Tuesday 8 November 2011

Inital D (Mangga, Anime to Cinema)

Initial D is a 2005 Hong Kong film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It is a film adaptation of the Japanese Initial D manga and anime series.

Taking place in the Gunma prefecture in Japan, the film concerns a young tofu-delivery driver named Takumi Fujiwara, trained from a young age and way before he could drive to deliver tofu to the peak of Mt Akina. He had been trained to an incredible level of skill in taking on the five hairpin corners plus using the gutter techniques of Mt. Akina (Mt. Haruna in real-life). The film chronicles his evolution from an uninterested delivery boy into a hardened tōge racer, also showing how he learns techniques of racing without affecting his delivery load.

Takumi drives his father, Bunta Fujiwara's Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX (AE86) which is seemingly unmodified but is perfectly suited for the downhill corners of Mt. Akina, which gains the attention of local street racers all across the prefecture. Some ultimately challenge Takumi to races on Akina's downhill, including Takeshi Nakazato who leads the NightKids team and drives a Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32). Ryosuke Takahashi, leader of the RedSuns team and a driver of the Mazda RX-7 (FC) helps out Takumi along the way by giving him advice and teaching him about car mechanics. Takumi agrees to race Ryosuke in three weeks. 

Well, the rest of the story you have to watch it for yourself. ^_^.. Love this movie. It is the best mangga to movie made so far I have seen.  I am really dissapointed with other mangga to movie made such as Dragon Ball and Avatar: The Last Airbender.  I was expecting more from those movies but.. well, you know larr..

Major characters

·                    Jay Chou as Takumi Fujiwara
·                    Anthony Wong as Bunta Fujiwara
·                    Edison Chen as Ryosuke Takahashi
·                    Anne Suzuki as Natsuki Mogi
·                    Shawn Yue as Takeshi Nakazato
·                    Chapman To as Itsuki Tachibana
·                    Kenny Bee as Yuichi Tachibana
·                    Jordan Chan as Kyouichi Sudou
·                    Will Liu as Seiji Iwaki (Kyouichi's partner)

Oh ya, Initial D will releasing it’s second sequal around 2012, Initial D 2. I’m crossing my fingers.. hee ^_^








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