Initial D!

[rx7gt]

Just thought would let you all know the cult classic movie the Initial D is on sbs 2 tonight. This is the movie that helped start the whole drifting craze!! 9pm

[-Jimmy-]

This movie isn't the thing that started the craze of drifting Maybe the Japanese cartoon.

[GoldZilla]

This is the movie based on the whole drifting craze, not the movie that started it!

And the movie is based on the comic book and (later) the cartoon series, but even they came after the whole scene had been around for at least a few years...

[nickcorr]

and interstingly enough, it's actually a Hong Kong Chinese film in Cantonese, staring a Taiwanese guy...

[Mayuri Krab]

Man this brings back good old memories, the initial D anime series is what got me interested in the skylines in the 1st place.

The 4 circle tail lights of that black R32 GT-R just stood out from all those other cars that had those ugly squarish lights .

Too bad they only gave the R32 a minor role in the anime, where the dude who drove it sucks & keeps on crashing it (twice, I recall; once against the AE86, the other time against a EVO IV)

The skyline returned in a R34 GTT & GT-R in stage 4, but those were only shown for a couple of episodes (in the case of the GT-T more like just a couple of screen shots...)

EDIT: I'm gonna watch the entire series again, its somewhere on my 1TB external HDD...

Edited August 13, 2009 by Mayuri Krab

[-RBD2-]

im bringing my kid up on these kinds of cartoons,cartoons these days are utter shite

i might even suggest to the missus that we should call him tak...

[zei20l]

its a pretty good movie, and kinda keeps to the story line!

i didnt mind it at all!

[CL11QE]

yeh me and Nick stayed up and watched it together last night LOL

[MyStag260]

The anime ones direct from japan where cool, but they did some stupid CGI version of the car racing when they brought it over here.

And i'll second the "todays cartoons suck!" every damn cartoon i watch has been created entirely for the purpose of selling stupid cards or toys. X-Men, Batman, Intial-D, Ninja Scroll, transformers (okay done by a toy maker but still) these were real cartoons that had interesting relationships and some technicalities to them.

Oh and Cowboy Bebop is an unreal anime series if anyone is looking for good ones to see.

[zei20l]

yeh me and Nick stayed up and watched it together last night LOL

did you guys hug after as well?

[iamhe77]

The anime ones direct from japan where cool, but they did some stupid CGI version of the car racing when they brought it over here.

And i'll second the "todays cartoons suck!" every damn cartoon i watch has been created entirely for the purpose of selling stupid cards or toys. X-Men, Batman, Intial-D, Ninja Scroll, transformers (okay done by a toy maker but still) these were real cartoons that had interesting relationships and some technicalities to them.

Oh and Cowboy Bebop is an unreal anime series if anyone is looking for good ones to see.

So you are bringing kids up on Ninja Scroll?

[msports180]

I might raise mine on robot chicken?

[MyStag260]

So you are bringing kids up on Ninja Scroll?

hahaha no maybe when they are a little older

[Stinky Rooster]

Not ALL kids animation sucks!

shaun the sheep FTW

*edit - my favouritw ep EVER

[GoldZilla]

yeh me and Nick stayed up and watched it together last night LOL

did you guys hug after as well?

We sent e-hugs to each other, Iain - you jealous?

[zei20l]

yeah a little!! im kinda cut i didnt receive one

[CL11QE]

See us C34 drivers are there for each other, we dont discriminate, even though we are s1 & s2

[pyro-ns]

The anime ones direct from japan where cool, but they did some stupid CGI version of the car racing when they brought it over here.

And i'll second the "todays cartoons suck!" every damn cartoon i watch has been created entirely for the purpose of selling stupid cards or toys. X-Men, Batman, Intial-D, Ninja Scroll, transformers (okay done by a toy maker but still) these were real cartoons that had interesting relationships and some technicalities to them.

Oh and Cowboy Bebop is an unreal anime series if anyone is looking for good ones to see.

Not quire sure what you've seen, but if you like Cowboy Bebop, you'll love Ghost in The Shell and Trigun.

The girl and I are currently hacking into One Piece as well. She wasn't a big anime person before she met me, but we've just hit around ep 250 of One Piece now.

Also try out Sumari Champloo. It's short (only 26 eps) but the story is VERY good! Couple of laughs thrown in there as well.

[Mayuri Krab]

So you are bringing kids up on Ninja Scroll?

X2

MyStag260 you must be an awesome parent LOL

[-RBD2-]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9NoZ5I04ic

or maybe this one for the kiddies...