History Trivia / InitialD

!!The games have example of:
* DuelingGames: With VideoGame/WanganMidnight
* RealSongThemeTune: Numerous Eurobeat tracks pepper the Japanese versions of the game.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Tokyopop had big plans for Initial D, which according to reports, was being eyed as their "marquee title". Indeed, other reports claimed that TP was intending to market it as "''Anime/SpeedRacer''" for a new generation. They licensed it with the intention of turning it into a multi-media franchise. Besides a TV broadcast of the anime, it would have included various merchandise such as die-cast cars, video games, and "comics". North America did get all three, but besides there being no franchise to speak of, the comics were of course the original manga (i.e., which came first, and has ended in summer of 2013), which had been changed to be more like the anime, all because TP was going for "a younger audience than Japan". The "[[IncrediblyLamePun initial]]" DVD release had even been delayed because TP was trying to get the show on TV. Tokyopop did manage to get a CollectibleCardGame licensed and released...

** Additionally, they wanted even more significant changes including, but not limited to: removing the kanji from the show's logo and the car, changing "tofu" delivery to "pizza" delivery, and having Takumi renamed "Jeffery" because it was "[[ViewersAreMorons easier to pronounce]]". In the end the translators elected to give everyone the "nicknames" used in the English versions of the Arcade Stage games. As a result, "Takumi" became "Tak", for instance.

* TheRedStapler: The [=AE86=] has cropped up in ''TokyoHighwayBattle'' (or ''TokyoXtremeRacer'') , ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'', ''ForzaMotorsport'' (where it also shows up as the icon for the Drift events), and ''Juiced'', among other games.

** Creator/TomokazuSeki - Voices Keisuke Takahashi. Also voiced Domon Kasshu in Anime/MobileFighterGGundam and Yzak Joule in Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED, as well as the deceased Devil Z driver of ''Manga/WanganMidnight''.

** Creator/MitsuoIwata - Voices Itsuki Takeuchi. You may recognize him as the voice of [[LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana Marchosias]]

** Creator/ShinichiroMiki - Voices Takumi Fujiwara. Would go on to voice Lockon Stratos in {{Anime/MobileSuitGundam00}}.
** Creator/TomokazuSeki - Voices Keisuke Takahashi. Also voiced Domon Kasshu in Anime/MobileFighterGGundam and Yzak Joule in Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED.

** Creator/TakehitoKoyasu - Voices Ryousuke Takahashi. Also voiced Zechs Marquise/[[spoiler:Milliardo Peacecraft]] in Anime/GundamWing and Mu La Flaga/[[spoiler:Neo Roanoke]] in Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED

** Creator/TakehitoKoyasu - Voices Ryousuke Takahashi. Also voiced Zechs Marquise/[[spoiler:Milliardo Peacecraft]] in GundamWing and Mu La Flaga/[[spoiler:Neo Roanoke]] in GundamSEED.
** Creator/ShinichiroMiki - Voices Takumi Fujiwara. Would go on to voice Lockon Stratos in Gundam00.
** Creator/TomokazuSeki - Voices Keisuke Takahashi. Also voiced Domon Kasshu in GGundam and Yzak Joule in GundamSEED.
** Creator/NobuyukiHiyama (Takeshi Nakazato) and Creator/KeijiFujiwara (Shingo Shoji) of the Night Kids transfered in from [[The08thMSTeam The 08MS Team]].
** Creator/MitsuoIwata - Voices Itsuki Takeuchi. You may recognize him as the voice of [[ShakuganNoShana Marchosias]]

** On the English front (assuming you're watching the Funimation dub) we have [[LightNovel/{{Baccano}} Jacuzzi]] as Takumi, [[{{xxxHolic}} Watanuki and Doumeki]] as Keisuke and Ryosuke, and [[{{SpiceAndWolf}} Holo]] as Natsuki.
** In Arcade Stage 6 AA - [[spoiler:[[Creator/YuuichiNakamura KAORI!]] [[{{Gundam00}} I LOVE YOU!]]]]

** The fact that Battle Stage 2 wasn't picked up is a little disappointing because people will question [[spoiler:what happened in those two hillclimb races in Fourth Stage that were not shown, ''especially'' the race against Sakai which was a pretty important race.]]

* TheRedStapler: The [=AE86=] has cropped up in ''TokyoHighwayBattle'' (or ''TokyoXtremeRacer'') , ''GranTurismo'', ''ForzaMotorsport'' (where it also shows up as the icon for the Drift events), and ''Juiced'', among other games.

