Initial D Second Stage
頭文字〈イニシャル〉D SECOND STAGE
“Takumi's AE86 faces elite Emperor team's Lan Evos, testing his undefeated street-racing streak.”
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Takumi's AE86 faces elite Emperor team's Lan Evos, testing his undefeated street-racing streak.
Accumulating an impressive series of victories with his AE86, Takumi Fujiwara has imposed himself as street racing's newest rising star. However, his newly found confidence of winning at his home turf of Mount Akina has been put in jeopardy by a new Emperor team exclusively using a car model favored by most professional racing pilots: the Mitsubishi four-wheel drive Lancer Evolutions—also known as Lan Evos. The Emperor team leader, Kyouichi Sudou, looks down on Takumi and regards him as an inferior pilot for driving an antique car that lacks the makings of a true modern race car. Kyouichi's elitist philosophy is also the reason why his team is only made of Lan Evo drivers. Will Takumi be able to keep his perfect track record intact against the highly skilled and mechanically superior Emperor team, or does his hot streak end here?
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Derived from 24 sampled reviews
8.7/10
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MixedMostly aligned
σ 1.43 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
0.71Verbosity
Short · 38%
Medium · 42%
Long · 21%
Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9/10 “Second Stage delivers even more exhilarating race sequences thanks to cleaner, smoother artwork and a tighter storytelling focus, all while maintaining the emotional punch of First Stage in half...”
- 9/10 “The story remains compelling enough to binge-watch in one sitting, and the animation style serves as a refreshing change of pace from the typical shows currently airing. However, the drastic...”
- 10/10 “This is a very good anime that features a solid story, plenty of action, emotional depth, and impressive technical accuracy regarding car mechanics. While the characters are generally well-minded,...”
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-0164
- Format
- 13 × 23′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 4h 59m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Oct 1999 – Jan 2000
- Fall 1999
- Source
- Tv
- media type
- Rated
- PG
- 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref.
- BS-0164
- catalog