A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
January 13, 2001
Original Title:
劇場版 頭文字D Third Stage
Alternate Titles:
Initial D Third Stage
頭文字D Third Stage
頭文字D Third Stage -INITIAL D THE MOVIE-
Genres:
Action | Animation | Romance
Production Companies:
Avex Entertainment
Kodansha
OB Planning
Pastel
Studio Deen
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG
Runtime: 105
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.
Animation Director:
Haruo Sotozaki
Kunio Katsuki
Masaaki Kannan
Minoru Tanaka
Art Direction:
Mitsuharu Miyamae
Character Designer:
Kazumi Sato
Color Designer:
Shinji Matsumoto
Comic Book:
Shuichi Shigeno
Director:
Noboru Mitsusawa
Editor:
Shuichi Kakesu
Executive Producer:
Tatsumi Yoda
Key Animation:
Tadashi Fukuda
Takeshi Ito
Shinichiro Minami
Atsuko Nakajima
Michinori Chiba
Yoshihiro Watanabe
Yoshiaki Minami
Tsutomu Nishiyama
Tsunenori Saito
Toshihiko Fukano
Tetsuhito Saito
Takahiro Umehara
Shoko Kikuchi
Daisuke Yoshida
Hironori Yamamoto
Hirofumi Morimoto
Fumie Muroi
Akira Matsushima
Koji Hirama
Mariko Fujita
Manabu Fukasawa
Hisafumi Nakahara
Kazuo Takigawa
Haruo Sotozaki
Kei Sakai
Masashi Kojima
Hiroshi Koujina
Kunio Katsuki
Kazuhiro Oki
Natsuki Egami
Masahiko Itojima
Eiji Ishimoto
Kenji Hattori
Original Music Composer:
Ryuichi Katsumata
Sound Director:
Masafumi Mima
Special Effects:
Takeshi Saito
Storyboard Artist:
Shigenori Kageyama
Supervising Animation Director:
Kazumi Sato
Writer:
Nobuaki Kishima
Hiroshi Toda
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