Heck, to this day, eurobeat is associated with racing and drifting. With the focus constantly shifting from theoretical work behind the race to the sick drift scenes, this anime is a blast to watch and was THE definitive factor in bringing Toyota Corolla (86 specifically), touge racing and an entire music genre, eurobeat, to wide masses.

Thankfully, Initial D doesn't have crashes this severe. These races are also highly dangerous, since these races are on a mountain, roads protected by the guardrail that can break too, so making a mistake during the race has a chance to cost your life. Of course, whoever comes out on top wins. One driver starts out as a chaser, while the other is in the lead. The series focuses on touge racing, a type of 1v1 cat-&-mouse type of race usually held on mountain passes at night.

Technically, the thing with the water shouldn't be possible, but Takumi doesn't care: he's just THAT skilled. Initial D is a racing anime that follows the adventures of Takumi Fujiwara, your average kid who just so happens to have the driving skills of a God, thanks to his dad Bunta, an absolute racing God, who secretly teached him various racing techinques while he was still young by having him deliver tofu, while trying to keep a cup of water full.

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