![]() ![]() Takumi sounded like a 40-year-old man in the original series (really, what the hell was up with that?), whereas here he actually sounds like a teenager. Takumi's new voice actor is also a far better fit. Speedlines are far more effective than bouncy bouncy CG cars rolling around. ![]() I can hardly fault the original series for its CG considering the money situation is very different between TV series and movies, but it is still an upgrade nonetheless. The CG in Kakusei, on the other hand, is thankfully kept to the bare minimum. First Stage was admittedly pretty rough-looking with its cheap CG during the races, which often detracted from the experience and made it resemble some sort of weird PS2 game. Let me first mention the positives before I start complaining: Initial D Kakusei looks fantastic. And look nice it does, although the movie has lost far more than it has gained. (you have my condolences) to get into the series with its pretty new visuals. I suppose it exists as a way for anime fans who detest anything from before the 2000's I'm not entirely sure why Initial D is being remade since 1998 isn't exactly what I would consider to be 'old'. Does that mean the movie itself sucks? Not necessarily, though it is beyond any doubt a disappointment. ![]() It is yet another sort of compilation movie, an inferior version of the TV series that came before. Initial D's movie retelling- itself an adaptation of an adaptation- is not one that aims to reinvent the series it is based on. The anime industry sure likes to reuse content, huh? With a bit of coercion, Takumi takes the wheel of the AE86 and heads off to Mount Akina to defend the pride of all racers in Akina. The only way the Speed Stars can stand a chance against them is if they can get the panda-colored AE86 to join their team. When the Akagi team appears one night to challenge the Speed Stars to an exchange race, they accept the challenge only to find out that they are completely outclassed. His early morning routine takes him up and down Mount Akina, where he has memorized every hairpin, brake point, and turn better than anyone else. He fails to understand the "rush" that racers experience and any talk of cars reminds him of the tofu deliveries he makes for his father in an old AE86. While his friend Itsuki Takeuchi is obsessed with cars and racing, Takumi Fujiwara is not. He anticipates that the competition will lure the elusive "Ghost of Akina" out into the open and give him the opportunity to exact revenge for his previous defeat. Resolving to defeat this phantom, Keisuke mobilizes the Akagi Red Suns to take on the local Akina Speed Stars racing team in an exchange race. ![]() One foggy morning, a black and white Toyota AE86 flies past Keisuke Takahashi's Mazda RX7 on Mount Akina, making him believe he has seen the ghost of a racer who died on the mountain. ![]()
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