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Oct 10, 2007 7:15 AM

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I just watched the 1st ep and its great! an old show, but most old shows are better then the newer ones :)

Oct 10, 2007 7:47 AM

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Yeah it's old but if you're a car fanatic (like me) and enjoy tuning a bit then it's definitely fun to watch.

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Oct 10, 2007 8:18 AM

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I watched the beginning and didn't much like it. I'm not hugely into cars or anything, so that may be part of it, but I thought it seemed pretty generic and predictable - not the least bit exciting. And I couldn't get past the art style either.

Nov 22, 2007 9:33 AM

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Krelian said:
And I couldn't get past the art style either.

yeah OB Planning has a weird art-style for almost everything except the 3d cars (omg they are great!)

Nov 22, 2007 10:06 AM

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I love Initial D

Nov 22, 2007 10:07 AM

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Its a must watch for every car lover :p <3 it

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Nov 22, 2007 10:10 AM

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Initial D is great. Ive seen all 3 seasons and the movie. Great stuff... and it gets even better later on. Unfortunately the animation does not. I think the story has great feel to it but i think they could have dont better with the character designs and the animation. i feel like im looking at a clown whenever you see Tak's best friend.. wtf is with that outline around his lips... -_-U

Jul 23, 2008 11:40 PM

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7rZ-SxlFLE

i was a big fan of para para paradise and was a paralist, so the music pretty much sold me into this anime

Aug 23, 2008 5:15 AM

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I fnid it one of most addicting anime ever made.

Mar 15, 2009 1:03 PM

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I just started this and I am already up to episode 17. I really love this series. :D

Aug 14, 2009 3:01 PM

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The animation style is different but true to the manga. I'm into car so this series kicks ass for me.

Apr 23, 2010 5:09 AM

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I think it's super awesome so far.
The songs are good, the animation's cool and every episode's interesting.

May 2, 2010 8:33 PM

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its one of the best shows ive seen...seat gripping stuff

May 21, 2010 11:23 AM

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MASARUwota said:
I just watched the 1st ep and its great! an old show, but most old shows are better then the newer ones :)

I like better First Stage than the Other.. stage.... 2 to final stage is very boring already T_T

May 27, 2011 10:16 PM

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I saw it around 2002 in a fansub version, and it was pretty awesome. I tried watching it again a couple years ago, in the TokyoPop version, and it was abysmal. They completely butchered the show. Including cheap, cheesy video toaster effects on the scene cut transitions that completely ruin any kind of flow or tension during the race scenes. Absolutely unwatchable. Did anyone else have the misfortune of dealing with the version from TokyoPop?

Nov 25, 2011 9:14 PM

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I'm loving it

Jan 8, 2012 12:06 AM

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I fnid it one of most addicting anime ever made.

Yup, and it has one of the highest rewatch values too. At least for me. :D

Apr 12, 2017 5:49 PM

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fuk yeah i could watch this all day and all night

Sonic X is basically an isekai

Jun 25, 2017 12:46 PM

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I used to hate cars but Initial D made me hate them less
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Oct 13, 2017 10:12 PM

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Loved it. Slow start but incredible finish. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

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Jan 16, 2019 3:27 AM

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It's a good series- I'm into cars, but even apart from that I'm pretty sure I'd find in entertaining (tbh as someone interested in cars, the ham-fisted info-dumps about "Haha you bought an Ae85? That's funny because, as everyone knows, duel overhead cam are higher HP and better power-to-weight ratio than out-dated single overhead cam! what are you, stupid?" are pretty cringey)

But my god, the art! Like I said, it's a good series, but a lot of it looks like a middle-school kid drew it. Those weird, frog-mouth expressions the characters do, and just the faces in general- they make them all look literally retarded (especially the girls), like they're the Down's Syndrome bosozuko racing club or something.

Initial D and Elfen Lied are at the top of my "Big Name, Popular Animes With God-Awful, Shit-tier Art" list (except Initial D is actually good despite the art, unlike Elfen Lied)

Jul 28, 2019 5:00 AM

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I liked it! I wasn't into cars, however, I enjoyed it a lot, it made it to my favorites, even.

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