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“Compilation OVA of Initial D's street races, preserving original dialogue without new plot.”
Initial D Battle Stage
頭文字〈イニシャル〉D BATTLE STAGE
7.59
1,778 rank · 43,094 viewers · 120 favorites
Action
Drama
Racing
Seinen
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Synopsis
Compilation OVA of Initial D's street races, preserving original dialogue without new plot.
There are many street races in the Initial D Series. This OVA has no plot other than to collect all the street races into one stage. The dialog during the original races is left in.
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Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
7.5
/10
What 2 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 7
σ 0.50
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Strong agreement
σ 0.50 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.50
Running avg · Mar 2009 → Jul 2009
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Does exactly what is says on the tin, a compilation of all the races during the first 3 seasons of Initial D. The earlier races in the season have benefitted from advances made in CGI and have been...”
- 7 “If you want to watch only the action packed part of Initial D and refresh your memory this is what you need to watch. Basically there is no story. The whole 40 minutes is a simple copy and paste of...”
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Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
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- Format 1 × 52′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 52m all episodes
- Aired May 2002 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-0743 catalog
Produced by
- OB Planning Producer
- Fuji TV Producer