Completed Anime
Initial D Fifth Stage

“Project D faces Kanagawa's elite racers and their "Four Lines of Defense" in ultimate street racing showdown.”

Initial D Fifth Stage

8.11
556 rank · 171,240 viewers · 818 favorites
Action Drama Racing Seinen
14 episodes · 27 min per ep min · Fall 2012 · SynergySP · PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Synopsis

Project D faces Kanagawa's elite racers and their "Four Lines of Defense" in ultimate street racing showdown.

After earning a series of difficult victories in the prefectures of Tochigi, Saitama, and Ibaraki, the drivers of Project D—an amateur street driving group led by ex-street driver and expert tactician Ryousuke Takahashi—Takumi Fujiwara and Keisuke Takahashi now have to take Project D to the next level: the Kanagawa prefecture, commonly known as the holy land of street racing. Their opponents, members of the three best street racing teams of Kanagawa, design an elaborate strategy called the "Four Lines of Defense" to put a definitive end to the ambitions of Project D. Meanwhile, Takumi feels he needs to refine his driving skills to overcome the last victory against Toshiya Joushima that he only just managed to snatch. The moment of truth has now come for Project D, which carries with it the hopes of the Gunma Prefecture; will they manage to thwart the surprising tactics of the skilled street racers of Kanagawa?

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Derived from 21 sampled reviews

6.0 /10

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67% recommend
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median 5 mode 5 σ 2.17
1510
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σ 2.17 · split reception

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The polarity gap

6.2 pts

Recommenders 8.8 · others 2.7

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↓ 3.05

Running avg · Jul 2014 → Jun 2025

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A Tv Production · Fall 2012

SynergySP.
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Avex Entertainment · Animax

  • Format 14 × 27′ eps × min
  • Total runtime 6h 18m all episodes
  • Aired Nov 2012 – May 2013 Fall 2012
  • Source Tv media type
  • Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
  • Ref. BS-7188 catalog

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