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Initial D: Third Stage

2001 · 104 min

Slick mountain-road racing with a teenage love tangle, easy to sink into even if you skip the earlier films.

Directed by
Noboru Mitsusawa
Genres
Action, Animation, Romance
Starring
Shin-ichiro Miki, Ayako Kawasumi, Mitsuo Iwata
Overview
With high school graduation right around the corner, Takumi Fujiwara has a lot on his mind and a lot to prepare for. Everything becomes even more complicated when Takumi is offered a spot on Ryosuke Takahashi's elite Kengai Racing Team, which seeks to assemble the greatest racers in the Gunma area for a tour of Japan's mountain passes. Before he can accept however, Takumi feels the need to settle the score with the Lancer Evo driving Emperor team, defend his downhill-racer crown against the son of his father's greatest rival, and finally settle things with his unfaithful girlfriend Natsuki.

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Directed by
Noboru Mitsusawa
Genres
Action, Animation, Romance
Starring
Shin-ichiro Miki, Ayako Kawasumi, Mitsuo Iwata
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • coming-of-age
    • ambition
    • identity
    • love
    • betrayal
    Places
    • countryside
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    • animated
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action6
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism6
    Romance4
    Tension5
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

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    Genres
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