Talk:Initial D

Propose the del of the release list
Why do we need the relees list when the info box in the right gives us the same info? —Preceding unsigned comment added by AlucardNoir (talk • contribs) 15:18, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

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Fair use rationale for Image:Initial D Keisuke vs Takumi.jpg
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Extra Stage Innacuracy
There is no female member of Emperor and Mako and Sayuki certainly don't race her. They race another male member of team Emperor, but his name escapes me. It seems to me this is a pretty big gaffe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.233.105.177 (talk) 22:11, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Regarding Fifth Stage
Okay, I've had it up to here with folks adding a subsection with decidedly false release date information for Initial D Fifth Stage. If I have to erase this facetious text one more time, I will recommend the section for protection. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tessou (talk • contribs) 05:07, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Refs dump
--KrebMarkt (talk) 21:25, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * ANN: Stage 1 part 1 Stage 4 part 1 Stage 4 part 2 ANN Shelf Life Stage 4 part 2 Shelf Life Stage 1 part 1 Shelf Life Stage 2 DVD Stage 2 DVD
 * Mania.com: Stage 1 part 1 Stage 1 part 2 Stage 2 part 1 Season 3 Movie Live action Movie Stage 4 part 2
 * Otaku USA: Extra Stage 1.0
 * ActiveAnime: Complete Stage 2

After Fourth Stage
Could somebody please add the synopsis for the events (so far) AFTER fourth stage? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.216.155.32 (talk) 06:39, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Pronunciation of the Title
I've removed the statement, "Although Initial D used ateji for putting its name. Reading clearly should be shown as at the top, Kashiramoji D.", both because it's in broken English, and because it's false. It's essentially saying, "Even though the author is clearly telling you to pronounce the title 'Initial D', you should still pronounce it Kashiramoji." Also I'd argue that this is a case of jukujikun, not ateji, because:

-a simple google search (Japanese pages only) will show you that 頭文字 is almost synonymous with Initial D

-the Japanese wikipedia page for 頭文字 directs you to the term イニシャル (initial), or an explanation of acronyms (頭字語)

-the Japanese wikipedia page for Initial D doesn't provide kashiramoji as a pronunciation whatsoever (as such, neither should the English page, but someone else can make that move)

-the official Japanese website for the comic says so in Shuuichi Shigeno's biographical blurb — Preceding unsigned comment added by HotLimit1 (talk • contribs) 21:58, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

The japanese wikipedia page for 頭文字 even says that it is read as イニシャル inisharu in certain contexts. There is probably no argument to have kashiramoji on this wiki page at all. It's probably only here because someone went to edict and typed the kanji in and got back kashiramoji as the only result. I'm changing it over. 115.64.159.41 (talk) 09:07, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

A vote to retain the depth of the article
I've found this article strangely indispensable to finding various source information about street-racing lingo and in popular media. I'm not sure it should be trimmed! 76.21.107.221 (talk) 06:14, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Eight-Six's engine
First it was said that Takumi had 20 valve engine, then it as 16 valve, and after that it was  as 20 valve with the link to 16 valve engine --IO73Newser (talk) 08:36, 19 December 2012 (UTC)


 * The original AE86 engine is the 4A-GEU with 16 valves. However, it is replaced later on in the series by the fouth-generation 4A-GE engine with 20 values (normally found in the AE101). This engine has only 5hp less than the 5th-generation 4A-GE. --Klaws (talk) 13:54, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

The 20v 4AGE fitted in the series was highly modified, appearing to be a homologated race engine which would produce around 220hp. Starfireaw11 (talk) 01:44, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

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Keiichi's work as a technical supervisor
I have heard again and again how the drift king Keiichi Tsuchiya worked as a consultant for the series, but I can't find any reliable source for it (and I don't speak japanese to look at the wikipedia.jp page), so I've left a  tag in hope someone can add something. BorealSoul (talk) 20:28, 17 July 2024 (UTC)


 * I added some sources supporting his contribution to the series. It would be better to have mentioned it earlier in the article rather than in the reception section, but it will do for now. Xexerss (talk) 21:11, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I also found it strange to have it as the last info on the article, but I didn't want to change it because I'm not that used to edit articles yet BorealSoul (talk) 07:43, 18 July 2024 (UTC)