Sentai filmworks announced on tuesday that it has licensed the new trilogy of initial d films. The focus is on the japanese driftracing underground, and as such, has acted as an anime gateway series for western car enthusiasts, and viceversa. No game no life is a surreal comedy that follows sora and shiro, shutin neet siblings and the online gamer duo behind the legendary username blank. Sentai filmworks has licensed the film trilogy for release in north america, while mvm films will release the trilogy in the uk. Sentai filmworks is a japanese animation anime licensing company that enjoys bringing anime fans of north america the very. Sentai filmworks and laaff havent yet announced if. A comedy ecchi series that has lots of eye candy but not much of a storyline. Awakening shin gekijoban initial d legend 1 kakusei, new theatrical movie initial d legend 2. Discover anime by sentai filmworks on myanimelist, the largest online anime and manga database in the world page 7.
Originally released from 20142016, the latest initial d anime film trilogy is officially on the way to north america. Theatrical collection when an unplanned street duel launches tofu delivery driver takumi fujiwara into the world of high stakes street racing, the competition isnt going to know what hit them. Sentai filmworks and screening partner azoland pictures have announced that the initial d legend film trilogy will receive theatrical screenings across the us in. Awakening koichiro of the akina speedstars witnesses a mysterious driver outmaneuver rival keisuke of the akagi redsuns.
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Sentai filmworks is a japanese animation anime licensing company that enjoys bringing anime fans of north america the. Two initial d fans i have made a new trend on twitter called initial d 2020 so what im trying to do is to use the strength to show how many initial d fans there are in this world so maybe the more fans they come in the morning likely funimation or sentai filmworks would bring 5th and 6th stage more attention to the west so let the 2020 begin post anything initial d and put hashtag initial d. Theatrical collection when an unplanned street duel launches tofu delivery driver takumi fujiwara into the world of high stakes street racing. Based on the original initial d manga by shuichi shigeno, the movie trilogy is a retelling centered around the adventures of a. Dream when they cry kai season 2 when they cry kai season 3 familiar of zero season 1. Sentai filmworks has announced that it has licensed the new trilogy of initial d films. Sentai filmworks is proud to announce the north american debut screening of new theatrical movie initial d legend 1. Dream theatrical dvd bluray from sentai filmworks today. Sentai filmworks is a leading global supplier of anime and official anime merchandise, distributing and curating one of the industrys most diverse libraries. Some of the notable licensed anime series include clannad, kon. Sentai filmworks revealed in its december release slate on tuesday that it will release new theatrical movie initial d legend 1. Sentai filmworks has acquired the rights to the new theatrical movie initial d legend films. New theatrical edition is a 20142016 japanese anime film series based on the manga series initial d by shuichi shigeno.
Despite having no interest in racing, he ends up caught in an exhilarating world which ends up being far more dangerous than he imagined. He has won many races driving for emperor against other teams, including takeshi nakazato. So it appears sentai filmworks are bringing the new initial d movies to america. Weve partnered with sentai filmworks so you can shop for blurays, premium box sets, merchandise, and stuff. Start a 30 day free trial, and enjoy all of the premium membership perks. Awakening is the first in a trilogy of anime films that retells the early chapters of shuichi shigenos initial d manga. The original manga soon took anime form, and was even adapted into video games and liveaction film. Seiji iwaki iwaki seiji, known as hawk in the tokyopop version is the number two driver in the lancer evolutiononly emperor team, therefore he drives the lancer evolution iv. Sentai filmworks licenses new theatrical movie initial d legend. The race, he later discovers, was won by none other than his own coworker, takumi.
Houston, tx, july 18, 2017 sentai filmworks is proud to announce its acquisition of all three new theatrical movie initial d legend movies. Racer, and new theatrical movie initial d legend 3. Sentai filmworks to release 1st new initial d film with english dub. The franchise is a significant contributor to japanese car culture, yet works especially well for introducing nongearheads around the globe to the world of automotive. It was formed in 2008 by john ledford, formerly of a. Shuichi shigenos japanbased streetracing series initial d began in the mid90s and took nearly two decades to complete. Sentai filmworks march 2018 solicitations fandom post forums. The subtitleonly debut screening will take place on saturday, september 16. Sentai filmworks licenses initial d film trilogy i beat.
Sentai filmworks has announced its acquisition of all three new theatrical movie initial d legend movies. Awakening speeds toward north american theatrical run with exclusive screenings at laaff. Sentai filmworks official march 2018 slate 09082017 new theatrical movie initial d legend 1. Theyre planning on bringing the movies on home video distribution and according to someone on the initial d reddit theres a possibility thats its gonna get a theatrical release i highly doubt a theater release. Sentai filmworks licenses new theatrical movie initial d. Anime dvd initial d stage 16 2 movie 2 ost english subtitle. Based on the original initial d manga by shuichi shigeno, the movie trilogy is a retelling centered around the adventures of a bleak, uninspired high school senior named takumi fujiwara. Awakening theatrical dvd bluray from sentai filmworks today.
Sentai filmworks licenses initial d anime movie trilogy. Initial d is a longrunning manga series 199520 created by shuichi shigeno, with a series of animated adaptations called stages. The son of another legendary driver, the unassuming takumi quickly becomes the downhill racing phenomenon to beat, with a line of challengers as long as the deadly mt. Racer shin gekijoban initial d legend 2 toso, and new theatrical movie initial d legend 3. Awakening, new theatrical movie initial d legend 2. Discussion of related car culture, similar animes, or anything else. Join our enews to learn about upcoming events and sales. Sentai filmworks licenses new initial d anime film trilogy. Sentai filmworks has that it will screen the first film in the new initial d trilogy, new theatrical movie initial d legend 1. A subreddit for fans of the manga and anime series, initial d. As the title suggests, sentai filmworks has acquired the rights to all 3 initial d movies that retell the beginning of the manga and anime. Chronicling the early part of the story, the legend trilogy opened in japan between august 2014 and february 2016. The anime is also famous for its blatant use of cg during.
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