It appears many fans are still not up-to-date with the latest Initial D news. We'll attempt to clear all the confusion with this post. If you've been following this page and our forums (idforums.net) closely, you can safely skip this post.

Initial D Fifth Stage was ended in May 2013 with 14 episodes total. It ended on a huge cliffhanger that annoyed and angered many Initial D fans. Why the animation team decided to do that? We may never know. But the truth is, Fifth Stage has ended for nine months.

*** THERE IS NO EPISODE 15. PLEASE STOP ASKING !!! ***

Initial D Final Stage was announced to be in the making in November 2013. It is slated for a Spring 2014 release. Final Stage will be a mini anime series that takes place right after Fifth Stage Episode 14. It will show the race that everyone is waiting for. And for the last time, THERE IS NO SIXTH STAGE! There are many online video streaming sites putting placeholder pages with that title. And that simply confused many Initial D fans worldwide.

Avex announced in early February 2014, that a new trilogy Initial D movie consisting of three parts had been confirmed, with the first part to be released in theaters in Japan on 2014.08.23. The aptly named first part of the trilogy, "Legend 1 -覚醒- (Awakening)" will be focusing on Takumi before he joins Project D. Basically it will be a re-adaptation of some of the First Stage plots. We've confirmed that it will include the first race of Takumi vs Keisuke. We don't know at this point whether or not the movie production team is going to change anything. We did notice the license plate for the 86 and FD had changed in the trailers/promo videos. We'll have to wait and find out more coming this summer.

So in short, there are two things to look forward to as an Initial D fan in the upcoming months. The Initial D Final Stage and the first part of the new Initial D movie trilogy.

For more information about the new movie, please visit the following links.

» Official New Initial D Movie Website: http://initiald-movie.com/
» New Initial D Movie Official Thread: https://idforums.net/index.php?showtopic=46060
» Initial D Final Stage Official Thread: https://idforums.net/index.php?showtopic=46458