New Initial D the Movie

New Initial D
Theatrical release poster
新劇場版「頭文字D」
Genre	Car racing
Anime film series
Directed by	Masamitsu Hidaka Tomohito Naka (co-director)
Written by	Mayori Sekijima
Music by	Akio Dobashi
Studio	Sanzigen & Liden Films
Released	Legend 1: Awakening August 23, 2014 Legend 2: Racer May 23, 2015 Legend 3: Dream February 6, 2016
Runtime	70 minutes (each)
Films	3

New Initial D (新劇場版「頭文字D」, Shin Gekijō-ban Inisharu Dī^?, lit. Initial D: New Theatrical Edition) is a 2014 - 2016 Japanese anime film series based on the manga series Initial D by Shuichi Shigeno. The movie is a retelling of the early stages of the manga and is split into three parts with the first part, Legend 1: Awakening released on August 23, 2014. The full trailer was revealed on 16 May 2014, containing an entirely new cast.

Part 2 of the series, named Legend 2: Racer, was released on May 23, 2015 and part 3 of the series, named Legend 3: Dream, was released on February 6, 2016.

The movie opens with Koichiro Iketani driving on his way home on Akina, where he witnesses an impromptu battle between Keisuke Takahashi of the Akagi RedSuns and a mysterious Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 (known simply as "Eight-Six"), which outmaneuvers and defeats Keisuke.

The next day, at a gas station, Iketani invites his co-workers Takumi Fujiwara and Itsuki Takeuchi to a meet with his street racing team, the Akina Speedstars, on Akina. Later that night, they find that the Akagi Red Suns and the Akina Speedstars were already there. Keisuke constantly wanted to hunt down and challenge the "monstrous" Eight-Six whereas Ryosuke, Keisuke's brother and leader of the Red Suns, uses the meet to initiate his plans to dominate the Kanto region. During their practice, the Speedstars are outmaneuvered by the Redsuns' driving techniques, but this doesn't stop Iketani from trying to keep up. While doing so, he strikes a sharp bump on the road, making him lose control, and crash.