* EnforcedMethodActing: How did they get Itsuki's voice actor to act properly scared while dubbing the scenes when he rides along with Takumi in the [=AE86=]? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r78ShGPQwQ By making him ride along with Keiichi Tsuchiya, the guy Takumi is partially based on, in his own AE86]].

* EnforcedMethodActing: How did they get Itsuki's voice actor to act properly scared while dubbing the scene when he rides along with Takumi in the [=AE86=]? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r78ShGPQwQ By making him ride along with Keiichi Tsuchiya, the guy Takumi is partially based on, in his own AE86]].

* EnforcedMethodActing: How did they get Itsuki's voice actor to act properly scared while dubbing the scene when he rides along with Takumi on the [=AE86=]? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r78ShGPQwQ By making him ride along with Keiichi Tsuchiya, the guy Takumi is partially based on, on his own AE86]].

* EnforcedMethodActing: Sort of. How did they get Itsuki's voice actor to act properly scared while dubbing the scene when he rides along with Takumi on the [=AE86=]? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r78ShGPQwQ By making him ride along with Keiichi Tsuchiya, the guy Takumi is partially based on, on his own AE86]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Tokyopop had big plans for Initial D, which according to reports, was being eyed as their "marquee title". Indeed, other reports claimed that TP was intending to market it as "''Anime/SpeedRacer''" for a new generation. They licensed it with the intention of turning it into a multi-media franchise. Besides a TV broadcast of the anime, it would have included various merchandise such as die-cast cars, video games, and "comics". North America did get all three, but besides there being no franchise to speak of, the comics were of course the original manga (i.e., which came first, and has ended in summer of 2013), which had been changed to be more like the anime, all because TP was going for "a younger audience than Japan". The "[[IncrediblyLamePun initial]]" DVD release had even been delayed because TP was trying to get the show on TV. Tokyopop did manage to get a CollectibleCardGame licensed and released...

** ToshiyukiMorikawa - Voices Todou-Juku member Daiki Ninomiya. Also voiced Shagia Frost from ''[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]]''.
** HiroyukiYoshino - Before he voiced [[Anime/{{MobileSuitGundam00}} Allelujah/Hallelujah]], he provided the voice of Sakamoto.

** ShinichiroMiki - Voices Takumi Fujiwara. Would go on to voice Lockon Stratos in Gundam00.

!!''Initial D Arcade Stage'' provides examples of:
* BadExportForYou: The Japanese version of Initial D 4 introduced national online battles and the ability to change data on your save card online via cellphone or computer, among other things. The Japanese version of Initial D 5 introduced special Japan-wide events that would let you unlock [[CosmeticAward special parts]]/paint jobs. None of these features made it into the English release of ''4'' (And then they went and took auras away from the English version too starting with 4.
** The newest EXP version of 5 (2.0) has auras and the return of the avatar feature.
* NoExportForYou: Special Stage for the [=PS2=], Extreme Stage for the [=PS3=], and the English versions of Arcade Stage 5 and Arcade Stage 6. The console games were never released in English, although Extreme Stage can be easily imported. The English versions of Arcade Stage 5 and 6 have not seen a release outside of Asia.
** Initial D Arcade Stage 6 AA is supposedly slated for a "Worldwide" release according to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vt-D9Z_U0o this video]]

