As for the names, the real (original) names of the characters are all Japanese (Ryosuke, Mako, Sayuki, Takumi, etc.) Those are from the original Initial D series from Japan.

TopkyoPop came out with "Americanized" Versions of the series for sale here in the U.S. under the TokyoPop label, but they redubbed the voiceovers and changed a lot of the names to American (or worse, shortened versions of the Japanese names) i.e. Takumi became "Tak", Keisuke became "K.T.", Mako became "Maya", etc. This coincides with the American version of Initial D: Arcade Stage (the arcade game). Many diehard fans of Initial D hate the TokyoPop version because even the music is different and the storyline was tweaked from the original.

So expanding on that, there's 2 versions of the Initial D DVD Series - the original (and IMO better) version, and the TokyoPop Americanized version. The original version is 4 sets of DVDs, the TokyoPop version they split it up into like 3 episodes per DVD or something so they can make more $$ I guess.

Also, there's 2 versions of the Initial D arcade game - Japanese (better, purer) and American (with the same TokyoPop American names).

Oh and if anyone says they have The 4th Stage DVDs they're lying - it's barely out now in Japan on National TV (the 4th Stage DVD's for sale on Ebay are just "prologue to 4th stage" and not the actual 4th series)

 

the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd [ movie ] .....hmm..theyre not that bad

pretty cool

 

where could i find the video game ive never seen them

 

Well, for home play there's Japanese games for PS, PS2, and Gameboy (I think) but they're all in Japanese and to use them on an American console you'd need some sort of mod chip. As for the arcade version,... try your local arcade, maybe?

Version 3 is the current... here's some info/pics to get you started on the hunt

http://www.coinopexpress.com/product...ames/Initial_D'_Arcade_Stage_Version_3_3666.html

 

the arcade game could be at any local arcade near u

 

no.. theres a girl drifting manga, its kinda ecchi but its still cool(she drives an s13 onevia), i was at a thai tea place and they had it just chillin there, alot of it was in kanji so i couldnt read it... i can read hiragana.. but its not like i know what it means.. cuz a freaking dictionary is stupidly expensive...

 

Its called Over Rev(!), go here and you can download a few of the mangas.
http://www.mangacity.net/main.php?page=overrev

 

oh yeah its really about a girl who drives an old style MR2

 

hmmm.. i could of sworn the one i read was about a onevia ?

 

In this series her friend drives a sivlia, the guy who tought her how to drift drives a skyline, there is another girl with an EG6 Civic (like in Initial D). And there are so many other cars from europe. Also It isn't just about drifting, she drags and she also does freeway racing.

 

but does she have sex too?

 

The Girl with the Silvia does. Comic number 2

 

ok.. thats the one i read.. iono why i remeber it as a onevia buhh ohh well.. still a cool comic none the less

 

I printed the ones that I downloaded already, and my friends are asking where I got them from.

 

http://ae86masa.hp.infoseek.co.jp/Ov.../character.jpg
http://ae86masa.hp.infoseek.co.jp/Ov...character2.jpg
here are the main characters.