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New Initial D the Movie Legend 1 Film's Digest Video Streamed
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
Initial D: The Movie Legend 1: Awakening) film on Friday. The video compiles scenes from the first film in the new Initial D film trilogy ahead of the second film's opening in Japan on May 23.
The first film opened in Japan in August and Shin Gekijō-ban Initial D Legend 2 -Tōsō- (New Initial D the Movie Legend 2: Racer), will receive a "Fujiwara Tofu Store" sticker.
The film trilogy retells the beginning of the story from Gunma Prefecture issue challenges to Takumi to see if he really has what it takes to be a road legend.
The cast from the first film is returning for the second, with Shochiku is distributing them.
Shigeno's original manga follows Takumi Fujiwara, a high school boy with a talent for driving, in his racing pursuits on the public highways. The manga ended the manga in 2013. The manga has more than 48 million copies in circulation.
The manga inspired several television anime series (ran in 2012), a live-action film, several original video anime projects, and a successful game line. The manga's final battles have also been adapted into an anime series called Final Stage.
