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I'm just curious. Ok, first of all, I was never interested in watching Initial D in the beginning because I thought all there were were cars-relates. But I got hooked onto it without realizing! It's a lot more than I thought! Here are my reasons:

1) Eurobeats
2) cool graphics & drifts
3) seiyuus! (the Takahashi bros' & Takumi's)
4) great characters

How about you?

the engine sounds...

especially the 4A-GE roaring sound... it sounds exactly the same like my cars.

I liked #2. The first episode got you hooked and you had to see the next one then. Then the rest is an obbsession or at least fandom.

why do i love initial d?

the story of a young guy, coming out and surprising those that think they are the best at what they do. being the underdog, and still managing to win.

its all class, and thats why its so addictive to watch

Pretty much the same reasons as you guys......


The storyline was alright, but mainly what I love about Initial D is the cool drifts and cars as well as the CG graphics in the races. The thrill of street racing and racing at such a high level and skill.


Finally, the characters are all pretty cool and I live some of the VA for them, especially Takumi and Ryosuke.


Add in very catchy Eurobeat music and you got yourselves a pretty addictive anime.

What SUgoi said and everything else. Best anime series I've seen in a long while

RX-7's!

it happens to be the only anime that has given me so much goosebumps

i have always had an interest in drift, and japanese performance, so when they released an anime that is all about drifing, I fell in love!

Can't forget the RX-7's!

it showed me u could do something other with a car beside strait line racing

It took a anime to show you that? Where's the adventure.

I like it because it put performance over all else... like it should be. The best part is.. no rice.....

I like it for what it is . . . Car Performance, Racing, Characters, and how much you can learn about racing.

Forgot to mention RX-7's!

when i was 11-12 (im 16 now) i was a ricer ...i was interressed in the car scene big cars and having big bucks (living near US = all this). i was interressed in engines, i wanted a civic so i studied the VTEC engine alot, i planning on getting a H22A4 VTEC engine ( last gen. prelude) and someday one of my friend showed me an episode of initial D ....love at first sight i saw the whole serie, after i reviewed all the episode many many times till i was understanding the technicals point and i got interresed in circuit/touge racing and drift/grip racing. I left the 'looks' and 'show' aspect to identify myself as JDM, the japanese way : racing for honor not for st00pid chicks and money ...initial d learned me to love cars the way they are and that its not the looks that count but the power and skills ...sheesh ...long post

and thats how i became a Nissan/Nismo fan

Looks count for a lot in my book, I don't want to drive around some rust bucket. There is this one CRX though, b18, hella suspension work, no weight, and it's a rust bucket. Everyone laughs, but I know the and I just laugh at the other shmucks.

I don't know, I've just gotten used to my stuff looking good I guess.

Initial D opened my eyes to things other than and/or referring to F/F.....

though Bunta never actually DOES open his eyes

one word: Mako

The first episode got me into Initial D. When the 86 goes side way. I got hooked.