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I just feel that they don’t have enough individual exploration and seem to be only used as a comparison tool to our main characters. I understand the characters from the other teams have more elaboration in the manga, but the anime does enough to express how this character compares and contrasts with either Ryosuke, Keisuke and Takumi. Even if the chances are at a small percentage, he will bank everything on it. Because of this, the races are harder with the higher level of competition and harsher course conditions, so Ryosuke always thinks of ways in which they can and will win. Their new rivals take racing seriously and express the same passion to a more distinct extent than previous rival teams. To some extent, you can say this is more or less an extension of 4th stage since the focus is still on Project D. professionals, and its up to Ryosuke, Keisuke, and Takumi to show that there is a world of difference between the track circuits and the mountain passes.
#INITIAL D ARCADE STAGE 8 TOOLS DRIVERS#
So where does this leave Project D after beating the Purple Mountain? Their next conquest leads them to Kanagawa, a prefecture south of Tokyo which is known for having the best street racers in the nation to the point that some of the drivers are trained and active At the same time, his father is giving him props for trying such a technique and acknowledges his progress. Though he is progressing, he still is trying to figure things out. Taking place where 4th stage leaves off, Takumi on his deliveries is practicing at the one-handed steering technique of his final opponent from the last season. When an anime I used to enjoy immensely changes into something I need willpower to sit down and watch, I cannot give it a better score.
#INITIAL D ARCADE STAGE 8 TOOLS SERIES#
It took a lot of willpower to not drop the series after the fifth season,īut it took even more to not drop it within the sixth one, or skip to the last episode. This coupled with less and less interesting opponents, lead to the last two seasons in particular becoming a drag to watch. Where in the first two seasons there were normal races mixed in with bunny races, starting with the Third Stage, the series was all-bunny race all the way, and it shows in the uncreative ways the races end.Īfter this point 90% of the races seem to be decided by spin-out, which made every race's conclusion more boring than the one's before. Last but not least, the pacing of the races: The clunky 3D-animated cars of the first season are something I longed for all throughout the last three seasons, since it allowed for long, smooth shots of drifting cars, but even this seems to have been above the budget of the series at this point. Since the Anime was serialized in a very unusual pay-per-view way in the last two seasons. This is probably due to harsh budget constraints, The animation quality dropped extremely over the course of the series, after peaking in the second and third season. In the last two seasons, it is monotone and boring, and much more about pseudo-philosophy than about technique. Where in the earlier seasons the commentary from former rivals on the roadside was ecstatic and interesting, hyping up the race even more, two seasons, less and less attention was put into these cool moments. Where in earlier seasons the anime revels in showing drifts, and mixing up closeups on the steering wheel and pedals with shots of drifting tires and the rear of the car coming very close to the guardrails, all while awesome eurobeat music is playing, The first 2 seasons are amazing, and the third one (movie) is very good!Īfter that the quality drops quickly though. Since the reviews here are all extremely positive, and since I watched the last two seasons back to back, I'm gonna review them both.įirst of all, for anyone who has not yet watched the series: