Boy" on the opening episode of Initial D, my first thought was "That's real racing music!". Eurobeat music really captures the thrill of racing in almost any form. Rock and Hip-Hop just don't cut it.

And it inspired me to write my fanfic Race of Infinity: The White Eagle 1st Stage(they'll be more as time goes on) a few years later because when I first started reading the manga during high school, I started imagining myself going down the mountain pass Banner Grade near my hometown of Julian in my white 1994 Plymouth Acclaim at full speed, along with drifting down it. First car I ever drove, miss it even more every day! Wish my dad had just given me the car instead of having it traded in for a Suburbon! Well, it had 300k miles on it so it propably had to go anyway.

And the most recent thing it did for me that it caused my imagination to create ACARL, in which Race of Infinity is the prequel to. In my mind, I potray ACARL has being the perfect combination of traditional track and mountain/touge/drift racing.

Same for me too except for the fanfic part!

Growing up with Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero and Pokemon + Digimon, I had been exposed to both anime and tuning cars... not to mention I have sketched cars since I was 2... This anime brought me into the car drifting scene. Before this anime, I knew what drifting was, but after this anime (I have yet to read the manga, planning on it) I got more into how drifting worked and how to go fast... becoming connected with your car and all that.

My experience with Eurobeat is actually very odd. I had randomly found an instrumental dj edit of Running in the 90's by Max Coveri on Youtube. Then, I downloaded a bunch of Eurobeat off the internet from eurobeat.se because I googeled "Eurobeat" (that came from me wondering what it was, since I thought I heard the word before one day.) VERY shortly after, I started watching Initial D (these three former events are unrelated, which scares me! *unamused* ) Then my blood got cold once I noticed that "Running in the 90's" was playing in the background.... ... ... ...That was when I came to full realization that Eurobeat would be something that I would try to get to the bottom of, but never find the end to. Oh yeah, I noticed something, Eurobeat Flash Vol. 20 Disc 2 (the J-euro euroflash hits disc) is the #1 CD to listen to while drifting/ playing racing games/ racing in real life. This is true, and I've listened to A LOT of eurobeat. I would put anything in the Hi-NRG/ Maraharaja catagory in second choice for racing songs.

Oh yeah, this anime has helped me fight against porn... however unrelated this may sound, it became my diversion. This diversion that I would not let go of! ^-^ Thank you God for Initial D (or as the commercial guy says: "INIH-SHAAAL-DEE")

Initial D will be my #1 car thing for a VERY long time~

My favorite car before Initial D: Toyota Supra TT

My favorite car after Initial D: a tie between Toyota Supra TT and AE86

This post has been edited by jy1235689 on Jul 12 2011, 09:44 PM

Before initial d, I pretty much saw cars as more expensive ways to get around and was perfectly happy with public transport.

Initial D got me into cars, and motivated me to get a licence and get a car, blowing a substantial hole in my bank account every month. Damn u Shigeno....

Initial D introduced me to throttle-blipping/heel-and-toe. Spent a few years trying to master it.

More importantly, it galvanized the lesson that racing is not always about the car. Most of the time it's all about the driver. I took that to heart when I started going to trackdays in 2009, spending money on seat time and practice instead of car mods. Soon enough I was beating more powerful cars around Subic International Raceway with an underpowered grocery getter.

A car can rust, break down or get into an accident, and it'll depreciate and eventually run out of miles to run. However, driving skills stay with you as you swap cars and they don't get dull or worn out the more you use them.

Now that makes me want to downgrade my car.

I almost forgot about that lesson since I was always on Go Karts, which were always had even performance characteristics. More or less.

I guess it kind of helped that I was always surrounded by an Evo or an STi when I was at the track in my dinky little 1.6, so I suppose a little bit of the spirit of having an inferior car rubbed off. Not nearly as much as your experiences, I would imagine.

*Wonders how much he can get rid of his car for to get a two digit horsepower, tiny little car to play with*

Initial D made me absolutely LOVE Eurobeat to the 10th power. EVERY TIME I listen to a good Eurobeat song I can just see Takumi driving with that song playing in the background. It never gets old.

Also, I'm somewhat into cars now because of it, but in general the music is the best for me.

Yeah, Initial D made me realize I am at least 1/4th homosexual, because I love eurobeat now.

Initial D opened my eyes to cars. It kept me from becoming a ricer. It officially introduced me to Subaru. It influenced my decision in buying a real life Impreza. It pointed me towards Gunma-Prefecture, Japan when I was applying to come, live and work in Japan. I've lived here for 3 years. Initial D caused me to buy Kaido Battle 2, where I first learned about Subaru Vivio RX-R. In that event it caused me to buy a real life RX-R in Japan. Initial D helped me get through a complete white-out fog at night on real Haruna Mountain the first night I went up there with my RX-R, because I knew the road already. Thanks to Initial D I met my current girlfriend also from Gunma. Thanks to Initial D I became a better driver (imo). It taught me how to push a slower car to go faster.

Thanks to Initial D I've made so many Japanese friends in Gunma Prefecture.

Thanks to Initial D, I'll always have a second home, and friends as close to me as family, living in Gunma prefecture Japan.

Thanks to Initial D, I can speak, read and write Japanese. Thanks to Initial D I am aware of Japanese culture.

Thanks to Initial D, I've grown a lot as a person.

Thanks Initial D.

This post has been edited by WRX DEMON Type R on Jul 18 2011, 08:50 AM

Initial D made me poor from playing IDAS.

I started out on IDAS2, then anime. Then more IDAS. XD

Yeah, I forgot about the eurobeat point I absolutely love all the eurobeat used in ID, some more than others though....

ID introduced me to cars, yes. Before this I had neither interest nor knowledge in anything automotive-related. I'm still a noob now, but at least I did learn a lot.

Never played anything past IDAS3, would like to try V6 someday though. But first I'll have to get a card...... preferably a white FC

All in all, ID is still my #1 anime up to now, and will always be. I've watched more than a hundred series so far, but none of them will ever be better than ID.

ID changed my life in more ways than one