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Initial D

Initial D (Japanese: 頭文字（イニシャル） D, Hepburn: Inisharu Dī) is a Japanese street racing manga series written and illustrated by Shuichi Shigeno. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Magazine from 1995 to 2013, with the chapters collected into 48 tankōbon volumes. The story focuses on the world of illegal Japanese street racing…

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Genre
Action · Coming-of-age · Sports
Directed by
Shin Misawa · Shin'ichi Masaki · Shishi Yamaguchi · Fumitsugu Yamaguchi · Tsuneo Tominaga
English network
AUS: Adult Swim · SEA: Animax Asia
English publisher
NA: Tokyopop (former)Kodansha USA (current) · Tokyopop (former) · Kodansha USA (current)
Episodes
26 (List of episodes) · 13 (List of episodes) · 2 (List of episodes) · 24 (List of episodes) · 14 (List of episodes)
Further information
Studio Comet · Studio Gallop · AUS: Madman Entertainment · NA: Tokyopop (former)Crunchyroll (current) · Tokyopop (former)

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Initial D

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Edges98
Triples230
Avg. degree1.98
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related to Video games · 48
Initial D → AA, AAX, ALLS, Another Stage, Arcade, Arcade Stage, Arcade Stage Ver, Arcade Stage Zero, ArcadeInitial, Collectible Card Game, Collectible Card GameInitial, Extreme Stage, Fastest Typing, Gaiden, Game BoyInitial, GBAInitial, Infinity, Initial, Kai, Kanto Project
related to Manga · 28
Initial D → Arcade Stage, As, August, ComiXology, Crunchyroll, December, English, In, In April, In August, In North America, Initial, January, July, Kinokuniya Books, Kodansha, Kodansha USA, March, May, November
related to Live-action film · 25
Initial D → Alan Mak, Andrew Lau, Asia, Best Picture, Despite, Edison Chen, Golden Horse Awards, Group, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Film Awards, Hong Kong's Media Asia, In October, Infernal Affairs, Initial, It, Japan's Avex Inc, Jay Chou, June, Ryosuke Takahashi, Shawn Yue
related to Anime · 19
Initial D → April, Avex, Avex Entertainment, December, Extra Stage, First Stage, Fuji TV, Initial, It, January, November, OB Planning, October, OVA, Pastel, Second Stage, Studio Comet, Studio Gallop, The
Further information · 16
Initial D → AUS: Adult Swim, AUS: Madman Entertainment, Crunchyroll (current), Hiroshi Toda, Initial D (2005), NA: Crunchyroll, NA: Tokyopop (former)Crunchyroll (current), New Initial D (2014–2016), Nobuaki Kishima, Pastel (3DCG Production), SEA: Animax Asia, SEA: Medialink, Studio Comet, Studio Deen, Studio Gallop, Tokyopop (former)
related to Reception · 15
Initial D → Americanize, Anime News Network, Bamboo Dong, By April, By July, English, English-language, I've, Initial, Japanese, Similar, Some, The Anime Review, Tokyopop, Tokyopop's
related to External links · 11
Initial D → Animax, Anime News Network's, Arcade Stage Version, Avex, Fifth Stage, Initial, Japanese, Kodansha's, Sega, SegaNorth America Premier, Website
Studio · 7
Initial D → A.C.G.T, Pastel, Pastel (3DCG Production), Studio Comet, Studio Deen, Studio Gallop, SynergySP
Directed by · 6
Initial D → Fumitsugu Yamaguchi, Mitsuo Hashimoto, Shin Misawa, Shin'ichi Masaki, Shishi Yamaguchi, Tsuneo Tominaga
Episodes · 6
Initial D → 13 (List of episodes), 14 (List of episodes), 2 (List of episodes), 24 (List of episodes), 26 (List of episodes), 4 (List of episodes)

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Initial DDirected byShin Misawa1.00infobox
Initial DDirected byShin'ichi Masaki1.00infobox
Initial DDirected byShishi Yamaguchi1.00infobox
Initial DDirected byFumitsugu Yamaguchi1.00infobox
Initial DDirected byTsuneo Tominaga1.00infobox
Initial DDirected byMitsuo Hashimoto1.00infobox
Initial DEnglish networkAUS: Adult Swim1.00infobox
Initial DEnglish networkSEA: Animax Asia1.00infobox
Initial DEnglish publisherNA: Tokyopop (former)Kodansha USA (current)1.00infobox
Initial DEnglish publisherTokyopop (former)1.00infobox
Initial DEnglish publisherKodansha USA (current)1.00infobox
Initial DEpisodes26 (List of episodes)1.00infobox
Initial DEpisodes13 (List of episodes)1.00infobox
Initial DEpisodes2 (List of episodes)1.00infobox
Initial DEpisodes24 (List of episodes)1.00infobox
Initial DEpisodes14 (List of episodes)1.00infobox
Initial DEpisodes4 (List of episodes)1.00infobox
Initial DFurther informationStudio Comet1.00infobox
Initial DFurther informationStudio Gallop1.00infobox
Initial DFurther informationAUS: Madman Entertainment1.00infobox
Initial DFurther informationNA: Tokyopop (former)Crunchyroll (current)1.00infobox
Initial DFurther informationTokyopop (former)1.00infobox
Initial DFurther informationCrunchyroll (current)1.00infobox
Initial DFurther informationSEA: Medialink1.00infobox
Initial DFurther informationAUS: Adult Swim1.00infobox
Initial DFurther informationSEA: Animax Asia1.00infobox
Initial DFurther informationHiroshi Toda1.00infobox
Initial DFurther informationNobuaki Kishima1.00infobox
Initial DFurther informationStudio Deen1.00infobox
Initial DFurther informationPastel (3DCG Production)1.00infobox

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