** MitsuoIwata - Voices Itsuki Takeuchi. You may recognize him as the voice of [[ShakuganNoShana Marchosias]]

** TomokazuSeki - Voices Keisuke Takahashi. Also voiced Domon Kasshu in GGundam and Yzak Joule in GundamSEED.

** In Arcade Stage 6 AA - [[spoiler: [[{{Yuuichi Nakamura}} KAORI!]] [[{{Gundam00}} I LOVE YOU!]] ]]

** TakehitoKoyasu - Voices Ryousuke Takahashi. Also voiced Zechs Marquise/[[spoiler:Milliardo Peacecraft]] in GundamWing and Mu La Flaga/[[spoiler:Neo Roanoke]] in GundamSEED.
** ShinichiroMiki - Voices Takumi Fujiwara. Would go on to voice Lockon Stratos in Gundam00.
** TomokazuSeki - Voices Keisuke Takahashi. Also voiced Domon Kasshu in GGundam and Yzak Joule in GundamSEED.
** NobuyukiHiyama (Takeshi Nakazato) and KeijiFujiwara (Shingo Shoji) of the Night Kids transfered in from [[The08thMSTeam The 08MS Team]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Tokyopop had big plans for Initial D, which according to reports, was being eyed as their "marquee title". Indeed, other reports claimed that TP was intending to market it as "''Anime/SpeedRacer''" for a new generation. They licensed it with the intention of turning it into a multi-media franchise. Besides a TV broadcast of the anime, it would have included various merchandise such as die-cast cars, video games, and "comics". North America did get all three, but besides there being no franchise to speak of, the comics were of course the original manga (i.e., which came first, and has recently ended), which had been changed to be more like the anime, all because TP was going for "a younger audience than Japan". The "[[IncrediblyLamePun initial]]" DVD release had even been delayed because TP was trying to get the show on TV. Tokyopop did manage to get a CollectibleCardGame licensed and released...

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Tokyopop had big plans for Initial D, which according to reports, was being eyed as their "marquee title". Indeed, other reports claimed that TP was intending to market it as "''Anime/SpeedRacer''" for a new generation. They licensed it with the intention of turning it into a multi-media franchise. Besides a TV broadcast of the anime, it would have included various merchandise such as die-cast cars, video games, and "comics". North America did get all three, but besides there being no franchise to speak of, the comics were of course the original manga (i.e., which came first, and is still running today), which had been changed to be more like the anime, all because TP was going for "a younger audience than Japan". The "[[IncrediblyLamePun initial]]" DVD release had even been delayed because TP was trying to get the show on TV. Tokyopop did manage to get a CollectibleCardGame licensed and released...

* NoExportForYou: With the expiration of Tokyopop's licenses to all the manga series it got from Kodansha (the publisher for the Japanese version of the manga), expect any manga volume of this series after Volume 33 to fall victim to this trope, taking into account that the chances of another company picking up the English distribution rights to the manga are currently looking very slim. However, Funimation only picked up licensing rights to all 3 TV Stages, and the Third Stage movie. The [[=OVAs=]] (Extra Stage 1 and 2 and the 2 Battle Stages) have not been picked up.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Tokyopop had big plans for Initial D, which according to reports, was being eyed as their "marquee title". Indeed, other reports claimed that TP was intending to market it as "''Anime/SpeedRacer''" for a new generation. They licensed it with the intention of turning it into a multi-media franchise. Besides a TV broadcast of the anime, it would have included various merchandise such as die-cast cars, video games, and "comics". North America did get all three, but besides there being no franchise to speak of, the comics were of course the original manga (i.e., which came first, and is still running today), which had been changed to be more like the anime, all because TP was going for "a younger audience than Japan". The "[[IncrediblyLamePun initial]]" DVD release had even been delayed because TP was trying to get the show on TV. Tokyopop did manage to get a CollectibleCardGame licensed and released... which was [[YourMileageMayVary sadly]] [[TooGoodToLast canned after the first set]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Tokyopop had big plans for Initial D, which according to reports, was being eyed as their "marquee title". Indeed, other reports claimed that TP was intending to market it as "''SpeedRacer''" for a new generation. They licensed it with the intention of turning it into a multi-media franchise. Besides a TV broadcast of the anime, it would have included various merchandise such as die-cast cars, video games, and "comics". North America did get all three, but besides there being no franchise to speak of, the comics were of course the original manga (i.e., which came first, and is still running today), which had been changed to be more like the anime, all because TP was going for "a younger audience than Japan". The "[[IncrediblyLamePun initial]]" DVD release had even been delayed because TP was trying to get the show on TV. Tokyopop did manage to get a CollectibleCardGame licensed and released... which was [[YourMileageMayVary sadly]] [[TooGoodToLast canned after the first set]]

** ToshiyukiMorikawa - Voices Todou-Juku member Daiki Ninomiya. Also voiced Shagia Frost from GundamX.
** HiroyukiYoshino - Before he voiced [[{{Gundam00}} Allelujah/Hallelujah]], he provided the voice of Sakamoto.

** On the English front (assuming you're watching the Funimation dub) we have [[{{Baccano}} Jacuzzi]] as Takumi, [[{{xxxHolic}} Watanuki and Doumeki]] as Keisuke and Ryosuke, and [[{{SpiceAndWolf}} Holo]] as Natsuki.