“New Initial D the Movie Legend 1: Awakening” to Be Broadcast; Digest Video Also Announced

© Shuichi Shigeno / Kodansha Ltd. / 2014 New Initial D the Movie Legend L2 Production Committee

The New Initial D the Movie Legend 1: Awakening film is to be broadcast ahead of the opening of the sequel, New Initial D the Movie Legend 2: Racer, on Saturday, May 23.

Initial D is a popular manga series created by Shuichi Shigeno that was serialized in Weekly Young Jump (Shueisha). It finished in 2013, selling over 48.6 million copies in 48 volumes, and also launched the “car boom.”

New Initial D the Movie Legend 1: Awakening was made for the 35th anniversary of Weekly Young Magazine. It was decided that a trilogy would be made, and the first part was released on Aug. 23, 2014. Mamoru Miyano plays the role of protagonist Takumi Fujiwara, and Junichi Suwabe plays his rival Takeshi Nakazato. There is also an illustrious line-up of voice actors that includes Shuhei Sakaguchi, Yuichi Nakamura, and Daisuke Ono.

The second film, New Initial D the Movie Legend 2: Racer, will depict the confrontation between Fujiwara and Nakazato. As an extreme battle between the Toyota AE86 and the GT-R will unfold, the film is highly anticipated by fans.

The broadcast of Legend 1 will be on Tokyo MX and Animax. The Tokyo MX broadcast will take place on Friday, May 22, and on Animax the film will be broadcast three times: on Sunday, May 17, as well as the following Sunday, May 24, and Saturday, June 20.

Furthermore, at screenings of New Initial D the Movie Legend 2: Racer, a digest film recapping the events of part one will be shown alongside the film. This digest film will be shown ahead of the movie and will summarize the events of Legend 1 in 3 minutes.

New Initial D the Movie Legend

© Shuichi Shigeno / Kodansha Ltd. / 2014 New Initial D the Movie Legend L2 Production Committee

Source: animeanime

© Shuichi Shigeno / Kodansha Ltd. / 2014 New Initial D the Movie Legend L2 Production Committee
© Shuichi Shigeno / Kodansha Ltd. / 2014 New Initial D the Movie Legend L2 Production Committee
© Shuichi Shigeno / Kodansha Ltd. / 2014 New Initial D the Movie Legend L2 Production Committee
© Shuichi Shigeno / Kodansha Ltd. / 2014 New Initial D the Movie Legend L2 Production Committee
© Shuichi Shigeno / Kodansha Ltd. / 2014 New Initial D the Movie Legend L2 Production Committee
© Shuichi Shigeno / Kodansha Ltd. / 2014 New Initial D the Movie Legend L2 Production Committee
© Shuichi Shigeno / Kodansha Ltd. / 2014 New Initial D the Movie Legend L2 Production Committee
© Shuichi Shigeno / Kodansha Ltd. / 2014 New Initial D the Movie Legend L2 Production Committee
© Shuichi Shigeno / Kodansha Ltd. / 2014 New Initial D the Movie Legend L2 Production Committee
© Shuichi Shigeno / Kodansha Ltd. / 2014 New Initial D the Movie Legend L2 Production Committee

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